[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11312-11313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02979]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500177510]


Second Call for Nominations for the National Wild Horse and Burro 
Advisory Board

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of second call for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations 
for one position on the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board (Board) 
that expired on January 11, 2024. The Board provides advice concerning 
the management, protection, and control of wild free-roaming horses and 
burros on public lands administered by the Department of the Interior, 
through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Department of 
Agriculture, through the U.S. Forest Service.

DATES: Nominations must be post marked or submitted to the following 
address no later than March 15, 2024.

ADDRESSES: All mail and packages sent via the U.S. Postal Service, 
FedEx, or UPS should be addressed as follows:
    U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Wild 
Horse and Burro Division, Attn: Dorothea Boothe, HQ-260; 9828 31st 
Avenue; Phoenix, AZ 85051.
    Please consider emailing PDF documents to Ms. Boothe at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothea Boothe, Wild Horse and Burro 
Program Coordinator, telephone: 602-906-5543, email: [email protected]. 
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting 
Ms. Boothe. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay 
services offered within their country to make international calls to 
the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members of the Board serve without 
compensation; however, while away from their homes or regular places of 
business, Board and subcommittee members engaged in Board or 
subcommittee business approved by the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) 
may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence under 5 U.S.C. 5703, in the same manner as persons employed 
intermittently in government service. Nominations for a term of 3 years 
are needed to represent the following category of interest:
     Natural Resource Management
    The Board will meet one to four times annually. The DFO may call 
additional meetings in connection with special needs for advice. 
Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Any individual or 
organization may nominate one or more persons to serve on the Board.
    The BLM and U.S Forest Service first issued a call soliciting 
nominations for the positions of natural resource management, public 
interest (with special knowledge of equine behavior), and wild horse 
and burro research on October 2, 2023, for 45 days. Due to the limited 
number of nomination packets received, BLM determined that a second 
call for nominations is warranted for the natural resource position.
    Nominations should include a resume providing an adequate 
description of the nominee's qualifications, including information that 
would enable the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to make an 
informed decision regarding meeting the membership requirements of the 
Board and permit the Departments to contact a potential member. 
Nominations are to be sent to the address listed under ADDRESSES. To 
assist nominees in developing nominations packets, please visit the BLM 
website at https://www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-and-burro/get-involved/advisory-board and use the document template Applying to Serve 
on the Advisory Board.
    As appropriate, certain Board members may be appointed as Special 
Government Employees (SGEs). Please be aware that applicants selected 
to serve as SGEs will be required, prior to appointment, to file a 
Confidential Financial Disclosure Report in order to avoid involvement 
in real or apparent conflicts of interest. You may find a copy of the 
Confidential Financial Disclosure Report at the following Web site: 
https://www.doi.gov/ethics/financial-disclosure.
    Additionally, after appointment, members appointed as SGEs will be 
required to meet applicable financial disclosure and ethics training 
requirements. Please contact the at Department of the Interior's Ethics 
Office (202) 202-208-7960 or email: [email protected] with any 
questions about the ethics requirements for members appointed as SGEs.
    Membership Selection: Individuals shall qualify to serve on the 
Board because of their education, training, or experience that enables 
them to give informed and objective advice regarding the interest they 
represent. They should demonstrate experience or knowledge of the area 
of their expertise and a commitment to collaborate in seeking solutions 
to resource management issues. The Board is structured to provide fair 
membership and balance, both geographic and interest specific, in terms 
of the functions to be performed and points of view to be represented. 
Members are selected with the objective of providing representative 
counsel and advice about public land and resource planning.

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    Pursuant to Section 7 of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros 
Act, members of the Board cannot be employed by the State or Federal 
Government.

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-1)

Sharif D. Branham,
Assistant Director, Resources and Planning.
[FR Doc. 2024-02979 Filed 2-13-24; 8:45 am]
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