[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 59715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23445]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCON06000-L16100000-DQ0000]


Notice of Resource Advisory Council Meetings for the Dominguez-
Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, notice is 
hereby given that the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area (NCA) 
Advisory Council (Council) is scheduled to meet as indicated below.

DATES: The meetings will be held on October 22, 2013, and October 24, 
2013. The meetings begin at 3 p.m. and will normally adjourn at 6 p.m. 
Any adjustments to the meetings will be advertised on the Dominguez-
Escalante NCA Resource Management Plan (RMP) Web site, http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/nca/denca/denca_rmp.html.

ADDRESSES: The meeting on October 22 will be held at the Bill Heddles 
Recreation Center, 530 Gunnison River Drive, Delta, CO 81416. The 
meeting on October 24 will be held at the Whitman Educational Center, 
248 S. 4th St., Grand Junction, CO 81501.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Collin Ewing, Advisory Council 
Designated Federal Official, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506. 
Phone: (970) 244-3049. Email: [email protected]. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above 
individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours 
a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or question with the above 
individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 10-member Council advises the Secretary 
of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of planning and 
management issues associated with the RMP process for the Dominguez-
Escalante NCA and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness.
    Topics of discussion during the meetings may include informational 
presentations from various resource specialists working on the RMP, as 
well as Council reports on the following topics: recreation, fire 
management, land-use planning process, invasive species management, 
travel management, wilderness, land exchange criteria, cultural 
resource management and other resource management topics of interest to 
the Council raised during the planning process.
    These meetings are anticipated to occur monthly, and may occur as 
frequently as every two weeks during intensive phases of the planning 
process. Dates, times and agendas for additional meetings may be 
determined at future Council meetings, and will be published in the 
Federal Register, announced through local media and on the BLM's Web 
site for the Dominguez-Escalante planning effort, www.blm.gov/co/st/en/nca/denca/denca_rmp.html.
    These meetings are open to the public. The public may present 
written comments to the Council. Each formal Council meeting will have 
time allocated at the middle and end of each meeting to hear public 
comments. Depending on the number of persons wishing to comment and 
time available, the time for individual, oral comments may be limited 
at the discretion of the chair.

Helen M. Hankins,
BLM Colorado State Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-23445 Filed 9-26-13; 8:45 am]
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