[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36555-36556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15044]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[14X 1109AF LLUT030000-L17110000-PH0000-24-1A]
Notice of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory
Committee Meeting
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
(FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee (GSENMAC) will
meet as indicated below.
DATES: The GSENMAC will meet Tuesday, July 29, 2014, (1 p.m.-6:00 p.m.)
and Wednesday, July 30, 2014, (8 a.m.-12 p.m.) in Kanab, Utah.
ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet in the Cottonwood Room at the Bureau
of Land Management Complex, 669 South Highway 89A, Kanab, Utah.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Crutchfield, Public Affairs
Officer, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Bureau of Land
Management, 669 South Highway 89A, Kanab, Utah 84741; phone (435) 644-
1209. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
to leave a message or question for the above individual. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Replies are provided
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member GSENMAC was appointed by the
Secretary of the Interior on August 2, 2011, pursuant to the Monument
Management Plan (MMP), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (FLPMA), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA). As
specified in the MMP, the GSENMAC will have several primary tasks: (1)
Review evaluation reports produced by the Management Science Team and
make recommendations on protocols and projects to meet overall
objectives; (2) Review appropriate research proposals and make
recommendations on project necessity and validity; (3) Make
recommendations regarding allocation of research funds through review
of research and project proposals as well as needs identified through
the evaluation process above; and, (4) Could be consulted on issues
such as protocols for specific projects.
One of the topics to be discussed by the GSENMAC during this
meeting will be the ongoing Livestock Grazing Management Plan Amendment
and Associated Environmental Impact Statement (LGMPA/AEIS). The BLM is
preparing this Plan Amendment because the existing land use plans that
provide land-use level decisions for livestock grazing were completed
in 1981 and are outdated. The MMP that became effective in February
2000 did not address most of the prior livestock grazing decisions.
This Plan Amendment will allow the integration of livestock and
rangeland management with the other resources in the MMP.
The planning area consists of about 2.1 million acres of land which
includes lands in the GSENM and non-monument lands administered by
GSENM. The GSENM administers livestock grazing on lands managed by the
National Park Service within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, as
well as, lands within BLM's Kanab and Arizona Strip Field Offices
through intra-agency agreements. Additional topics include the
formation of a LGMPA/AEIS subcommittee; GSENM division reports; and
future meeting dates and other matters as may reasonably come before
the GSENMAC.
The entire meeting is open to the public. Members of the public are
welcome to address the Committee at 5:00 p.m., local time, on July 29,
2014, and at 12:00 p.m., local time, on July 30, 2014. Depending on the
number of persons wishing to speak, a time limit could be established.
Interested persons may make oral statements to the GSENMAC during this
time or written statements may be submitted for the GSENMAC's
consideration. Written statements can be sent to: Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument, Attn: Larry Crutchfield, 669 South Highway
89A, Kanab, Utah 84741. Information to be distributed to the GSENMAC is
requested 10 days prior to the start of the GSENMAC meeting.
All meetings are open to the public; however, transportation,
lodging, and meals are the responsibility of the participating public.
Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-1.
Juan Palma,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-15044 Filed 6-26-14; 8:45 am]
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