[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7032-7033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02550]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Second Call for Nominations for the California Desert District
Advisory Council
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to reopen the request for public
nominations for the Desert Advisory Council (DAC). Council members
provide advice and recommendations to the BLM on the management of
public lands in Southern California.
DATES: All nominations must be received no later than March 11, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to Teresa Raml, District Manager,
Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District Office, 22835
Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, CA 92553.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Razo, BLM California Desert
District External Affairs, 22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, Moreno
Valley, CA 92553-9046, (951) 697-5217. 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, 7 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 California Desert District Advisory
Council is comprised of 15 private individuals who represent different
interests and advise BLM officials on policies and programs concerning
the management of over 10 million acres of public land in Southern
California. The Council meets in formal session three to four times
each year in various locations throughout the BLM California Desert
District. Council members serve without compensation other than travel
expenses. Members serve three-year terms and may reapply to be
nominated for reappointment to an additional three-year term.
Section 309 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act directs
the Secretary of the Interior to involve the public in planning and
issues related to management of BLM-administered lands. The Secretary
also selects Council nominees consistent with the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which requires nominees
appointed to the Council be balanced in terms of points of view and
representative of the various interests concerned with the management
of the public lands.
The Council also is balanced geographically, and the BLM will try
to find qualified representatives from areas throughout the California
Desert District. The District covers portions of eight counties, and
includes more than 10 million acres of public land in the California
Desert Conservation Area of Mono, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, San
Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial counties, as well as 300,000 acres
of scattered parcels in San Diego, western Riverside, western San
Bernardino, and Los Angeles counties (known as the South Coast).
Public notice begins with the publication date of this notice and
nominations will be accepted for 30 days from the date of this notice.
The seven positions to be filled include one elected official, one
representative of non-renewable resources groups or organizations, one
representative of recreation groups or organizations, one
representative of wildlife groups or organizations, and two
representatives of the public-at-large. These six positions became
vacant on December 7, 2014. The seventh position is a representative of
the renewable energy industry. This position became vacant on January
9, 2015. The BLM was notified of this pending vacancy during the
initial nomination period. The BLM is issuing a second call for
nominations to notify the public of this vacant position and to reopen
the nomination period for those positions listed in the initial call
for nominations. If you have already submitted your DAC nomination
materials for 2015, you will not need to resubmit.
Any group or individual may nominate a qualified person, based upon
education, training, and knowledge of the BLM, the California Desert,
and the issues involving BLM-administered public lands throughout
Southern California. Qualified individuals may also nominate
themselves.
The nomination form may be found on the Desert Advisory Council Web
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page: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/rac/dac.html. The following must
accompany the form for all nominations:
Letters of reference from represented interests or
organizations.
A completed background information nomination form.
Any other information that addresses the nominee's
qualifications.
Nominees unable to download the nomination form may contact the BLM
California Desert District External Affairs staff at (951) 697-5217 to
request a copy. Advisory Council members are appointed by the Secretary
of the Interior. The Obama Administration prohibits individuals who are
currently federally registered lobbyists to serve on all FACA and non-
FACA boards, committees or councils.
Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-1.
Teresa A. Raml,
California Desert District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2015-02550 Filed 2-6-15; 8:45 am]
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