[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 64444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26978]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Public Meeting for the Eastern Washington Resource
Advisory Council
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, and the U.S. Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Eastern
Washington Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated
below:
DATES: The Eastern Washington RAC will hold a public meeting Thursday,
Nov. 5, 2015. The meeting will run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The
meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn in Yakima, Washington, and will
include a field trip to the Yakima River Canyon. A public comment
period will be available in the afternoon.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Clark, Public Affairs Specialist,
BLM Spokane District Office, 1103 N. Fancher Rd., Spokane, Washington
99212, (509) 536-1297, or 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, 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 Eastern Washington RAC consists of 15
members chartered and appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. Their
diverse perspectives are represented in commodity, conservation, and
general interests. They provide advice to BLM resource managers
regarding management plans and proposed resource actions on public land
in central and eastern Washington.
Agenda items for the November 2015 meeting include a field tour of
the Yakima River Canyon Recreation Area, an update on the Eastern
Washington Resource Management Plan, a presentation of the business
plan for a fee season extension for the Yakima River Canyon, committee
and member updates, and any other matters that may reasonably come
before the RAC. This meeting is open to the public in its entirety;
however, transportation during the field tour portion of the meeting on
Nov. 5 will not be provided to members of the public. Information to be
distributed to the Eastern Washington RAC is requested prior to the
start of each meeting. A public comment period will be available on
Nov. 5, 2015, at 3:30 p.m. Unless otherwise approved by the Eastern
Washington RAC Chair, the public comment period will last no longer
than 30 minutes. Each speaker may address the RAC for a maximum of 5
minutes. Meeting times and the duration scheduled for public comment
periods may be extended or altered when the authorized representative
considers it necessary to accommodate business and all who seek to be
heard regarding matters before the Eastern Washington RAC.
Dennis Strange,
Spokane District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2015-26978 Filed 10-22-15; 8:45 am]
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