[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 44213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20149]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLORV00000.L10200000.DF0000.LXSSH1040000.17X.HAG 17-0168]
Notice of Public Meeting for the John Day--Snake Resource
Advisory Council, Oregon
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
of 1976, the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004, and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) John Day--Snake Resource
Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
DATES: The RAC will hold a public meeting on Thursday, October 12,
2017, from 12:00 p.m. until 5 p.m., and on Friday, October 13, 2017,
from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. A public comment period will be held during
Friday's meeting from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Springhill Suites, 551
Industrial Way, Bend, OR 97702. If you cannot attend the meeting in
person, you may call in on the telephone conference line number at 1-
877-989-1244, Participant Code: 3005406#. The agenda will be posted
online by September 11, 2017, at https://www.blm.gov/site-page/get-involved-resource-advisory-council-near-you-oregon-washington-john-day-rac.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Clark, Public Affairs Officer,
BLM Prineville District Office, 3050 NE 3rd St., Prineville, Oregon
97754; 541-416-6700; [email protected]. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1(800) 877-8339 to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FRS 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 15-member John Day--Snake RAC was
chartered to provide advice to BLM and U.S. Forest Service resource
managers regarding management plans and proposed resource actions on
public land in central and eastern Oregon. All advisory council
meetings are open to the public. If you have information that you wish
to distribute to the RAC, please do so prior to the start of each
meeting.
Agenda items for the meeting include: A presentation on the Ochoco
National Forest sustainable recreation strategy and subsequent fee
proposal; a subcommittee report on the Lower Deschutes River Fee
Proposal and potential decision; an update on Central and Eastern
Oregon Greater sage-grouse populations, including an overview of the
causal factor analysis process and any plans for reducing impacts to
local Sage-Grouse populations; a presentation by the South Fork John
Day Watershed Council; a fee proposal by the Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest; an update on the Blue Mountain Forest Resiliency project; and
an update on Torrefied Biomass as a fuel commodity by Matt Krumenauer,
Principle, Oregon Torrefaction, LLC. In addition, RAC members will set
the 2018 meeting schedule and will identify future-topic presentations
for the RAC meetings. Any other matters that may reasonably come before
the RAC may also be addressed. A public comment period will be
available on October 13 from 10:00-10:30 a.m. During this time, each
speaker may address the RAC for a maximum of 5 minutes. Meeting times
and the duration of the public comment period 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 RAC.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comments, please be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-2.
Donald Gonzalez,
Vale District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2017-20149 Filed 9-20-17; 8:45 am]
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