[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1599]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM-910-08-1020-00]
New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting.
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Council meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 1, The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), announces a meeting of the New Mexico Resource Advisory Council
(RAC). The meeting will be held on March 5 and 6, 1998 at the Western
Sizzlin Restaurant, 1010 South White Sands, Alamogordo, NM. The agenda
for the RAC meeting will include agreement on the meeting agenda, any
RAC comments on the draft summary minutes of the last two RAC meetings,
of November 20-21, 1997 in Albuquerque, MN., and February 20, 1998 in
Santa Fe, NM., briefings and discussions on the status of the NEPA
process for the RAC Standards for Public Land Health and Guidelines for
Livestock Grazing Management and other NEPA concerns, on establishment
of RAC Subgroups for the BLM Field Offices, on the Lesser Prairie
Chicken, on the McGregor Range Withdrawal, on implementation of the
Standards for Public Land Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing
Management and on other items as appropriate. An optional field tour
will be available for RAC members to McGregor Range on the morning of
Saturday, March 7, 1998. The tour will take most of the morning. Time
and location to meet for the tour will be established after discussion
with RAC members during the March 5 and 6, 1998 meeting
The meeting will begin on March 5, 1998 at 8:30 a.m. The meeting is
open to the public. The time for the public to address the RAC is on
Thursday, March 5, 1998, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The RAC may reduce
or extend the end time of 5:00 p.m. depending on the number of people
wishing to address the RAC. The length of time available for each
person to address the RAC will be established at the start of the
public comment period and will depend on how many people there are that
wish to address the RAC. At the completion of the public comments the
RAC may continue discussion on its Agenda items. The meeting on March
6, 1998, will be from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The end time of 3:00 p.m.
for the meeting may be changed depending on the work remaining for the
RAC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bob Armstrong, New Mexico State Office, Planning and Policy Team,
Bureau of Land Management, 1474 Rodeo Road, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe,
New Mexico 87502-0115, telephone (505) 438-7436.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Resource Advisory Council
is to advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a
variety of planning and management issues associated with the
management of public lands. The Council's responsibilities include
providing advice on long-range planning, establishing resource
management priorities and assisting the BLM to identify State and
regional standards for rangeland health and guidelines for grazing
management.
Dated: January 16, 1998.
Richard A. Whitley,
Deputy State Director.
[FR Doc. 98-1599 Filed 1-16-98; 8:45 am]
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