[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7145]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[OR-130-1020-00; GP9-0140]


Call For Nominations for the Academician Position on the Eastern 
Washington Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Spokane District, Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit nominations for an 
academician for the Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council, 
established and authorized in 1995 by the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide advice and recommendations to the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service on management of public lands.
    The Council was established in August, 1995, and is composed of 15 
members. This notice requests nominations to fill the vacant 
academician position for the balance of the term which expires in 
August of 2001.
    The Council, which covers much of eastern Washington, has worked 
closely with the BLM on the development of standards for rangeland 
health and guidelines for grazing management, and in providing comments 
on the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project.
    This Council is authorized under the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act (FLPMA), which directs the Secretary of the Interior to 
involve the public in planning and issues related to management of 
lands administered by BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA directs the Secretary 
to select 10 to 15 member citizen-based advisory councils that are 
established and authorized consistent with the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). As required by the FACA, 
Resource Advisory Council membership must be balanced and 
representative of the various interests concerned with the management 
of public lands.
    Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Nominees must be 
residents of the State of Washington. Nominees for the academician 
position will be evaluated based on their experience as an academician 
in a natural resource related field and their knowledge of the 
geographic area covered by the Council. Nominees must also have 
demonstrated a commitment to collaborative resource decision making. 
All nominations must be accompanied by letters of reference from 
represented interests or organizations, a completed background 
information nomination form, as well as any other information that 
speaks to the nominee's qualifications. The BLM Oregon/Washington State 
Director, the Forest Service Regional Forester, and the Washington 
Governor's Office will forward the nominations to the Secretary of the 
Interior, who will make the appointment to the Council.
    This nomination period will also be announced through press 
releases issued by the BLM Oregon/Washington State Office. Nominations 
for Resource Advisory Councils should be sent to: Elaine Zielinski, 
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Director, P.O. Box 
2965, Portland, Oregon, 97208-2965.

DATES: All nominations must be received by the Bureau of Land 
Management Oregon/Washington State Office on or before April 23, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph K. Buesing, Bureau of Land 
Management, Spokane District Office, 1103 North Fancher, Spokane, 
Washington, 99212-1275; or call 509-536-1200.

    Dated March 18, 1999.
Joseph K. Buesing,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-7145 Filed 3-23-99; 8:45 am]
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