[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2000)] [Notices] [Page 1910] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 00-719] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [NM-910-09-1020-00] New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of council meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 February 24 and 25, 2000, at the Best Western Sally Port Inn and Suites, 2000 N. Main, Roswell, NM 88201. There is an optional field trip on Saturday February 26, 2000, to the Haystack Mountain area for OHV demonstrations and rides. The optional tour will end back in Roswell, NM about 1 p.m. The meeting on Thursday, February 24, 2000, starts at 8:30 a.m. and will end about 4:30 p.m. The meeting on Friday February 25, 2000, starts at 8 a.m. and will end about 3:30 p.m. The field tour on Saturday, February 26, 2000, will start in Roswell at a site selected by the RAC at 9 a.m. and end about 1 p.m. returning to the starting location. The draft agenda for the RAC meeting includes agreement on the meeting agenda, any RAC comments on the draft minutes of the last RAC meeting on December 7 and 8, 1999, in Albuquerque, NM, a check in from the RAC members, (the following presentations also include discussions) a Standards and Guidelines update presentation, a public comment period to the RAC, a BLM presentation on urban pressure on the BLM recreation program (as time permits), BLM Field Office Managers, State of the Field Office presentations, several presentations on roads and trails from representatives of the BLM Roswell Field Office (Roads access and closure), the Carlsbad Field Office (Roads-new and old), and the State of New Mexico representatives (Roads and Trails), RAC Subcommittee reports from the Urban/Lands Subcommittee, the Oil and Gas Subcommittee, and the Roads and Trails Subcommittee, a presentation on Jeeps, an OHV Park presentation, BLM Farmington Field Office (Roads- Existing policy) and from the Farmington, NM area an Oil and Gas Industry presentation on Oil and Gas Roads, RAC discussions and any RAC recommendations, develop draft agenda items and select a location for the next RAC meeting, and a RAC assessment on the meeting. The time for the public to address the RAC is on Thursday February 24, 2000, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The RAC may reduce or extend the end time of 12 noon depending on the number of people wishing to address the RAC. Anyone wishing to address the RAC should be present at the 10 starting time. 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 February 25, 2000, will be from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The end time of 3:30 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, PO 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 6, 2000. Carsten F. Goff, Acting State Director. [FR Doc. 00-719 Filed 1-11-00; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-FB-M