99-490. New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting Cancellation

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 1639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-490]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-910-09-1020-00]


New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting Cancellation

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Cancellation 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), announced a meeting of the New Mexico Resource Advisory Council 
(RAC). The meeting was to be held on January 21 and 22, 1999 at the 
Doubletree Hotel, 3347 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM.

    This is notice that the meeting is cancelled. There are seven 
vacancies on the New Mexico Resource Advisory Council (NM/RAC) and to 
date no replacement appointments have been made by the Secretary of the 
Interior. Since the fifteen member RAC would not have a quorum if a 
meeting were held it is felt that the scheduled January 21-22, 1999 NM/
RAC meeting should be cancelled and rescheduled when the seven vacant 
positions are filled.
    The process of receiving nominations for appointments to the NM/RAC 
occurred last May and it is those applications that were received that 
are under consideration now for appointment. Since it is not known when 
the seven appointments will be made the NM/RAC meeting scheduled for 
January 21-22, 1999 is cancelled. The next meeting will be rescheduled 
as soon as appointments are made and arrangements to hold the meeting 
can be completed.

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 5, 1999.
M.J. Chavez,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 99-490 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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