98-30968. Call for Nominations for Butte Resource Advisory Council

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64519-64520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30968]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[MT-951-99-1020-00]


Call for Nominations for Butte Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, DOI.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations 
for the Elected Official position on the Butte Resource Advisory 
Council (RAC). The term of the position will expire in September 1999. 
RACs provide advice and recommendations to the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) on land use planning and management of the public 
lands within their geographic areas. Public nominations will be 
considered for 45 days after the publication date of this notice.
    The Federal Land Policy and Management Act directs the Secretary of 
the Interior to involve the public in the planning and management of 
the public lands administered by the BLM. Each Council has 15 members 
who serve staggered terms. RAC membership must reflect a balanced 
representation of the various interests and users of the public lands. 
These include persons who are representatives of the following 
categories:
    Category One--Holders of federal grazing permits and 
representatives of energy and mining development, timber industry, off-
road vehicle use, and developed recreation.
    Category Two--Representatives of environmental and resource 
conservation organizations, archaeological and historic interests, and 
wild horse and burro groups;
    Category Three--Representatives of State, county and local 
government, Native American tribes, academicians involved in natural 
sciences, and the public at large.
    At least one member of the RAC must be an elected official of 
general purpose government serving the people within the geographic 
area the RAC represents.
    Nominees will be evaluated based on their education, training, and 
experience of the issues and knowledge of the geographical area of the 
RAC. Nominees should have demonstrated a

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commitment to collaborative resource decision-making.
    Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Nominees must be 
residents of Montana. Nominees will be evaluated based on their 
education, training, and experience of the issues and knowledge of the 
geographical area of the RAC. 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.

DATES: All nominations should be received by the BLM Butte Field Office 
by January 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeanne Sullivan, BLM Butte Field 
Office, 106 North Parkmont, P.O. Box 3388, Butte, Montana 59701; 
telephone [phone].

    Dated: November 12, 1998.
Gary Gerth,
Assistant Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-30968 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am]
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