[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68292-68293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32799]
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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.
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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 January 21 and 22, 1999 at the
Doubletree Hotel, 3347 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM.
The meeting on Thursday January 21 starts at 8:30 a.m., and the
meeting on Friday January 22 starts at 8 a.m. The draft agenda for the
RAC meeting includes presentations and discussions on the following:
agreement on the meeting agenda, any RAC comments on the draft summary
minutes of the last RAC meeting on November 19 and 20, 1998 at Las
Cruces, NM, check in with RAC members, the Rio Puerco watershed study,
two different times for the public to address the RAC, Culp Canyon
Wilderness Study Area and the NM/BLM Wilderness Study Area program, RAC
recommendations follow up, Rio Grande Corridor Proposed Plan and Final
EIS, Quivira Coalition, McGregor Range Withdrawal update, Standards and
Guidelines RMPA/EIS update, BLM Field Office Managers presentations and
discussion, selection of next RAC meeting location and development of
draft agenda items for the next RAC meeting, and a RAC assessment on
the meeting. Specific agenda items, dates and times may be adjusted
with approval of the RAC.
The time for the public to address the RAC is on Thursday, January
21, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The
RAC may reduce or extend the end time for public comment of 12:00 noon
and 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 January 22, 1999, will
be
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from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The end time of 4:00 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: December 4, 1998.
Gary A. Stephens,
Acting Deputy State Director.
[FR Doc. 98-32799 Filed 12-9-98; 8:45 am]
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