[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31378]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM-910-07-1020-00]
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 9 and 10, 1997 at the
Amberely Suites Hotel, 7620 Pan America Freeway, Albuquerque, NM 87109.
The agenda for the RAC meeting will include agreement on the
meeting agenda, any RAC comments on the draft summary minutes of the
last RAC meeting of Oct 10-11, 1996 in Albuquerque, NM., briefing on
the status of the RAC Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for
Livestock Grazing NEPA process, and presentations by Bureau of Land
Management staff and RAC members on various resource concerns.
The meeting will begin on January 9, 1997 at 8:00 a.m. The meeting
is open to the public. The time for the public to address the RAC is on
the Thursday, January 9, 1997, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The RAC may
reduce or extend the end time 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 10, 1997, will be 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, Policy and Planning Team,
Bureau of Land Management, 1474 Rodeo Road, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe,
New Mexico 87502-0115, telephone (505) 428-7436.
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: November 27, 1996.
William C. Calkins,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 96-31378 Filed 12-10-96; 8:45 am]
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