2012-2696. Notice of Utah's Resource Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY:

Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.

DATES:

The Utah RAC will meet Wednesday, March 28, 2012, (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.), in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ADDRESSES:

The Council will meet at the Little America Hotel (Wyoming meeting room), 500 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sherry Foot, Special Programs Coordinator, Utah State Office, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155; phone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The 15-member Council advises the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of planning and management issues associated with public land management in Utah.

Planned agenda topics include a welcome and introduction of new Council members; election of officers; overview and procedures of resource advisory councils; issues and concerns in BLM Utah; recreation fee refresher and fee proposals on the Buckeye Recreation Area (United States Forest Service) and Westwater Canyon (BLM); presentations on energy (renewable/fossil fuels), Sage Grouse, the Cedar City Resource Management Plan; and future project work for the RAC. A half-hour public comment period where the public may address the Council is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. Written comments may be sent to the BLM address listed above. All meetings are open to the public; however, transportation, lodging, and meals are the responsibility of the participating public.

Shelley J. Smith,

Actg. Associate State Director.