[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7145]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-130-1020-00; GP9-0140]
Call For Nominations for the Academician Position on the Eastern
Washington Resource Advisory Council
AGENCY: Spokane District, Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit nominations for an
academician for the Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council,
established and authorized in 1995 by the Secretary of the Interior to
provide advice and recommendations to the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service on management of public lands.
The Council was established in August, 1995, and is composed of 15
members. This notice requests nominations to fill the vacant
academician position for the balance of the term which expires in
August of 2001.
The Council, which covers much of eastern Washington, has worked
closely with the BLM on the development of standards for rangeland
health and guidelines for grazing management, and in providing comments
on the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project.
This Council is authorized under the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA), which directs the Secretary of the Interior to
involve the public in planning and issues related to management of
lands administered by BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA directs the Secretary
to select 10 to 15 member citizen-based advisory councils that are
established and authorized consistent with the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). As required by the FACA,
Resource Advisory Council membership must be balanced and
representative of the various interests concerned with the management
of public lands.
Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Nominees must be
residents of the State of Washington. Nominees for the academician
position will be evaluated based on their experience as an academician
in a natural resource related field and their knowledge of the
geographic area covered by the Council. Nominees must also have
demonstrated a commitment to collaborative resource decision making.
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. The BLM Oregon/Washington State
Director, the Forest Service Regional Forester, and the Washington
Governor's Office will forward the nominations to the Secretary of the
Interior, who will make the appointment to the Council.
This nomination period will also be announced through press
releases issued by the BLM Oregon/Washington State Office. Nominations
for Resource Advisory Councils should be sent to: Elaine Zielinski,
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Director, P.O. Box
2965, Portland, Oregon, 97208-2965.
DATES: All nominations must be received by the Bureau of Land
Management Oregon/Washington State Office on or before April 23, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph K. Buesing, Bureau of Land
Management, Spokane District Office, 1103 North Fancher, Spokane,
Washington, 99212-1275; or call 509-536-1200.
Dated March 18, 1999.
Joseph K. Buesing,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-7145 Filed 3-23-99; 8:45 am]
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