[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19082-19083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10626]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-912-0777-52; GP6-0133]
Call for Nominations for Native American Tribal Representative to
the Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations
for a Native American tribal representative 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
BLM and Forest Service on management of public lands. This is an
additional vacant position to those identified in a Federal Register
Notice published April 15, 1996. Public nominations will be received
through May 30, 1996.
The Council, which was established in August, 1995, is made up of
15 members. The Native American tribal representative has resigned from
the Council, and we are seeking nominees to replace this position for
the balance of its term through August of 1997.
The Council, which covers eastern Washington, has to date
identified two issues that they would like to work on with the BLM and
the Forest Service: Standards for rangeland health and guidelines for
grazing management, and 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. These include three categories:
Category One: holders of federal grazing permits, representatives
of energy and mining development, timber industry, transportation or
rights-of-way, off-road vehicle use and developed recreation.
Category Two: representatives of environmental and resource
conservation organizations, dispersed recreation, archeological and
historic interests, and wild horse and burro groups.
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Category Three: representatives of State and local government,
Native American tribes, academicians involved in natural sciences,
employees of State agencies responsible for the management of natural
resources, land, or water, and the public at large.
Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Nominees must be
residents of the State of Washington. The Eastern Washington Council
covers eastern Washington (with the exception of the area south of the
Snake River drainages).
Nominees will be evaluated based on their experience working with
Native American tribal issues 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, OR, 97208.
DATES: All nominations must be received by the BLM Oregon/Washington
State Office on or before May 30, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Lincoln Wojtanik, OR 912,
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, P.O. Box
2965, Portland, Oregon, 97208, (Telephone 503-952-6437).
Eric Hoffman,
Acting State Director, Oregon/Washington.
[FR Doc. 96-10626 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]
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