99-15655. Notice of Intent To Establish the Joint Fire Science Program Stakeholder Advisory Group and Call for Non-Federal Nominations  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 33112]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-15655]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    Office of the Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget
    [FA-108-2810-00-24-IE]
    
    
    Notice of Intent To Establish the Joint Fire Science Program 
    Stakeholder Advisory Group and Call for Non-Federal Nominations
    
    AGENCY: Department of the Interior; Office of the Assistant Secretary 
    For Policy Management and Budget.
    
    ACTION: Notice of intent to establish the Joint Fire Science Program 
    Stakeholder Advisory Group; Public call for nominations.
    
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    SUMMARY: This notice is published in accordance with section 9(a)(2) of 
    the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
    Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior and the 
    Secretary of Agriculture intend to establish the Joint Fire Science 
    Program Stakeholder Advisory Group to provide advice concerning 
    priorities and approaches for research and implementation of research 
    findings for the management of wildland fuels on lands administered by 
    the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
    Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and 
    Wildlife Service, and the Department of Agriculture, through the Forest 
    Service (FS).
    
    DATES: Nominations should be submitted to the address listed below no 
    later than July 21, 1999.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Bob Clark, Joint Fire Science 
    Program Manager, National Interagency Fire Center, 3833 S. Development 
    Ave., Boise, Idaho 83705, (208) 387-5349. Internet: 
    b1clark@nifc.blm.gov.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Stakeholder Advisory Group will consist 
    of 30 members, 15 Federal and 15 nonfederal. This call for nominations 
    will establish the nonfederal membership on the Group. Group membership 
    will be balanced in terms of categories of interest represented.
        Any individual or organization may nominate one or more persons to 
    serve on the Joint Fire Science Program Stakeholder Advisory Group. 
    Individuals may also nominate themselves for Group membership. All 
    nomination letters should include the name, address, profession, 
    relevant biographic data, and reference sources for each nominee, and 
    should be sent to the above address. Letters of support should be from 
    interests or groups that nominees claim to represent. This material 
    will be used to evaluate nominees in terms of their expertise and 
    qualifications for advising the Secretaries on matters pertaining to 
    research into wildland fuels problems and implementation of strategies 
    and solutions for managing the increasing fuel loadings on federally 
    administered wildlands.
        Nominations may be made for the following categories of interest:
    
    Wildland fire management
    Wildland fuels management
    Air quality management
    Public lands management
    Forest ecology
    Rangeland ecology
    Hydrology
    Conservation
    Social science
    Computer science and modeling
    Tribal government
    Public-at-large
    
        The specific category that the nominee will represent should be 
    identified in the letter of nomination.
        Agency administrators will nominate Federal representatives, 
    including: Four (4) members from the FS, and one member each from the 
    Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Fish 
    and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological 
    Survey, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the 
    Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space 
    Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
    and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
        Each Stakeholder Advisory Group Member will be appointed to serve a 
    2-year term.
        Members will serve without salary, but non-federal members will be 
    reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses at current rates for 
    Government employees.
        The Group will meet at least once annually. Additional meetings may 
    be called in connection with special needs for advice. The Department 
    of the Interior's Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Managing Risk and 
    Public Safety, will be the Designated Federal Officer who will call 
    meetings of the Group.
    
        Dated: June 11, 1999.
    John Berry,
    Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget.
    [FR Doc. 99-15655 Filed 6-18-99; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4310-84-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
06/21/1999
Department:
Interior Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of intent to establish the Joint Fire Science Program Stakeholder Advisory Group; Public call for nominations.
Document Number:
99-15655
Pages:
33112-33112 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
FA-108-2810-00-24-IE
PDF File:
99-15655.pdf