[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15919]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO-700-99-1010-00-1784]
Southwest Resource Advisory Council Meeting
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; Resource Advisory Council public input meetings and
Southwest Resource Advisory Council meeting.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Southwest Resource Advisory
Council (Southwest RAC), utilizing a designated subcommittee, will hold
a series of public input meetings in July and early August, 1999, in
Cortez, Colorado. The meetings are for the purpose of identifying
community concerns and issues to be considered as greater protection is
given to BLM's 156,000 acre Anasazi Culture Multiple-Use Area of
Critical Environmental Concern (Anasazi ACEC) west of Cortez.
DATES: The public input meetings are scheduled for the following dates
and times. Any changes to the time, date and/or location of the
meetings will be posted on the Southwest RAC web page (http://
www.co.blm.gov/mdo/mdo__sw__rac.htm) and publicized via local media.
All of the public input meetings will be held at the Cortez
Conference Center, 2121 East Main Street in Cortez, Colorado. Unless
otherwise indicated, all meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. and end at
approximately 9:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 8--This meeting is for the purposes of organizing
subsequent meetings and the procedures of the RAC subcommittee and
local constituents, who together will comprise a Working Group. A
segment of this meeting will be open to public input on organization
and procedural concerns and comments.
Wednesday, July 14--The purpose of this meeting is for the Working
Group to obtain public input on concerns and issues to be considered as
greater protection is given to the Anasazi ACEC. The majority of this
meeting will be open to public input regarding the identification of
those concerns and issues.
Thursday, July 15--The purpose of this meeting is to provide
another opportunity for the Working Group to obtain public input on
concerns and issues to be considered as greater protection is given to
the Anasazi ACEC. The majority of this meeting will be open to public
input regarding the identification of those concerns and issues.
Wednesday, July 21--The primary purpose of this meeting is for the
Working Group to characterize, categorize, rate and rank the concerns
and issues identified in the July 14 & 15 meetings. A segment of this
meeting will be open for public input regarding the characterization,
categorization, rating and ranking process.
Thursday, July 22--The primary purpose of this meeting is to
provide another opportunity for the Working Group to characterize,
categorize, rate and rank the concerns and issues identified in the
July 14 & 15 meetings. A segment of this meeting will be open for
public input regarding the characterization, categorization, rating and
ranking process.
Thursday, August 5--This meeting is for the purpose of preparing
the report for the public and the Southwest RAC. A segment of this
meeting will be open to public input on the report contents and the
identification of any omissions and/or misinterpretations of the
concerns and issues identified during the July 14 & 15 meetings.
Thursday, August 12--This meeting will be an official Southwest
Resource Advisory Council meeting. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m.
The afternoon agenda will be limited to Southwest RAC business and
discussion on proposed statewide BLM recreation guidelines being
developed by BLM Colorado's three RAC's. The afternoon session will end
at 5:00 p.m. The evening session will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be
limited to presentation of the final report on the public input process
regarding community concerns and issues relating to the future
management of the Anasazi ACEC. Public comment is scheduled from 7:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: For additional information, contact Roger Alexander, Bureau
of Land Management (BLM), Southwest Center, 2465 South Townsend Avenue,
Montrose, Colorado 81401; telephone 970-240-5335; TDD 970-240-5366; e-
mail Roger__Alexander@co.blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Existing management has proven to be
inadequate to ensure the long-term protection of cultural resources in
the Anasazi ACEC. The Secretary of the Interior has asked the Southwest
RAC to conduct a series of public meetings to identify community
concerns and issues to be considered when determining what form the
future management of the area will take.
All Resource Advisory Council and RAC subcommittee meetings are
open to the public. Interested persons are encouraged to attend the
series of public meetings and to make verbal statements to the RAC
subcommittee and working group and on August 12, to the full Council.
Written statements may also be submitted for the both the RAC
subcommittee/working group and the full Council's consideration. If
necessary, a per-person time limit for verbal comments may be
established.
Summary minutes for all Council meetings are maintained in the
Southwest Center Office and on the Internet at http://www.co.blm.gov/
mdo/mdo__sw__rac.htm and are available for public inspection and
reproduction within thirty (30) days following each meeting.
Dated: June 17, 1999.
Mark W. Stiles,
Southwest Center Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-15919 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]
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