[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 159 (Thursday, August 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42440-42441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20812]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM-931-06-1020-00]
New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of council meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 1, The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), announces two meetings of the New Mexico Resource Advisory
Council (RAC). The first meeting will be held on September 19 and 20,
1996 and if needed the second meeting will be held on October 10 and
11, 1996.
The first meeting on September 19 and 20, 1996 will be at the
Amberely Suites Hotel, 7620 Pan America Freeway, Albuquerque, NM 87109.
The agenda for the first RAC meeting is a continuation of the
August 1 and 2, 1996 meeting at Farmington, NM and includes discussion
of the results of scoping comments on the New Mexico RAC Draft
Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing
(S&G), development of revisions to the S&G as needed and a time for the
public to address the RAC. The meeting is open to the public. The time
for the public to address the RAC is on Thursday, September 19, 1996,
from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The RAC may reduce or extend the end time
of 5:00 p.m. depending on the number of people wishing to address the
RAC and the length of time available. The length of time available for
each person to address the RAC will be established at the start of the
public comment period and will depend on how many people there are that
wish to address the RAC. At the completion of the public comments the
RAC may continue discussion on its Agenda items.
If needed a second meeting is scheduled for October 10 and 11, 1996
to continue RAC deliberations on the S&G's. This meeting will be held
at the Best Western Fred Harvey, 2910 Yale Blvd. SE, Albuquerque, NM
87106.
The agenda for the second RAC meeting is again the continuation of
the August 1 and 2, 1996 meeting at Farmington, NM and includes
discussion of the results of scoping comments on the New Mexico RAC
Draft Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Livestock
Grazing (S&G), development of revisions to the S&G as needed and a time
for the public to address the RAC. The meeting is open to the public.
The time for the public to address the RAC is on Thursday, October 10,
1996, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The RAC may reduce or extend the end
time of 5:00 p.m. depending on the number of people wishing to address
the RAC and the length of time available. The length of time available
for each person to address the RAC will be established at the start of
the public comment period and will depend on how many people there are
that wish to address the RAC. At the completion of the public comments
the RAC may continue discussion on its Agenda items.
DATES: The first RAC meeting will be on Thursday September 19, 1996
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday, September 20, 1996, from
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. If needed the second RAC meeting will be on
Thursday October 10, 1996 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday,
October 11, 1996, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The end time of 4:00 p.m.
for both the first and second meetings may be changed depending on the
work remaining to be completed by the RAC. The public may address the
RAC during the public comment period for the first meeting on Thursday
September 19, 1996 starting at 3:00 p.m. If the second meeting is
needed the
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public may also address the RAC during the public comment period for
the second meeting on Thursday October 10, 1996 starting at 3:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Armstrong, New Mexico State
Office, Policy and Planning Team, Bureau of Land Management, 1474 Rodeo
Road, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502-0115, telephone (505)
438-7436.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Resource Advisory Council
is to advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a
variety of planning and management issues associated with the
management of public lands. The Council's responsibilities include
providing advice on long-range planning, establishing resource
management priorities and assisting the BLM to identify State and
regional standards for rangeland health and guidelines for grazing
management.
Dated: August 9, 1996.
Richard A. Whitley,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 96-20812 Filed 8-14-96; 8:45 am]
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