[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47317-47318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23902]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV 910 0777 30]
Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council Meeting
Location and Time
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.
ACTION: Resource Advisory Councils' meeting location and time.
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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., the
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council
meetings will be held as indicated below. The agenda for the first
day's meeting includes: introduction of new Council members, approval
of minutes of the previous meeting, Las Vegas Water Applications,
Standards and Guidelines (including Wild Horses), 3809 Mining
Regulations, and determination of the subject matter for future
meetings.
Day two of this meeting will be a field tour of the Buck, Bald and
Diamond
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Mountains and Newark Valley, north and west of Ely, Nevada. The tour
will cover approximately 150 miles on unpaved roads. It will depart
from and return to the Ely Field Office, Ely, Nevada. The tour will
include opportunities to view and evaluate areas of past land
treatments. Possible tour sites could include: wild horse gathers, wild
fire, mine reclamation, riparian exclosures, vegetation manipulation
(chaining) for deer habitat and an archaeological excavation.
Those attending the field tour should wear clothing and footwear
suitable for walking through rugged, brush covered terrain. Food and
beverages will be an individual responsibility; sack or small ice
cooler lunches including an equivalent of one gallon of water per
person are recommended.
All meetings are open to the public. The public may present written
comments to the Council. Each Council meeting will also have time
allocated for hearing public comments. The public comment period for
the Council meeting is listed below. Depending on the number of persons
wishing to comment and time available, the time for individual oral
comments may be limited. Individuals who plan to attend and need
special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, should contact the Field Office Manager at
the Ely Field Office, HC 33 P.O. Box 33500, Ely, Nevada 89301,
telephone (702) 389-1800.
DATES, TIMES: The time and location of the meeting is as follows:
Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, BLM Field Office,
702 Industrial Way, Ely, Nevada 98301, September 23, 1998, starting at
1:00 p.m.; public comments will be at 3:00 p.m.; tentative adjournment
5:00 p.m.
The field tour beginning and returning to the Ely Field Office on
September 24, 1998, will start at 8:00 a.m. and end approximately 3:45
p.m.; public comments will be at 4:00 p.m.; tentative adjournment at
5:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Curtis G. Tucker, Team Leader for the Northeastern Resource Advisory
Council, Ely Field Office, 702 North Industrial Way, HC 33 Box 33500,
Ely, NV 89301-9408, telephone 702-289-1841.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the 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 the public
lands.
James Perkins,
Assistant Field Manager, Renewable Resources.
[FR Doc. 98-23902 Filed 9-3-98; 8:45 am]
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