39098 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 149 / Wednesday, August 5, 2009 / Notices 

The BLM is committed to provide, 

and receive fair value for the use of 

developed recreation facilities and 

services in a manner that meets public 

use demands, provides quality 

experiences and protects important 

resources. The BLM’s policy is to collect 

fees at all specialized recreation sites, or 

where the BLM provides facilities, 

equipment or services, at Federal 

expense, in connection with outdoor 

use as authorized by the REA. In an 

effort to meet increasing demands for 

services and maintenance of developed 

facilities, the BLM would implement a 

fee program for the camping areas. 

BLM’s mission for the camping areas is 

to ensure that funding is available to 

maintain facilities and recreational 

opportunities, to provide for law 

enforcement presence, to develop 

additional services, and to protect 

resources. This mission entails 

communication with those who will be 

most directly affected by the camping 

areas, for example recreationists, other 

recreation providers, partners, 

neighbors, and those who will have a 

stake in solving concerns that may arise 

throughout the life of the camping areas, 

including elected officials, and other 

agencies. 

Development of the Moab Skyway 

Group Site and the Entrada Bluffs, 

Bartlett and Courthouse camping areas 

is consistent with the 2008 Moab 

Resource Management Plan and was 

analyzed in the Environmental Impact 

Statement accompanying the plan (EIS 

UT–060–2007–04). Camping and group 

use fees would be consistent with other 

established fee sites in the area 

including other BLM administered sites 

in the area and those managed by the 

USDA Forest Service, USDI National 

Park Service, and Utah State Parks and 

Recreation. Future adjustments in the 

fee amount will be made following the 

Moab Field Office’s recreation fee 

business plan covering the sites, 

consultation with the Utah Recreation 

Resource Advisory Committee and other 

public notice prior to a fee adjustment. 

In December 2004, the REA was 

signed into law. The REA provides 

authority for 10 years for the Secretaries 

of the Interior and Agriculture to 

establish, modify, charge, and collect 

recreation fees for use of some Federal 

recreation lands and waters, and 

contains specific provisions addressing 

public involvement in the establishment 

of recreation fees, including a 

requirement that Recreation Resource 

Advisory Committees or Councils have 

the opportunity to make 

recommendations regarding 

establishment of such fees. REA also 

directed the Secretaries of the Interior 

and Agriculture to publish advance 

notice in the Federal Register whenever 

new recreation fee areas are established 

under their respective jurisdictions. In 

accordance with the BLM recreation fee 

program policy, the Moab Field Office’s 

recreation fee business plan both 

explains the fee collection process and 

how the fees will be used at the four 

sites. BLM will notify and involve the 

public at each stage of the planning 

process, including the proposal to 

collect fees. The Utah RRAC will review 

the fee proposals at its next meeting, 

following REA guidelines. Fee amounts 

will be posted on-site, and at the Moab 

Field Office, and copies of the business 

plan will be available at the Moab Field 

Office and the BLM Utah State Office. 

BLM welcomes public comments on 

this proposal. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, be 

advised that your entire comment— 

including your personal identifying 

information—may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

us in your comment to withhold from 

public review your personal identifying 

information, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6803(b). 

Approved: 

Selma Sierra, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–18720 Filed 8–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLUT91000–L10400000–PH0000–24–1A] 

Notice of Utah’s Resource Advisory 

Council (RAC) Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Utah’s Resource 

Advisory Council Meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management’s (BLM) Utah 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will 

meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The Utah Resource Advisory 

Council (RAC) will meet September 15 

(1 p.m.–6 p.m.) and September 16 (8 

a.m.–3 p.m.), 2009, in Cedar City, Utah. 

ADDRESSES: The RAC will meet at the 

Southern Utah University’s Hunter 

Conference Center (Shooting Star 

meeting room), 351 West University 

Blvd., Cedar City, Utah. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Sherry Foot, Special Programs 

Coordinator, Utah State Office, Bureau 

of Land Management, P.O. Box 45155, 

Salt Lake City, Utah 84145–0155; phone 

(801) 539–4195. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management, on a variety of 

planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in Utah. On September 15, 

planned agenda topics include 

presentations on renewable energy 

resources, including geothermal, wind 

energy, solar study units; effects on 

wildlife from renewable energy 

development; the treatment of 

renewable resources in Resource 

Management Plans; and, comments by 

local and state officials. Updates on the 

Milford Flat fire rehab project also will 

be presented. A half-hour public 

comment period, where the public may 

address the Council, is scheduled from 

5 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Written comments 

may be sent to the Bureau of Land 

Management’s address listed above. 

On September 16, the RAC will tour 

the RASER facilities (geothermalmodular units), First Wind—Milford 

Flat Wind Farm (Clipper and GE 

turbines, substation, operation and 

maintenance facility, lay-down yards), 

and the Blundell Powerplant 

(geothermal, production plant-turbine, 

heat exchangers). All meetings are open 

to the public; however, transportation, 

lodging, and meals are the responsibility 

of the participating public. For purposes 

of field tour coordination, members of 

the public wishing to attend are to 

contact Sherry Foot at (801) 539–4195. 

Dated: July 30, 2009. 

Selma Sierra, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–18681 Filed 8–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMTC03000–L10200000–PK0000] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Dakotas 

Resource Advisory Council Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 


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