[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 94 (Monday, May 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31012-31013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12104]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-910-00-1020-PB]


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

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Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. appendix 1, The Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), announces a meeting of 
the New Mexico Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The meeting will be 
held on June 14-16, 2000, at the Quality Inn, 1043 Camino del Pueblo 
Sur, Taos, NM.
    There will be an optional all day field trip on Wednesday, June 14, 
2000, to the Wild Rivers area to look at vegetation and on the ground 
events. The optional tour will start at the Quality Inn, in Taos, NW, 
at 8 am and end back in Taos, NM, about 5 pm. Transportation will be 
provided for RAC members.
    The meeting on Thursday, June 15, 2000, starts at 8 a.m. and will 
end about 5 pm. The three established RAC Subcommittees may have late 
afternoon or evening meetings on this day. The exact time and location 
of the Subcommittee meeting will be established by the Chairperson of 
each Subcommittee earlier in the day during the RAC meeting. The 
meeting on Friday, June 16, 2000, starts at 8 a.m. and will end about 3 
pm. The ending time of 3 p.m., for the meeting, may be changed 
depending on the work remaining for the RAC. The draft agenda for the 
RAC meeting includes an agreement on the meeting agenda, any RAC 
comments on the draft minutes of the last RAC meeting on April 26 
through 28, 2000, in Lordsburg, NM, a check in from the RAC members 
(the following are planned presentations that also include discussions) 
a Standards and Guidelines update presentation, an update on the Lesser 
Prairie Chicken, Threatened and Endangered Species comprehensive 
approach on border issues, elk management on BLM, Forest Service, and 
private land, a Vermijo Park wildlife presentation, a Willow Flycatcher 
presentation, BLM Field Office Managers State of the Field Office 
presentations with emphasis on wildlife and the Willow Flycatcher, RAC 
Subcommittee reports from the Urban/Lands Subcommittee, the Oil and Gas 
Subcommittee, and the Roads and Trails Subcommittee, a public comment 
period to the RAC, RAC discussions and any RAC recommendations, develop 
draft agenda items and select a location for the next RAC meeting, and 
a RAC assessment on the current meeting. The time for the public to 
address the RAC is on Friday, June 16, 2000, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. 
The RAC may reduce or extend the end time of 12:00 noon depending on 
the number of people wishing to address the RAC. Anyone wishing to 
address the RAC should be present at the 10:00 starting time. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary White, New Mexico State Office, 
Office of External Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, 1474 Rodeo Road, 
PO Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502-0115, telephone (505) 438-
7404.

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: May 9, 2000.
Michelle J. Chavez,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 00-12104 Filed 5-12-00; 8:45 am]
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