[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 121 (Thursday, June 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38849-38850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15768]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-610-00-1220-QX]


Call for Nominations for the Bureau of Land Management's 
California Desert District Advisory Council

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management's California Desert District is 
soliciting nominations from the public for five members of its District 
Advisory Council to serve the 2001-2003 three-year term. Council 
members

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provide advice and recommendations to BLM on the management of public 
lands in southern California. Nominations will be accepted through 
Thursday, August 31, 2000. The three-year term would begin January 1, 
2001.
    The five positions to be filled include:
    <bullet> One environmental protection representative;
    <bullet> One renewable resources representative representing 
grazing interests;
    <bullet> One elected official representing local or county 
government;
    <bullet> Two public-at-larger representatives.
    Council members are appointed to serve an initial 3-year term, and 
may be nominated for reappointment for an additional three-year term. 
Five council members are completing their second 3-year term and retire 
December 31, 2000.
    The California Desert District Advisory Council is comprised of 15 
private individuals who represent different interests and advise BLM 
officials on polices and programs concerning the management of 
approximately 11 million acres of public land in southern California. 
The Council meets in formal session three to four times each year in 
various locations throughout the California Desert District. Council 
members serve without compensation except for reimbursement of travel 
expenditures incurred in the course of their duties.
    Section 309 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) 
directs the Secretary of the Interior to involve the public in planning 
and issues related to management of BLM administered lands. The 
Secretary also selects council nominees consistent with the 
requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which 
requires nominees appointed to the council be balanced in terms of 
points of view and representative of the various interests concerned 
with the management of the public lands.
    The Council also is balanced geographically, and BLM will try to 
find qualified representatives from areas throughout the California 
Desert District. The District covers portions of eight counties, and 
includes 10.7 million acres of public land in the California Desert 
Conservation Area and 300,000 acres of scattered parcels in San Diego, 
western Riverside, western San Bernardino, Orange, and Los Angeles 
Counties (known as the South Coast).
    Any group or individual may nominate a qualified person, based upon 
their education, training, and knowledge of BLM, the California Desert, 
and the issues involving BLM-administered public lands throughout 
southern California. Qualified individuals also may nominate 
themselves.
    Nominations must include the name of the nominees; work and home 
addresses and telephone numbers, fax number, and E-mail addresses; a 
biographical sketch that includes the nominee's work and public service 
record; any applicable outside interests or other information that 
demonstrates the nominee qualifications for the position; and the 
specific category of interest in which the nominee is best qualified to 
offer advice and council. Nominees may contact the BLM California 
Desert District External Affairs staff at (909) 697-5220 or write to 
the address below and request a copy of the nomination form.
    All nominations must be accompanied by letters of reference from 
represented interests, organizations, or elected officials supporting 
the nomination. Individuals nominating themselves must provide at least 
one letter of recommendation. Advisory Council members are appointed by 
the Secretary of the Interior, generally in late January or early 
February.
    Nominations should be sent to the District Manager, Bureau of Land 
Management, California Desert District, 6221 Box Spring Boulevard, 
Riverside, California 92507.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: BLM California Desert District 
External Affairs: Doran Sanchez, (909) 697-5220.

    Dated: June 16, 2000.
Tim Salt,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-15768 Filed 6-21-00; 8:45 am]
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