Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 123 / Monday, June 26, 2000 / Notices 39423

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–030–00–1020–24]

Sierra Front/Northwestern Great Basin

Resource Advisory Council; Notice of

Meeting Location and Time

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting location and

time for the Sierra Front/Northwestern

Great Basin Resource Advisory Council

(Nevada).

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

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

Department of the Interior, Bureau of

Land Management (BLM) Sierra Front/

Northwestern Great Basin Resource

Advisory Council (RAC), Nevada, will

be held as indicated below. Topics for

discussion will include issues related to

Clean Water Action Plans/standards for

water quality; discussion of proposed

pilot projects for the Great Basin

Restoration Initiative for Carson City &

Winnemucca Field Offices; voluntary

acquisition of water rights in the Walker

River Basin; review of the preliminary

final draft of the Black Rock

Management Plan (if completed);

presentation of the proposed alternative

for the Washoe County Open Space

Plan; review of the BLM National OffHighway Vehicle Strategy; and other

topics the council may raise.

All meetings are open to the public.

The public may present written and/or

oral comments to the council. The

public comment period for the council

meeting will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday,

July 27th. The agenda will be available

on the internet by July 14, 2000, at

www.nv.blm.gov/rac; hard copies can

also be mailed or sent via FAX.

Individuals who need special assistance

such as sign language interpretation or

other reasonable accommodations

should contact Mark Struble, Carson

City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill

Road, Carson City, NV 89701, telephone

(775) 885–6107 no later than July 21,

2000.

DATE & TIME: The RAC will meet on

Thursday, July 27, 2000, from 9 a.m. to

5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday,

July 28, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in

the Catholic Center/ Religious

Education Social Hall, Church of the

Holy Family, 38 North West Street at

Virginia Street, Yerington, Nevada.

Public comment on individual topics

will be received at the discretion of the

council chairperson, as meeting

moderator, with a general public

comment period on Thursday, July 27,

2000, at 2 p.m. An evening public forum

will also be held on Thursday, July 27th

starting at 7 p.m. for the RAC to

dialogue with members of the public on

the BLM Walker River Basin EIS Project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Struble, Public Affairs Officer,

Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan

Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701.

Telephone (775) 885–6107.

Dated: June 12, 2000.

John O. Singlaub,

Manager, Carson City Field Office.

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO–260–09–1060–00–24 1A]

Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Announcement of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces that the

Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board

will conduct a meeting on matters

pertaining to management and

protection of wild, free-roaming horses

and burros on the Nation’s public lands.

DATES: The advisory board will meet

Tuesday, July 11, 2000 from 8 a.m. to 5

p.m. local time, and on Wednesday, July

12, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon local time.

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Board will

meet at the Nevada Bureau of Land

Management State Office, 1340

Financial Boulevard, Reno, Nevada.

Written comments pertaining to the

Advisory Board meeting should be sent

to: Bureau of Land Management,

National Wild Horse and Burro

Program, WO–260, Attention Ramona

Delorme, 1340 Financial Boulevard,

Reno, Nevada, 89502–7147. Submit

written comments pertaining to the

Advisory Board meeting no later than

close of business July 19, 2000. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for

electronic access and filing address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Nordin, Wild Horse and Burro

Public Outreach Specialist, (775) 861–

6583. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may reach Ms. Nordin at any time

by calling the Federal Information Relay

Service at 1–800–877–8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Public Meeting

Under the authority of 43 CFR part

1784, the Wild Horse and Burro

Advisory Board advises the Secretary of

the Interior, the Director of the BLM, the

Secretary of Agriculture, and the Chief,

Forest Service, on matters pertaining to

management and protection of wild,

free-roaming horses and burros on the

Nation’s public lands. The tentative

agenda for the meeting is:

Tuesday, July 11, 2000

Welcome

Introduction of board/announce

chairperson/vice chair

Logistics (per diem, etc.)

Briefings

BLM

Culp Report

Pierson Report

Advisory Board recommendations

Immuno/Contraception

Adoption Standardization

Handbooks/Manuels

FS Update on cooperative agreement for

handling horses

BLM Management Strategy (i.e. funding

level, implementation strategy,

contracts, marketing, etc.)

Public Comment

Wednesday, July 12, 2000

Animal Health

APHIS MOU

Granden Facility Review

Herd Health

Immuno/Contraception

Facility Managers’ meeting

Emergency gathers

Closeout/Recommendations

The meeting site is accessible to

individuals with disabilities. An

individual with a disability needing an

auxiliary aid or service to participate in

the meeting, such as interpreting

service, assistive listening device, or

materials in an alternate format, must

notify the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT two

weeks before the scheduled meeting

date. Although the BLM will attempt to

meet a request received after that date,

the requested auxiliary aid or service

may not be available because of

insufficient time to arrange it.

The Federal advisory committee

management regulations (41 CFR 101–

6.1015(b)), require BLM to publish in

the Federal Register notice of a meeting

15 days prior to the meeting date.

II. Public Comment Procedures

Members of the public may make oral

statements to the Advisory Board on

July 11, 2000 at the appropriate point in

the agenda. This opportunity is

anticipated to occur at 4 p.m. local time.