[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 159 (Friday, August 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 46238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4026]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-910-0777-XP-241A]


State of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Arizona 
Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet on September 6, 2007, in 
Phoenix, Arizona, at the BLM National Training Center located at 9828 
North 31st Avenue in Phoenix from 8 a.m. and conclude at 4:30 p.m. 
Morning agenda items include: Review of the June 8, 2007, meeting 
minutes for RAC and Recreation Resource Advisory Council (RRAC) 
business; BLM State Director's update on statewide issues; 
presentations on: the BLM wilderness program in Arizona, how recreation 
benefits communities, and Arizona water rights; RAC questions on BLM 
Field Managers Rangeland Resource Team proposals; and, reports by RAC 
working groups. A public comment period will be provided at 11:30 a.m. 
on September 6, 2007, for any interested publics who wish to address 
the Council on BLM programs and business.
    Under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, the RAC has 
been designated the RRAC, and has the authority to review all BLM and 
Forest Service (FS) recreation fee proposals in Arizona. The afternoon 
meeting agenda on September 6 will include discussion and review of the 
Recreation Enhancement Act (REA) Working Group Report, the Fiscal Year 
2008 (Tentative) quarterly schedule for BLM and FS recreation fee 
proposals, and one FS fee proposal in Arizona:
    (1) Upper Salt River Canyon Wilderness Private River Permit 
System--(Tonto National Forest). The Forest Service is considering a 
change for the Private Permit Fees for running the Upper Salt River 
through the Salt River Canyon Wilderness from March 1 to May 15 each 
year. The application fee of $10 will remain the same. The permit fee 
is proposed from the current $75 to a fee of $125. The purpose of the 
proposed fee increase is to help better cover the cost of managing the 
river program for the Upper Salt River Canyon Wilderness. The proposed 
fees are in line with those charged by other Forest Service and Federal 
Government agencies for similar river permits in the western United 
States.
    Following the FS proposals, the RRAC will open the meeting to 
public comments on the fee proposal. After completing their RRAC 
business, the BLM RAC will reconvene to provide recommendations to the 
RAC Designated Federal Official on the fee proposal and discuss future 
RAC meetings and locations.

DATES: Effective Date: September 6, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Stevens, Bureau of Land 
Management, Arizona State Office, One North Central Avenue, Suite 800, 
Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4427, 602-417-9504.

Elaine Y. Zielinski,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 07-4026 Filed 8-16-07; 8:45 am]
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