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security screening upon entering the 

facility. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning attending the 

ISAC meeting, submitting written 

comments to the ISAC, or requesting to 

address the ISAC, contact Kelsey 

Brantley, NISC Operations Director and 

ISAC Coordinator, National Invasive 

Species Council Staff, telephone (202) 

577–7012; fax: (202) 208–4118, or email 

kelsey_brantley@ios.doi.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the ISAC is to provide advice 

to the NISC, as authorized by Executive 

Orders 13112 and 13751, on a broad 

array of issues related to preventing the 

introduction of invasive species and 

providing for their control and 

minimizing the economic, ecological, 

and human health impacts that invasive 

species cause. NISC is co-chaired by the 

Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 

Agriculture, and the Secretary of 

Commerce. The duty of NISC is to 

provide national leadership regarding 

invasive species issues. 

The purpose of an in-person meeting 

on Monday, November 13, 2023 through 

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 is to 

convene the full ISAC to finalize and 

formally approve deliverables 

developed by its subcommittees on 

three (3) topics requested by NISC: (1) 

the impacts of invasive species on 

underserved communities; (2) the 

intersection of climate change and 

invasive species; and, (3) an assessment 

of national priorities related to invasive 

species. 

Meeting Agenda: The meeting agenda 

will consist of an opening session with 

remarks from NISC member agencies, 

updates on priority NISC and NISC 

member agency activities, discussion of 

outputs by the three subcommittees, and 

consideration of new issues for ISAC 

input and advice. Opportunities for 

public comment will be provided before 

the conclusion of each meeting day. 

The final agenda and other reference 

documents for discussion during the 

meeting will be available for public 

viewing as they become available, but 

no later than 48 hours prior to the start 

of the meeting at https://

www.invasivespecies.gov. 

Meeting Registration: All meeting 

participants and interested members of 

the public must register at https://

forms.office.com/g/5TwFXSkEpf to 

attend the meeting in-person or observe 

the general session virtually. Due to the 

limited capacity at the meeting venue, 

and limited connections available for 

virtual observation, individuals must 

register no later than Friday, November 

10, 2023; 3:00 p.m. (ET). 

Meeting Accessibility/Special 

Accommodations: The meeting is open 

to the public. Registration is required 

(see Meeting Registration above). Please 

make requests in advance for sign 

language interpreter services, assistive 

listening devices, or other reasonable 

accommodations. Please contact Kelsey 

Brantley at kelsey_brantley@ios.doi.gov, 

at least seven (7) business days prior to 

the meeting to give the Department of 

the Interior sufficient time to process 

your request. All reasonable 

accommodation requests are managed 

on a case-by-case basis. 

Public Comment: Interested members 

of the public may provide either oral or 

written comments to ISAC for 

consideration. Oral comments may be 

given during designated times as 

specified in the meeting agenda. Written 

comments must be submitted by email 

to Kelsey Brantley at kelsey_brantley@

ios.doi.gov, no later than Friday, 

November 10, 2023; 3:00 p.m. (ET). All 

written comments will be provided to 

members of the ISAC. Individuals who 

wish to expand upon their oral 

statements, or those who had wished to 

speak but could not be accommodated 

on the agenda, may submit written 

comments to Kelsey Brantley at kelsey_

brantley@ios.doi.gov, up to 30 days 

following the meeting. 

All comments will be made part of the 

public record and will be electronically 

distributed to all ISAC members. The 

detailed meeting minutes will be 

available for public inspection within 

90 days of the meeting. 

Public Disclosure of Comments: 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

written comments, you should be aware 

that your entire comment including 

your personal identifying information 

will be made publicly available. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. 

Stanley W. Burgiel, 

Executive Director, National Invasive Species 

Council. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO45 MO4500174625] 

National Call for Nominations for 

Resource Advisory Councils 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of call for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to request public nominations for 16 of 

the Bureau of Land Management’s 

(BLM) statewide and regional Resource 

Advisory Councils (RAC) that have 

vacant positions or members whose 

terms are scheduled to expire. These 

RACs provide advice and 

recommendations to the BLM on land 

use planning and management of the 

National System of Public Lands within 

the geographic areas for which the RACs 

are organized. 

DATES: All nominations must be 

received no later than November 24, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations and completed 

applications should be sent to the 

appropriate BLM offices listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Richardson, BLM Office of 

Communications, at telephone: (202) 

208–5259, email: crichardson@blm.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) directs the Secretary of the 

Interior to involve the public in 

planning and addressing issues related 

to management of lands administered by 

the BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA (43 

U.S.C. 1739) directs the Secretary to 

establish 10- to 15-member citizenbased advisory councils that are 

consistent with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA). As required by 


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FACA, RAC membership must be 

balanced and representative of the 

various interests concerned with the 

management of the public lands. The 

rules governing RACs are found at 43 

CFR subpart 1784. The RACs include 

the following three membership 

categories: 

Category One—Holders of Federal 

grazing permits or leases within the area 

for which the RAC is organized; 

represent interests associated with 

transportation or rights-of-way; 

represent developed outdoor recreation, 

off-highway vehicle users, or 

commercial recreation activities; 

represent the commercial timber 

industry; or represent energy and 

mineral development. 

Category Two—Representatives of 

nationally or regionally recognized 

environmental organizations; dispersed 

recreational activities; archaeological 

and historical interests; or nationally or 

regionally recognized wild horse and 

burro interest groups. 

Category Three—Hold State, county, 

or local elected office; are employed by 

a State agency responsible for the 

management of natural resources, land, 

or water; represent Indian Tribes within 

or adjacent to the area for which the 

RAC is organized; are employed as 

academicians in natural resource 

management or the natural sciences; or 

represent the affected public at large. 

Individuals may nominate themselves 

or others. Nominees must be residents 

of the State in which the RAC has 

jurisdiction. The BLM will evaluate 

nominees based on their education, 

training, experience, and knowledge of 

the geographic area of the RAC. 

Nominees should demonstrate a 

commitment to collaborative resource 

decision-making. 

The following must accompany all 

nominations: 

—A completed RAC application, which 

can either be obtained through your 

local BLM office or online at: https:// 

www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/ 

2022-05/BLM-Form-1120-19_RACApplication.pdf. 

—Letters of reference from represented 

interests or organizations; and 

—Any other information that addresses 

the nominee’s qualifications. 

Simultaneous with this notice, BLM 

State Offices will issue press releases 

providing additional information for 

submitting nominations. 

Before including any address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in the 

application, nominees should be aware 

this information may be made publicly 

available at any time. While the 

nominee can ask to withhold the 

personal identifying information from 

public review, the BLM cannot 

guarantee that it will be able to do so. 

Nominations and completed 

applications for RACs should be sent to 

the appropriate BLM offices listed 

below: 

Alaska 

Alaska RAC 

Melinda Bolton, BLM Alaska State 

Office, 222 W 7th Avenue #13, 

Anchorage, AK 99513; Phone: (907) 

271–3342; Email: mbolton@blm.gov. 

California 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council 

Michelle Van Der Linden, BLM 

California Desert District Office, 1201 

Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, CA 

92262; Phone: (951) 567–1531; Email: 

mvanderlinden@blm.gov. 

Northern California District RAC 

Jeff Fontana, BLM Eagle Lake Field 

Office, 2550 Riverside Drive, Susanville, 

CA 96130; Phone: (530) 252–5332; 

Email: jfontana@blm.gov. 

Idaho 

Idaho RAC 

MJ Byrne, BLM Idaho State Office, 

1387 South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 

83709; Phone (208) 373–4006; Email: 

mbyrne@blm.gov. 

Montana and Dakotas 

Missouri Basin RAC 

Mark Jacobsen, BLM Eastern 

Montana/Dakotas District Office, 111 

Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT 59301; 

Phone: (406) 233–2831; Email: 

mjacobse@blm.gov; or Gina Baltrusch, 

BLM North Central Montana District 

Office, 1220 38th Street N, Great Falls, 

MT 59405; Phone: (406) 791–7778; 

Email: gbaltrusch@blm.gov. 

Western Montana RAC 

David Abrams, BLM Butte Field 

Office, 106 North Parkmont, Butte, MT 

59701; Phone: (406) 533–7617; Email: 

dabrams@blm.gov. 

Nevada 

Mojave-Southern Great Basin RAC 

Kirsten Cannon, BLM Southern 

Nevada District Office, 4701 North 

Torrey Pines, Las Vegas, NV 89130; 

Phone: (702) 515–5057; Email: 

k1cannon@blm.gov. 

Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin RAC 

Lisa Ross, Public Affairs Specialist, 

BLM Carson City District Office, 5665 

Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 

89701; phone: (775) 885–6107; Email: 

lross@blm.gov. 

New Mexico 

Northern New Mexico RAC 

Jamie Garcia, BLM Albuquerque 

District Office, 100 Sun Avenue NE, 

Albuquerque, NM 87109; Phone: (505) 

761–8787; Email: jagarcia@blm.gov. 

Southern New Mexico 

Wendy Brown, BLM Roswell Field 

Office, 2909 West 2nd Street, Roswell, 

NM 88201; Phone: (575) 627–0259; 

Email: wabrown@blm.gov. 

Oregon/Washington 

Eastern Washington RAC 

Tom Beaucage, Border Field Office, 

1103 N Fancher Road, Spokane Valley, 

WA 99212; Phone: (509) 536–1263; 

Email: tbeaucage@blm.gov. 

John Day-Snake RAC 

Larisa Bogardus, Public Affairs 

Officer, BLM Vale District Office, 3100 

H St., Baker City, OR 97814; Phone: 

(541) 523–1407; Email: lbogardus@

blm.gov. 

Southeast Oregon RAC 

Larisa Bogardus, Public Affairs 

Officer, BLM Vale District Office, 3100 

H St., Baker City, OR 97814; Phone: 

(541) 523–1407; Email: lbogardus@

blm.gov. 

Western Oregon 

Megan Harper, BLM Coos Bay District 

Office, 1300 Airport Lane, North Bend, 

OR 97459; Phone: (541) 751–4353; 

Email: m1harper@blm.gov. 

Utah 

Utah RAC 

Angela Hawkins, BLM Green River 

District Office, 170 South 500 East, 

Vernal, UT 84078; Phone: (435) 781– 

2774; Email: ahawkins@blm.gov. 

Wyoming 

Wyoming RAC 

Azure Hall, BLM Wyoming State 

Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 

Cheyenne, WY 82009; Phone: (307) 

335–6208; Email: ahall@blm.gov. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1) 

Jeffrey Krauss, 

Assistant Director for Communications. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23537 Filed 10–24–23; 8:45 am] 

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