[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45435-45436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22471]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-130-1020-00; GP7-0274]


Call for Nominations for the Academician and Commercial Timber 
Positions on the Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council; Call for 
Nominations Notice

AGENCY: Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Spokane District.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations 
for an academician and commercial timber representative for the Eastern 
Washington Resource Advisory Council,

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established and authorized in 1995 by the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide advice and recommendations to the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) and Forest Service on management of public lands.
    The Council, which was established in August, 1995, is made up of 
15 members. This notice requests nominations to fill the vacant 
academician and commercial timber positions for the balance of their 
terms which expire in August of 1998.
    The Council, which covers eastern Washington, has worked closely 
with the BLM on the development of standards for rangeland health and 
guidelines for grazing management, and in providing comments on the 
draft environmental impact statements for the Interior Columbia Basin 
Ecosystem Management Project.
    This council is authorized under the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act (FLPMA), which directs the Secretary of the Interior to 
involve the public in planning and issues related to management of 
lands administered by BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA directs the Secretary 
to select 10 to 15 member citizen-based advisory councils that are 
established and authorized consistent with the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). As required by the FACA, 
Resource Advisory Council membership must be balanced and 
representative of the various interests concerned with the management 
of public lands. These include three categories:
    Category One: Holders of federal grazing permits, representatives 
of energy and mining development, timber industry, transportation or 
rights-of-way, off-road vehicle use and developed recreation.
    Category Two: Representatives of environmental and resource 
conservation organizations, dispersed recreation, archeological and 
historic interests, and wild horse and burro groups.
    Category Three: Representatives of State and local government, 
Native American Tribes, academicians involved in natural sciences, 
employees of State agencies responsible for the management of natural 
resources, land, or water, and the public at large.
    Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Nominees must be 
residents of the State of Washington. The Eastern Washington Council 
covers eastern Washington (with the exception of the area south of the 
Snake River drainages).
    Nominees for the academician position will be evaluated based on 
their experience as an academician in a natural resource related field 
and their knowledge of the geographic area covered by the Council. 
Nominees for the commercial timber position will be evaluated based on 
their experience working in the commercial timber industry and their 
knowledge of the geographic area covered by the Council. Nominees must 
also have demonstrated a commitment to collaborative resource decision 
making. All nominations must be accompanied by letters of reference 
from represented interests or organizations, a completed background 
information nomination form, as well as any other information that 
speaks to the nominee's qualifications. The BLM Oregon/Washington State 
Director, the Forest Service Regional Forester, and the Washington 
Governor's Office will forward the nominations to the Secretary of 
Interior, who will make the appointment to the Council.
    This nomination period will also be announced through press 
releases issued by the BLM Oregon/Washington State Office. Nominations 
for Resource Advisory Councils should be sent to: Elaine Zielinski, 
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Director, P.O. Box 
2965, Portland, OR, 97208-2965.

DATES: All nominations must be received by the BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office on or before September 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Lincoln Wojtanik, OR 912, 
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, P.O. Box 
2965, Portland, Oregon, 97208-2965; or call 503-952-6437.

    Dated August 19, 1997.
Joseph K. Buesing,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-22471 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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