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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27352]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-910-07-1020-00]

New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of council meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 
Appendix 1, The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), announces a meeting of the New Mexico Resource Advisory Council 
(RAC). The meeting will be held on November 20 and 21, 1997 at the 
Amberley Suites Hotel, 7620 Pan America Freeway, Albuquerque, NM 87109.
    This is a transitional meeting for newly appointed RAC members. The 
agenda for the RAC meeting will include agreement on the meeting 
agenda, any RAC comments on the draft summary minutes of the last RAC 
meeting of June 25-26, 1997 in Mescalero, NM., briefing on the status 
of the NEPA process for the RAC Standards for Rangeland Health and 
Guidelines for Livestock Grazing, review and discussion of the June 26, 
1997 New Mexico RAC Off Highway Vehicle recommendations, a BLM Weeds 
Program presentation and discussions about topics for future RAC 
meetings.
    The meeting will begin on November 20, 1997 at 9 a.m. The meeting 
is open to the public. The time for the public to address the RAC is on 
the Thursday, November 20, 1997, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The RAC may 
reduce or extend the end time of 5 p.m. depending on the number of 
people wishing to address the RAC. The length of time available for 
each person to address the RAC will be established at the start of the 
public comment period and will depend on how many people there are that 
wish to address the RAC. At the completion of the public comments the 
RAC may continue discussion on its Agenda items. The meeting on 
November 21, 1997, will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The end time of 4 p.m. 
for the meeting may be changed depending on the work remaining for the 
RAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bob Armstrong, New Mexico State Office, Planning and Policy Team, 
Bureau of Land Management, 1474 Rodeo Road, PO Box 27115, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87502-0115, telephone (505) 438-7436.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Resource Advisory Council 
is to advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a 
variety of planning and management issues associated with the 
management of public lands. The Council's responsibilities include 
providing advice on long-range planning, establishing resource 
management priorities and assisting the BLM to identify State and 
regional standards for rangeland health and guidelines for grazing 
management.

    Dated: October 9, 1997.
Gilbert J. Lucero,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 97-27352 Filed 10-15-97; 8:45 am]
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