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based on their demonstrated ability to

analyze and interpret data and

information, evaluate proposals,

identify problems, and promote the use

of collaborative management

techniques. These include long-term

planning and further development of

the Interpretive Center, interagency

coordination, management across

jurisdictional boundaries, data sharing,

information exchange, and partnerships.

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 nomination period

will also be announced through news

releases issued by the BLM Vale

District, Oregon office. Nominations for

the Advisory Board should be sent to

National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center Advisory Board,

Attention: Jonne Hower, BLM, 100

Oregon St., Vale, Oregon 97918.

DATES: All nominations should be

received on or before April 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND

APPLICATION FORMS CONTACT: Jonne

Hower, Bureau of Land Management,

Vale District, 100 Oregon Street, Vale,

OR 97918, (Telephone 541 473–3144).

Completed Nominations/Background

Forms should be obtained from and

returned to the same addresses listed

above.

Edwin J. Singleton,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–4975 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

[MT–962–1020–00]

Notice of Availability for the Montana/

Dakotas Standards for Rangeland

Health and Guidelines for Livestock

Grazing Management Supplement to

the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Supplement to the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

includes additional information and

documents the effects of adopting

regional standards for rangeland health

and guidelines for livestock grazing

management on BLM-administered

lands west of the Continental Divide, in

Montana. The supplement discloses

additional impacts not already covered

in the Draft EIS from implementing the

proposed alternatives on lands west of

the Continental Divide. This action is

proposed in accordance with revised

regulations for livestock grazing on

BLM-administered lands (43 CFR 4100).

The proposed standards and guidelines

were developed in partnership with the

Butte Resource Advisory Council (RAC),

and with other public input. There will

be a 60-day comment period on the

Draft EIS Supplement. The comment

period will begin the day the EPA

Notice appears in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Brooks, BLM Montana State

Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings,

Montana 59107–6800, or 406–255–2929.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When the

Montana/Dakotas Draft EIS for

Standards for Rangeland Health and

Guidelines for Livestock Grazing

Management was issued, lands west of

the Continental Divide were not

included in the analysis because they

are being considered as part of the

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Project (ICBEMP).

However, the schedule to complete the

ICBEMP has been extended, which

would cause the Fallback Standards and

Guidelines to automatically go into

effect on August 12, 1997. By

supplementing the Montana/Dakotas

Draft EIS, these lands would be subject

to the same consideration and analysis

of alternatives as other lands in

Montana/Dakotas. The record of

decision signed on the Montana/Dakotas

Standards and Guidelines Final EIS,

will apply to lands west of the

Continental Divide, in Montana. The

ICBEMP decision will supersede the

Montana/Dakotas Standards and

Guidelines decision, for these lands,

when the ICBEMP is complete. The

supplement to the DEIS revises

information and analysis in the Draft

EIS to include BLM-administered lands

west of the Continental Divide. There

will be a 60-day comment period.

Comments must be received by May 3,

1997. An open house will be held to

exchange information with the public

about the standards and guidelines

supplement to the Draft EIS. The open

house will be held on March 20, 1997,

at the Garnet Resource Area Office, 3255

Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, Montana,

from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Dated: February 21, 1997.

Thomas P. Lonnie,

Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.

[FR Doc. 97–4996 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

[CO–010–07–1020–00–241A]

Northwest Colorado Resource

Advisory Council Meetings

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the next meetings of the Northwest

Colorado Resource Advisory Council

will be held on Friday, March 14, 1997,

in Grand Junction, Colorado; and

Wednesday, May 14, 1997, in Steamboat

Springs, Colorado.

DATES: Meetings are scheduled for

Friday, March 14, 1997, and

Wednesday, May 14, 1997.

ADDRESS: For further information,

contact Joann Graham, Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Grand Junction

District Office, 2815 H Road, Grand

Junction, Colorado 81506; Telephone

(970) 244–3000; TDD (970) 244–3037.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Friday, March 14, 1997

This meeting will be held in the BLM

District Office Conference Room, 2815 H

Road, Grand Junction, Colorado.

Wednesday, May 14, 1997

This meeting will be held at the

Yampa Valley Rural Electrification

Building, 32 Tenth Street, Steamboat

Springs, Colorado.

All meetings are scheduled to begin at

9 a.m. The March 14 meeting in Grand

Junction will focus on general Council

business, Council subcommittee reports,

and Area Manager reports on the

following topics: (1) The status of the

Bang’s Canyon Management Plan, (2)

possible acquisition of the Naval Oil

Shale Reserve, and (3) resource

management conflicts in new areas

proposed for wilderness designation by

a group of 47 conservationists.

The agenda for the May 14 meeting in

Steamboat Springs will focus on general

Council business and subcommittee

reports.

All Resource Advisory Council

meetings are open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements at the meetings or submit

written statements following the

meetings. The Grand Junction/Craig

District Manager may set per-person

time limits for oral statements, if

needed, to allow all interested persons

an opportunity to speak.

Summary minutes for the Council

meeting will be maintained in the Grand

Junction and Craig District Offices and

will be available for public inspection

and reproduction during regular