13896 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 56 / Monday, March 24, 1997 / Notices

Dated: March 18, 1997.

Margaret Tieger,

Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 97–7297 Filed 3–21–97; 8:45 am]

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Bureau of Land Management

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Call for Nominations for Resource

Advisory Councils

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Resource Advisory

Council Call for Nominations.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to solicit public nominations for each of

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Resource Advisory Councils that have

member terms expiring this year. The

Councils provide advice and

recommendations to BLM on land use

planning and management of the public

lands within their geographic areas.

Public nominations will be considered

for 45 days after the publication date of

this notice.

The Federal Land Policy and

Management Act (FLPMA) 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 members appointed to

the council must be balanced and

representative of the various interests

concerned with the management of the

public lands. These include three

categories:

Category One—holders of federal

grazing permits, representatives of

energy and mining development, timber

industry, off-road vehicle use and

developed recreation;

Category Two—representatives of

environmental and resource

conservation organizations,

archaeological 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, and the public-atlarge.

Individuals may nominate themselves

or others. Nominees must be residents

of the State or States in which the

council has jurisdiction. Nominees will

be evaluated based on their education,

training, and experience of the issues

and knowledge of the geographical area

of the Council. Nominees should 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.

Simultaneous with this notice, BLM

State Offices will issue press releases

providing additional information for

submitting nominations, with specifics

about the number and categories of

member positions available for each

council in the State. Nominations for

Resource Advisory Councils should be

sent to the appropriate BLM offices

listed below.

Alaska

Alaska Resource Advisory Council

Theresa McPherson, Alaska State

Office, BLM, 222 West 7th Avenue,

#13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–

7599, (907) 271–3322

Arizona

Arizona Resource Advisory Council

Deborah Stevens, Arizona State

Office, BLM, 222 North Central

Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004–

2203, (602) 417–9215

California

Bakersfield Resource Advisory Council

Ron Fellows, Bakersfield District

Manager, 3801 Pegasus Avenue,

Bakersfield, California 93308, (805)

391–6000

Susanville Resource Advisory Council

Linda Hansen, Area Manager, Eagle

Lake Resource Area, 2950 Riverside

Drive, Susanville, California 96130,

(916) 257–0456

Ukiah Resource Advisory Council

Renee Snyder, Area Manager, Clear

Lake Resource Area, 2550 North

State Street, Ukiah, California

95482–3023, (707) 468–4000

Colorado

Front Range Resource Advisory Council;

Southwest Resource Advisory

Council; Northwest Resource

Advisory Council

Sheri Bell, Colorado State Office,

BLM, 2850 Youngfield Street,

Lakewood, Colorado 80215–7093,

(303) 239–3671

Idaho

Upper Columbia Resource Advisory

Council; Upper Snake Resource

Advisory Council; Lower Snake

Resource Advisory Council

Glenda Hawkins, Idaho State Office,

BLM, 1387 Vinnell Way, Boise,

Idaho 83709–2500, (208) 373–4013

Montana and Dakotas

Butte Resource Advisory Council;

Dakotas Resource Advisory

Council; Lewistown Resource

Advisory Council; Miles City

Resource Advisory Council

Jody Weil, Montana State Office,

BLM, Granite Tower, 222 N. 32nd

Street, Billings, Montana 59107–

6800, (406) 255–2913

Nevada

Mojave-Southern Resource Advisory

Council; Northeastern Great Basin

Resource Advisory Council; Sierra

Front Northwestern Resource

Advisory Council

Daniel Rathbun, Nevada State Office,

BLM 850 Harvard Way, Reno,

Nevada 89520–0006, (702) 785–

6767

New Mexico

New Mexico Resource Advisory Council

Rem Hawes, New Mexico State Office,

BLM, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe,

New Mexico 87502–0115, (505)

438–7507

Oregon/Washington

Eastern Washington Resource Advisory

Council; John Day/Snake Resource

Advisory Council; Southeastern

Resource Advisory Council

Brenda Lincoln, Oregon State Office,

BLM, 1515 S.W. 5th Avenue,

Portland, Oregon 97208–2965, (503)

952–6437

Utah

Utah Resource Advisory Council

Sherry Foote, Utah State Office, BLM,

324 South State Street, Suite 301,

P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City,

Utah 84145–0155, (801) 539–4195

DATES: All Nominations should be

received by the appropriate State Office

by May 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melanie Wilson, U.S. Department of the

Interior, Bureau of Land Management,

Intergovernmental Affairs, MS–LS–406,

Washington, D.C. 20240; 202–452–0377.

Dated: March 19, 1997.

Sylvia V. Baca,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and

Minerals Management.

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