Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 1998 / Notices 3585

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–910–08–1020–00]

New Mexico Resource Advisory

Council Meeting.

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Council meeting.

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

March 5 and 6, 1998 at the Western

Sizzlin Restaurant, 1010 South White

Sands, Alamogordo, NM. The agenda for

the RAC meeting will include agreement

on the meeting agenda, any RAC

comments on the draft summary

minutes of the last two RAC meetings,

of November 20–21, 1997 in

Albuquerque, MN., and February 20,

1998 in Santa Fe, NM., briefings and

discussions on the status of the NEPA

process for the RAC Standards for

Public Land Health and Guidelines for

Livestock Grazing Management and

other NEPA concerns, on establishment

of RAC Subgroups for the BLM Field

Offices, on the Lesser Prairie Chicken,

on the McGregor Range Withdrawal, on

implementation of the Standards for

Public Land Health and Guidelines for

Livestock Grazing Management and on

other items as appropriate. An optional

field tour will be available for RAC

members to McGregor Range on the

morning of Saturday, March 7, 1998.

The tour will take most of the morning.

Time and location to meet for the tour

will be established after discussion with

RAC members during the March 5 and

6, 1998 meeting

The meeting will begin on March 5,

1998 at 8:30 a.m. The meeting is open

to the public. The time for the public to

address the RAC is on Thursday, March

5, 1998, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The

RAC may reduce or extend the end time

of 5:00 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 March 6, 1998,

will be from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The

end time of 3:00 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, P.O. 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: January 16, 1998.

Richard A. Whitley,

Deputy State Director.

[FR Doc. 98–1599 Filed 1–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–010–07–1020–00–241A]

Northwest Colorado Resource

Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting and Televideo

Conference.

SUMMARY: The next meeting of the

Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory

Council will be held on Friday,

February 20, 1998, in Grand Junction,

Colorado, following a televideo

broadcast from the BLM National

Training Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

DATES: Friday, February 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: For further information,

contact Joann Graham, Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Grand Junction

District Office, 2815 H Road, Grand

Junction, Colorado 81506; Telephone

(970) 244–3037.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will follow a BLM National

Resource Advisory Council televideo

broadcast. The broadcast will air from

9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon in the BLM

Grand Junction District Office, 2850 H

Road, Grand Junction, Colorado. The

Northwest RAC meeting will be from

12:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Agenda items

include an update of the roadless

inventory review and subcommittee

reports on fire, land exchanges, and

recreation.

The televideo conference and the

resource advisory council meeting are

open to the public. Interested persons

may make oral statements at the

meetings or submit written statements

following the meeting. Per-person time

limits for oral statements may be set to

allow all interested persons an

opportunity to speak.

Summary minutes of council

meetings are maintained in both the

Grand Junction and Craig District

Offices. They are available for public

inspection and reproduction during

regular business hours within thirty (30)

days following the meeting.

Dated: January 13, 1998.

Mark T. Morse,

District Manager, Craig and Grand Junction

Districts.

[FR Doc. 98–1630 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–050–1020–001]

Mojave-Southern Great Basin

Resource Advisory Council—Notice of

Meeting Locations and Times

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Resource Advisory Council

Meeting Locations and Times.

DATES: Date is February 26, 1998, from

1:00 p.m.. to approximately 4 p.m. and

will reconvene on February 27, 1998

and meet from 8 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. The

public comment period will begin at

8:30 a.m. on February 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The council will meet at the

Las Vegas District Office, 4765 West

Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89108–2135.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Phillip L. Guerrero, Las Vegas Field

Office, Public Affairs Officer, telephone:

(702) 647–5046.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5

U.S.C., the Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Land Management (BLM),

council meeting of the Mojave-Southern

Great Basin Resource Advisory Council

(RAC) will be held as indicated above.

The agenda includes a public comment

period, and discussion of public land

issues.