[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 113 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 32243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15688]


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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.

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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 Interior, Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), announces a meeting of the New Mexico Resource Advisory Council 
(RAC). The meeting will be held on July, 30 and 31, 1998 at the Holiday 
Inn Don Fernando de Taos, 1005 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Taos, New Mexico. 
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 May 7 & 8, 1998 in Farmington, NM., a 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. Also included on the agenda are BLM Field Office 
Manager presentations, continued discussion on establishment of RAC 
Subgroups and RAC Charter proposed changes, standards and guidelines-
economic presentation, Clean Water Act presentation and discussion, 
multiyear plan and performance indicators presentation and discussion, 
establish location and date for next RAC meeting and develop draft 
agenda items, RAC discussion on assessment of the meeting and other 
items as appropriate.
    A field tour is scheduled for the afternoon of July 31, 1998. The 
tour will begin about 1:00 pm and take most of the afternoon. The exact 
time and location to meet for the field trip will be established during 
the RAC meeting.
    The meeting will begin on July 30, 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, July 30, 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 Friday 
July 31, 1998, will be from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The ending time for 
the meeting may be changed depending on the work remaining for the RAC. 
Starting about 1:00 p.m. the RAC members, on a volunteer basis, will go 
on a field tour on rafts on the Rio Grande. The tour is expected to 
last most of the afternoon.

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: June 8, 1998.
Stephen A. Jordan,
Acting Deputy State Director.
[FR Doc. 98-15688 Filed 6-11-98; 8:45 am]
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