38420 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 136 /Thursday, July 16, 1998 / Notices

Section 103(b) of the Alaska National

Interest Lands Conservation Act (16

U.S.C. 3103(b)) establishes authority for

the Secretary of the Interior to make

minor boundary adjustments to the

Wildlife Refuges created by the Act.

Under this authority, and following due

notice to Congress, the Secretary, acting

through the Regional Director, Region 7,

of the Fish and Wildlife Service, has

used this authority to adjust the

boundaries of the Kenai Refuge to

include the 71.84-acre parcel described

above. This adjustment modifies the

boundary previously described in the

Federal Register (48 FR 7955, Feb. 24,

1983).

Robyn Thorson,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 98–19005 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–060–07–1990–00]

Call for Nominations for the Bureau of

Land Management’s California Desert

District Advisory Council

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management’s California Desert District

is soliciting nominations from the

public for five members of its District

Advisory Council to serve the 1999–

2001 three-year term. Council members

provide advice and recommendations to

BLM on the management of public lands

in southern California. Public notice

begins with the publication date of this

notice. Nominations will be accepted

through August 31, 1998. The three-year

term would begin January 1, 1999.

The five positions to be filled include:

—One elected official representative

(representing county government);

—One nonrenewable resources

representative;

—One public-at-large representative;

—Two recreation representatives.

Council members serve three-year

terms and may be nominated for

reappointment for an additional threeyear term. Four council members are

eligible for reappointment. The elected

official representative, who represents

county government interests on the

council, will retire December 31, 1998.

The California Desert District

Advisory Council is comprised of 15

private individuals who represent

different interests and advise BLM

officials on policies and programs

concerning the management of 10

million acres of public land in southern

California. The Council meets in formal

session three to four times each year in

various locations throughout the

California Desert District. Council

members serve without compensation

except for reimbursement of travel

expenditures incurred in the course of

their duties.

Section 309 of 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 BLM

administered lands. The Secretary also

selects council nominees consistent

with the requirements of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which

requires nominees appointed to the

council be balanced in terms of points

of view and representative of the

various interests concerned with the

management of the public lands.

The Council also is balanced

geographically, and BLM will try to find

qualified representatives from areas

throughout the California Desert

District. The District covers portions of

eight counties, and includes 10 million

acres of public land in the California

Desert Conservation Area and 300,000

acres of scattered parcels in San Diego,

western Riverside, western San

Bernardino, Orange, and Los Angeles

Counties (known as the South Coast).

Any group or individual may

nominate a qualified person, based

upon their education, training, and

knowledge of BLM, the California

Desert, and the issues involving BLMadministered public lands throughout

southern California. Qualified

individuals also may nominate

themselves.

Nominations must include the name

of the nominee; work and home

addresses and telephone numbers; a

biographical sketch that includes the

nominee’s work and public service

record; any applicable outside interests

or other information that demonstrates

the nominees qualifications for the

position; and the specific category of

interests in which the nominee is best

qualified to offer advice and council.

Nominees may contact the BLM

California Desert District public affairs

staff at (909) 697–5217/5220 or write to

the address below and request a copy of

the nomination form.

All nominations must be

accompanied by letters of reference

from represented interests,

organizations, or elected officials

supporting the nomination. Individuals

nominating themselves must provide at

lease one letter of recommendation.

Advisory Council members are

appointed by the Secretary of the

Interior, generally in late January or

early February.

Nominations should be sent to the

District Manager, Bureau of Land

Management, California Desert District,

6221 Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside,

California 92507.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

BLM California Desert District External

Affairs: Carole Levitzky, (909) 697–5217

or Doran Sanchez, (909) 697–5220.

Dated: July 8, 1998.

Tim Salt,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–18946 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M

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 August 10, 1998 from 8

a.m. to 4 p.m. and will reconvene on

August 11, 1998 from 5 a.m. to 12:35

p.m. The public comment period will

begin at 2:30 p.m., August 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The Council will meet in

the Oasis Hotel in Mesquite, Nevada,

(702) 346–5232.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Philip 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.

The Resource Advisory Council

develops recommendations for BLM

regarding the preparation, amendment,

and implementation of land use plans

for the public lands and resources

within the jurisdiction of the council.

For the Mojave-Great Basin RAC this

jurisdiction is Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln

and Nye counties in Nevada. Except for

the purposes of long-range planning and

the establishment of resource

management priorities, the RAC shall

not provide advice on the allocation and
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expenditure of Federal funds, or on

personnel issues.

The RAC may develop

recommendation for implementation of

ecosystem management concepts,

principles and programs, and assist the

BLM to establish landscape goals and

objectives.

All meetings are open to the public.

The public may present written

comments to the council. Public

comments should be limited to issues

for which the RAC may make

recommendations within its area of

jurisdiction. Depending on the number

of persons wishing to comment, and

time available, the time for individual

oral comments may be limited.

Individuals who plan to attend and

need further information about the

meetings, or need special assistance

such as sign language interpretation or

other reasonable accommodations,

should contact Phillip L. Guerrero at the

Las Vegas District Office, 4765 Vegas

Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89108, telephone,

(702) 647–5000.

Dated: July 6, 1998.

Phillip L. Guerrero,

Public Affairs Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–18903 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–930–4210–05, N–59066, and N–61108]

Termination of Land Exchange

Segregation; Clark County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This action terminates the

land exchange segregation, dated July

23, 1997, for N–61855. The lands are

being made available for a Recreation &

Public Purpose (R&PP) Leases to Clark

County for a County Operations Facility

(N–59066) and a park site (N–61108).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryl Frassa-McDonough, (702) 647–

5088.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon

notation to the public land office

records, on July 23, 1997, the lands were

segregated for exchange purposes. The

lands became segregated from all other

forms of appropriation under the public

land laws including location and entry

under the mining laws. The lands are

needed for R&PP Leases. The

segregation is hereby terminated on the

following described lands:

N–59066

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 21 S., R. 61 E.,

Sec. 31, Lots, 21, 26, 27, 28, 30, 35, 36

W1⁄2W1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

E1⁄2,SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4.

Approximately 38.34 acres.

N–61108

Mount Diablo Meridian,

T. 22 S., R. 61 E.,

Sec. 15, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4.

Approximately 20.0 acres.

The areas described aggregate 58.34 acres.

The land is hereby made available for

Recreation & Public Purposes. The land

will remain closed to surface entry and

mining due to an overlaping

segregation.

Dated: July 9, 1998.

Rex Wells,

Assistant Field Office Manager, Las Vegas

Field Office.

[FR Doc. 98–18942 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–930–4210–05, and N–57883]

Termination of Land Exchange

Segregation; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This action terminates the

land exchange segregation, dated July

23, 1997, for N–61855. The lands are

being made available for a Recreation &

Public Purpose (R&PP) Lease to Clark

County for a park site.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryl Frassa-McDonough.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon

notation to the public land office

records, on July 23,1997, the lands were

segregated for exchange purposes. The

lands became segregated from all other

forms of appropriation under the public

land laws including location and entry

under the mining laws. The lands are

needed for a R&PP Lease. The

segregation is hereby terminated on the

following described lands:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 20 S., R. 60 E.,

Sec.6, E1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

W1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4.

Approximately 30.0 acres Clark County.

The land is hereby made available for

R&PP. The land will remain closed to

surface entry and mining due to an

overlapping segregation.

Dated: July 8, 1998.

Rex Wells,

Assistant Field Office Manager, Las Vegas

Field Office.

[FR Doc. 98–18943 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–930–97–1430–01; N–57698]

Termination of Recreation and Public

Purposes Classification; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice terminates

Recreation and Public Purposes

Classification N–57698, in part, as it

relates to the lands described below and

provides for opening the land to

disposal by exchange to Carl Volkmar,

pursuant to section 206 of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

October 21, 1976 (43 CFR 2200).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryl Ruffridge, Las Vegas District

Office, Bureau of Land Management,

4765 Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89108,

(702) 647–5064.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 22, 1996, a lease was issued to

the Lady of Victory Catholic Church for

a church site pursuant to the Recreation

and Public Purposes Act (43 CFR 2740)

for the following described land, as well

as additional lands to be retained as

reflected in case file N–57698,

comprising 5.0 acres:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 22 S., R. 61 E.,

Sec. 14: W1⁄2E1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4.

The church site has been reconfigured

as reflected by a subsequent

classification dated October 20, 1997,

the lessee relinquished the above

described portion of the lease on

February 11, 1996. Carl Volkmar has

requested the parcel in an exchange.

The lands are segregated for exchange

purposes by notation to the public land

records and will remain closed to other

forms of disposition.

Pursuant to Recreation and Public

Purpose Act of July 25, 1979 (43 CFR

2740), classification of the above

described lands, serial number N–

57698, is hereby terminated. And in