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whether the use will maximize the 

future use or uses of the land, whether 

the use is consistent with local planning 

and zoning, or if the use is consistent 

with State and Federal programs. 

Interested parties may submit 

comments regarding the specific use 

proposed in the application and plan of 

development, whether the BLM 

followed proper administrative 

procedures in reaching the decision to 

lease/convey under the R&PP Act, or 

any other factor not directly related to 

the suitability of the land for R&PP use. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. Only written comments 

submitted by postal service or overnight 

mail to the Field Manager, BLM Carson 

City Field Office, will be considered 

properly filed. Electronic mail, 

facsimile, or telephone comments will 

not be considered properly filed. 

Any adverse comments will be 

reviewed by the BLM Nevada State 

Director, who may sustain, vacate, or 

modify this realty action. In the absence 

of any adverse comments, the 

classification of the land described in 

this notice will become effective on 

March 17, 2008. The land will not be 

available for lease/conveyance until 

after the classification becomes 

effective. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5) 

Dated: January 9, 2008. 

Don Hicks, 

Carson City Field Office Manager. 

[FR Doc. E8–756 Filed 1–16–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[OR–027–1020–PI–020H; HAG–08–0041] 

Notice of Solicitation of Applications 

for the Steens Mountain Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice: Solicitation of 

Applications. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management is requesting public 

applications to fill four expired terms on 

the Steens Mountain Advisory Council. 

Applications will be accepted for a 

person who is a local environmental 

representative, a person who is a grazing 

permittee in the Steens Mountain 

Cooperative Management and Protection 

Area, a person with expertise and 

interest in wild horse management, and 

a person who is a member of the 

dispersed recreation community on the 

Steens Mountain. 

DATES: Send all applications to the 

address listed below no later than 

February 19, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Applicants can obtain 

application forms from Kevin Thissell, 

Temporary Steens Mountain Advisory 

Council Coordinator, Burns District 

Office, 28910 Hwy 20 West, Hines, 

Oregon 97738, (541) 573–4541, or 

KevinlThissell@blm. gov. Send all 

application materials to this address 

prior to the closing date listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Steens Mountain Advisory Council 

advises the Bureau of Land Management 

on the management of the Steens 

Mountain Cooperative Management and 

Protection Area as described in Public 

Law 106–399. Each member will be a 

person who, as a result of training and 

experience, has knowledge or special 

expertise that qualifies him or her to 

provide advice from the categories of 

interest identified above. 

These positions will be for the full 

term of 3 years, expiring in October of 

2011. 

The Steens Mountain Advisory 

Council members serve without 

monetary compensation, but are 

reimbursed for travel and per diem 

expenses at current rates for government 

employees. The Steens Mountain 

Advisory Council meets only at the call 

of the Designated Federal Official, but 

not less than once per year. 

The following must accompany all 

applications: A completed background 

information application form; letters of 

reference from the constituency to be 

represented; and any other information 

that details the applicant’s 

qualifications. 

The letter of application should 

specify the category the applicant would 

like to represent. Application forms and 

letters of reference will be reviewed by 

the County Court of Harney County and 

the Bureau of Land Management. The 

Bureau of Land Management will then 

forward recommended nominations to 

the Secretary of the Interior, who has 

responsibility for making the 

appointments. 

Dated: January 11, 2008. 

Dana R. Shuford, 

District Manager. 

[FR Doc. 08–174 Filed 1–16–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

List of Programs Eligible for Inclusion 

in Fiscal Year 2008 Funding 

Agreements To Be Negotiated With 

Self-Governance Tribes 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists programs or 

portions of programs that are eligible for 

inclusion in Fiscal Year 2008 funding 

agreements with self-governance tribes 

and lists programmatic targets. 

DATES: This notice expires on 

September 30, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Inquiries or comments 

regarding this notice may be directed to 

Shirley M. Conway, Regulations 

Manager, Minerals Revenue 

Management, Minerals Management 

Service, 1849 C Street, NW., MS 5557 

MIB, Washington, DC 20240. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Title IV of the Indian SelfDetermination Act Amendments of 1994 

(Pub.L. 103–413, the ‘‘Tribal SelfGovernance Act’’ or the ‘‘Act’’) 

instituted a permanent self-governance 

program at the Department of the 

Interior. Under the self-governance 

program certain programs, services, 

functions, and activities, or portions 

thereof, in the Department’s bureaus 

other than the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) are eligible to be planned, 

conducted, consolidated, and 

administered by a self-governance tribal 

government. 

Under section 405(c) of the Act, the 

Secretary of the Interior is required to 

publish annually: (1) A list of non-BIA 

programs, services, functions, and 

activities, or portions thereof, that are 

eligible for inclusion in agreements 

negotiated under the self-governance 

program; and (2) programmatic targets 

for these bureaus. 

Under the Act, two categories of nonBIA programs are eligible for selfgovernance funding agreements: (1) 

Under section 403(b)(2) of the Act, any 

non-BIA program, service, function or 

activity that is administered by the 

Department that is ‘‘otherwise available 

to Indian tribes or Indians,’’ can be 

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