[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70893-70894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28140]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Intent To Establish the Southwest Oregon RAC, the 
Northwest Oregon RAC, and the Coastal Oregon RAC

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is publishing this notice 
in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) 
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The BLM gives notice 
that the Secretary of the Interior is establishing the Southwest Oregon 
Resource Advisory Council (RAC), the Northwest Oregon RAC, and the 
Coastal Oregon RAC. These RACs will provide advice to the Secretary of 
the Interior concerning the planning and

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management of the public lands located in western Oregon's five BLM 
districts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Baker, BLM Oregon RAC Lead, 
1220 SW., 3rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97204, 503-808-6306. Persons who use 
a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to leave a message 
or question for the above individual. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 
day, 7 days a week. Replies are provided during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FLPMA directs the Secretary of the 
Interior to involve the public in planning and issues related to 
management of lands administered by the BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA (43 
U.S.C. 1739) directs the Secretary to establish 10- to 15-member 
citizen-based RACs that are consistent with FACA. The rules governing 
RACs are found at 43 CFR Subpart 1784. As required by FACA, RAC 
membership must be balanced and representative of the various interests 
concerned with the management of public lands. These three new RACs 
will operate on the principle of collaborative decision making and 
strive for consensus before making official recommendations to the BLM. 
The RACs will operate under one set of Standard Operating Procedures 
and will be chartered by the Secretary of the Interior. Members of 
these three new RACs will be appointed by the Secretary to represent 
the following three interest groups:
    Group 1--Persons Who:
    1. Represent energy and mineral development (with a special 
emphasis on transportation or rights-of-way interests);
    2. represent the commercial timber industry;
    3. represent organized labor or non-timber forest product harvester 
groups;
    4. represent developed outdoor recreation, off-highway vehicle 
users, or commercial recreation (with a special emphasis on commercial 
or recreation fishing); or
    5. hold Federal grazing or other land permits or represent 
nonindustrial private forest land owners.
    Group 2--Persons Who Represent:
    1. Nationally recognized environmental organizations;
    2. regionally or locally recognized environmental organizations;
    3. dispersed recreational activities;
    4. archaeological and historical interests; or
    5. nationally or regionally recognized wild horse and burro 
interest groups, wildlife or hunting organizations, or watershed 
associations.
    Group 3--Persons Who:
    1. Hold state elected office;
    2. hold county or local elected office;
    3. represent Indian tribes within or adjacent to the area for which 
the Council is organized;
    4. are school officials or teachers with knowledge in natural 
resource management or the natural sciences; or
    5. represent the affected public-at-large and/or are employed by a 
state agency responsible for the management of natural resources, land 
or water.
    Members will be appointed to staggered 3-year terms. All members 
serve at the discretion of the Secretary. A call for nominations to 
recruit new members will be held in 2015 once the RACs are established.

    Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-1.

Jerome E. Perez,
State Director, Oregon/Washington.
[FR Doc. 2014-28140 Filed 11-26-14; 8:45 am]
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