81 FR 961 - Notice of Public Meeting, Las Cruces District Resource Advisory Council Meeting, New Mexico

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 5 (January 8, 2016)

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Las Cruces District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 961-962]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00177]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Public Meeting, Las Cruces District Resource Advisory 
Council Meeting, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Bureau of Land Management's 
(BLM) Las Cruces District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as 
indicated below.

DATES: The RAC will meet on January 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be conducted at the BLM Las Cruces District 
Office, 1800 Marquess Street, Las Cruces, New Mexico from 9:00 a.m.-12 
p.m. Following the meeting, the BLM and RAC will tour the Pe[ntilde]a 
Blanca Wilderness Study Area (WSA) located in the Organ Mountains-
Desert Peaks National Monument. The field tour will depart from the BLM 
office at 1:30 p.m. and conclude at 5:00 p.m. Both the meeting and 
field tour is open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Stevens, BLM Las Cruces 
District, 1800 Marquess Street, Las Cruces, NM 88001, 575-525-4421. 
Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call 
the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8229, to 
contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is 
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question 
with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal 
business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 10-member Las Cruces District RAC 
advises the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of 
planning and management issues associated with public land management 
in New Mexico.
    Planned agenda items include updates on the proposed Organ 
Mountains-Desert Peaks Resource Management Plan and Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS); the Afton Solar Energy Zone (SEZ) and Regional 
Mitigation Plan; and other major projects in the Las Cruces District.
    A half-hour public comment period, during which the public may 
address the Council, will begin at 11:30 a.m. Depending on the number 
of individuals wishing to comment and time available, the time for 
individual oral comments may be limited. In addition, the public may 
send written comments to the RAC at the BLM Las

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Cruces District Office, 1800 Marquess Street, Las Cruces, NM 88001.

Melanie Barnes,
Acting Deputy State Director, Lands and Resources.
[FR Doc. 2016-00177 Filed 1-7-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4310-FB-P