82_FR_14280 82 FR 14229 - Notice of Public Meeting; Central Montana Resource Advisory Council

82 FR 14229 - Notice of Public Meeting; Central Montana Resource Advisory Council

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 51 (March 17, 2017)

Page Range14229-14229
FR Document2017-05386

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 51 (Friday, March 17, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 51 (Friday, March 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05386]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Public Meeting; Central Montana Resource Advisory 
Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Montana Resource 
Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.

DATES: The Central Montana RAC meeting will be held on March 29 and 30, 
2017, in Glasgow, Montana. The meeting on March 29, 2017, will be held 
from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a 30-minute public comment period at 12:30 
p.m. RAC members will take a field trip on March 30, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be in the Cottonwood Inn Conference Room, 
54250 U.S. Hwy. 2, Glasgow, MT 59230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Albers, North Central Montana 
District Manager, 1220 38th Street North, Great Falls, MT 59401, (406) 
791-7794, malbers@blm.gov. Persons who use a telecommunications device 
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-
677-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. 
The FRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to leave a 
message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply 
during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15-member council advises the Secretary 
of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of management issues 
associated with public land management in Montana. During these 
meetings, the RAC is scheduled to participate in, discuss, and act upon 
these topics or activities. All RAC meetings are open to the public.
    Agenda items for the March 29-30, 2017, sessions include, but are 
not limited to: An update on implementation of the existing Sweet Grass 
Hills mineral withdrawal; an update on the American Prairie Reserve 
bison conversion proposal; information on BLM travel management 
planning; HiLine precipitation; a briefing on the proposed Sandy Coal 
Boat Ramp; regular business items such as planning the next meeting's 
agenda; and. a field trip to a sage grouse lek.
    The RAC meeting will also have time allocated for oral public 
comments. Depending on the number of persons wishing to comment and 
time available, the time for individual oral comments may be limited.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comments, please 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.

    Authority:  43 CFR 1784.4-2.

Rick Hotaling,
Acting Associate State Director, BLM Montana/Dakotas.
[FR Doc. 2017-05386 Filed 3-16-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 51 / Friday, March 17, 2017 / Notices 14229 reduce hazardous fuel loading through Submitting Comments North, Great Falls, MT 59401, (406) mechanical clearing and prescribed fire. We consider comments substantive if 791–7794, malbers@blm.gov. Persons We would also continue to allow they: who use a telecommunications device limited environmental education and • Question, with reasonable basis, the for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal interpretation programs under a SUP, or accuracy of the information in the Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–677–8339 led by refuge staff. document. to contact the above individual during Alternative B (Increased Ecosystem • Question, with reasonable basis, the normal business hours. The FRS is Monitoring, Partnerships, and Public adequacy of the EA. available 24 hours a day, seven days a Use; Service-Preferred Alternative) • Present reasonable alternatives week to leave a message or question other than those presented in the EA. with the above individual. You will Alternative B is the Service-preferred • Provide new or additional alternative. It combines the actions we receive a reply during normal business information relevant to the EA. hours. believe would best achieve the refuge’s purposes, vision, and goals and respond Public Availability of Comments SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15- to public issues. Alternative B Before including your address, phone member council advises the Secretary of represents an extension and progression number, email address, or other the Interior, through the BLM, on a of all areas of current refuge personal identifying information in your variety of management issues associated management, including additional comments, you should be aware that with public land management in biological work, increased visitor your entire comment—including your Montana. During these meetings, the services opportunities, and enhanced personal identifying information—may RAC is scheduled to participate in, outreach to local communities. be made publicly available at any time. discuss, and act upon these topics or Alternative B places a greater emphasis While you can ask us in your comment activities. All RAC meetings are open to on the importance of the refuge in a to withhold your personal identifying larger landscape context. This the public. information from public review, we alternative would expand habitat cannot guarantee that we will be able to Agenda items for the March 29–30, management and monitoring for cooter do so. 2017, sessions include, but are not and other species on additional refuge- limited to: An update on Dated: March 13, 2017. owned parcels, and would include the implementation of the existing Sweet Wendi Weber, use of prescribed burning to increase the Grass Hills mineral withdrawal; an structure and species composition of Regional Director, Northeast Region. update on the American Prairie Reserve upland habitats to benefit wildlife [FR Doc. 2017–05369 Filed 3–16–17; 8:45 am] bison conversion proposal; information resources of concern. BILLING CODE 4333–15–P on BLM travel management planning; Alternative B would pursue the HiLine precipitation; a briefing on the Service’s administrative requirements to proposed Sandy Coal Boat Ramp; evaluate potential hunting opportunities DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR regular business items such as planning on the Crooked Pond parcel. Wildlife the next meeting’s agenda; and. a field observation, photography, Bureau of Land Management trip to a sage grouse lek. interpretation, and environmental [LLMTM00000.L111100000.XP0000 education would be allowed on special 17XL1109AF MO#4500082502] The RAC meeting will also have time occasions when led by refuge staff or allocated for oral public comments. partners working under a SUP. These Notice of Public Meeting; Central Depending on the number of persons activities would allow visitors to gain a Montana Resource Advisory Council wishing to comment and time available, better understanding of the unique AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, the time for individual oral comments natural resources the refuge protects and Interior. may be limited. encourage visitors to become better ACTION: Notice. Before including your address, phone stewards and advocates for resource number, email address, or other conservation. SUMMARY: In accordance with the personal identifying information in your Under alternative B, refuge staff Federal Land Policy and Management comments, please be aware that your would increase outreach to the local Act and the Federal Advisory entire comment, including your community to raise the refuge’s Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. visibility and promote the relevancy of personal identifying information, may Department of the Interior, Bureau of the refuge and the Eastern be made publicly available at any time. Land Management (BLM) Central Massachusetts NWR Complex to While you can ask us in your comment Montana Resource Advisory Council conservation in southeast to withhold your personal identifying (RAC) will meet as indicated below. Massachusetts. information from public review, we DATES: The Central Montana RAC cannot guarantee that we will be able to Next Steps meeting will be held on March 29 and do so. 30, 2017, in Glasgow, Montana. The After this comment period ends, we Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2. meeting on March 29, 2017, will be held will analyze the comments and address from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a 30-minute them in the form of a final CCP and, if Rick Hotaling, public comment period at 12:30 p.m. asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES appropriate, finding of no significant Acting Associate State Director, BLM RAC members will take a field trip on impact. Montana/Dakotas. March 30, 2017. Public Availability of Documents [FR Doc. 2017–05386 Filed 3–16–17; 8:45 am] ADDRESSES: The meetings will be in the Cottonwood Inn Conference Room, BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P In addition to any methods listed in ADDRESSES, you can view or obtain 54250 U.S. Hwy. 2, Glasgow, MT 59230. documents from the agency Web site at: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Massasoit/ Mark Albers, North Central Montana what_we_do/conservation.html. 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SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesThe Central Montana RAC meeting will be held on March 29 and 30, 2017, in Glasgow, Montana. The meeting on March 29, 2017, will be held from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a 30-minute public comment period at 12:30 p.m. RAC members will take a field trip on March 30, 2017.
ContactMark Albers, North Central Montana District Manager, 1220 38th Street North, Great Falls, MT 59401, (406) 791-7794, [email protected] Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800- 677-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
FR Citation82 FR 14229 
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