Sierra Front/Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting Location and Time

[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1167-1168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-307]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
(NV-030-00-1020-24)


Sierra Front/Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council; 
Notice of Meeting Location and Time

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting location and time for the Sierra Front/
Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (Nevada).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Sierra 
Front/Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (Nevada) will 
be held as indicated below. Topics for discussion will include issues 
related to mine closures; the role and function of Federal and state 
Walker River Basin Assessment Teams; scoping of the Proposed Action for 
the Walker Lake EIS; review and comment on the lands acquisition 
criteria for funds generated by the Southern Nevada Public Lands 
Management Act; review of standards and guidelines for wild horse and 
burro management previously developed by the Mojave/Southern Great 
Basin Resource Advisory Council; review of the guiding principles for 
integrated watershed planning for the Carson River; a review of Black 
Rock Subcommittee value statements; review of the BLM preferred 
alternative for the Black Rock Management Plan, and other topics the 
council may raise.
    All meetings, including field trips, are open to the public. 
Members of the public wishing to join field trips will need to provide 
their own transportation. The public may present written comments to 
the council. The public comment period for the council meeting will be 
at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 27th. The agenda will be available on 
the internet by January 7, 2000, at www.nv.blm.gov/rac; hard copies can 
also be mailed or sent via FAX. Individuals who plan to attend and need 
special assistance such as sign language interpretation or other 
reasonable accommodations, or who desire a hard copy of the agenda, 
should contact Mark Struble, Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill 
Road, Carson City, NV 89701, telephone (775) 885-6107 no later than 
January 24, 2000.

DATE AND TIME: The council will meet on Thursday, January 27, 2000, 
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, January 28, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 4 
p.m., in the main conference room of the Bureau of Land Management's 
Winnemucca Field Office, 5100 East Winnemucca Blvd, Winnemucca, NV 
89445. Public comment will be received at the discretion of the Council 
Chairperson, as meeting moderator, with a general public comment period 
on Thursday, January 27, 2000, at 4:30 p.m. The council will take a 
field tour between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on January 27th; the public is 
invited to join the field trip, but will need to provide their own 
transportation.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Struble, Public Affairs Officer, 
Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701. 
Telephone (775) 885-6107.

    Dated: December 14, 1999.
Terry Reed,
Manager, Winnemucca Field Office.
[FR Doc. 00-307 Filed 1-6-00; 8:45 am]
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