Call for Nominations for Resource Advisory Council

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67294-67295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31134]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-030-1020-00-241A]


Call for Nominations for Resource Advisory Council

agrency: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

action: Notice of Resource Advisory Council call for nominations.

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summary: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations 
for a vacancy on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mojave-Southern 
Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The RAC provides advice 
and recommendations to the BLM on land use planning and management of 
the public lands within the geographic area, which includes southern 
Nevada. Public nominations will be accepted for 45 days after the 
publication date of this notice.
    The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) directs the 
Secretary of the Interior to involve the public in planning and issues 
relating to management of lands administered by BLM. Section 309 of 
FLPMA directs the Secretary to select 10 to 15 member citizen-based 
advisory councils that are established and authorized consistent with 
the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). As 
required by the FACA, the interests represented by the individuals 
appointed to the RACs must be balanced and representative of the 
various issued concerned with the management of the public lands. The 
current vacancy is within Category One (of three), which includes:
    Holders of federal grazing permits and representatives of energy 
and mineral development, timber industry, transportation or rights-of-
way, off-highway vehicle use, and commercial recreation.
    Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Nominees must be 
residents of the State of Nevada, in which the RAC has jurisdiction. 
Nominees will be evaluated based on their education, training, 
experience, and their knowledge of the geographical are of the

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RAC. Nominees should have demonstrated a commitment to collaborative 
resource decisionmaking. All nominations must be accompanied by letters 
of reference from represented interests or organizations, a completed 
background information nomination form, as well as any other 
information that speaks to the nominee's qualifications.
    Simulaneous with this notice, the BLM Nevada State Office will 
issue a press release providing additional information for submitting 
nominations. Nominations for RAC membership should be sent to the BLM 
office as follows: Jo Simpson, Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial 
Boulevard, (Postal ZIP 89502-7147) P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520-
0006.

for further information contact: Robert Stewart, Public Information 
Specialist, BLM Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, 
Nevada, telephone (775) 861-6786.

    Dated: November 16, 1999.
Robert V. Abbey,
Nevada State Director.
[FR Doc. 99-31134 Filed 11-30-99; 8:45 am]
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