New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-931-06-1020-00]

New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of council meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act

and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C.

Appendix 1, The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), announces two meetings of the New Mexico Resource Advisory

Council (RAC). The first meeting will be held on September 19 and 20,

1996 and if needed the second meeting will be held on October 10 and

11, 1996.

The first meeting on September 19 and 20, 1996 will be at the

Amberely Suites Hotel, 7620 Pan America Freeway, Albuquerque, NM 87109.

The agenda for the first RAC meeting is a continuation of the

August 1 and 2, 1996 meeting at Farmington, NM and includes discussion

of the results of scoping comments on the New Mexico RAC Draft

Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing

(S&G), development of revisions to the S&G as needed and a time for the

public to address the RAC. The meeting is open to the public. The time

for the public to address the RAC is on Thursday, September 19, 1996,

from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The RAC may reduce or extend the end time

of 5:00 p.m. depending on the number of people wishing to address the

RAC and the length of time available. The length of time available for

each person to address the RAC will be established at the start of the

public comment period and will depend on how many people there are that

wish to address the RAC. At the completion of the public comments the

RAC may continue discussion on its Agenda items.

If needed a second meeting is scheduled for October 10 and 11, 1996

to continue RAC deliberations on the S&G's. This meeting will be held

at the Best Western Fred Harvey, 2910 Yale Blvd. SE, Albuquerque, NM

87106.

The agenda for the second RAC meeting is again the continuation of

the August 1 and 2, 1996 meeting at Farmington, NM and includes

discussion of the results of scoping comments on the New Mexico RAC

Draft Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Livestock

Grazing (S&G), development of revisions to the S&G as needed and a time

for the public to address the RAC. The meeting is open to the public.

The time for the public to address the RAC is on Thursday, October 10,

1996, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The RAC may reduce or extend the end

time of 5:00 p.m. depending on the number of people wishing to address

the RAC and the length of time available. The length of time available

for each person to address the RAC will be established at the start of

the public comment period and will depend on how many people there are

that wish to address the RAC. At the completion of the public comments

the RAC may continue discussion on its Agenda items.

DATES: The first RAC meeting will be on Thursday September 19, 1996

from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday, September 20, 1996, from

7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. If needed the second RAC meeting will be on

Thursday October 10, 1996 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday,

October 11, 1996, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The end time of 4:00 p.m.

for both the first and second meetings may be changed depending on the

work remaining to be completed by the RAC. The public may address the

RAC during the public comment period for the first meeting on Thursday

September 19, 1996 starting at 3:00 p.m. If the second meeting is

needed the

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public may also address the RAC during the public comment period for

the second meeting on Thursday October 10, 1996 starting at 3:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Armstrong, New Mexico State

Office, Policy and Planning Team, Bureau of Land Management, 1474 Rodeo

Road, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502-0115, telephone (505)

438-7436.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Resource Advisory Council

is to advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a

variety of planning and management issues associated with the

management of public lands. The Council's responsibilities include

providing advice on long-range planning, establishing resource

management priorities and assisting the BLM to identify State and

regional standards for rangeland health and guidelines for grazing

management.

Dated: August 9, 1996.

Richard A. Whitley,

Acting State Director.

[FR Doc. 96-20812 Filed 8-14-96; 8:45 am]

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