Notice of Resource Advisory Council; Meeting and Comment Period Extension

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-360-1020-00]

Notice of Resource Advisory Council; Meeting and Comment Period

Extension

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Northwest California Resource

Advisory Council Ukiah, California.

ACTION: Notice of meeting and comment period extension.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committees

Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act

(Pub. L. 94-579), the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Northwest

California Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday and Friday,

March 12 and 13, 1998, at the BLM's Clear Lake Field Office, 2550 North

State Street, Ukiah. This meeting was originally scheduled for Thursday

and Friday, Feb. 5 and 6, 1998, but was postponed due to bad weather

and unsafe travel conditions. Additionally, the BLM is extending until

April 3, 1998, the public comment period on a proposal to close Black

Sands Beach to motor vehicle access. (62 FR 36301, July 7, 1998). The

comment period had been scheduled to close on March 12, 1998. Comments

on the proposal should be mailed or hand carried to the BLM's Arcata

Field Office, 1695 Heindon Rd., Arcata, CA 95521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting begins at 10 a.m. March 12.

Agenda items include discussion of a proposal to close Black Sands

Beach to motor vehicle access, the status of an environmental impact

statement on Healthy Rangeland Standards and Guidelines, discussion of

recreation user fees, the status of planning in the Sacramento River

Bend Area of Critical Environmental Concern, reports on the status of

the plan amendment for South Cow Mountain, and reports from the

managers of BLM's Arcata, Clear Lake and Redding field offices. Public

comments will be taken at 1 p.m. Depending on the number of persons

wishing to speak, a time limit could be established. On Friday, the

council will convene at 7:30 a.m. at the Clear Lake Field Office and

depart immediately for a field tour in the Cache Creek area. Members of

the public are welcome, but they must provide their own transportation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph J. Fontana, Public Affairs

Officer, at (530) 257-5381.

Joseph J. Fontana,

Public Affairs Officer.

[FR Doc. 98-3694 Filed 2-13-98; 8:45 am]

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