New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-910-08-1020-00]

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 a meeting of the New Mexico Resource Advisory Council

(RAC). The meeting will be held on May 7, 8 and 9, 1998. The meeting on

May 7 and 8, 1998 will be at San Juan College, 4601 College Avenue,

Farmington, NM. The meeting on Saturday May 9, 1998 is a field trip to

the Bisti Wilderness Area and is optional for RAC members attendance.

The agenda for the RAC meeting will include agreement on the meeting

agenda, any RAC comments on the draft summary minutes of the last RAC

meeting of March 5 & 6, 1998 in Alamogordo, NM., a briefings and

discussions on the status of the NEPA process for the RAC Standards for

Public Land and Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management

and other NEPA concerns. Also included on the agenda are continued

discussion on establishment of RAC Subgroups, discussion on the future

direction of the RAC-roles and focus, additional presentation on the

Lesser Prairie Chicken, Holloman Air Force bombing range proposal, BLM

Field Office Manager presentations, a Watershed presentation, establish

location and date for next RAC meeting and develop draft agenda items,

RAC discussion on assessment of the meeting and other items as

appropriate.

An optional field tour will be available for RAC members to the

Bisti Wilderness Area on the morning and early afternoon of Saturday,

May 9, 1998. The tour will take approximately six hours. Time and

location to meet for the tour will be established during the RAC

meeting. The meeting will begin on May 7, 1998 at 8:30 a.m. The meeting

is open to the public. The time for the public to address the RAC is on

Thursday, May 7, 1998, 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. The length of time available for each

person to address the RAC . 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. The meeting on May 8,

1998, will be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The end time of 4:00 p.m. for

the meeting may be changed depending on the work remaining for the RAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bob Armstrong, New Mexico State Office, Planning and Policy 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.

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Dated: March 26, 1998.

Richard E. Wymer,

Acting Deputy State Director.

[FR Doc. 98-8573 Filed 4-1-98; 8:45 am]

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