Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Colorado) Open Houses and Comment Period

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-500 1990-00]

Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Colorado) Open Houses and

Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of open houses and public comment period.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Front Range Resource Advisory

Council (Front Range RAC) will hold an open house in Golden, Colorado

for the purpose of gathering public comments and input on Outdoor

Recreation Management Guidelines. These Guidelines will be recommended

to the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado for consideration and use

in day-to-day management of public lands in Colorado. The RAC will also

accept written comments on the Outdoor Recreation Management

Guidelines.

DATES: The open house will be held September 7, 1999 at the Holiday Inn

Denver West Village, 14707 W. Colfax Ave., Golden, Colorado from 7 p.m.

to 9 p.m. The two open houses previously published in the July 30, 1999

Federal Register have not changed and are scheduled from 7 p.m. to 9

p.m. at the Beidleman Environmental Center, 740 W. Caramillo Street,

Colorado Springs, Colorado on August 17, 1999 and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds, 10165 County Road 120, Salida,

Colorado on August 31, 1999. Any changes to the time, date and/or

location of the open houses will be publicized in the local media. The

written public comment period which began July 30, 1999 ends September

15, 1999. Comments should be sent to Bureau of Land Management, Front

Range Center, Attn: RAC, 3170 East Main Street, Canon City, Colorado

81212. Written comments and those given at the Open Houses will be

equally considered. A copy of the Draft Outdoor Recreation Management

Guidelines may be requested.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Front Range Center, 3170

East Main Street, Canon City Colorado 81212; Telephone (719) 269-8500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Smith at 719-269-8553

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Front Range RAC, along with the other

RACs in Colorado, intend to develop a joint set of outdoor recreation

management guidelines to recommend to the BLM in Colorado for adoption

and use in everyday management of the lands the agency administers. The

open houses are intended as a means for the RACs to gather informal

input and ideas on the proposed set of guidelines that all the RACs in

Colorado have agreed with so far. After September 15, 1999,

representatives from all RACs will jointly develop a set of final

recommended guidelines to submit to the BLM for consideration. The

guidelines will include recommendations dealing with the management of

off-highway vehicle use.

Kenneth Smith,

Acting Front Range Center Manager.

[FR Doc. 99-22120 Filed 8-25-99; 8:45 am]

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