Notice of Joint Meeting of Colorado's Northwest and Southwest Resource Advisory Councils and Meeting of the Northwest Resource Advisory Council
| Published date | 21 March 2024 |
| Record Number | 2024-06046 |
| Citation | 89 FR 20233 |
| Court | Land Management Bureau |
| Section | Notices |
Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 56 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20233-20234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06046]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_CO_FRN_MO4500178021]
Notice of Joint Meeting of Colorado's Northwest and Southwest
Resource Advisory Councils and Meeting of the Northwest Resource
Advisory Council
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado's
Northwest Resource Advisory Council (RAC) and Southwest RAC will meet
as follows.
DATES: The Northwest RAC and Southwest RAC will host a field tour on
May 1, 2024, from 10 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. Mountain Time (MT)
and a meeting on May 2, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MT. The
Northwest RAC will host a field tour on Aug. 21, 2024, from 10 a.m. to
approximately 3 p.m. MT and a meeting on Aug. 22, 2024, from 8 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. MT. All field tours and meetings are open to the public.
ADDRESSES: The May 1 field tour will commence and conclude at the Bill
Heddles Recreation Center, 531 N Palmer Street, Delta, CO 81416.
Attendees will travel to the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation
Area (NCA). The May 2 meeting will be held at the Bill Heddles
Recreation Center. The Zoom virtual registration link for this meeting
is https://blm.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsf-Gorj8uGS2ns2SaoQcPh6GKVTX7fYU. The Aug. 21 field tour will commence and
conclude at the Grand Junction Field Office, 2815 H Road, Grand
Junction, CO 81506. Attendees will tour the West Salt area. The Aug. 22
meeting will be held at the Grand Junction Field Office. The Zoom
virtual registration link for this meeting is https://blm.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItcemhqjsjG_jwFKcMQR8l1qsWtyh1bXM.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: JD Emerson, Public Affairs Specialist;
BLM Northwest District Office, 455 Emerson St., Craig, CO 81625;
telephone: 970-826-5101; email: [email protected]. Individuals in the
United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services for contacting JD Emerson.
Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services
offered within their country to make international calls to the point-
of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member Northwest and Southwest RACs
advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of
public land issues. The Northwest RAC advises the BLM Northwest
District, which includes the Kremmling, Little Snake, and White River
field offices; and the Upper Colorado River Valley District, which
includes the Grand Junction and Colorado River Valley Field Offices
along with the Dominguez-Escalante and McInnis Canyons NCAs. The
Southwest RAC advises the BLM Southwest District, which includes the
Gunnison, Tres Rios, and Uncompahgre Field Offices.
The two RACs will participate in a field tour on May 1 within the
Dominguez-Escalante Canyon NCA. Agenda items for the May 2 meeting
include a discussion of the Dominguez-Escalante Canyon NCA Business
Plan, the Escalante Ranch Acquisition, and field manager updates. A
public comment period is scheduled at 2:30 p.m. MT. The Northwest RAC
will conduct of field tour on Aug. 21 of the West Salt area. Agenda
items for the Aug. 22 meeting include a review and discussion on the
North Sandhills Recreation Area Business Plan, updates on Herd
Management Areas, and field manager updates. A public comment period is
scheduled at 2:30 p.m. MT. Public comments may be limited due to time
constraints. The public may present written comments at least 2 weeks
in advance of the meetings to the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Please include ``RAC
Comment'' in your submission. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including
your personal identifying information, may be made publicly available
at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Members of the public are welcome to attend field tours but must
provide their own transportation and meals. Individuals who plan to
attend must RSVP at least 2 weeks in advance of the field tours to the
contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice. Additional information regarding the field tours and meetings
will be available on the RAC's web page https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/resource-advisory-council/near-you/colorado/northwest-rac.
Detailed meeting minutes for the RAC meetings will be maintained in
the Northwest District Office and will be available for public
inspection and reproduction during regular business hours within 90
days following the meeting. Previous minutes and agendas are also
available on the RAC's web page.
Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter
services, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable
accommodations. We ask that you contact the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice at least 7 business
days prior to the meeting to give the Department of the Interior
sufficient
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time to process your request. All reasonable accommodation requests are
managed on a case-by-case basis.
(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-2)
Douglas J. Vilsack,
BLM Colorado State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-06046 Filed 3-20-24; 8:45 am]
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