Meetings: Resource advisory councils— New Mexico,

[Federal Register: August 27, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 166)]

[Notices]

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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.

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 October 1 and 2, 1998 at the Amberley Suites Hotel, 7620 Pan American NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109.

The meeting on Thursday October 1 starts at 8:30 a.m., and the meeting on Friday October 2 starts at 8:00 a.m. The agenda for the RAC meeting includes agreement on the meeting agenda, any RAC comments on the draft summary minutes of the last RAC meeting on July 30 and 31, 1998 in Taos, NM., BLM Field Office Managers presentations,

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Watershed presentation and discussion, presentation and discussion on Standard and Guidelines EIS, DEIS hearings, and allotment assessment process, select next meeting location, dates and develop draft agenda items, RAC assessment of the meeting and a presentation and discussion on McGregor Range DEIS and other items as appropriate. The RAC meetings is open to the public.

The time for the public to address the RAC is on the Thursday, October 1, 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 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 October 2, 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.

Dated: August 21, 1998. M.J. Chavez, State Director.

[FR Doc. 98-22972Filed8-26-98; 8:45 am]

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