Meetings: Resource Advisory Councils— Sierra Front/Northwestern Great Basin,

[Federal Register: January 7, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 5)]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management (NV-030-00-1020-24)

Sierra Front/Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting Location and Time

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting location and time for the Sierra Front/ Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (Nevada).

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Sierra Front/Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (Nevada) will be held as indicated below. Topics for discussion will include issues related to mine closures; the role and function of Federal and state Walker River Basin Assessment Teams; scoping of the Proposed Action for the Walker Lake EIS; review and comment on the lands acquisition criteria for funds generated by the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act; review of standards and guidelines for wild horse and burro management previously developed by the Mojave/Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council; review of the guiding principles for integrated watershed planning for the Carson River; a review of Black Rock Subcommittee value statements; review of the BLM preferred alternative for the Black Rock Management Plan, and other topics the council may raise.

All meetings, including field trips, are open to the public. Members of the public wishing to join field trips will need to provide their own transportation. The public may present written comments to the council. The public comment period for the council meeting will be at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 27th. The agenda will be available on the internet by January 7, 2000, at www.nv.blm.gov/rac; hard copies can also be mailed or sent via FAX. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, or who desire a hard copy of the agenda, should contact Mark Struble, Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701, telephone (775) 885-6107 no later than January 24, 2000.

DATE AND TIME: The council will meet on Thursday, January 27, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, January 28, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the main conference room of the Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca Field Office, 5100 East Winnemucca Blvd, Winnemucca, NV 89445. Public comment will be received at the discretion of the Council Chairperson, as meeting moderator, with a general public comment period on Thursday, January 27, 2000, at 4:30 p.m. The council will take a field tour between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on January 27th; the public is invited to join the field trip, but will need to provide their own transportation.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Struble, Public Affairs Officer, Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701. Telephone (775) 885-6107.

Dated: December 14, 1999. Terry Reed, Manager, Winnemucca Field Office.

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