[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1642-1643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-247]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-027-1020-PI-020H; G-08-0039]
Notice of Public Meetings for the Steens Mountain Advisory
Council
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Public Meetings.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management
and Protection Act of 2000, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act,
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Steens Mountain Advisory
Council will meet as indicated below:
DATES: The Steens Mountain Advisory Council will meet at the Bureau of
Land Management Burns District Office, 28910 Highway 20 West, Hines,
Oregon, 97738, on January 31 and February 1, 2008; March 13 and 14,
2008; and December 4 and 5, 2008.
A meeting in Bend, Oregon, at the Comfort Inn and Suites, 62065 SE
27th Street, will be held May 1 and 2, 2008, and a meeting September 11
and 12, 2008, will be held at the Frenchglen School, Frenchglen,
Oregon. All meeting sessions will begin at 8 a.m. local time, and will
end at approximately 4:30 p.m., local time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Steens Mountain Advisory Council was
appointed by the Secretary of the Interior on August 14, 2001, pursuant
to the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of
2000 (Pub. L. 106-399) and re-chartered in August 2003 and again in
August 2005. The Steens Mountain Advisory Council's purpose is to
provide representative counsel and advice to the Bureau of Land
Management regarding new and unique approaches to management of the
land within the bounds of the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management
and Protection Area; cooperative programs and incentives for landscape
management that meet human needs, maintain and improve the ecological
and economic integrity of the area; and preparation and implementation
of a management
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plan for the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection
Area.
Topics to be discussed by the Steens Mountain Advisory Council at
these meetings include the Steens Mountain Comprehensive Recreation
Plan; North Steens Ecosystem Restoration Project implementation;
Science Strategy; South Steens Water Development Project EA; easements
and acquisitions; In-holder Access EA; and categories of interest such
as wildlife, special designated areas, partnerships/programs, cultural
resources, education/interpretation, volunteer-based information,
adaptive management and socioeconomics; and other matters that may
reasonably come before the Steens Mountain Advisory Council.
All meetings are open to the public in their entirety. Information
to be distributed to the Steens Mountain Advisory Council is requested
prior to the start of each Steens Mountain Advisory Council meeting.
Public comment is generally scheduled for 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., local
time, both days of each meeting session. The amount of time scheduled
for public presentations and meeting times may be extended when the
authorized representative considers it necessary to accommodate all who
seek to be heard regarding matters on the agenda.
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act management regulations (41
CFR 102-3.15(b)), in exceptional circumstances an agency may give less
than 15 days notice of committee meeting notices published in the
Federal Register. In this case, this notice is being published less
than 15 days prior to the meeting due to the urgent need to meet legal
requirements for completion of the Steens Mountain Travel Management
Plan/Environmental Assessment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Thissell, Burns District Office,
28910 Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon, 97738, (541) 573-4400 or [email protected].
Dated: January 3, 2008.
Dana R. Shuford,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. E8-247 Filed 1-8-08; 8:45 am]
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