[Federal Register: March 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 61)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-027-1020-PI-020H-07-048]
Notice of Call for Nominations for the Steens Mountain Advisory
Council
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Call for Nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is publishing this notice
under section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Pursuant
to the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of
2000 (Pub. L. 106-399), the BLM gives notice that the Secretary of the
Interior intends to call for nominations for vacating positions on the
Steens Mountain Advisory Council. This notice requests the public to
submit nominations for membership on the Steens Mountain Advisory
Council.
Any individual or organization may nominate one or more persons to
serve on the Steens Mountain Advisory Council. Individuals may nominate
themselves or others for Steens Mountain Advisory Council membership.
Nomination forms may be obtained from the BLM Burns District Office
(see address below). To make a nomination, submit a completed
nomination form, letters of reference from the represented interests or
organizations, as well as any other information that speaks to the
nominee's qualifications, to the BLM Burns District Office. Nominations
may be made for the following categories of interest:
A person who has no financial interest in the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area to represent Statewide interests
(appointed from nominees submitted by the Governor of Oregon);
A member of the Burns Paiute Tribe (appointed from
nominees submitted by the Burns Paiute Tribe);
A person who participates in what is commonly called
mechanized or consumptive recreation, such as hunting, fishing, off-
road driving, hang gliding, or parasailing (appointed by the BLM Oregon
State Director); and
A person who is a grazing permittee on Federal lands in
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area (appointed by the county
court for Harney County, Oregon).
The specific category the nominee will represent should be
identified in the letter of nomination. The BLM Burns District will
collect the nomination forms and letters of reference and distribute
them to the officials responsible for submitting nominations (County
Court of Harney County, the Governor of Oregon, and the BLM). The BLM
will the forward recommended nominations to the Secretary of the
Interior, who has responsibility for making the appointments.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted to the address listed below no
later than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhonda Karges, Management Support
Specialist, Burns District Office, 28910 Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon
97738 (541) 573-4433, or Rhonda_Karges@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Steens Mountain Advisory
Council is to advise the BLM on the management of the Steens
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Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area as described in
Title 1, Subtitle D of Public Law 106-399. Each member will be a person
who, as a result of training and experience, has knowledge or special
expertise that qualifies him or her to provide advice from among the
categories of interest listed above.
Members of the Steens Mountain Advisory Council are appointed for a
3-year term. Appointment to these four positions will begin on earlier
than October 2007 and will end October 2010.
Members will serve without monetary compensation, but will be
reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses at current rates for
Government employees. The Steens Mountain Advisory Council shall meet
only at the call of the Designated Federal Official, but not less than
once per year.
Dated: January 10, 2007.
Dana R. Shuford,
Burns District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Burns, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 07-1534 Filed 3-29-07; 8:45 am]
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