[Federal Register: December 3, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 232)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-912-04-1990-PP-241A-006F]
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).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), a meeting of the
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Sierra
Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC), Nevada,
will be held as indicated below. Topics for discussion at the meeting
will include, but are not limited to: Manager's reports of current
field office activities; Pine Nut Mountain RMP Amendment DEIS; review
of Carson City & Winnemucca Field Offices criteria and initial project
proposals for Round 5 of the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management
Act; review of Mojave-Southern RAC's proposed Wild Horse & Burro
Management Standards & Guidelines and modification to meet the needs of
the Northwest Great Basin; review of proposed 2004-2005 Wild Horse Herd
Management Area gathers in the Northwest Great Basin; discussion on
differences and inconsistencies in field office consultation procedures
under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act; discussion
of a Pershing County Land Bill; resource management update on the
Truckee, Carson & Walker River systems, including, weather-permitting,
a field trip to McCarran Ranch, Mustang Ranch, 102 Ranch & other flood
control/restoration projects along the Truckee River, east of Reno/
Sparks, Nevada; and additional topics the council may raise during the
meeting.
DATES: The RAC will meet on Thursday, January 22, 2004, from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m., and Friday, January 23, 2004, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the
BLM-Nevada State Office, Great Basin A&B Conference Room, 1340
Financial Blvd., Reno, Nevada. All meetings and field trips are open to
the public. A general public comment period, where the public may
submit oral or written comments to the RAC, will be held at 4 p.m. on
January 22, 2004.
A final detailed agenda, with any additions/corrections to agenda
topics, field trip stops and meeting times, will be available on the
internet no later than January 8, 2004, at http://www.nv.blm.gov/rac; hard
copies can also be mailed or sent via FAX. Individuals who need special
assistance such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, or who wish 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 12,
2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Struble, Public Affairs Officer,
BLM Carson City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701. Telephone: (775) 885-6107. E-mail: mstruble@nv.blm.gov.
Dated: November 26, 2003.
Elayn Briggs,
Acting Field Office Manager, BLM-Carson City Field Office.
[FR Doc. 03-30071 Filed 12-2-03; 8:45 am]