[Federal Register: October 6, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 193)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

[UT-030-02-1610-DE-24-1A]

 
Establishment of Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Utah State Office, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the Grand Staircase-Escalante 
National Monument Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: This notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, Pub. L. 92-463. Notice is 
hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior has established the 
Bureau of Land Management's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument 
Advisory Committee.
    The Purpose of the Committee will be to advise Monument Managers on 
science and management issues and the achievement of objectives set 
forth in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management 
Plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Cohn, National Landscape 
Conservation System (171), Bureau of Land Management, 1620 L Street, 
NW., Room 301 LS, Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 785-6589.

Certification Statement

    I hereby certify that the establishment of the Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee is necessary and in the 
public interest in connection with the Secretary of the Interior's 
responsibilities to manage the lands, resources, and facilities 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

    Dated: September 26, 2003.
Gale A. Horton,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 03-25195 Filed 10-3-03; 8:45 am]