[Federal Register: June 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 120)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-700-99-1010-00-1784]

 
Southwest Resource Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; Resource Advisory Council public input meetings and 
Southwest Resource Advisory Council meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Southwest Resource Advisory 
Council (Southwest RAC), utilizing a designated subcommittee, will hold 
a series of public input meetings in July and early August, 1999, in 
Cortez, Colorado. The meetings are for the purpose of identifying 
community concerns and issues to be considered as greater protection is 
given to BLM's 156,000 acre Anasazi Culture Multiple-Use Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern (Anasazi ACEC) west of Cortez.

DATES: The public input meetings are scheduled for the following dates 
and times. Any changes to the time, date and/or location of the 
meetings will be posted on the Southwest RAC web page (http://
www.co.blm.gov/mdo/mdo__sw__rac.htm) and publicized via local media.
    All of the public input meetings will be held at the Cortez 
Conference Center, 2121 East Main Street in Cortez, Colorado. Unless 
otherwise indicated, all meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. and end at 
approximately 9:00 p.m.
    Thursday, July 8--This meeting is for the purposes of organizing 
subsequent meetings and the procedures of the RAC subcommittee and 
local constituents, who together will comprise a Working Group. A 
segment of this meeting will be open to public input on organization 
and procedural concerns and comments.
    Wednesday, July 14--The purpose of this meeting is for the Working 
Group to obtain public input on concerns and issues to be considered as 
greater protection is given to the Anasazi ACEC. The majority of this 
meeting will be open to public input regarding the identification of 
those concerns and issues.
    Thursday, July 15--The purpose of this meeting is to provide 
another opportunity for the Working Group to obtain public input on 
concerns and issues to be considered as greater protection is given to 
the Anasazi ACEC. The majority of this meeting will be open to public 
input regarding the identification of those concerns and issues.
    Wednesday, July 21--The primary purpose of this meeting is for the 
Working Group to characterize, categorize, rate and rank the concerns 
and issues identified in the July 14 & 15 meetings. A segment of this 
meeting will be open for public input regarding the characterization, 
categorization, rating and ranking process.
    Thursday, July 22--The primary purpose of this meeting is to 
provide another opportunity for the Working Group to characterize, 
categorize, rate and rank the concerns and issues identified in the 
July 14 & 15 meetings. A segment of this meeting will be open for 
public input regarding the characterization, categorization, rating and 
ranking process.
    Thursday, August 5--This meeting is for the purpose of preparing 
the report for the public and the Southwest RAC. A segment of this 
meeting will be open to public input on the report contents and the 
identification of any omissions and/or misinterpretations of the 
concerns and issues identified during the July 14 & 15 meetings.
    Thursday, August 12--This meeting will be an official Southwest 
Resource Advisory Council meeting. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. 
The afternoon agenda will be limited to Southwest RAC business and 
discussion on proposed statewide BLM recreation guidelines being 
developed by BLM Colorado's three RAC's. The afternoon session will end 
at 5:00 p.m. The evening session will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be 
limited to presentation of the final report on the public input process 
regarding community concerns and issues relating to the future 
management of the Anasazi ACEC. Public comment is scheduled from 7:30 
p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: For additional information, contact Roger Alexander, Bureau 
of Land Management (BLM), Southwest Center, 2465 South Townsend Avenue, 
Montrose, Colorado 81401; telephone 970-240-5335; TDD 970-240-5366; e-
mail Roger__Alexander@co.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Existing management has proven to be 
inadequate to ensure the long-term protection of cultural resources in 
the Anasazi ACEC. The Secretary of the Interior has asked the Southwest 
RAC to conduct a series of public meetings to identify community 
concerns and issues to be considered when determining what form the 
future management of the area will take.
    All Resource Advisory Council and RAC subcommittee meetings are 
open to the public. Interested persons are encouraged to attend the 
series of public meetings and to make verbal statements to the RAC 
subcommittee and working group and on August 12, to the full Council. 
Written statements may also be submitted for the both the RAC 
subcommittee/working group and the full Council's consideration. If 
necessary, a per-person time limit for verbal comments may be 
established.
    Summary minutes for all Council meetings are maintained in the 
Southwest Center Office and on the Internet at http://www.co.blm.gov/
mdo/mdo__sw__rac.htm and are available for public inspection and 
reproduction within thirty (30) days following each meeting.

    Dated: June 17, 1999.
Mark W. Stiles,
Southwest Center Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-15919 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]
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