[Federal Register: September 4, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 172)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV 910 0777 30]

 
Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council Meeting 
Location and Time

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Resource Advisory Councils' meeting location and time.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C., the 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council 
meetings will be held as indicated below. The agenda for the first 
day's meeting includes: introduction of new Council members, approval 
of minutes of the previous meeting, Las Vegas Water Applications, 
Standards and Guidelines (including Wild Horses), 3809 Mining 
Regulations, and determination of the subject matter for future 
meetings.
    Day two of this meeting will be a field tour of the Buck, Bald and 
Diamond

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Mountains and Newark Valley, north and west of Ely, Nevada. The tour 
will cover approximately 150 miles on unpaved roads. It will depart 
from and return to the Ely Field Office, Ely, Nevada. The tour will 
include opportunities to view and evaluate areas of past land 
treatments. Possible tour sites could include: wild horse gathers, wild 
fire, mine reclamation, riparian exclosures, vegetation manipulation 
(chaining) for deer habitat and an archaeological excavation.
    Those attending the field tour should wear clothing and footwear 
suitable for walking through rugged, brush covered terrain. Food and 
beverages will be an individual responsibility; sack or small ice 
cooler lunches including an equivalent of one gallon of water per 
person are recommended.
    All meetings are open to the public. The public may present written 
comments to the Council. Each Council meeting will also have time 
allocated for hearing public comments. The public comment period for 
the Council meeting is listed below. Depending on the number of persons 
wishing to comment and time available, the time for individual oral 
comments may be limited. Individuals who plan to attend and need 
special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other 
reasonable accommodations, should contact the Field Office Manager at 
the Ely Field Office, HC 33 P.O. Box 33500, Ely, Nevada 89301, 
telephone (702) 389-1800.

DATES, TIMES: The time and location of the meeting is as follows: 
Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, BLM Field Office, 
702 Industrial Way, Ely, Nevada 98301, September 23, 1998, starting at 
1:00 p.m.; public comments will be at 3:00 p.m.; tentative adjournment 
5:00 p.m.
    The field tour beginning and returning to the Ely Field Office on 
September 24, 1998, will start at 8:00 a.m. and end approximately 3:45 
p.m.; public comments will be at 4:00 p.m.; tentative adjournment at 
5:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Curtis G. Tucker, Team Leader for the Northeastern Resource Advisory 
Council, Ely Field Office, 702 North Industrial Way, HC 33 Box 33500, 
Ely, NV 89301-9408, telephone 702-289-1841.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Council is to advise the 
Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of planning 
and management issues, associated with the management of the public 
lands.
James Perkins,
Assistant Field Manager, Renewable Resources.
[FR Doc. 98-23902 Filed 9-3-98; 8:45 am]
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