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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Call for Nominations for Advisory
Committees
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is
to reopen the request for public
nominations for certain Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Advisory
Committees that have member terms
expiring this year. These Advisory
Committees provide advice and
recommendations to the BLM on land
use planning and management of the
National System of Public Lands within
their respective geographic areas. The
Advisory Committees covered by this
request for nominations are identified
below. The BLM will accept public
nominations for 30 days after the
publication of this notice.
DATES: All nominations must be
received no later than April 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for the address of
respective BLM Offices accepting
nominations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lauren Luckey, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
Correspondence, International, and
Advisory Committee Office, 1849 C
Street NW., MS–MIB 5070, Washington,
DC 20240; 202–208–3806.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) directs the Secretary of the
Interior to involve the public in
planning and issues related to
management of lands administered by
the BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA (43
U.S.C. 1739) directs the Secretary to
establish 10- to 15-member citizenbased advisory councils that are
consistent with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA). As required by
FACA, Resource Advisory Council
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(RAC) membership must be balanced
and representative of the various
interests concerned with the
management of the public lands. The
rules governing RACs are found at 43
CFR subpart 1784 and include the
following three membership categories:
Category One—Holders of Federal
grazing permits and representatives of
organizations associated with energy
and mineral development, timber
industry, transportation or rights-ofway, developed outdoor recreation, offhighway vehicle use, and commercial
recreation;
Category Two—Representatives of
nationally or regionally recognized
environmental organizations,
archaeological and historic
organizations, dispersed recreation
activities, and wild horse and burro
organizations; and
Category Three—Representatives of
State, county, or local elected office,
employees of a State agency responsible
for management of natural resources,
representatives of Indian tribes within
or adjacent to the area for which the
council is organized, representatives of
academia who are employed in natural
sciences, and the public-at-large.
Individuals may nominate themselves
or others. Nominees must be residents
of the State in which the RAC has
jurisdiction. The BLM will evaluate
nominees based on their education,
training, experience, and knowledge of
the geographical area of the RAC.
Nominees should demonstrate a
commitment to collaborative resource
decision-making. The Obama
Administration prohibits individuals
who are currently federally registered
lobbyists from being appointed or reappointed to FACA and non-FACA
boards, committees, or councils.
This request for public nominations
also applies to the Steens Mountain
Advisory Council (SMAC) in Oregon
established pursuant to Section 131 of
the Steens Mountain Cooperative
Management and Protection Act of
2000. The SMAC advises the Secretary
of the Interior in managing the Steens
Mountain Cooperative Management and
Protection Area. Nominations are
requested for the positions of Burns
Paiute Tribe member and the State of
Oregon liaison.
The following must accompany all
nominations for the RACs and SMAC:
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—Letters of reference from represented
interests or organizations;
—A completed Resource Advisory
Council application; and
—Any other information that addresses
the nominee’s qualifications.
Simultaneous with this notice, BLM
state offices will issue press releases
providing additional information for
submitting nominations, with specifics
about the number and categories of
member positions available for each
RAC in the state and the Steens
Mountain Advisory Council in Oregon.
If you have already submitted your RAC
nomination materials for 2013 you will
not need to resubmit. Nominations for
the following RACs should be sent to
the appropriate BLM offices as noted
below:
Alaska
Alaska RAC
Thom Jennings, Alaska State Office, BLM,
222 West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage,
Alaska 99513, 970–271–3335.
California
Northwestern California RAC
Jeff Fontana, Eagle Lake Field Office, BLM,
2950 Riverside Drive, Susanville,
California 96130, 530–252–5332.
Central California RAC
David Christy, Mother Lode Field Office,
BLM, 5152 Hillsdale Circle, El Dorado
Hills, California 95762, 916–941–3146.
Idaho
Boise District RAC
Marsha Buchanan, Boise District Office,
BLM, 3948 Development Avenue, Boise,
Idaho 83705, 208–384–3393.
Coeur d’Alene District RAC
Suzanne Endsley, Coeur d’Alene District
Office, BLM, 3815 Schreiber Way, Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho 83815, 208–769–5004.
Idaho Falls District RAC
Sarah Wheeler, Idaho Falls District Office,
BLM, 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls,
Idaho 83401, 208–524–7550.
Montana and Dakotas
Central Montana RAC
Kaylene Patten, Lewistown Field Office,
BLM, 920 Northeast Main Street,
Lewistown, Montana 59457, 406–538–
1957.
Dakotas RAC
Mark Jacobsen, Miles City Field Office, BLM,
111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, Montana
59301, 406–233–2800.
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Eastern Montana RAC
Mark Jacobsen, Miles City Field Office, BLM,
111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, Montana
59301, 406–233–2800.
Western Montana RAC
David Abrams, Butte Field Office, BLM, 106
North Parkmont, Butte, Montana 59701,
406–533–7617.
Nevada
Mojave-Southern Great Basin RAC;
Northeastern Great Basin RAC; Sierra FrontNortheastern Great Basin RAC
Christopher Rose, Nevada State Office, BLM,
1340 Financial Boulevard, Reno, Nevada
89502, 775–861–6480.
New Mexico
Albuquerque District RAC
Chip Kimball, Albuquerque District Office,
BLM, 435 Montano NE., Albuquerque, New
Mexico 87107, 505–761–8734.
Farmington District RAC
Bill Papich, Farmington District Office, BLM,
6251 College Boulevard, Farmington, New
Mexico 87402, 505–564–7620
Oregon/Washington
Eastern Washington RAC
Robert St. Clair, Spokane District Office,
BLM, 1103 N. Fancher Road Spokane
Valley, Washington 99212, 509–536–1200
Southeast Oregon RAC; Steens Mountain
Advisory Council
Tara Martinak, Burns District Office, BLM,
28910 Hwy 20, West Hines, Oregon 97738,
541–573–4519
Certification Statement: I hereby
certify that the BLM Advisory
Committees are necessary and in the
public interest in connection with the
Secretary’s responsibilities to manage
the lands, resources, and facilities
administered by the BLM.
Neil Kornze,
Principal Deputy Director.
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Notice of Availability of the Draft
Billings and Pompeys Pillar National
Monument Resource Management Plan
and Environmental Impact Statement,
MT
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
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(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has
prepared a combined Draft Resource
Management Plan (RMP) and Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for Billings and Pompeys Pillar National
Monument within the Billings Field
Office of the BLM Montana/Dakotas
State Office and by this notice is
announcing the opening of the comment
period.
DATES: To ensure that comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the draft RMP/EIS
within 90 days following the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes this notice of the draft RMP/
EIS in the Federal Register.The BLM
will announce future meetings or
hearings and any other public
participation activities at least 15 days
in advance through public notices,
media releases, and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
related to the Billings and Pompeys
Pillar National Monument draft RMP/
EIS by any of the following methods:
• Web site: https://www.blm.gov/mt/
st/en/fo/billings_field_office/rmp.html
• Email: BLM_MT_Billings_Pompeys
Pillar_RMP@blm.gov
• Fax: 406–896–5281
• Mail: Bureau of Land Management,
Billings Field Office, 5001 Southgate
Drive, Billings, MT 59101
Copies of the Billings and Pompeys
Pillar National Monument draft RMP/
EIS are available in the Billings Field
Office at the above address or may be
viewed at: https://www.blm.gov/mt/st/
en/fo/billings_field_office/rmp.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carolyn Sherve-Bybee, RMP Team Lead,
406–896–5234 or Jim Sparks, Billings
Field Manager, 406–896–5241; at the
above mailing address or via email at:
BLM_MT_Billings_PompeysPillar_RMP
@blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
planning area is located in Big Horn,
Carbon, Golden Valley, Musselshell,
Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland, and
Yellowstone Counties in Montana, and
a portion of Big Horn County in
Wyoming. This planning area
encompasses approximately 434,154
acres of BLM-managed public lands.
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The RMP will fulfill the needs and
obligations set forth by NEPA, FLPMA,
and BLM management policies. The
planning effort of the Billings and
Pompeys Pillar National Monument
RMP/EIS will revise the existing
Billings RMP of 1984, as amended, and
provide the Billings Field Office with an
updated framework in which to
administer BLM public lands. This draft
RMP/EIS addresses new issues, changes
in resource conditions, and changes in
resource management practices since
adoption of the Billings RMP in 1984
and was developed through a
collaborative planning process. Formal
public scoping began with the
publication of the Notice of Intent in the
Federal Register on May 15, 2008 (73
FR 28150), a legal document notifying
the public and any affected agencies of
the intent to revise the 1984 RMP and
prepare an EIS, including draft planning
criteria for review. The formal public
scoping period ended on August 22,
2008; however, scoping comments were
received through September 19, 2008.
Public scoping opportunities included
seven open houses in communities
within the planning area, a mailing of
1,200 scoping packages describing the
area and process as well as soliciting
written comments, a Web site, and
outreach with various Federal and State
government agencies. Outreach efforts
were also made to tribes and
consultation with the tribal
governments is ongoing.
The information obtained from the
scoping process was used to define the
relevant issues that are addressed in a
range of alternative management
actions, the environmental impacts of
which are analyzed in the draft EIS.
Based on the scoping comments
received and their subsequent analysis
and evaluation, the following major
planning issues were identified as being
within the scope of the BLM Billings
and Pompeys Pillar National Monument
draft RMP/EIS.
Issue: Vegetation Communities—How
can the public lands be managed to
provide desired plant communities?
Issue: Wildlife and Fisheries Habitat
and Invasive Species—How can public
lands be managed to maintain or
improve wildlife and fisheries habitats
and control invasive species?
Issue: Special Status Species,
including Threatened and Endangered
Species—How can public lands be
managed to conserve and recover
threatened, endangered, proposed, and
BLM-sensitive species, including
Greater Sage-Grouse?
Issue: Commercial Activities—What
public lands will be available for
commercial activities and how will
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Call for Nominations for Advisory Committees
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to reopen the request for public
nominations for certain Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Advisory
Committees that have member terms expiring this year. These Advisory
Committees provide advice and recommendations to the BLM on land use
planning and management of the National System of Public Lands within
their respective geographic areas. The Advisory Committees covered by
this request for nominations are identified below. The BLM will accept
public nominations for 30 days after the publication of this notice.
DATES: All nominations must be received no later than April 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the address of respective
BLM Offices accepting nominations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Luckey, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Correspondence, International, and
Advisory Committee Office, 1849 C Street NW., MS-MIB 5070, Washington,
DC 20240; 202-208-3806.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Land Policy and Management Act
(FLPMA) directs the Secretary of the Interior to involve the public in
planning and issues related to management of lands administered by the
BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA (43 U.S.C. 1739) directs the Secretary to
establish 10- to 15-member citizen-based advisory councils that are
consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). As required
by FACA, Resource Advisory Council (RAC) membership must be balanced
and representative of the various interests concerned with the
management of the public lands. The rules governing RACs are found at
43 CFR subpart 1784 and include the following three membership
categories:
Category One--Holders of Federal grazing permits and
representatives of organizations associated with energy and mineral
development, timber industry, transportation or rights-of-way,
developed outdoor recreation, off-highway vehicle use, and commercial
recreation;
Category Two--Representatives of nationally or regionally
recognized environmental organizations, archaeological and historic
organizations, dispersed recreation activities, and wild horse and
burro organizations; and
Category Three--Representatives of State, county, or local elected
office, employees of a State agency responsible for management of
natural resources, representatives of Indian tribes within or adjacent
to the area for which the council is organized, representatives of
academia who are employed in natural sciences, and the public-at-large.
Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Nominees must be
residents of the State in which the RAC has jurisdiction. The BLM will
evaluate nominees based on their education, training, experience, and
knowledge of the geographical area of the RAC. Nominees should
demonstrate a commitment to collaborative resource decision-making. The
Obama Administration prohibits individuals who are currently federally
registered lobbyists from being appointed or re-appointed to FACA and
non-FACA boards, committees, or councils.
This request for public nominations also applies to the Steens
Mountain Advisory Council (SMAC) in Oregon established pursuant to
Section 131 of the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and
Protection Act of 2000. The SMAC advises the Secretary of the Interior
in managing the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection
Area. Nominations are requested for the positions of Burns Paiute Tribe
member and the State of Oregon liaison.
The following must accompany all nominations for the RACs and SMAC:
--Letters of reference from represented interests or organizations;
--A completed Resource Advisory Council application; and
--Any other information that addresses the nominee's qualifications.
Simultaneous with this notice, BLM state offices will issue press
releases providing additional information for submitting nominations,
with specifics about the number and categories of member positions
available for each RAC in the state and the Steens Mountain Advisory
Council in Oregon. If you have already submitted your RAC nomination
materials for 2013 you will not need to resubmit. Nominations for the
following RACs should be sent to the appropriate BLM offices as noted
below:
Alaska
Alaska RAC
Thom Jennings, Alaska State Office, BLM, 222 West 7th Avenue,
13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513, 970-271-3335.
California
Northwestern California RAC
Jeff Fontana, Eagle Lake Field Office, BLM, 2950 Riverside Drive,
Susanville, California 96130, 530-252-5332.
Central California RAC
David Christy, Mother Lode Field Office, BLM, 5152 Hillsdale Circle,
El Dorado Hills, California 95762, 916-941-3146.
Idaho
Boise District RAC
Marsha Buchanan, Boise District Office, BLM, 3948 Development
Avenue, Boise, Idaho 83705, 208-384-3393.
Coeur d'Alene District RAC
Suzanne Endsley, Coeur d'Alene District Office, BLM, 3815 Schreiber
Way, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815, 208-769-5004.
Idaho Falls District RAC
Sarah Wheeler, Idaho Falls District Office, BLM, 1405 Hollipark
Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401, 208-524-7550.
Montana and Dakotas
Central Montana RAC
Kaylene Patten, Lewistown Field Office, BLM, 920 Northeast Main
Street, Lewistown, Montana 59457, 406-538-1957.
Dakotas RAC
Mark Jacobsen, Miles City Field Office, BLM, 111 Garryowen Road,
Miles City, Montana 59301, 406-233-2800.
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Eastern Montana RAC
Mark Jacobsen, Miles City Field Office, BLM, 111 Garryowen Road,
Miles City, Montana 59301, 406-233-2800.
Western Montana RAC
David Abrams, Butte Field Office, BLM, 106 North Parkmont, Butte,
Montana 59701, 406-533-7617.
Nevada
Mojave-Southern Great Basin RAC; Northeastern Great Basin RAC;
Sierra Front-Northeastern Great Basin RAC
Christopher Rose, Nevada State Office, BLM, 1340 Financial
Boulevard, Reno, Nevada 89502, 775-861-6480.
New Mexico
Albuquerque District RAC
Chip Kimball, Albuquerque District Office, BLM, 435 Montano NE.,
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107, 505-761-8734.
Farmington District RAC
Bill Papich, Farmington District Office, BLM, 6251 College
Boulevard, Farmington, New Mexico 87402, 505-564-7620
Oregon/Washington
Eastern Washington RAC
Robert St. Clair, Spokane District Office, BLM, 1103 N. Fancher Road
Spokane Valley, Washington 99212, 509-536-1200
Southeast Oregon RAC; Steens Mountain Advisory Council
Tara Martinak, Burns District Office, BLM, 28910 Hwy 20, West Hines,
Oregon 97738, 541-573-4519
Certification Statement: I hereby certify that the BLM Advisory
Committees are necessary and in the public interest in connection with
the Secretary's responsibilities to manage the lands, resources, and
facilities administered by the BLM.
Neil Kornze,
Principal Deputy Director.
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