Notice of Public Meetings for the John Day-Snake Resource Advisory Council Planning Subcommittee and the John Day Snake Resource Advisory Council, Oregon, 17320 [2022-06454]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Public Meetings for the John
Day-Snake Resource Advisory Council
Planning Subcommittee and the John
Day Snake Resource Advisory Council,
Oregon
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management’s (BLM) John DaySnake Resource Advisory Council (RAC)
Planning Subcommittee and John DaySnake RAC will meet as follows.
DATES: The John Day-Snake RAC
Planning Subcommittee will meet
virtually via the Zoom platform
Wednesday, September 14, 2022, from 6
p.m. Pacific Time (PT) to 8 p.m. PT; and
the John Day Snake RAC will hold an
in-person meeting Thursday, October
20, 2022, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. PT,
including a field tour from 1:30 p.m.
until 5:30 p.m. PT to the Restoration
Fuels Torrefaction Plant. The RAC will
reconvene Friday, October 21, 2022,
from 8 a.m. PT to 1 p.m. PT.
Virtual meetings may substitute for
in-person meetings depending on public
health policies in place at the
Department of the Interior at the time of
the meetings. A change to virtual
meetings and instructions on how to
access those meetings will be posted on
the RAC’s website (see ADDRESSES) at
least 10 days in advance of those
meetings.
A public comment period will be
offered each day and the meetings and
field tour are open to the public in their
entirety.
ADDRESSES: Final agendas for each
meeting and contact information
regarding Zoom meeting details will be
published on the RAC’s web page at
least 10 days in advance at https://
www.blm.gov/get-involved/resourceadvisory-council/near-you/oregonwashington/john-day-rac.
The meetings scheduled for October
20–21, 2022 will take place at the
Malheur National Forest Supervisor’s
Office, 431 Patterson Bridge Rd., John
Day, OR 97845, and travel to the
Restoration Fuels Torrefaction Plant
located at 60339 US–26, John Day, OR
97845.
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Comments to the RAC and the
subcommittee can be mailed to: BLM
Prineville District; Attn. Dennis Teitzel;
3050 NE 3rd St., Prineville, OR 97754,
or emailed to dteitzel@blm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larisa Bogardus, Public Affairs Officer,
3100 H St., Baker City, OR 97814;
telephone: (541) 219–6863; email:
lbogardus@blm.gov. Individuals in the
United States who are deaf, deafblind,
hard of hearing, or have a speech
disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services for
contacting Ms. Bogardus. Individuals
outside the United States should use the
relay services offered within their
country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United
States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15member John Day-Snake RAC was
chartered and members are appointed
by the Secretary of the Interior. Its
diverse perspectives are represented in
commodity, conservation, and general
interests. It provides advice to the BLM
and, as needed, to U.S. Forest Service
resource managers regarding
management plans and proposed
resource actions on public land in the
John Day-Snake area.
The Planning Subcommittee was
established to gather information,
conduct research, and analyze relevant
issues and facts on selected topics for
future consideration by the RAC. The
Subcommittee’s primary goal is to
provide information to the RAC
members that allows them to better
respond to time-sensitive issues, such as
responding to an environmental
document within the public comment
period. No decisions are made at the
subcommittee level. The Subcommittee
will gather information on recreation fee
proposals at the September meeting for
consideration by the RAC during its
October meeting.
The RAC’s October meeting will
include presentations on a Malheur
National Forest recreation fee proposal
for selected developed cabins and
campgrounds, and a Central Oregon
Field Office fee proposal for John Day
River. The afternoon field tour is to the
Restoration Fuels thermal treatment
facility where the RAC will learn about
methods that utilize tree thinnings and
low-value wood materials from
stewardship projects in national forests
and private-land treatments to produce
fuel for energy. Participants must
register to attend the field tour at least
14 days in advance using the contact
contained in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
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notice. Members of the public are
welcome on field tours but must
provide their own transportation and
meals. Individuals who plan to attend
and need special assistance, such as
sign language interpretation and other
reasonable accommodations, should
contact the BLM (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT). Meetings and
field tours will follow current Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
COVID–19 guidance regarding social
distancing and wearing of masks.
Standing agenda items include
management of energy and minerals,
timber, rangeland and grazing,
commercial and dispersed recreation,
wildland fire and fuels, and wild horses
and burros; review of or
recommendations regarding proposed
actions by Vale or Prineville BLM
districts and the Wallowa-Whitman,
Umatilla, Malheur, Ochoco, and
Deschutes National Forests; and any
other business that may reasonably
come before the RAC.
The Designated Federal Officer will
attend the call, take minutes, and
publish these minutes on the RAC’s web
page (see ADDRESSES). All calls/meetings
are open to the public in their entirety.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, please be aware that your
entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee we will be able to do
so.
(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2)
Dennis C. Teitzel,
Prineville District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLORP00000.L10200000.DF0000.LXSSH1040000.222.HAG 22-0013]
Notice of Public Meetings for the John Day-Snake Resource
Advisory Council Planning Subcommittee and the John Day Snake Resource
Advisory Council, Oregon
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) John Day-
Snake Resource Advisory Council (RAC) Planning Subcommittee and John
Day-Snake RAC will meet as follows.
DATES: The John Day-Snake RAC Planning Subcommittee will meet virtually
via the Zoom platform Wednesday, September 14, 2022, from 6 p.m.
Pacific Time (PT) to 8 p.m. PT; and the John Day Snake RAC will hold an
in-person meeting Thursday, October 20, 2022, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
PT, including a field tour from 1:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. PT to the
Restoration Fuels Torrefaction Plant. The RAC will reconvene Friday,
October 21, 2022, from 8 a.m. PT to 1 p.m. PT.
Virtual meetings may substitute for in-person meetings depending on
public health policies in place at the Department of the Interior at
the time of the meetings. A change to virtual meetings and instructions
on how to access those meetings will be posted on the RAC's website
(see ADDRESSES) at least 10 days in advance of those meetings.
A public comment period will be offered each day and the meetings
and field tour are open to the public in their entirety.
ADDRESSES: Final agendas for each meeting and contact information
regarding Zoom meeting details will be published on the RAC's web page
at least 10 days in advance at https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/resource-advisory-council/near-you/oregon-washington/john-day-rac.
The meetings scheduled for October 20-21, 2022 will take place at
the Malheur National Forest Supervisor's Office, 431 Patterson Bridge
Rd., John Day, OR 97845, and travel to the Restoration Fuels
Torrefaction Plant located at 60339 US-26, John Day, OR 97845.
Comments to the RAC and the subcommittee can be mailed to: BLM
Prineville District; Attn. Dennis Teitzel; 3050 NE 3rd St., Prineville,
OR 97754, or emailed to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larisa Bogardus, Public Affairs
Officer, 3100 H St., Baker City, OR 97814; telephone: (541) 219-6863;
email: [email protected]. Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial
711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services for contacting Ms. Bogardus. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member John Day-Snake RAC was
chartered and members are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Its diverse perspectives are represented in commodity, conservation,
and general interests. It provides advice to the BLM and, as needed, to
U.S. Forest Service resource managers regarding management plans and
proposed resource actions on public land in the John Day-Snake area.
The Planning Subcommittee was established to gather information,
conduct research, and analyze relevant issues and facts on selected
topics for future consideration by the RAC. The Subcommittee's primary
goal is to provide information to the RAC members that allows them to
better respond to time-sensitive issues, such as responding to an
environmental document within the public comment period. No decisions
are made at the subcommittee level. The Subcommittee will gather
information on recreation fee proposals at the September meeting for
consideration by the RAC during its October meeting.
The RAC's October meeting will include presentations on a Malheur
National Forest recreation fee proposal for selected developed cabins
and campgrounds, and a Central Oregon Field Office fee proposal for
John Day River. The afternoon field tour is to the Restoration Fuels
thermal treatment facility where the RAC will learn about methods that
utilize tree thinnings and low-value wood materials from stewardship
projects in national forests and private-land treatments to produce
fuel for energy. Participants must register to attend the field tour at
least 14 days in advance using the contact contained in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Members of the public are
welcome on field tours but must provide their own transportation and
meals. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such
as sign language interpretation and other reasonable accommodations,
should contact the BLM (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Meetings
and field tours will follow current Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention COVID-19 guidance regarding social distancing and wearing of
masks. Standing agenda items include management of energy and minerals,
timber, rangeland and grazing, commercial and dispersed recreation,
wildland fire and fuels, and wild horses and burros; review of or
recommendations regarding proposed actions by Vale or Prineville BLM
districts and the Wallowa-Whitman, Umatilla, Malheur, Ochoco, and
Deschutes National Forests; and any other business that may reasonably
come before the RAC.
The Designated Federal Officer will attend the call, take minutes,
and publish these minutes on the RAC's web page (see ADDRESSES). All
calls/meetings are open to the public in their entirety.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comments, please be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee we will be able to
do so.
(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-2)
Dennis C. Teitzel,
Prineville District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2022-06454 Filed 3-25-22; 8:45 am]
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