Notice of Public Meeting of the Western Oregon Resource Advisory Council, 37269 [2023-12094]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Land Management

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 37269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12094]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_OR_FRN_MO4500170988]


Notice of Public Meeting of the Western Oregon Resource Advisory 
Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces that the 
Western Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will host a meeting and 
field tour.

DATES: The Western Oregon RAC will meet virtually and in person on June 
22 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time (PT). In addition, a field 
tour will occur on the same day from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. PT. The field 
tour and meeting are open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The RAC will meet at the Glide Ranger Station, 18782 N 
Umpqua Highway, Glide, OR 97443, and will take a field tour of BLM 
Roseburg District lands along the North Umpqua River, east of Roseburg, 
Oregon, to see Archie Creek Fire recovery efforts the group will travel 
to public lands east of Glide, Oregon, then proceed to the Lone Pine 
and Millpond Recreation Sites.
    The June 22 meeting will be held virtually over the Zoom platform. 
Please contact Megan Harper, Public Affairs Specialist for the Coos Bay 
District, at (541) 751-4353 or [email protected] to receive a link to 
attend the Zoom meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Harper, Public Affairs 
Specialist, Coos Bay District, 1300 Airport Lane, North Bend, OR 97459; 
phone: (541) 751-4353; 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. 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 Western Oregon RAC advises the 
Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of public land 
issues across public lands in Western Oregon, including the Coos Bay, 
Medford, Northwest Oregon, and Roseburg Districts and part of the 
Lakeview District. At the June 22 meeting, the RAC will receive 
information on the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, hear from 
the District Managers about current events in Western Oregon, and 
provide feedback to the BLM on re-development of recreation sites that 
were damaged in the 2020 western Oregon wildfires.
    On the field tour, the RAC will visit public lands east of 
Roseburg, Oregon, along the North Umpqua River to review completed 
Secure Rural School Title II projects, post-Archie Creek Fire forest 
management, and recreation site rehabilitation.
    The public is welcome to attend the meeting and the field tour but 
must provide their own transportation and meals. Individuals who plan 
to attend must RSVP to the BLM Coos Bay District Office at least 1 week 
in advance of the field tour to the individual listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Please make 
requests in advance for sign language interpreter services, assistive 
listening devices, or other reasonable accommodations. We ask that you 
contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section of this notice at least 7 business days prior to the meeting to 
give the BLM sufficient time to process your request. All reasonable 
accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis.
    The meeting is open to the public, and a public comment period will 
be held on June 22, 2023, at 12 p.m. Depending on the number of persons 
wishing to comment and the time available, time allotted for individual 
oral comments may be limited. The public may submit written comments to 
the RAC by emailing the RAC coordinator at [email protected].
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should 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 that we will be 
able to do so.
    Previous minutes, membership information, and upcoming agendas are 
available at: https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/resource-advisory-council/near-you/oregon-washington. Detailed minutes for the RAC 
meetings are also maintained in the Coos Bay District Office and will 
be available for public inspection and reproduction during regular 
business hours within 90 days following the meeting.

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-2)

Heather L. Whitman,
Roseburg District Manager, (Designated Federal Officer).
[FR Doc. 2023-12094 Filed 6-6-23; 8:45 am]
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