[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 55636-55637] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-27803] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [NM-910-09-1020-00] New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of council meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management ACt and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix 1, The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), announces a meeting of the New Mexico Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The meeting will be held on November 19 and 20, 1998 at the Best Western Mesilla Valley Inn, 901 Avenida de Mesilla, Las Cruces, NM 88005. The meeting on Thursday November 19 starts at 8:30 a.m., and the meeting on Friday November 20 starts at 8:00 a.m. The draft agenda for the RAC meeting includes agreement on the meeting agenda, any RAC comments on the draft summary minutes of the last RAC meeting on October 1 and 2, 1998 in Albuquerque, NM, a Fort Bliss EIS presentation and discussion, a time for the public to address the RAC, a McGregor Range Withdrawal presentation and discussion, BLM Field Office Managers presentations and discussion, a Standards and Guidelines presentation and discussion, a revisit to the Rio Grande Corridor Resource Management Plan Amendment, a Watershed presentation and discussion, a Soil and Water Conservation Districts/New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts presentation and discussion, develop draft agenda items for the next RAC meeting, and a RAC assessment on the meeting. The time for the public to address the RAC is on Thursday, November 19, 1998, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The RAC may reduce or extend the end time of 12:00 noon depending on the number of people wishing to address the RAC. The length of time available for each person to address the RAC will be established at the start of the public comment period and will depend on how many people there are that wish to address the RAC. At the completion of the public comments the RAC may continue discussion on its Agenda items. The meeting on November 20, 1998, will be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The end time of 4:00 p.m. for the meeting may be changed depending on the work remaining for the RAC. [[Page 55637]] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Armstrong, New Mexico State Office, Planning and Policy Team, Bureau of Land Management, 1474 Rodeo Road, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502-0115, telephone (505) 438-7436. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Resource Advisory 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 public lands. The Council's responsibilities include providing advice on long-range planning, establishing resource management priorities and assisting the BLM to identify State and regional standards for rangeland health and guidelines for grazing management. Dated: October 8, 1998. Richard A. Whitley, Associate State Director. [FR Doc. 98-27803 Filed 10-15-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-FB-M