89 FR 104 pgs. 46417-46418 - Notice of Public Meeting of the Western Oregon Resource Advisory Council
Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 104Pages: 46417 - 46418
Pages: 46417, 46418Docket number: [BLM_OR_FRN_MO4500179340]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-11770 Filed 5-28-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: Land Management Bureau
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_OR_FRN_MO4500179340]
Notice of Public Meeting of the Western Oregon Resource Advisory Council
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
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 participate in an in-person meeting with a virtual participation option on July 10, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Pacific Time (PT). In addition, a field tour will occur on the same day from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PT. The field tour and meeting are open to the public.
ADDRESSES:
[top] The meeting will be held, and the field tour will commence and conclude, at the BLM Coos Bay District Office, 1300 Airport Lane, North Bend, OR 97459. The field tour will be of BLM Coos Bay District lands along Highway 38, east of Coos Bay, Oregon. The RAC will travel to the BLM Loon Lake
Individuals wishing to participate virtually must contact Megan Harper, Public Affairs Specialist for the Coos Bay District, at (541) 751-4353 or m1harper@blm.gov 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: m1harper@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. 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 July 10 meeting, the RAC will receive information on the statuses of Secure Rural Schools grant applications and hear from the District Managers about current events in Western Oregon.
On the field tour, the RAC will tour the Loon Lake Recreation Site and discuss infrastructure improvements, recreation management, and fee collection. The RAC will then travel to BLM-managed forestlands to discuss forest management and habitat creation. The final agenda will be posted online two weeks in advance of the meeting on the RAC's web page at https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/resource-advisory-council/near-you/oregon-washington/western-oregon-rac.
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 one 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, language translation services, or other reasonable accommodations. We ask that you contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice at least seven 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 July 10, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. PT. 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 m1harper@blm.gov.
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/western-oregon-rac. 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.
[FR Doc. 2024-11770 Filed 5-28-24; 8:45 am]
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