Notice2022-14438
Notice of Public Meeting: Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, Nevada
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Published
July 7, 2022
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Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
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's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as follows.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 129 (Thursday, July 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40546-40547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14438]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLNV9120000.L18200000.XX0000.LXSS006F0000.223.241A. MO: 4500163077]
Notice of Public Meeting: Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin
Resource Advisory Council, Nevada
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's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Sierra Front-Northern
Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as follows.
DATES: The RAC will hold an in-person meeting with a virtual
participation option on Thursday, August 11, 2022. The RAC will also
host a field tour on Friday, August 12. The meeting will be held from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. and may end earlier or later depending on the needs of
group members. The field tour will begin at 7 a.m. and conclude at 2
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Dalling Hall, 600 Commercial
Street, Elko, Nevada 89801. Individuals who prefer to participate in
the August 11 meeting virtually must register by visiting the RAC's web
page no later than 1 week before the meeting at <a href="https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/resource-advisory-council/near-me/nevada">https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/resource-advisory-council/near-me/nevada</a>. The final
meeting agenda will be available two weeks in advance of the meeting on
the RAC's web page.
The field tour will commence at the Elko District Office, 3900
Idaho St., Elko, Nevada 89801. Participants will travel to the Big
Ledge Mine.
Written comments can be mailed to: BLM Carson City District Office,
Attn: RAC Coordinator; 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701.
Comments can also be submitted by email to Lisa Ross at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#08647a677b7b486a6465266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bad6c8d5c9c9fad8d6d794ddd5cc">[email protected]</span></a>
with the subject line: BLM Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin RAC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Ross, RAC Coordinator, telephone:
(775) 885-6107, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#315d435e424271535d5c1f565e47"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0dcc2dfc3c3f0d2dcdd9ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member BLM Sierra Front-Northern
Great Basin RAC serves in an advisory capacity concerning issues
relating to land use planning and the management of the public land
resources located within the BLM's Elko, Winnemucca, and Carson City
Districts. Meetings are open to the public in their entirety and a
public comment period will be held near the end of the meeting.
Agenda items for the August 11 meeting include District updates; a
presentation on the Big Ledge Mine Closure; an overview of the Fire/
Fuels Vegetation Program and Ranchers' Liaison Program; a review of the
proposed BLM recreation fee plan; a briefing on recent efforts and
proposed land sales; and a discussion on Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act projects. The August 12 field tour is to the Big Ledge Mine in
the northern Snake Mountain Range approximately 60 miles north of
Wells, Nevada, in Elko County. The Big Ledge Mine began operations in
2007 and is now permanently closing. The field tour will offer
participants the opportunity to see the on-the-ground remediation
efforts that include backfilling the barium mining pit and eliminating
the mining pit lake. Members of the public are welcome on field tours
but must provide their own transportation and
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meals. Individuals who plan to attend the field tour must RSVP with
Lisa Ross in the BLM Carson City District Office at least 1 week in
advance of the field tour (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). The
field tour will follow current Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention COVID-19 guidance regarding social distancing and wearing of
masks.
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 (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) section of this notice at least seven
(7) business days prior to the meeting to give the Department of the
Interior sufficient time to process your request. All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, blind, 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.
Interested persons may make oral presentations to the RAC during
the meetings or file written statements. Such requests should be made
to RAC Coordinator Ms. Ross prior to the public comment period.
Depending on the number of people who wish to speak, the time for
individual comments may be limited.
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 that we will be
able to do so.
(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-2)
Gerald Dixon,
Designated Federal Officer, BLM Elko District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2022-14438 Filed 7-6-22; 8:45 am]
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