[Federal Register: September 6, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 173)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

CA-668-1040 (P)]

 
Reopening of Call for Nomination for the Santa Rosa and San 
Jacinto Mountains National Monument Advisory Committee

AGENCIES: Bureau of Land Management, Interior; Forest Service, 
Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of re-open of a call for nominations for the Santa Rosa 
and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: Under the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National 
Monument Act of 2000, Public Law 106-351 (16 U.S.C. 431 note), the 
Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management and the 
Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service are re-opening 
nominations for five members of the public to serve on the Santa Rosa 
and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Advisory Committee. 
Nominations will be accepted for thirty days following the publication 
date of this notice.
    The call for nominations is for representatives for the County of 
Riverside, the cities of Indian Wells and Cathedral City, the Coachella 
Valley Mountains Conservancy, and the Winter Park Authority.
    Committee members will be appointed to serve 3-year terms and may 
be nominated for reappointment for an additional three-year term. The 
three-year term would begin November 2002. All members will serve 
without pay but will be reimbursed for travel and per diem expense at 
the current rates for government employees under 5 U.S.C. 5703. The 
Secretary of the Interior will make appointments to the Committee with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture.
    The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Act of 
2000 (Act) required that the Secretaries of the Interior and 
Agriculture establish a National Monument Advisory Committee 
(Committee) to advise them on resource management issues associated 
with the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, 
specifically providing guidance on the National Monument Plan. This 
notice requests the public to submit nominations for five memberships 
on the Committee. The Committee is managed under the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As directed by the Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture jointly established an 
advisory committee for the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
National Monument (Monument). The Committee's purpose is to advise the 
Secretaries with respect to the preparation and implementation of a 
management plan for the Monument. The Committee meets every other month 
on a Saturday. The purpose of the Committee is to gather and analyze 
information, conduct studies and field examinations, hear public 
testimony, ascertain facts, and, in an advisory capacity only, develop 
recommendations concerning planning for the management and uses of the 
National Monument. The designated Federal officer, or his or her 
designee, in connection with special needs for advice, may call 
additional meetings. A Committee Chairperson and Vice Chairperson will 
be elected by the Committee from among its' members annually.
    Any individual or organization may nominate one or more persons to 
serve on the Committee. Individuals may nominate themselves for 
Committee membership. You may obtain nomination forms from the BLM or 
Forest Service by contacting the individuals listed in ADDRESSES above. 
To make a nomination, you must submit a completed nomination form, 
letters of reference from the represented interests or organization, 
and any other information that speaks to the nominee's qualification, 
to the offices listed above. You may make nominations for the following 
categories of interest, as specified in the Act: (1) A representative 
of the Country of Riverside, California; (2) a representative from each 
of the following cities: Cathedral City and Indian Wells; (3) a 
representative of the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy; (4) a 
representative of the Winter Park Authority. Nominations to the 
Committee should describe and document the proposed member's 
qualifications for membership on the Advisory Committee.

DATES: Submit nominations to the address listed below no later than 30 
days after the publication of this notice to re-open the call for 
nomininations in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Send nominations to: Advisory Committee Nominations, Ms. 
Danella George, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 581260, North Palm 
Springs, California, 92258-1260.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Danella George, Santa Rosa and San 
Jacinto Mountains National Monument, (760) 251-4800.

    Dated: August 29, 2002.
Elena Misquez,
Associate Field Manager, Palm Springs/South Coast Field Office, Bureau 
of Land Management.
Laurie Rosenthal,
District Ranger, San Jacinto Ranger District, San Bernardino National 
Forest.
[FR Doc. 02-22653 Filed 9-5-02; 8:45 am]
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