[Federal Register: December 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 238)]
[Notices]
[Page 72212]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Meeting of the California Desert District Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463
and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the
Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will
participate in a field tour of the BLM-administered public lands on
Friday, January 7, 2005, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and meet in formal
session on Saturday, January 8, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Saturday
meeting will be held in the Pinnacles Room in the Kerr McGee Community
Center, located at 100 W. California Avenue, Ridgecrest, California.
The Council and interested members of the public will depart for a
field tour at 7:30 a.m. from the parking lot of the Heritage Inn Hotel,
which is located at 1050 North Norma in Ridgecrest, California. The
public is welcome to participate in the tour, but should plan on
providing their own transportation, drinks, and lunch.

Agenda items tentatively scheduled for the Saturday Council meeting
will include reports by Advisory Council members, the District Manager
and the five District field office managers. Additional briefings to be
scheduled.

The Advisory Council also confirmed meetings on the following
dates:

--April 1-2
--June 24-25
--September 23-24

Each meeting will include a field tour on Friday from 7:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. and a public meeting on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Once
finalized, the locations and agenda topics will be published in the
Federal Register and posted on BLM's California State Web page at
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news. Click on Advisory Councils and scroll down
to the California Desert District Advisory Council.

All Desert District Advisory Council meetings are open to the
public. Time for public comment may be made available by the Council
Chairman during the presentation of various agenda items, and is
scheduled at the end of the meeting for topics not on the agenda.
Written comments may be filed in advance of the meeting for the
California Desert District Advisory Council, c/o Bureau of Land
Management, Public Affairs Office, 22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos,
Moreno Valley, California 92553. Written comments also are accepted at
the time of the meeting and, if copies are provided to the recorder,
will be incorporated into the minutes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doran Sanchez, BLM California Desert
District Public Affairs Specialist (951) 697-5220.

Dated: December 6, 2004.
Alan Stein,
Assistant District Manager.
[FR Doc. 04-27194 Filed 12-10-04; 8:45 am]