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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_AZ_FRN_MO# 4500179710]
Notice of BLM Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meetings
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Resource Advisory Council (Council) will meet as
follows.
DATES: The Council will meet July 16, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Mountain Standard Time
(MST); October 29-30, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MST both days; and December 11-12, 2024,
from 8:00 to 4:30 p.m. MST both days.
ADDRESSES: The July 16 meeting will be held virtually. The October and December meetings
will be held in-person at the BLM Arizona State Office, One North Central Avenue, Suite 800,
Phoenix, AZ 85004-4427, and a virtual participation option will be available. Virtual
participation instructions and final agendas will be confirmed for the public via BLM news
release, social media, on the Council’s web page at https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/resourceadvisory-council/near-you/arizona, and through personal contact at least 2 weeks prior to the
meeting.
Written comments for the Council may be sent electronically in advance of the scheduled
meeting to Dolores Garcia, Public Affairs Specialist, at dagarcia@blm.gov, or in writing to BLM
Arizona State Office/AZ-912, One North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, Arizona, 850044427. All comments will be provided to the Council.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dolores Garcia, Public Affairs Specialist,
BLM Arizona State Office, telephone: (602) 417-9241, email: dagarcia@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 to contact Ms.
Garcia. 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. Please request
sign language interpreter services, assistive listening devices, language translation services, or
other reasonable accommodations at least 7 days before the meeting to give the Department of
the Interior sufficient time to process your request. All reasonable accommodation requests will
be managed on a case-by-case basis.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member Council advises the Secretary of the
Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of planning and management issues associated with
public land management in Arizona.
Agenda items for the July meeting will include revisiting a recreation fee proposal for the
U.S. Forest Service’s Tonto National Forest, for which follow-up was recommended at the April
2024 meeting.
Agenda items for the October and December meetings will include updates on BLM
project work in compliance with Department of the Interior priorities; resource management
updates, including the latest initiatives; and a presentation and recommendations on recreation
business plan updates and fee amendment proposals. BLM Arizona is developing recreation
business plans that would modernize the way recreation fee sites are managed. Further
information on the business plans that may be presented to the Council can be viewed at
https://www.blm.gov/programs/recreation/permits-and-fees/business-plans.
The July, October, and December meetings are open to the public, and public comment
periods will be offered each day. Specific times will be noted on the agenda. 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.
Detailed minutes for Council meetings will be maintained in the BLM Arizona State
Office. Minutes will also be posted to the Council’s web page at https://www.blm.gov/getinvolved/resource-advisory-council/near-you/arizona.
(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-2)
Raymond Suazo,
Arizona State Director.

[FR Doc. 2024-13423 Filed: 6/18/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/20/2024]