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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_UT_FRN_ MO4500176456]
Notice of Public Meeting, Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee,
Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, as
amended, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and the Federal Lands Recreation
Enhancement Act, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management’s
(BLM) Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee (Committee) will meet as
indicated below.
DATES: The Committee will participate in a field tour on August 7, 2024, from 7:30
a.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time.
ADDRESSES: The August 7 field tour will commence and conclude at the USDA Forest
Service Monticello Ranger Station located at 397 North Main in Monticello, UT 84535.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Wootton, Canyon Country
District Public Affairs Officer, P.O. Box 7, Monticello, Utah 84535, via email with the
subject line “BENM MAC” to blm_ut_mt_mail@blm.gov, or by calling the Monticello
Field Office at (435) 587-1500. 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 pointof-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Presidential Proclamation 9558 and
Presidential Proclamation 10285 established the Committee to provide advice and
information to the Secretary of the Interior through the Director of the BLM, and to the
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Chief of the USDA
Forest Service, to consider for managing the Bears Ears National Monument. The 15member Committee represents a wide range of stakeholders including State and local
government, paleontological and archaeological interests, the conservation community,
livestock grazing permittees, Tribal members, developed and dispersed recreation
interests, private landowners, local business owners, and the public at large.
The August 7 field tour will include visits to multiple sites within the Bears Ears
National Monument. The public is welcome to attend the field tour but must provide their
own transportation and meals. Individuals who plan to attend must RSVP at least one
week in advance of the field tour to the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Field tour sites will be announced
on the Committee’s webpage at least 7 days in advance at https://www.blm.gov/getinvolved/rac-near-you/utah/benm-mac.
The field tour is being conducted in conjunction with the previously scheduled
meeting of the Committee on August 8, 2024. That meeting was originally noticed in the
Federal Register on February 2, 2024, at 89 FR 12376.
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 under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT, at least 7 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.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. Ch. 10)

Gregory Sheehan,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-14090 Filed: 6/26/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/27/2024]