[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49884-49885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17383]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Call for Nominations for the National Wild Horse and Burro
Advisory Board
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of call for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations
for three positions on the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board
(Board) that will become vacant on October 9, 2022. The Board provides
advice concerning the management, protection, and control of wild free-
roaming horses and burros on public lands administered by the
Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), and the Department of Agriculture, through the U.S. Forest
Service.
DATES: Nominations must be post marked or submitted to the following
addresses no later than September 12, 2022.
ADDRESSES: All mail sent via the U.S. Postal Service should be
addressed as follows:
Wild Horses and Burro Division, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Attn: Dorothea Boothe, HQ-260, 9828 31st
Avenue; Phoenix, AZ 85051.
All packages that are sent via FedEx or UPS should be addressed as
follows:
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Wild
Horse and Burro Division, Attn: Dorothea Boothe, 9828 31st Avenue,
Phoenix, AZ 85051. Please consider emailing PDF documents to Ms. Boothe
at [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothea Boothe, Wild Horse and Burro
Program Coordinator, telephone: (602) 906-5543, email: [email protected].
Persons 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 point-of-contact in the
United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members of the Board serve without
compensation; however, while away from their homes or regular places of
business, Board and subcommittee members engaged in Board or
subcommittee business, approved by the Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence under 5 U.S.C. 5703, in the same manner as persons employed
intermittently in government service. Nominations for a term of 3 years
are needed to represent the following categories of interest:
Humane Advocacy;
Livestock Management; and
Wildlife Management.
The Board will meet one to four times annually. The DFO may call
additional meetings in connection with special needs for advice.
Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Any individual or
organization may nominate one or more persons to serve on the Board.
Nominations should include a resume providing adequate description
of the nominee's qualifications, including information that would
enable the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to make an
informed decision regarding meeting the membership requirements of the
Board and permit the Departments to contact a potential member.
Nominations are to be sent to the address listed in the ADDRESSES
section.
As appropriate, certain Board members may be appointed as special
Government employees (SGEs). Please be aware that applicants selected
to serve as SGEs will be required, prior to appointment, to file a
Confidential Financial Disclosure Report in order to avoid involvement
in real or apparent conflicts of interest. You may find a copy of the
Confidential Financial Disclosure Report at the following
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website: https://www.doi.gov/ethics/oge-form-450. Additionally, after
appointment, members appointed as SGEs will be required to meet
applicable financial disclosure and ethics training requirements.
Please contact (202) 202-208-7960 or [email protected] with any
questions about the ethics requirements for members appointed as SGEs.
Membership Selection: Individuals shall qualify to serve on the
Board because of their education, training, or experience that enables
them to give informed and objective advice regarding the interest they
represent. They should demonstrate experience or knowledge of the area
of their expertise and a commitment to collaborate in seeking solutions
to resource management issues. The Board is structured to provide fair
membership and balance, both geographic and interest specific, in terms
of the functions to be performed and points of view to be represented.
Members are selected with the objective of providing representative
counsel and advice about public land and resource planning. No person
is to be denied an opportunity to serve because of race, age, sex,
sexual orientation, religion, or national origin.
Pursuant to Section 7 of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros
Act, members of the Board cannot be employed by the State or Federal
Government.
(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-1)
David Jenkins,
Assistant Director, Resources and Planning.
[FR Doc. 2022-17383 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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