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Hanford Reach National Monument Federal Planning Advisory Committee Meetings

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 [Federal Register: June 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 111)]
[Notices]
[Page 34640]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr10jn03-79]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
 
Hanford Reach National Monument Federal Planning Advisory 
Committee Meetings

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Hanford Reach National Monument Federal Planning 
Advisory Committee Meetings.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing 
four meetings of the Hanford Reach National Monument (Monument) Federal 
Planning Advisory Committee (Committee). In the next four meetings, the 
Committee will continue their work on making recommendations to the 
Service and the Department of Energy (DOE) on the preparation of a 
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and associated Environmental Impact 
Statement (CCP/EIS) which will serve as a long-term management plan for 
the Hanford Reach National Monument. The Committee is focusing on 
advice that identifies and reconciles land management issues while 
meeting the directives of Presidential Proclamation 7319 that 
established the Monument.

DATES: The Committee has scheduled the following meetings:
    1. Tuesday, June 24, 2003, 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Richland, WA.
    2. Thursday, August 7, 2003, 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Richland, WA.
    3. Thursday, September 25, 2003, 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Richland, 
WA.
    4. Thursday, December 4, 2003, 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Richland, 
WA.

ADDRESSES: The meeting locations are:
    1. Washington State University Tri-Cities Consolidated Information 
Center, 2770 University Drive, Rooms 120 and 120 A, Richland, WA.
    2. Washington State University Tri-Cities Consolidated Information 
Center, 2770 University Drive, Rooms 210, 212 and 214, Richland, WA.
    3. Washington State University Tri-Cities Consolidated Information 
Center, 2770 University Drive, Rooms 120 and 120 A, Richland, WA.
    4. Washington State University Tri-Cities Consolidated Information 
Center, 2770 University Drive, Rooms 120 and 120 A, Richland, WA.
    Any member of the public wishing to submit written comments should 
send those to Mr. Greg Hughes, Designated Federal Official for the 
Hanford Reach National Monument Federal Planning Advisory Committee, 
Hanford Reach National Monument/Saddle Mountain National Wildlife 
Refuge, 3250 Port of Benton Blvd., Richland, WA 99352; fax (509) 375-
0196. Copies of the draft meeting agenda can be obtained from the 
Designated Federal Official. Comments may be submitted via e-mail to 
hanfordreach@fws.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing 
further information concerning the meeting should contact Mr. Greg 
Hughes, Designated Federal Official for the Hanford Reach National 
Monument Federal Planning Advisory Committee; phone (509) 371-1801, fax 
(509) 375-0196.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Verbal comments will be considered during 
the course of the meeting and written comments will be accepted at the 
close of the meeting. Comments may also be submitted via e-mail or mail 
to the Monument office addresses above. The meetings are open to the 
public. Over the next several months, the Committee will receive 
information from Planning Workshops and present advice to the Service 
and Department of Energy on draft products from those Workshops that 
will be considered in the CCP/EIS. The Committee will also nominate and 
elect a chair and vice-chair.

    Dated: May 29, 2003.
David J. Wesley,
Deputy Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 03-14668 Filed 6-9-03; 8:45 am]
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