[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 226 (Friday, November 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 70670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27766]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service (MMS)
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Policy Committee; Notice and Agenda
for Meeting
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The OCS Policy Committee will meet at the Washington Dulles
Crowne Plaza Hotel in Herndon, Virginia.
DATES: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday,
December 10, 2008, from 8:15 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Washington Dulles Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2200 Centreville
Road, telephone (703) 471-6700.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jeryne Bryant at Minerals
Management Service, 381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 4001, Herndon, Virginia
20170-4187. She can be reached by telephone at (703) 787-1211 or by
electronic mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCS Policy Committee represents the
collective viewpoint of coastal states, local government, environmental
community, industry and other parties involved with the OCS Program. It
provides policy advice to the Secretary of the Interior through the
Director of the MMS on all aspects of leasing, exploration,
development, and protection of OCS resources.
The agenda for Tuesday, December 9 will cover the following
principal subjects:
MMS Environmental Studies. This presentation will provide an update
on environmental studies awarded by the MMS in fiscal year (FY) 2008
and those proposed for FY 2009.
OCS Scientific Committee Update. This presentation will address
current activities of the OCS Scientific Committee and its
subcommittees.
Supply of Energy Issue. This presentation will address the current
and future domestic energy supply, unconventionals onshore and
deepwater potential.
5-Year Program 2010-2015. This presentation will address the new 5-
Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2010 to 2015. The OCS Policy
Committee's 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program Subcommittee will
also report on its activities and future plans.
Revenue Sharing and Former Moratoria Areas and Gulf of Mexico
Energy Security Act Eastern Gulf of Mexico Study Working Group. The OCS
Policy Committee's newly established Working Group will report on its
activities and future plans.
What Should OCS Policy Be Without Moratoria. This panel
presentation will address the direction of OCS policy if there were no
moratoria followed by open Committee discussion.
U.S. Effort To Define Its Extended Continental Shelf (ECS). This
presentation will provide an update on the efforts to date to define
the ECS and related issues.
The agenda for Wednesday, December 10 will cover the following
principal subjects:
MMS Regional Issues. The Regional Directors will highlight
activities off the California and Alaska coasts and the Gulf of Mexico.
State Members' Round Table Discussion of Offshore Energy Issues.
State representatives to the OCS Policy Committee will discuss offshore
energy development (conventional and alternative) issues from the
perspective of their respective states. This session will provide
Committee members, MMS representatives, and other participants with a
better and more comprehensive understanding of the various issues as
perceived by the states and provide an update on their activities.
OCS Alternative Energy Status. This presentation will provide an
update on the MMS's OCS Alternative Energy Program that has been
authorized to manage access and balance competing uses of the OCS while
ensuring appropriate environmental safeguards. The OCS Policy
Committee's OCS Alternative Energy Subcommittee will also report on its
activities and future plans.
Hard Minerals Subcommittee. This presentation will provide an
update on the OCS Policy Committee's Hard Minerals Subcommittee
activities and future plans.
Committee Forum. Time has been set aside for the Committee members
to have an open discussion on topics of interest in their respective
fields.
The meeting is open to the public. Approximately 100 visitors can
be accommodated on a first-come-first-served basis.
Upon request, interested parties may make oral or written
presentations to the OCS Policy Committee. Such requests should be made
no later than December 3, 2008, to Jeryne Bryant. Requests to make oral
statements should be accompanied by a summary of the statement to be
made. Please see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section for address
and telephone number.
Minutes of the OCS Policy Committee meeting will be available for
public inspection and copying at the MMS in Herndon, Virginia.
Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 5
U.S.C. Appendix 1, and the Office of Management and Budget's
Circular No. A-63, Revised.
Dated: November 17, 2008.
Chris C. Oynes,
Associate Director for Offshore Energy and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E8-27766 Filed 11-20-08; 8:45 am]
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