[Federal Register: March 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 59)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

 
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Scientific Committee (SC); 
Announcement of Plenary Session

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The OCS Scientific Committee will meet at the Sheraton 
Anchorage Hotel in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 
April 30, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Friday, May 1, 2009, 8 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Sheraton Anchorage Hotel, 401 E. 6th Avenue, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99501, telephone (907) 276-8700.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the agenda may be requested 
from MMS by calling Ms. Carolyn Beamer at (703) 787-1211. Other 
inquiries concerning the OCS SC meeting should be addressed to Dr. 
James Kendall, Executive Secretary to the OCS SC, Minerals Management 
Service, 381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 4043, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817 
or by calling (703) 787-1656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCS SC will provide advice on the 
feasibility, appropriateness, and scientific value of the OCS 
Environmental Studies Program to the Secretary of the Interior through 
the Director of the MMS. The SC will review the relevance of the 
research and data being produced to meet MMS scientific information 
needs for decision making and may recommend changes in scope, 
direction, and emphasis.
    The Committee will meet in plenary session on Wednesday, April 29. 
The Deputy Associate Director will address the Committee on the general 
status of the MMS and its activities. There will be an update on OCS 
activities in the Alaska OCS Region and Regional Supervisors for 
Environment and Leasing from each region will present an overview of 
the Environmental Studies Program and current issues.
    On Thursday, April 30, the Committee will meet in discipline 
breakout groups (i.e., biology/ecology, physical sciences, and social 
sciences) to review the specific research plans of the MMS regional 
offices for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011.
    On Friday, May 1, the Committee will meet in plenary session for 
reports of the individual discipline breakout sessions of the previous 
day and to continue with Committee business.
    The meetings are open to the public. Approximately 30 visitors can 
be accommodated on a first-come-first-served basis at the plenary 
session.

    Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 5 
U.S.C., Appendix I, and the Office of Management and Budget's 
Circular A-63, Revised.

    Date: March 24, 2009.
Chris C. Oynes,
Associate Director for Offshore Energy and Minerals Management.
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