[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10809-10810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4976]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Scientific Committee--Notice of 
Renewal

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the Outer Continental Shelf Scientific 
Committee.

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SUMMARY: Following consultation with the General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the 
Interior is renewing the OCS Scientific Committee.
    The OCS Scientific Committee provides 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 
Minerals Management Service. The Committee reviews the relevance of the 
research and data being produced to meet MMS scientific information 
needs for decisionmaking and may recommend changes in scope, direction, 
and emphasis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jeryne Bryant, Minerals Management 
Service, Offshore Energy and Minerals Management, Herndon, Virginia 
20170-4817, telephone, (703) 787-1213.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the renewal of the OCS Scientific Committee 
is in the

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public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on 
the Department of the Interior by 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.

    Dated: March 3, 2010.
Ken Salazar,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2010-4976 Filed 3-8-10; 8:45 am]
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