01-5257. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Group Meeting

AGENCY:

Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary.

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary is announcing a public meeting of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Group.

DATES:

April 4, 2001, at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES:

Fourth floor conference room, 645 “G” Street, Anchorage, Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas Mutter, Department of the Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, 1689 “C” Street, Suite 119, Anchorage, Alaska, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Public Advisory Group was created by Paragraph V.A.4 of the Memorandum of Agreement and Consent Decree entered into by the United States of America and the State of Alaska on August 27, 1991, and approved by the United States District Court for the District of Alaska in settlement of United States of America v. State of Alaska, Civil Action No. A91-081 CV. The meeting agenda will feature an orientation for Public Advisory Group members and briefings on the Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring program and the annual restoration work plan.

Dated: February 27, 2001.

Willie R. Taylor,

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance.