97-9782. Minerals Management Advisory Board; Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); Scientific Committee (SC); Announcement of Plenary Session

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 18647]
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[FR Doc No: 97-9782]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service (MMS)


Minerals Management Advisory Board; Outer Continental Shelf 
(OCS); Scientific Committee (SC); Announcement of Plenary Session

    This Notice is issued in accordance with the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix I, 
and the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-63, Revised.
    The Minerals Management Advisory Board OCS SC will meet in plenary 
session on Wednesday, May 21 and on Thursday, May 23, 1997, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m. at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Hubbs Hall 
Conference Room, La Jolla, California.
    The OCS SC is an outside group of scientists which advises the 
Director, MMS, on the feasibility, appropriateness, and scientific 
merit of the MMS' OCS Environmental Studies Program (ESP) as related to 
information needed for informed OCS decisionmaking.

Discussions will focus on:

 Deepwater Development Issues
 Coastal Marine Institutes
 Moratoria Subcommittee Report
 Committee Business and Resolutions

    The meetings are open to the public. Approximately 30 visitors can 
be accommodated on a first-come-first-served basis at the plenary 
session.
    A copy of the agenda may be requested from the MMS by writing Ms. 
Phyllis Clark at the address below or by electronic mail at Phyllis __ 
Clark @MMS.GOV. Other inquiries concerning the OCS SC meeting should be 
addressed to Dr. Ken Turgeon, Executive Secretary to the OCS Scientific 
Committee, Minerals Management Service, 381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 
4041, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. He may be reached by telephone at 
[phone], and by electronic mail at Ken __ [email protected]

    Dated: April 10, 1997.
Carolita U. Kallaur,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 97-9782 Filed 4-15-97; 8:45 am]
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