01-23976. Nominations for a Federal Advisory Committee on Marine Protected Areas

AGENCY:

National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of a reopening of an application deadline.

SUMMARY:

The Department of Commerce is establishing a Federal Advisory Committee on Marine Protected Areas (Committee) pursuant to Executive Order 13158 and is seeking nominations for membership on this Committee.

DATES:

Nominations must be postmarked on or before September 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES:

Nominations should be sent to the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOAA, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Attn: Federal Advisory Committee on Marine Protected Areas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Roger Griffis, NOAA, [phone], extension 104. E-mail: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On August 10, 2001, (66 FR 42204), NOAA published a notice requesting nominations for the Committee. Additional details about the Committee and the nomination process are provided in the notice and not repeated here. NOAA is re-opening the application deadline until September 30, 2001.

Nominations should be sent to (see ADDRESSES) and must be postmarked on or before September 30, 2001.

Dated: September 18, 2001.

William T. Hogarth,

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries National Marine Fisheries Service.