Federal Register: December 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 249)
DOCID: fr31de07-65 FR Doc E7-25393
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Land Management Bureau
AK ID: [AK-910-08-1739-NSSI]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr31de07-65
ACTION: Meetings:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Notice of Public Meeting, North Slope Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel
DATES: The meeting will be held February 6 and 7, 2008, in Fairbanks, Alaska. On February 6, 2008, the meeting will begin at 9 a.m. at the University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center, Room 401. Public comments will begin at 3 p.m. On February 7, 2008, the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the same location.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) Science Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) will meet as indicated below:
SUMMARY:
North Slope Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The NSSI, STAP provides advice and recommendations to the NSSI Oversight Group (OG) regarding priority needs for management decisions across the North Slope of Alaska. These priority needs may include recommendations on inventory, monitoring, and research activities that lead to informed land management decisions. The topics to be discussed at the meeting include:
All meetings are open to the public. The public may present written comments to the STAP through the NSSI Executive Director. When making public comment, participants should know that their address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in their comment, along with their entire comment, may be made publicly available at any time. Commenters can ask that personal identifying information be withheld from their comments, but this cannot be guaranteed. Depending on the number of persons wishing to comment and time available, the time for individual oral comments may be limited. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation, transportation, or other reasonable accommodations, should contact the NSSI Executive Director.
Dated: December 20, 2007.
Thomas P. Lonnie,
Alaska State Director.
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BILLING CODE 4310JAP
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
John F. Payne, Ph.D., Executive
Director, North Slope Science Initiative (910), c/o Bureau of Land
Management, 222 W. Seventh Avenue,