[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 12521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04883]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Renewal.

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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 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The Committee reviews the relevance 
of the research and data being produced to meet BOEM's scientific 
information needs for decision making and may recommend changes in 
scope, direction, and emphasis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Phyllis Clark, Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management, Office of Environmental Program, Environmental 
Sciences Division, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817, telephone, (703) 787-
1716.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the renewal of the OCS Scientific Committee 
is in the 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: February 25, 2014.
Sally Jewell,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2014-04883 Filed 3-4-14; 8:45 am]
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