[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58771-58772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24818]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Request for Nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: National Invasive Species Council, Office of the Secretary,
Interior.
ACTION: Request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, on behalf of the
interdepartmental National Invasive Species Council (NISC), proposes to
appoint new members to the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC).
The Secretary of the Interior, acting as administrative lead, is
requesting nominations for qualified persons to serve as members of the
ISAC.
DATES: Nominations must be postmarked by November 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to Jamie K. Reaser, Executive
Director, National Invasive Species Council (OS/NISC), Regular/Express
Mail: 1849 C Street NW. (Mailstop 3530), Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelsey Brantley, Program Specialist
and ISAC Coordinator, at (202) 208-4122, fax: (202) 208-4118, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Advisory Committee Scope and Objectives
Executive Order (EO) 13122 authorized the National Invasive Species
Council (NISC) to provide interdepartmental coordination, planning, and
leadership for the Federal Government on the prevention, eradication,
and control of invasive species. NISC is currently comprised of
thirteen Federal Departments and Agencies. The Co-chairs of NISC are
the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce. The
Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC) advises NISC. NISC is
requesting nominations for individuals to serve on the ISAC.
NISC provides high-level interdepartmental coordination of Federal
invasive species actions and works with other Federal and non-Federal
groups to address invasive species issues at the national level. NISC
duties, as outlined in EO 13112 are to: Oversee implementation of EO
13112, while working to ensure that the Federal agency activities
concerning invasive species are coordinated, complementary, cost-
efficient, and effective; encourage planning and action at local,
tribal, state, regional, and ecosystem-based level to achieve strategic
goals; develop recommendations for international cooperation; work with
the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to develop guidance to
Federal Agencies pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA); facilitate development of a coordinated network among Federal
Agencies to document, evaluate, and monitor invasive species impacts;
and prepare, issue (implement), and update a National Invasive Species
Management Plan (Management Plan).
ISAC is chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA; 5
U.S.C. App. 2). At the request of NISC, ISAC provides advice to NISC
member Departments and Agencies on topics related to NISC's
aforementioned duties. As a multi-stakeholder advisory committee, ISAC
is intended to play a key role in recommending plans and actions to be
taken at local, tribal, State, regional, and ecosystem-based levels to
achieve the goals and objectives of the Management Plan. It is hoped
that, collectively, ISAC will represent the views of the broad range of
individuals and communities knowledgeable of and affected by invasive
species.
Prospective members of ISAC need to have substantial expertise in
the prevention, eradication, and/or control of invasive species, as
well as to demonstrate a high degree of capacity for: advising
individuals in leadership positions, team work, project management,
tracking relevant Federal government programs and policy making
procedures, and networking with and representing their peer-community
of interest. ISAC members need not be scientists. Membership from a
wide range of disciplines and professional sectors is encouraged. At
this time, we are particularly interested in applications from
representatives of tribes, states, non-governmental organizations, the
private sector, and large-scale land management entities (urban and
rural).
After consultation with the other members of NISC, the Secretary of
the Interior will appoint members to ISAC. NISC will select members
based on their individual qualifications, as well as the overall need
to achieve a balanced representation of viewpoints, subject matter
expertise, regional knowledge, and representation of communities of
interests. ISAC member terms are limited to three (3) years from their
date of appointment to ISAC. Following completion of their first term,
an ISAC member may request consideration for reappointment to an
additional term. Reappointment is not guaranteed.
Typically, the ISAC meets twice per year (spring and fall). Between
these meetings, ISAC members are expected to participate in committee
work via conference calls and email exchanges. Members of the ISAC and
its subcommittees serve without pay. However, while away from their
homes or regular places of business in the performance of services of
the ISAC, members may be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per
diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed
intermittently in the government service, as authorized by section 5703
of title 5, United States Code. Employees of the Federal Government ARE
NOT eligible for nomination or appointment to ISAC. Individuals who are
federally registered lobbyists are ineligible to serve on all FACA and
non-FACA boards, committees, or councils in an individual capacity. The
term ``individual capacity'' refers to individuals who are appointed to
exercise their own individual best judgment on behalf of the
government, such as when they are designated Special Government
Employees, rather than being appointed to represent a particular
interest.
Nominations should include a resume providing an adequate
description of the nominee's qualifications, including information that
would enable the Department of the Interior to make an informed
decision regarding meeting the membership requirements of the Committee
and permit the Department of the Interior to contact a potential
member.
Any interested person or entity may nominate one or more qualified
individuals for membership on the ISAC. Self-nominations are also
accepted. Persons or entities submitting nomination packages on the
behalf of others must confirm that the individual(s) is/are aware of
their nomination. Nominations must be postmarked no later than November
30, 2015 to Jamie K. Reaser, Executive Director, National Invasive
Species
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Council (OS/NISC), Regular Mail: 1849 C Street NW. (MS 3530),
Washington, DC 20240.
Dated: September 23, 2015.
Jamie K. Reaser,
Executive Director, Native Invasive Species Council.
[FR Doc. 2015-24818 Filed 9-29-15; 8:45 am]
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