[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00002]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Public Meeting, North Slope Science Initiative--Science
Technical Advisory Panel
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management Alaska, North Slope Science
Initiative, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of the
Interior, North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI)--Science Technical
Advisory Panel (STAP) will meet as indicated below.
DATES: The meeting will be held February 8-10, 2016, in Fairbanks,
Alaska. The meeting will be held in the International Arctic Research
Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 930 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks,
Alaska 99775. The meeting will begin on Monday, February 8, 2016, at
1:30 p.m., in Room 417. The meeting will continue in Room 501 on
Tuesday and Wednesday, February 9-10, beginning at 8:30 a.m. each day.
There will be an opportunity for public comment from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m.
on Monday, February 8. Depending on the number of persons wishing to
comment and time available, the time for individual oral comments may
be limited.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denny Lassuy, Acting Director, North
Slope Science Initiative, Bureau of Land Management, 222 W. Seventh
Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513, (907) 271-4212 or email
[email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to
leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive
a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NSSI STAP provides advice and
recommendations to the NSSI Oversight Group regarding priority
information needs for management decisions across the North Slope of
Alaska. These priority information needs may include recommendations on
inventory, monitoring, and research activities that contribute to
informed resource management decisions. This meeting will include
introductions of new appointees, review of STAP procedures, continued
review of emerging issues, and application of North Slope Scenarios
implications to inventory, monitoring and research priorities.
Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as
sign language interpretation, transportation, or other reasonable
accommodations, should contact the NSSI Director. The public may
present written comments to the STAP through the NSSI Acting Director.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available. While you can ask us in
your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from
public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Bud C. Cribley,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-00002 Filed 1-6-16; 8:45 am]
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