[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21378-21379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08239]
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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: North Slope Science Initiative, Bureau of Land Management
Alaska, 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 May 9-10, 2016, in Barrow, Alaska. The
meeting will be held in the I[ntilde]upiat Heritage Center, 5421
Northstar St., Barrow, AK 99723. The meeting will begin on Monday, May
9, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. and again on Tuesday, May 10, at 8:30 a.m. There
will be an opportunity for public comment from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. on
Monday, May 9. 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) 271-3212 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
interagency coordination on planned 2016 and 2017 research and
monitoring projects, plus discussions and updates on the ongoing North
Slope Development Scenarios Project, the Arctic Waterway Safety
Committee's effort to develop a communications protocol to reduce
potential conflicts between research vessels and subsistence users, and
a Barrow Area Information Database presentation on their Decision
Support Tools Development project. 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
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from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Bud C. Cribley,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-08239 Filed 4-8-16; 8:45 am]
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