[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 212 (Thursday, October 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56245-56246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27958]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service (MMS)


Minerals Management Advisory Board, Outer Continental Shelf, 
Scientific Committee; Announcement of Plenary Session

    This Notice is issued in accordance with the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 
I, and the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-63, Revised.
    The Minerals Management Advisory Board OCS SC will meet in plenary 
session on Wednesday, November 20, and will meet in subcommittee 
meetings on Thursday, November 21, 1996, at the Washington Dulles 
Airport Hilton, 13869 Park Center Road, Herndon, Virginia 20170, 
telephone (703) 478-2900.
    The OCS SC is an outside group of scientists which advises the 
Director, MMS, on the feasibility, appropriateness, and scientific 
merit of the MMS' OCS Environmental Studies Program (ESP) as related to 
information needed for informed OCS decisionmaking.
    Below is a schedule of meetings that will occur.
    The Committee will meet in plenary session on Wednesday November 
20, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Discussion will focus on:
     Committee Business and Resolutions.
     Environmental Studies Program Status Review.
     MMS Goals and Objectives.
    The SC will meet in subcommittees on Thursday, November 21, from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., to review regional and headquarter's strategic 
plans.

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    The meetings are open to the public. Approximately 30 visitors can 
be accommodated on a first-come-first-served basis at the plenary 
session.
    A copy of the agenda may be requested from the MMS by writing Ms. 
Phyllis Clark at the address below. Other inquiries concerning the OCS 
SC meeting should be addressed to Dr. Ken Turgeon, Executive Secretary 
to the OCS Scientific Committee, Minerals Management Service, 381 Elden 
Street, Mail Stop 4310, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. He may be reached 
by telephone at (703) 787-1717, and by electronic mail at Ken/
[email protected].

    Dated: October 10, 1996.
Thomas A. Readinger,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 96-27958 Filed 10-30-96; 8:45 am]
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