[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55276-55277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28132]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service (MMS)


Minerals Management Advisory Board; Outer Continental Shelf 
(OCS); Scientific Committee (SC); Announcement of Plenary Session

    This Notice is issued in accordance with the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix I, 
and the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-63, Revised.

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    The Minerals Management Advisory Board OCS SC will meet in plenary 
session on Wednesday, November 5, and on Thursday, November 6, and will 
meet in subcommittee meetings also on Thursday, November 6, 1997, 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 
5, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Discussion will focus on:

     Deepwater Issues.
     Year of the Ocean Update.
     Overview of the MMS Strategic Studies Plan.

    The SC will meet in subcommittees on Thursday, November 6, from 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to review regional and headquarter's strategic 
plans. Another plenary session is scheduled for Thursday, November 6, 
from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., and discussion will focus on Committee 
Business.
    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 4040, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. He may be reached 
by telephone at (703) 787-1717, and by electronic mail at Ken/
[email protected].

    Dated: October 20, 1997.
Carolita U. Kallaur,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 97-28132 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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