[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19271-19272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10372]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Science Advisory Board

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Science Advisory Board--notice of establishment.

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SUMMARY: This notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-463). Following 
consultation with the General Services Administration, notice is hereby 
given that the Secretary of the Interior has established the Science 
Advisory Board. The purpose of the Advisory Board will be to advise and 
assist the Director of the Bureau of Land Management on issues 
pertaining to science and the application of scientific information in 
the management of public lands and their resources.
    The Advisory Board will be comprised of up to nine members from 
among the following categories: natural resource management, energy and 
minerals, conservation biology, and ecology and genetics.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under provisions of the Federal advisory 
committee management regulations (41 CFR Part 101-6.1015(a)(2)), the 
General Services Administration may waive the requirement that 
committee establishment notices appear 15 calendar days before the 
charter is filed. The General Services Administration has granted this 
waiver, at the request of the Department of the Interior, so that the 
Bureau of Land Management can meet commitments it made with regard to 
scheduling the first meeting of the Science Advisory Board.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Jauhola, Bureau of Land 
Management, 1849 C Street, N.W., LSB-204, Washington, D.C. 20240, 202-
452-7761, or Jack E. Williams, Bureau of Land Management, 1387 South 
Vinell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709, 208-373-4049.

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Certification

    I hereby certify that the establishment of the Science Advisory 
Board is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the 
Secretary of the Interior's responsibilities to manage the public lands 
and resources administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

    Dated: April 15, 1998.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-10372 Filed 4-16-98; 8:45 am]
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