[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19938-19939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10604]


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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, May 13, and on Thursday, May 14, 1998, at the Le 
Meridien, 614 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, telephone 
(504) 525-6500.
    The OCS SC is an outside group of scientists which advises the 
Director, MMS, on the feasibility, appropriateness, and scientific 
merit of the MMS's OCS Environmental Studies Program as related to 
information needed for OCS decisionmaking.
    Below is a schedule of meetings that will occur.
    The Committee will meet in plenary session on Wednesday, May 13, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Discussion will focus on:
     Environmental research for the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
     MMS Environmental Databases.
     Report from the OCS Policy Committee.
     Presentation by Director Quarterman and Associate Director 
Kallaur.
    The SC will meet again on Thursday, May 14, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. 
Discussion items will include a report on National Oceanographic 
Partnership Program's Year of the Ocean, National Ocean Conference, and 
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 
[email protected].

    Dated: April 14, 1998.
Thomas A. Readinger,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 98-10604 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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