[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 214 (Thursday, November 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59804-59805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29457]


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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, Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix I, 
and the

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Office of Management and Budget Circular A-63, Revised.
    The Minerals Management Advisory Board OCS SC will meet in plenary 
session on Wednesday, November 18, and on Thursday, November 19, and 
will meet in subcommittee meetings also on Thursday, November 19, 1998, 
at the Ramada Plaza Hotel Pentagon, 4641 Kenmore Avenue, Alexandria, 
Virginia 22304, telephone (703) 751-4510.
    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 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 
18, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Discussion will focus on:

 Deepwater Issues
 National Ocean Conference Report
 Overview of the MMS Strategic Studies Plan

    The SC will meet in subcommittees on Thursday, November 19, from 
8:15 a.m. to noon, to review regional and Headquarters strategic plans. 
Another plenary session is scheduled for Thursday, November 19, from 
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 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 Mr. Robert LaBelle, 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) 787-1756, and by electronic mail at 
Robert.L[email protected].

    Dated: October 29, 1998.
Michael Hunt,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 98-29457 Filed 11-4-98; 8:45 am]
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