[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18751]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Science Advisory Board; Notice of Reestablishment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Science Advisory Board--Notice of Reestablishment.

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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 reestablished the Science 
Advisory Board.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Advisory Board is 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 is comprised of up to nine members from among the 
following categories: natural resource management, energy and minerals, 
conservation biology, and ecology and genetics.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee Barkow, Bureau of Land Management, 
Denver Federal Center, Building 50, P.O. Box 25047, Denver, Colorado 
80225-0047, (303) 236-6454.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the reestablishment 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 lands, 
resources and facilities administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

    Dated: July 14, 2000.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-18751 Filed 7-24-00; 8:45 am]
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