[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 208 (Thursday, October 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 64231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27592]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service (MMS)


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

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Advisory Board OCS SC will meet at the 
Chateau Sonesta Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 28-30, 2000.
    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 it relates to 
information needed for informed OCS decisionmaking.
    The Committee will meet in plenary session on Tuesday, November 28, 
from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and meet in breakout sessions by discipline 
in the morning and regionally in the afternoon of November 29. The 
plenary session will reconvene at 8 a.m. on November 30 and adjourn at 
noon.
    Discussion will focus on the following:
     Ocean Activities Update
     Future Plans for Sand and Gravel Program
     Environmental Studies Program Highlights
     Regional Updates
    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 calling Julie 
Reynolds at (703) 787-1211 or by electronic mail 
([email protected]). 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 
[email protected].

DATES: November 28-30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Chateau Sonesta Hotel, 800 Iberville Street, New Orleans, 
Louisiana 70112-3143, telephone (504) 586-0800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Reynolds or Robert LaBelle at 
the address or phone numbers listed above.

    Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. Law 92-463, 5 
U.S.C., appendix I, and the Office of Management and Budget's 
circular A-63, Revised.

    Dated: October 19, 2000.
Thomas A. Readinger,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 00-27592 Filed 10-25-00; 8:45 am]
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