[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11310-11311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4437]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-023-01-1310-MQ-026L-241A]


Call for Nominations for National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska 
Research and Monitoring Advisory Team

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations 
for the Bureau of Land Management's National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska 
(NPR-A) Research and Monitoring Advisory Team (RMT). The RMT will 
provide advice and recommendations to the BLM's Northern Field Office 
Manager on issues pertaining to the adequacy and appropriateness of 
mitigative stipulations established in the Northeast NPR-A Integrated 
Activity Plan/Environment Impact Statement, Record of Decision (ROD), 
1998.
    The ROD directs the BLM to charter the RMT in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, which requires that membership to the 
RMT be designed to achieve balanced representation of the various 
interests relevant to surface resource protection in the NPR-A. The 
Secretary of the Interior will appoint representatives to the RMT from 
federal, state and North Slope Borough agencies; oil & gas or related 
industry; nationally or regionally recognized environmental or resource 
conservation organizations; academicians employed in natural resource 
management or the natural sciences; and the public at large. Appointees 
will serve three-year terms. Members will serve without salary, but 
will be reimbursed travel expenses according to government travel 
regulations.
    This notice is a call for nominations from the nongovernment 
categories listed above. One member will be selected from each of four 
categories:

1--oil & gas or related industry;
2--nationally or regionally recognized environmental or resource 
conservation organizations;
3--academicians employed in natural resource management or the natural 
sciences; and
4--the public at large.

    Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Nominees will be 
evaluated on their demonstrated professional or personal qualifications 
and expertise, such as in arctic biology and the scientific process, 
relevant to the functions and tasks to be performed by the RMT. 
Nominees should have a demonstrated commitment to collaborative 
decisionmaking. All nominations must be accompanied by

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letters of reference from represented interests or organizations, and 
any other information relevant to the nominee's qualifications.
    Closing Date: Nominations must be sent to Herb Brownell at the 
address listed below, postmarked on or before March 28, 2001.
    Nomination Form: May be obtained from BLM's Northern Field Office 
website at http://aurora.ak.blm.gov/npra or by contacting Herb 
Brownell, Tel: 907-474-2333, 1-800-437-7021; or email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Herb Brownell, Bureau of Land 
Management, Northern Field Office, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, 
AK 99709-3844; tel: 907-474-2333.

    Dated: February 13, 2001.
Robert W. Schneider,
Manager, Northern Field Office.
[FR Doc. 01-4437 Filed 2-22-01; 8:45 am]
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