[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 43575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20877]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commission On Ocean Policy Inaugural Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, DOC, on behalf of Council on Environmental Quality and 
the Commission on Ocean Policy.

ACTION: Notice of Inaugural Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: On behalf of the recently appointed Commission on Ocean 
Policy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, is hereby announcing the Commission's first 
public meeting. The first meeting will be on Monday and Tuesday, 
September 17 and 18, 2001. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. on 
September 17, and conclude at 5 p.m. The Commission will reconvene at 9 
a.m. on September 18 and meet until 5p.m. The meeting will be held in 
the U.S. Department of Commerce auditorium, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 
14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
    The Commission on Ocean Policy is holding this public meeting 
pursuant to requirements under the Oceans Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
256, Section 3(e)(1)(E)). This is the first meeting of the Commission 
on Ocean Policy. The agenda will include welcoming remarks, an overview 
of the Oceans Act, discussion of the Commission's responsibilities, and 
organizing the efforts of the Commission. Further information is 
available at the following preliminary Web site, http://oceancommission.gov, which will be available on or before Friday, 
September 7, 2001.
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, is providing this notice at the request of the 
Council on Environmental Quality and under legislation providing FY1998 
appropriations for NOAA, H.R. 2267 (Public Law 105-119), and the 
accompanying conference report (105-405). The report specifies that 
funding has been appropriated to NOAA's National Ocean Service ``to 
provide support for the Commission on Ocean Policy, a commission which 
will examine both Federal and non-Federal ocean and coastal activities, 
and report to the Congress and the President.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glen Boledovich, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, 1305 East-West Highway, SSMC 4, Room 13313, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301-713-3070 ext. 193, 
[email protected].

Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 01-20877 Filed 8-17-01; 8:45 am]
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