[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 48207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18495]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Science Advisory Board; Renewal

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Science Advisory Board--notice of renewal.

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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 renewed the Science 
Advisory Board (Board).
    The purpose of the 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 Board is comprised of up to nine members from 
among the following categories: Natural Resource Management, Energy and 
Minerals, Forestry and Rangeland Management, Biology, Ecology, and 
Social and Political Science.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Lee Barkow, Bureau of Land 
Management, Denver Federal Center, Building 50, P.O. Box 25047, Denver, 
Colorado 80225-0047, telephone 303-236-1142.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the renewal 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 public lands and 
resources administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

    Date Signed: July 11, 2002.
Gale A. Norton,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 02-18495 Filed 7-22-02; 8:45 am]
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