[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 48944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18878]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-0293-02-1310-PB-026L-241A]


National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Research and Monitoring 
Advisory Team (RMT) Public Meeting

AGENCY: Northern Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of the National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska Research and 
Monitoring Advisory Team Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: A public meeting of the National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska 
Research and Monitoring Advisory Team (NPR-A RMT) will be held in 
Fairbanks, Alaska on September 17, 2002, to discuss research and 
monitoring needs in NPR-A and to make recommendations to the Authorized 
Officer on priority projects to be funded by the BLM.

DATES: The public meeting will be held at the BLM Northern Field 
Office, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
on September 17, 2002.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Public comments will be taken during the meeting 
from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Additional information concerning the NPR-A 
Research and Monitoring Advisory Team may be obtained from Herb 
Brownell, Arctic Team Manager, BLM Northern Field Office, 1150 
University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709-3844. Mr. Brownell may be 
reached at (907) 474-2333 or at 1-800-437-7021, x2333, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RMT advises the BLM on NPR-A research 
and monitoring needs. It also assesses whether existing mitigative 
stipulations, established in the 1998 Record of Decision for the 
Northeast NPR-A Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact 
Statement, are effective and appropriate. The Team develops and 
recommends research priorities, and it applies improved technology and 
operating practices to oil and gas exploration and possible development 
in NPR-A. The RMT's membership, appointed by the Secretary of the 
Interior, consists of representatives from the public at large, 
environmental and conservation groups, the oil and gas industry, the 
academic research community, and governmental agencies. In addition to 
the BLM, agencies with representatives on the RMT include the U.S. 
Geological Survey--Biological Resources Division, Minerals Management 
Service, Department of Energy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the 
North Slope Borough.

    Dated: June 13, 2002.
Robert W. Schneider,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 02-18878 Filed 7-25-02; 8:45 am]
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