[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70598-70599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29885]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7412-8]


Gulf of Mexico Program Policy Review Board Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), EPA 
gives notice of a meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP) Policy 
Review Board (PRB).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, December 12, 2002, from 8 
a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 315 
Julia Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 (504-525-1993).

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gloria D. Car, Designated Federal 
Officer, Gulf of Mexico Program Office, Mail Code EPA/GMPO, Stennis 
Space Center, MS 39529-6000 at (228) 688-2421.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed agenda is attached.
    The meeting is open to the public.

    Dated: November 18, 2002.
Gloria D. Car,
Designated Federal Officer.

Gulf of Mexico Program

Policy Review Board Meeting

Embassy Suites Hotel, Bayou Jean Lafitte Rooms, 6th Floor, New 
Orleans, Louisiana, Thursday, December 12, 2002.

Agenda

7:30--Continental Breakfast (in meeting room).
8:30--Welcome and Introductions, Jimmy Palmer, EPA Regional 
Administrator, Region 4, Atlanta Hall Bohlinger, Acting Secretary, 
LA Department of Env. Quality.
8:40--Overview of Meeting Agenda & Objectives, Status Review of 
Follow-up Action Items, Bryon Griffith, Gulf of Mexico Program 
Office.
9:00--Harmful Algal Blooms Observing System Pilot Project Status, 
Dr. Bill Benson, Director, EPA ORD's Gulf Ecology Division 
Laboratory.
    Purpose: To receive an update on the progress of the Hazardous 
Algal Blooms Observing System (HABSOS) pilot.
9:45--Bacterial Source Tracking Research, Dr. R.D. Ellender, 
Assistant Dean for Research & Development, College of Science & 
Technology, University of Southern Mississippi.
    Purpose: To receive an overview of the current state of the 
research in this topic area and to solicit broad Gulf State 
involvement in a collaborative EPA Region 4 and University of 
Southern Mississippi initiative to provide Gulf State coordination 
and support for applied Bacterial Source Tracking research.
10:30--Break.
10:45--GMP Mercury Project Update--re: Gulf State Marine Fish 
Advisory Consistency Dr. Fred Kopfler, Gulf of Mexico Program 
Office.
    Purpose: To receive an update on the status of the GMP 
initiative to achieve consistent marine fish advisories re: Mercury 
in Gulf Seafood.
11:15--President's Interagency Work Group on Mercury Presentation, 
Gene Whitney, Policy Analyst, Office of Science & Technology Policy, 
Executive Office of the President.
    Purpose: To receive an Executive Briefing on the development and 
status of President's Interagency Workgroup on Mercury and their 
future plans relative to the Gulf of Mexico region.
12:00--Catered Lunch--2002 Gulf Guardian Awards Video Presentation.
12:45--Presidential Executive Order Recommendations--Final Review, 
Bryon Griffith, Gulf of Mexico Program Office.
    Purpose: (1) To conduct the final review of the Management 
Committee's recommendations regarding the proposed Presidential 
Executive Order establishing the Gulf of Mexico Program; (2) To 
discuss and finalize a supporting implementation strategy and 
schedule for submitting the Executive proposal to the EPA 
Administrator.
1:30--GMP's Assistance Role in the Advancing Development and 
Deployment of NASA's Space-based Earth Sciences Support, Dr. David 
Powe, Director, Earth Science Applications Directorate, NASA, 
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.
    Purpose: To explore stronger partnership opportunities through 
NASA's Space-based Earth Science Applications Development Program.
2:00--Hypoxia Action Plan Status: Lower Mississippi River Sub-basin 
Team Development Report (Agricultural Sector)--Lower Mississippi 
Valley Initiative's (LMVI) Watershed Approach, Invited speaker.
    Purpose: To receive an update on the status of the Lower 
Mississippi River Sub-basin Team's development re: Agriculture's 
organization (e.g., LMVI) and process (i.e., Watershed Approach) 
approach to addressing many of the sub-basin's industry led 
solutions.
2:30--Wrap-up and next steps, Jimmy Palmer and Hall Bohlinger.
2:35--Adjourn .

[FR Doc. 02-29885 Filed 11-22-02; 8:45 am]
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