[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 4792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2153]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-023-03-1310-PB-018L-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 joint public meeting of the National Petroleum Reserve--
Alaska Research and Monitoring Advisory Team and the NPR-A Subsistence 
Advisory Panel (SAP) will be held in Barrow, Alaska, on March 18-19, 
2003, to discuss research and monitoring needs in the NPR-A and to make 
recommendations to the Authorized Officer on priority projects to be 
implemented by the BLM. This will also be the first joint meeting of 
the RMT and SAP as stipulated in the charter of the RMT.

DATES: The public meeting will be held at the Inupiat Heritage Center 
in Barrow, Alaska, on March 18-19, 2003. A field trip to view a winter 
seismic operation is tentatively planned for March 20. Hours of the 
meeting have not yet been set. Please call the phone number below for a 
time update.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: This meeting is open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RMT's membership represents the BLM, 
Minerals Management Service, Department of Energy, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey--Biological Resources 
Division, the North Slope Borough, the oil and gas industry, 
environmental/resource conservation organizations, natural resource 
management/science academicians, and the public at large. The RMT 
advises the BLM in assessing the effectiveness and appropriateness of 
mitigative stipulations established in the Northeast NPR-A Integrated 
Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Record of Decision, 1998. 
The team focuses on assessing NPR-A research and monitoring needs, 
developing and recommending research priorities, and applying improved 
technology and operating practices to oil and gas exploration and 
development in the NPR-A.
    The Subsistence Advisory Panel advises the BLM on how subsistence 
resources, uses, and users may be impacted by oil and gas exploration 
and development in the NPR-A.

    Dated: January 23, 2003.
Robert W. Schneider,
Field Manager, Northern Field Office, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 03-2153 Filed 1-29-03; 8:45 am]
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