[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 7247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3249]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Establishment of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 
Scientific Committee

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

SUMMARY: Following consultation with the General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the 
Interior has established the OCS Scientific Committee.
    The OCS Scientific Committee will provide advice on the 
feasibility, appropriateness, and scientific value of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program to the Secretary of the 
Interior through the Director of the Minerals Management Service. The 
Committee will review the relevance of the research and data being 
produced to meet MMS scientific information needs for decision making 
and may recommend changes in scope, direction, and emphasis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeryne Bryant, Minerals Management 
Service, Offshore Minerals Management, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817, 
telephone, (703) 787-1213.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the OCS Scientific Committee is in the public 
interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the 
Department of the Interior by 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., 30 U.S.C. 1701 
et. seq., and 30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.

    Dated: February 3, 2004.
Gale A. Norton,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 04-3249 Filed 2-12-04; 8:45 am]
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