[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12345-12346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5885]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Scientific Committee; Announcement 
of Plenary Session

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The OCS Scientific Committee will meet at the Hyatt Regency 
New Orleans at Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

DATES: Wednesday, April 21, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 
April 22, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Friday, April 23, from 8 a.m. to 
12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency New Orleans at Louisiana Superdome, 500 
Poydras Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70113-1805, telephone (504) 561-
1234.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the agenda may be requested 
from MMS by calling Ms. Carolyn Beamer at (703) 787-1211. Other 
inquiries concerning the OCS Scientific Committee meeting should be 
addressed to Dr. James Kendall, Executive Secretary to the OCS 
Scientific Committee, Minerals Management Service, 381 Elden Street, 
Mail Stop 4043, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817 or by calling (703) 787-
1656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCS Scientific Committee is an outside 
group of non-Federal scientists which advises the Director, MMS, on the 
feasibility, appropriateness, and

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scientific merit of the MMS OCS Environmental Studies Program as it 
relates to information needed for informed OCS decisionmaking.
    The Committee will meet in plenary session on Wednesday morning, 
April 21. Presentations will be made by the Deputy Associate Director 
for Offshore Minerals Management, the MMS Gulf of Mexico Regional 
Director, and the MMS Chief Scientist. For the remainder of the day, 
and through Thursday, April 22, the Committee will meet in discipline 
breakout sessions (i.e., physical oceanography, biology, and 
socioeconomics) to review the specific research plans of the regional 
offices for Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006 in the context of regional 
decisionmaking.
    On Friday morning, April 23, the Committee will meet in plenary 
session for reports of the discipline breakout sessions of the previous 
day and to continue with Committee Business.
    The meetings are open to the public. Approximately 30 visitors can 
be accommodated on a first-come-first-served basis at the plenary 
session.

    Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, 5 
U.S.C., Appendix I, and the Office of Management and Budget's 
Circular A-63, Revised.

    Dated: March 1, 2004.
Thomas A. Readinger,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 04-5885 Filed 3-15-04; 8:45 am]
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