[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 9832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2729]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Scientific Committee--Notice of 
Renewal

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the Outer Continental Shelf Scientific 
Committee.

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SUMMARY: Following consultation with the General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the 
Interior is renewing the OCS Scientific Committee.
    The OCS Scientific Committee provides 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 reviews 
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 renewal of 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 17, 2006.
Gale A. Norton,
Secretary of the Interior.
 [FR Doc. E6-2729 Filed 2-24-06; 8:45 am]
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