[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19747-19748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5636]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


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

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The OCS Scientific Committee will meet at the Hotel Mar Monte 
in Santa Barbara, California.

DATES: Wednesday, May 10, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursday, May 
11, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Friday, May 12, 2006, 8:30 a.m. 
to 12:30 p.m.

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ADDRESSES: Hotel Mar Monte, 1111 East Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara, 
California 93103, telephone (805) 963-0744.

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 SC meeting should be addressed to Dr. 
James Kendall, Executive Secretary to the OCS SC, Minerals Management 
Service, 381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 4043, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817 
or by calling (703) 787-1656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCS SC will provide advice on the 
feasibility, appropriateness, and scientific value of the OCS 
Environmental Studies Program to the Secretary of the Interior through 
the Director of the MMS. The SC 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.
    The Committee will meet in plenary session on Wednesday, May 10. 
The Director will address the Committee on the general status of the 
MMS and its activities. There will be an update on OCS activities in 
the Pacific OCS Region, a briefing on the impacts of Hurricanes Katrina 
and Rita on the Gulf of Mexico OCS program, and MMS's new 
responsibilities under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
    On Thursday, May 11, the Committee will meet in discipline breakout 
sessions (i.e., biology/ecology, physical sciences, and social 
sciences) to review the specific research plans of the MMS regional 
offices for Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009.
    On Friday, May 12, the Committee will meet in plenary session for 
reports of the individual 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, P.L. 92-463, 5 
U.S.C., Appendix I, and the Office of Management and Budget's 
Circular A-63, Revised.

    Dated: April 11, 2006.
Thomas A. Readinger,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E6-5636 Filed 4-14-06; 8:45 am]
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