[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 213 (Monday, November 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62487-62488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21680]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-910-07-1739-NSSI]


Notice of Minor Amendments to the Charter of the Technical 
Advisory Panel for the North Slope Science Initiative and Call for 
Nominations

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office.

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ACTION: Notice of Minor Amendments to the Charter and Call for 
Nominations.

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SUMMARY: This notice is published in accordance with section 9(a)(2) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, Public Law 92-463. Notice 
is hereby given that the Charter for the Science Technical Advisory 
Panel for the North Slope Science Initiative is amended to reflect the 
implementing legislative language in section 348(d), Energy Policy Act 
of 2005, establishing the Science Technical Advisory Panel. This 
amendment is a minor technical change in accordance with 41 CFR 102-
3.80(1). The North Slope Science Initiative is also seeking nominations 
for five, three-year appointments to the North Slope Science Technical 
Advisory Panel. Any individual or organization may nominate one or more 
persons to serve on the Science Technical Advisory Panel. Individuals 
may nominate themselves for Science Technical Advisory Panel 
membership.
    The purpose of the Science Technical Advisory Panel is to provide 
advice on proposed inventory, monitoring and research functions related 
to the North Slope Science Initiative.

DATES: Submit nomination packets for positions to the address listed 
below no later than 30 days after date of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Payne, Executive Director, North 
Slope Science Initiative, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State 
Office, 222 West 7th Avenue, 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513; 
phone (907) 271-3431, or e-mail: [email protected]. Additional 
information and nomination forms may also be obtained on the North 
Slope Science Initiative Web site: http://www.northslope.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The duties of the Science Technical Advisory 
Panel are solely advisory to the North Slope Science Initiative 
Oversight Group, which will give direction to the Science Technical 
Advisory Panel regarding priorities for decisions needed for the 
Department of the Interior's management. Duties could include the 
following:
    a. Advise the Oversight Group on science planning and relevant 
research and monitoring projects;
    b. Advise the Oversight Group on scientific information relevant to 
the Oversight Group's mission;
    c. Review selected reports to advise the Oversight Group on their 
content and relevance;
    d. Review ongoing scientific programs of North Slope Science member 
organizations on the North Slope at the request of the member 
organizations to promote compatibility in methodologies and 
complication of data;
    e. Advise the Oversight Group on how to ensure that scientific 
products generated through the North Slope Science Initiative 
activities are of the highest technical quality;
    f. Periodically review the North Slope Science Plan and provide 
recommendations for changes to the Oversight Group;
    g. Provide recommendations for proposed North Slope Science 
Initiative funded inventory, monitoring and research activities to the 
Oversight Group;
    h. Provide other scientific advice as requested by the Oversight 
Group; and,
    i. Coordinate with groups and committees appointed or requested by 
the Oversight Group to provide science advice, as needed.
    Any individual or organization may nominate one or more persons to 
serve on the Science Technical Advisory Panel. Individuals may nominate 
themselves for Science Technical Advisory Panel membership. You may 
obtain nomination forms from John Payne, Executive Director, North 
Slope Science Initiative, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State 
Office, 222 West 7th Avenue, 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513, or 
at http://www.northslope.org. To make a nomination, you must submit a 
completed nomination form, letters of reference from the represented 
interests or organizations, as well as any other information that 
speaks to the nominee's qualifications, to the Executive Director, 
North Slope Science Initiative. The Science Technical Advisory Panel is 
currently made up of 15 scientists and technical experts from diverse 
professions and interests that are serving rotating appointments 
ranging from 1 to 3 years. New appointments will be made for three 
years. This call for nominations is for five appointments to fill 
vacancies for those expiring appointments. Current appointees may be 
re-nominated. Nominations may be from scientists and technical experts 
from diverse professions and interests, including the oil and gas 
industry, subsistence users, Native Alaska entities, conservations 
organizations, wildlife management organizations, and academia, as 
determined by the Secretary. The specific scientific or technical 
expertise the nominee would like to represent should be identified in 
the letter of nomination and in the nomination form. The Executive 
Director will collect the nomination forms and letters of reference and 
distribute them to the members of the North Slope Science Initiative 
Oversight Group. The Executive Director will then forward recommended 
nominations to the Secretary, who has the responsibility for making the 
appointments.
    Appointees will serve with monetary compensation, but may be 
reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses at current rates for 
Federal Government employees. The appointment term will be for three 
years.

    Dated: October 31, 2007.
Thomas P. Lonnie,
State Director.
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