[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 197 (Thursday, October 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 59677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24068]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Advisory Committee for Polar Programs; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 
as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following 
meeting:
    Name: Advisory Committee for Polar Programs (1130).
    Date/Time: November 4, 2008, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. November 5, 2008, 8 
a.m. to 3 p.m.
    Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Stafford 
II-595.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: Sue LaFratta, Office of Polar Programs (OPP). 
National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 
22230. (703) 292-8030.
    Minutes: May be obtained from the contact person listed above.
    Purpose of Meeting: To advise NSF on the impact of its policies, 
programs, and activities on the polar research community, to provide 
advice to the Director of OPP on issues related to long-range planning.
    Agenda: Staff presentations and discussion on opportunities and 
challenges for polar research, education and infrastructure; planning 
for Arctic and Antarctic Committees of Visitors; discussion on 
renewable and alternative energy technologies; and discussion of NSF's 
IPY activity and how it relates to IPY activity worldwide.

    Dated: October 6, 2008.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-24068 Filed 10-8-08; 8:45 am]
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