[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52370-52371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20955]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Public Meeting, North Slope Science Initiative-Science 
Technical Advisory Panel

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, North Slope 
Science Initiative, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI)-
Science Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) will meet as indicated:

DATES: The meeting will be September 21-23, 2010, in Barrow, Alaska. 
The meeting begins each day at 9 a.m., in the Inupiat Heritage Center, 
Barrow, Alaska. The public can make comments between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. 
on Wednesday, September 22, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John F. Payne, Executive Director, 
North Slope Science Initiative, AK-9 10, c/o Bureau of Land Management, 
222 W. Seventh Avenue, 13, Anchorage, AK 99513, (907) 271-3431 
or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NSSI STAP provides advice and 
recommendations to the NSSI Oversight

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Group regarding priority needs for management decisions across the 
North Slope of Alaska. These priority needs may include recommendations 
on inventory, monitoring, and research activities that contribute to 
informed land management decisions. The topics at the meeting include:
     Emerging issue summaries from the STAP.
     Update on the land cover project.
     Update on the project tracking system and database.
     NSSI priority issues, projects and conference proposals.
     Other topics the Oversight Group or STAP may raise.
    All meetings are open to the public. The public may present written 
comments to the Science Technical Advisory Panel through the Executive 
Director, North Slope Science Initiative. Each formal NSSI meeting 
allots time for public comment. Depending on time and the number of 
people wishing to comment, oral comments may be limited. Individuals 
who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language 
interpretation, transportation, or other reasonable accommodations, 
should contact the Executive Director, North Slope Science Initiative.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal indentifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--might be made publicly available at any time. While you 
can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

     Dated: August 18, 2010.
Julia Dougan,
Acting Alaska State Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-20955 Filed 8-24-10; 8:45 am]
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