[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 52546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21251]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement 
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Scientific Committee (SC); Announcement 
of Plenary Session

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement 
(BOEM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The OCS Scientific Committee will meet at the Embassy Suites 
Dulles North in Ashburn, Virginia.

DATES: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 
September 15, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Thursday, September 
16, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Embassy Suites Dulles North, 44610 Waxpool Road, Ashburn, 
Virginia 20147, telephone (703) 723-5300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the agenda may be requested 
from BOEM by e-mailing Ms. Carolyn Beamer at [email protected]. 
Other inquiries concerning the OCS SC meeting should be addressed to 
Dr. James Kendall, Executive Secretary to the OCS SC, Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, 381 Elden Street, Mail 
Stop 4043, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817, or by calling (703) 787-1656 
or via e-mail at [email protected].

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 BOEM. The SC will review the relevance of the 
research and data being produced to meet BOEM scientific information 
needs for decision making and may recommend changes in scope, 
direction, and emphasis.
    The Committee will meet in plenary session on Tuesday, September 
14. The Director will address the Committee on the general status of 
the BOEM and its activities. There will be a presentation from the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on the Natural Resource 
Damage Assessment process and U.S. Geological Survey science with 
respect to the Deepwater Horizon incident. Following these 
presentations BOEM regional officials will discuss their most pertinent 
and current issues.
    On Wednesday, September 15, the Committee will meet in discipline 
breakout sessions (i.e., biology/ecology, physical sciences, and social 
sciences) to review the specific studies plans of the BOEM regional 
offices for Fiscal Years 2011-2013.
    On Thursday, September 16, 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, Public Law 92-463, 5 
U.S.C., Appendix I, and the Office of Management and Budget's 
Circular A-63, Revised.

    Dated: August 18, 2010.
Robert P. LaBelle,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore, Energy and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2010-21251 Filed 8-25-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-MR-P