[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 61771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25117]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; Renewal of the Public 
Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of reestablishment.

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    In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2), following the recommendation and 
approval of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, and in 
consultation with the General Services Administration the Secretary of 
the Interior hereby renews the charter for the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 
Public Advisory Committee.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Court Order establishing the Exxon 
Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council also requires a public advisory 
committee. The Public Advisory Committee was established to advise the 
Trustee Council, and began functioning in October 1992. The Public 
Advisory Committee consists of 10 members representing the following 
principal interests: Sport hunting and fishing, conservation and 
environmental, public-at-large, recreation users, commercial tourism, 
science/technical, subsistence, commercial fishing, aquaculture and 
mariculture, and Native landowners.
    In order to ensure that a broad range of public viewpoints 
continues to be available to the Trustee Council, and in keeping with 
the settlement agreement, the continuation of the Public Advisory 
Committee is recommended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Mutter, Department of the 
Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, 1689 ``C'' 
Street, Room 119, Anchorage, Alaska, (907) 271-5011.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the renewal of the Charter of the Public 
Advisory Committee is necessary and in the public interest in 
connection with the performance of duties mandated by the settlement of 
United States v. State of Alaska, No. A91-081 CV, and is in accordance 
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act of 1980, as amended and supplemented.

Ken Salazar,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2010-25117 Filed 10-5-10; 8:45 am]
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