[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13073-13074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04985]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Call for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council is soliciting 
nominations for the Public Advisory Committee, which advises the 
Trustee Council on decisions related to the planning, evaluation, funds 
allocation, and conduct of injury assessment and restoration activities 
related to the T/V Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989. Public 
Advisory Committee members will be selected by the Secretary of the 
Interior to serve a 24-month term, which will begin on October 1, 2014.

DATES: All nominations must be received on or before the close of 
business on May 15, 2014.

ADDRESSES: A complete nomination package should be submitted by hard 
copy to Elise Hsieh, Executive Director, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee 
Council, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4650, or via 
email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions should be directed to Cherri 
Womac, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, 4210 University Drive, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4650, 907-265-9339 or 800-478-7745; or Pamela 
Bergmann, Designated Federal Officer, Department of the Interior, 
Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, 1689 C Street, Suite 
119, Anchorage, Alaska 99501-5126, 907-271-5011.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory 
Committee was created by Paragraph V.A.4 of the Memorandum of Agreement 
and Consent Decree entered into by the United States of America and the 
State of Alaska on August 27, 1991, and approved by the United States 
District Court for the District of Alaska in settlement of United 
States of America v. State of Alaska, Civil Action No. A91-081 CV. The 
Public Advisory Committee was created to advise the Trustee Council on 
matters relating to decisions on injury assessment, restoration 
activities, or other use of natural resource damage recoveries obtained 
by the government.
    The Trustee Council consists of representatives of the Department 
of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Alaska 
Department of Environmental Conservation, and Alaska Department of Law. 
Appointment to the Public Advisory Council will be made by the 
Secretary of the Interior.
    The Public Advisory Committee consists of 10 members to reflect 
balanced representation from each of the following principal interests: 
Aquaculturist/mariculturist, commercial tourism business person, 
conservationist/environmentalist, recreation user, subsistence user, 
commercial fisher, public-at-large, native landowner, sport hunter/
fisher, and scientist/technologist.
    Nominations for membership may be submitted by any source.
    Nominations should include a resume providing an adequate 
description of the nominee's qualifications, including information that 
would enable the Department of the Interior to make an informed 
decision regarding meeting the membership requirements of the Public 
Advisory Committee and permit the Department of the Interior to contact 
a potential member.
    Individuals who are currently federally registered lobbyists are 
ineligible to serve on all Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and 
non-FACA boards, committees, or councils.

Willie R. Taylor,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-04985 Filed 3-6-14; 8:45 am]
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