[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28770-28771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11474]


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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 below.

DATES: The meeting will be held June 12 and 13, 2014 in Fairbanks, 
Alaska. The meetings will begin at 9:00 a.m. in the Butrovich Building, 
Room 109a-b, 910 Yukon Drive, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Public 
comment will be received between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 
12, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John F. Payne, Executive Director, 
North Slope Science Initiative, AK-910, c/o Bureau of Land Management, 
222 W. Seventh Avenue, 13, Anchorage, AK 99513; by phone at 
(907) 271-3431; or email [email protected]. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above 
individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours 
a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or question with the above 
individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NSSI STAP provides advice and 
recommendations to the NSSI Oversight Group regarding priority 
information needs for management decisions across the North Slope of 
Alaska. These priority information needs may include recommendations on 
inventory, monitoring, and research activities that contribute to 
informed resource management decisions. This meeting will include 
continued dialog for prioritizing inventory, monitoring, and research 
using the North Slope Scenarios Project results for the North Slope and 
adjacent marine environments. Additionally, the STAP will continue 
dialog on a long-term monitoring strategy for the North Slope. The STAP 
will be reviewing the status of the emerging issues first released in 
October 2010.
    All meetings are open to the public. The public may present written 
comments to the STAP through the Executive Director, North Slope 
Science Initiative. Each formal meeting will also have time allotted 
for hearing public comments. Depending on the number of persons wishing 
to comment and time available, the time for individual 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, email address, or other personal identifying information in 
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including 
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personal identifying information, may 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: May 12, 2014.
Bud C. Cribley,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-11474 Filed 5-16-14; 8:45 am]
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