[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00002]


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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, 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 
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 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 February 8-10, 2016, in Fairbanks, 
Alaska. The meeting will be held in the International Arctic Research 
Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 930 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, 
Alaska 99775. The meeting will begin on Monday, February 8, 2016, at 
1:30 p.m., in Room 417. The meeting will continue in Room 501 on 
Tuesday and Wednesday, February 9-10, beginning at 8:30 a.m. each day. 
There will be an opportunity for public comment from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. 
on Monday, February 8. Depending on the number of persons wishing to 
comment and time available, the time for individual oral comments may 
be limited.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denny Lassuy, Acting Director, North 
Slope Science Initiative, Bureau of Land Management, 222 W. Seventh 
Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513, (907) 271-4212 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 
introductions of new appointees, review of STAP procedures, continued 
review of emerging issues, and application of North Slope Scenarios 
implications to inventory, monitoring and research priorities. 
Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as 
sign language interpretation, transportation, or other reasonable 
accommodations, should contact the NSSI Director. The public may 
present written comments to the STAP through the NSSI Acting Director. 
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 your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available. 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.

Bud C. Cribley,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-00002 Filed 1-6-16; 8:45 am]
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