[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 69076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24143]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior announces the renewal of 
the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip Johnson, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, 1689 C Street, 
Suite 119, Anchorage, Alaska 99501-5126, 907-271-5011.

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: Aquaculturists/mariculturists, commercial fishers, 
commercial tourism, recreation users, conservationists/
environmentalists, Native landowners, sport hunters/fishers, 
subsistence users, scientists/technologists, and public-at-large. 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.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2), and in consultation with the 
General Services Administration, the Secretary of the Interior hereby 
renews the Charter of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory 
Committee.
    Certification Statement: I hereby certify that the renewal of the 
Charter of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 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.

    Dated: September 28, 2016.
Sally Jewell,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2016-24143 Filed 10-4-16; 8:45 am]
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