[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 41 (Friday, March 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 12464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04162]


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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, Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 
the Energy Policy Act, Section 348, and the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, the U.S. Department of the Interior, North Slope Science 
Initiative--Science Technical Advisory Panel will meet as indicated 
below.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 20-21, 2017, in Fairbanks, 
Alaska. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. on 
Monday, March 20, and will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at Noon on 
Tuesday, March 21. The public will have an opportunity to comment from 
3:30 p.m.-4 p.m. on Monday, March 20.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the University of Alaska 
Fairbanks campus in the International Arctic Research Center, Room 401, 
930 North Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Guyer, Acting Deputy Director, 
North Slope Science Initiative, Bureau of Land Management, 222 W. 
Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513, 907-271-3284 or email 
[email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FRS 
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 Science Technical Advisory Panel 
provides advice and recommendations to the North Slope Science 
Initiative Oversight Group about priority information needs for 
management decisions across the North Slope of Alaska. These priority 
information needs and recommendations may include inventory, 
monitoring, and research activities that contribute to informed 
resource management decisions. This meeting will include 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 North Slope Science Initiative 
Acting Deputy Director. The public may present written comments to the 
Science Technical Advisory Panel through the North Slope Science 
Initiative Acting Deputy 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.
    The draft meeting plan and minutes from previous meetings are 
available for public inspection at http://northslope.org/stap/#documents.

Erika Reed,
Acting Alaska State Director.
[FR Doc. 2017-04162 Filed 3-2-17; 8:45 am]
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