[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28284]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee; Call for 
Nominations

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council is soliciting 
nominations for the Public Advisory Committee to fill three membership 
vacancies that represent sport hunting/fishing, science/technology, and 
conservation/environmental interests. The Public Advisory Committee 
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 and 
appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to serve a two-year term.

DATES: All nominations must be received by February 3, 2020.

ADDRESSES: A complete nomination package should be submitted by hard 
copy or via email to Elise Hsieh, Executive Director, Exxon Valdez Oil 
Spill Trustee Council, 4230 University Drive, Suite 220, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99508-4650, or at [email protected]. Also please copy 
Shiway Wang, Science Director, on any correspondence, at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions should be directed to Cherri 
Womac, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, 4230 University Drive, 
Suite 220, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4650, (907) 278-8012 or (800) 478-
7745 or via email at [email protected]; or Dr. Philip Johnson, 
Designated Federal Officer, 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 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 U.S. 
Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Department of Fish and 
Game, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and Alaska 
Department of Law.
    The Public Advisory Committee consists of 10 members to reflect 
balanced representation from each of the following principal interests: 
Aquaculture/mariculture, commercial tourism, conservation/
environmental, recreation, subsistence use, commercial fishing, native 
landownership, sport hunting/fishing, science/technology, and public-
at-large.
    Nominations for membership may be submitted by any source.
    Nominations should include a r[eacute]sum[eacute] 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.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2.

Philip Johnson,
Regional Environmental Officer, Office of Environmental Policy and 
Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-28284 Filed 12-31-19; 8:45 am]
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