[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 27920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09323]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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Notice To Reopen the Call for Nominations to the Exxon Valdez Oil 
Spill Public Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice to reopen a call for nominations.

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SUMMARY: A request for nominations was published by the Department of 
the Interior in the Federal Register on January 26, 2023, for specific 
positions on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee 
(Committee). The nomination period ended on March 13, 2023. This notice 
reopens the nomination period until June 20, 2023.

DATES: The nomination period for the notice published on January 26, 
2023, at 88 FR 5035, is reopened. Nominations for the vacant positions 
are due by June 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Send nomination packages by hard copy or via email to Shiway 
Wang, Executive Director, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, 4230 
University Drive, Suite 220, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508-4650, or at 
[email protected]. Also please copy Joy Maglaqui, Executive 
Assistant, on any email correspondence at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grace Cochon, Department of the 
Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, telephone 
number: (907) 786-3620; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was created pursuant to 
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 Committee advises the 
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council on matters relating to decisions 
on injury assessment, restoration activities, or other use of natural 
resource damage recoveries obtained by the government due to the T/V 
Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989. 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 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.
    We are soliciting nominations for three positions that represent 
sport hunting/fishing, conservation/environmental, and science/
technology interests. The Committee members will be selected and 
appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to serve a four-year term.
    Nomination Process: 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 
evaluate the nominee's ability to meet Committee membership 
requirements and to contact a potential member.
    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 10.

Lisa M. Fox,
Regional Environmental Officer, Office of Environmental Policy and 
Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-09323 Filed 5-2-23; 8:45 am]
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