[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 10096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02960]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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Notice of Call for Nominations for the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 
Public Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Call for Nominations Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior is soliciting nominations for 
the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee (Committee). This 
Committee advises the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 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.

DATES: All nominations must be received by March 29, 2024.

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 
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 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 seven positions that 
represent aquaculture/mariculture, commercial tourism, recreation, 
subsistence use, commercial fishing, native landownership, and public-
at-large 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. ch. 10.

Lisa M. Fox,
Regional Environmental Officer, Office of Environmental Policy and 
Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-02960 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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