82 FR 39613 - Federal Advisory Committee: National Geospatial Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 160 (August 21, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-17561

Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC). The NGAC, which is composed of representatives from governmental, private sector, non-profit, and academic organizations, has been established to advise the Chair of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) on management of Federal geospatial programs, the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), and the implementation of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-16.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

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Federal Advisory Committee: National Geospatial Advisory 
Committee

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Geospatial 
Advisory Committee (NGAC). The NGAC, which is composed of 
representatives from governmental, private sector, non-profit, and 
academic organizations, has been established to advise the Chair of the 
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) on management of Federal 
geospatial programs, the development of the National Spatial Data 
Infrastructure (NSDI), and the implementation of Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) Circular A-16.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on 
September 6, 2017, and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on September 7, 2017 
(times are Eastern Daylight Time).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Conservation 
Training Center (NCTC), 698 Conservation Way, Shepherdstown, WV 25443. 
Send your comments to Group Federal Officer by email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John Mahoney, Senior Advisor to 
the Executive Director, FGDC, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); phone 
(206) 220-4621; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NGAC provides advice and recommendations 
related to management of Federal and national geospatial programs, the 
development of the NSDI, and the implementation of Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A-16 and Executive Order 12906. The NGAC will 
review and comment upon geospatial policy and management issues and 
will provide a forum to convey views representative of non-federal 
stakeholders in the geospatial community. NGAC is one of the primary 
ways that the FGDC collaborates with its broad network of partners.

Agenda

--FGDC Update
--NSDI Strategic Plan Framework
--2017 NGAC Guidance
--Landsat Advisory Group
--Key Geospatial Data Initiatives, including the 3D Elevation Program, 
the National Address Database, and Imagery

    Meetings of the NGAC are open to the public. Additional information 
about the meeting is available at https://www.fgdc.gov/ngac.
    Members of the public who wish to attend the meeting must register 
in advance. Registrations are due by September 1, 2017. While the 
meeting will be open to the public, registration is required for 
entrance to the NCTC facility, and seating may be limited due to room 
capacity. The meeting will include an opportunity for public comment on 
September 7, 2017. Attendees wishing to provide public comment should 
register by September 1, 2017. Please register by contacting Lucia 
Foulkes at the FGDC, USGS; phone (703) 648-4142; email 
[email protected]. Comments may also be submitted to the NGAC in 
writing. Please send written comments to USGS, FGDC, 12201 Sunrise 
Valley Drive, Room 2A323A, Reston, VA 20192.
    Public Disclosure of Comments: Before including your address, phone 
number, email address, or other

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personal identifying information in your comment, please be aware that 
your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--
may be made publicly available at any time. While you may 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.

John Mahoney,
Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Geographic Data Committee.
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• A minimum of $50 annual provides authority for the Secretaries of 2017, and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on
recreational special use permit for the Department of the Interior and September 7, 2017 (times are Eastern
commercial recreational activities. Agriculture to establish, modify, charge, Daylight Time).
These permits will not only allow the and collect recreation fees for use of ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
Refuge to better track visitor numbers some Federal recreation lands and the National Conservation Training
and usage of the Refuge and harvest waters, and contains specific provisions Center (NCTC), 698 Conservation Way,
data, but will also provide the Refuge addressing public involvement in the Shepherdstown, WV 25443. Send your
with fees to be used to offset expenses establishment of recreation fees. The comments to Group Federal Officer by
for road and parking lot maintenance, REA also directs the Secretaries of the email to gs-faca-mail@usgs.gov.
boundary maintenance, brochures, Departments of the Interior and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
public education programs, law Agriculture to publish advance notice in John Mahoney, Senior Advisor to the
enforcement salaries, and expansion/ the Federal Register whenever bureaus Executive Director, FGDC, U.S.
improvements of visitor amenities. It is establish new recreation fee areas under Geological Survey (USGS); phone (206)
our policy to allow only activities that their respective jurisdictions. 220–4621; email jmahoney@usgs.gov.
are appropriate and compatible with the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Next Steps
Refuge’s purposes. NGAC provides advice and
Should public comment provide
Background substantive reasons why we should not recommendations related to
In accordance with regulations implement the proposed fee program at management of Federal and national
governing the National Wildlife Refuge the Refuge, we may reevaluate our plan geospatial programs, the development of
System (50 CFR part 25, subpart E) a and publish a subsequent notice in the the NSDI, and the implementation of
Refuge may implement fees and other Federal Register withdrawing this Office of Management and Budget
reasonable charges for public action. Otherwise, we will implement Circular A–16 and Executive Order
recreational use of lands administered the proposed fee program at the Clarks 12906. The NGAC will review and
by that Refuge. When considering fees, River National Wildlife Refuge on the comment upon geospatial policy and
a Refuge is required by our regulations date specified in the DATES section of management issues and will provide a
to evaluate the following: this document, and the Refuge will post forum to convey views representative of
• The direct and indirect cost to the fee amounts and expenditures onsite. non-federal stakeholders in the
Government; geospatial community. NGAC is one of
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6801–6814. the primary ways that the FGDC
• The benefits to a permit holder;
• The public interest served; Dated: May 3, 2017. collaborates with its broad network of
• Comparable fees charged by non- Mike Oetker, partners.
Federal public agencies; and Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. Agenda
• The economic and administrative
Editor’s Note: This document was —FGDC Update
feasibility of fee collection.
received at the Office of the Federal Register —NSDI Strategic Plan Framework
The National Wildlife Refuge on August 16, 2017.
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. —2017 NGAC Guidance
[FR Doc. 2017–17623 Filed 8–18–17; 8:45 am] —Landsat Advisory Group
668dd–668ee) (Refuge Administration BILLING CODE 4333–15–P —Key Geospatial Data Initiatives,
Act), as amended by the National
including the 3D Elevation Program,
Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of
the National Address Database, and
1997, allows National Wildlife Refuges DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Imagery
to provide wildlife-dependent
recreation to visitors, but these laws Geological Survey Meetings of the NGAC are open to the
require Refuges to manage for the public. Additional information about
[GX17EE000101100] the meeting is available at https://
conservation of fish, wildlife, and
habitat for present as well as future www.fgdc.gov/ngac.
Federal Advisory Committee: National
generations of Americans. To fulfill the Members of the public who wish to
Geospatial Advisory Committee
obligations, the Refuge plans to use attend the meeting must register in
collected fees to defray costs associated AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, advance. Registrations are due by
with visitor amenities. Interior. September 1, 2017. While the meeting
ACTION: Notice of meeting. will be open to the public, registration
Public Availability of Comments is required for entrance to the NCTC
Before including your address, phone SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a facility, and seating may be limited due
number, email address, or other meeting of the National Geospatial to room capacity. The meeting will
personal identifying information in your Advisory Committee (NGAC). The include an opportunity for public
comment, you should be aware that NGAC, which is composed of comment on September 7, 2017.
your entire comment—including your representatives from governmental, Attendees wishing to provide public
personal identifying information—may private sector, non-profit, and academic comment should register by September
be made publicly available at any time. organizations, has been established to 1, 2017. Please register by contacting
While you can ask us in your comment advise the Chair of the Federal Lucia Foulkes at the FGDC, USGS;
Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) on
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to withhold your personal identifying phone (703) 648–4142; email lfoulkes@
information from public review, we management of Federal geospatial usgs.gov. Comments may also be
cannot guarantee that we will be able to programs, the development of the submitted to the NGAC in writing.
do so. National Spatial Data Infrastructure Please send written comments to USGS,
(NSDI), and the implementation of FGDC, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Office of Management and Budget Room 2A323A, Reston, VA 20192.
Act Authorities and Requirements (OMB) Circular A–16. Public Disclosure of Comments:
In December 2004, the REA became DATES: The meeting will be held from Before including your address, phone
law (16 U.S.C. 6801–6814). The REA 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on September 6, number, email address, or other

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personal identifying information in your Registration No. BF4179203, and the 2017). Respondent explained that he
comment, please be aware that your denial of his application for a was seeking the continuance because ‘‘I
entire comment—including your registration, on the ground that he have court cases pending in multiple
personal identifying information—may ‘‘do[es] not have authority to handle jurisdictions including a Mar 16
be made publicly available at any time. controlled substances in the State of hearing, a Mar 20 hearing in Mississippi
While you may ask us in your comment Louisiana, the [S]tate in which [he is] and appeals in Louisiana and
to withhold your personal identifying registered . . . and [is] applying’’ for Mississippi and California.’’ Id.
information from public review, we registration. Show Cause Order, at 1. Respondent subsequently sought ‘‘ ‘a
cannot guarantee that we will be able to As to the jurisdictional basis for the continuance of at least 120 days’ due to
do so. proceeding, the Show Cause Order constant court appearances in
alleged that Respondent is ‘‘registered Louisiana, Mississippi, and California.’’
John Mahoney, . . . as a data-waived/100 practitioner Order Denying The Respondent’s
Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Geographic in [s]chedules II–V pursuant to Request For Continuance, at 1 (Feb. 27,
Data Committee. [Registration No.] BF4179203 with a 2017). Noting that his Briefing Schedule
[FR Doc. 2017–17561 Filed 8–18–17; 8:45 am] registered address at 505 East Airport order ‘‘provided the Respondent [with]
BILLING CODE 4338–11–P [Blvd.], Baton Rouge, Louisiana,’’ and a date to respond, if the government files
that this registration does not expire such a motion,’’ the ALJ reasoned that
until ‘‘September 30, 2018.’’ Id. The ‘‘[b]ecause the government ha[d] not
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Order also alleged that ‘‘[o]n July 31, filed a motion for summary disposition
2013, [Respondent] applied for a . . . Respondent’s request . . . is
Drug Enforcement Administration separate . . . [r]egistration as a premature.’’ Id.
[Docket No. 13–39] practitioner in [s]chedules II–V with a On March 2, 2017, the Government
registered address of 505 East Airport filed its Motion for Summary
Masters Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Order [Blvd.], Baton Rouge, Louisiana.’’ Id. Disposition. As support for its motion,
As to the substantive ground for the the Government provided: (1) A copy of
On August 14, 2017, the United States proceeding, the Show Cause Order Respondent’s registration; (2) his July
Court of Appeals for the District of alleged that Respondent’s ‘‘[a]uthority to 30, 2013 application for registration as
Columbia Circuit granted the Agency’s prescribe and administer controlled a hospital/clinic; (3) the Decision and
motion to dissolve the stay of my Order substances in the State of Louisiana was Order of the Louisiana State Board of
of September 8, 2015, revoking DEA suspended effective October 19, 2016.’’ Medical Examiners (Aug. 15, 2016)
Certificate of Registration No. Id. at 2. The Order then asserted that as which ordered the suspension of his
RD0277409 issued to Masters a consequence of Respondent’s ‘‘lack of medical license for a period of two years
Pharmaceutical, Inc. See Masters authority to handle controlled to begin 30 days from the date of the
Pharmaceutical, Inc., v. Drug substances in the State of Louisiana,’’ Order, and a subsequent Order of the
Enforcement Administration, No. 15– Respondent’s registration is subject to Board (Sept. 13, 2016), which extended
1335 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 14, 2017) (Order). revocation and his application must be the commencement of the suspension
Accordingly, I order that DEA denied. Id. until October 14, 2016; (4) a copy of a
Certificate of Registration No. The Show Cause Order notified judgment issued by the Civil District
RD0277409 issued to Masters Respondent of his right to request a Court for the Parish of Orleans which
Pharmaceutical, Inc., be, and it hereby hearing on the allegation or to submit a stayed the Board’s Order from October
is, revoked. I further order that any written statement while waiving his 14, 2016 through October 19, 2016 and
application of Masters Pharmaceutical, right to a hearing and the procedure for further ordered the Board to ‘‘show
Inc., to renew or modify this electing either option. Id. (citing 21 CFR cause’’ as to ‘‘why the stay should not
registration, be, and it hereby is, denied. 1301.43). In addition, the Order notified continue’’; and (5) a Declaration of a
This Order is effective at 12:01 a.m. on Respondent of his right to submit a Diversion Investigator as to various
August 16, 2017. corrective action plan pursuant to 21 matters, including that the Board’s
Dated: August 15, 2017. U.S.C. 824(c)(2)(C). Id. at 2–3. Order had gone into effect on October
Chuck Rosenberg, On February 23, 2017, Respondent 19, 2016. Mot. for Summ. Disp., at
Acting Administrator. requested a hearing on the allegation. Appendix A–E.
Letter from Respondent to Hearing On March 10, 2017, counsel for
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Clerk, Office of Administrative Law Respondent entered a notice of
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Judges (Feb. 23, 2017). The same day, appearance. On March 23, 2017,
the matter was assigned to Respondent filed his Reply to the
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Administrative Law Judge Charles Wm. Government’s Motion.
Dorman (hereinafter, ALJ), who issued Therein, ‘‘Respondent
Drug Enforcement Administration an order (also on Feb. 23) directing the acknowledge[d] that his license to
Government to file evidence supporting practice medicine in . . . Louisiana has
[Docket No. 17–17] the allegation by March 10, 2017 at 2 been suspended in accordance with the
Arnold E. Feldman, M.D.; Decision and p.m., as well any motion for summary . . . Board of Medical Examiners’
Order disposition. Briefing Schedule For Lack Order.’’ Resp. Reply, at 1. Respondent
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Of State Authority Allegations, at 1. The contended, however, ‘‘that there are
On January 24, 2017, the Assistant ALJ’s order also provided that if the material questions of fact and law that
Administrator, Diversion Control Government moved for summary require resolution in a plenary,
Division, issued an Order to Show disposition, Respondent’s opposition evidentiary proceeding.’’
Cause to Arnold E. Feldman, M.D. was due by March 24, 2017 at 2 p.m. Id. According to Respondent, these issues
(Respondent), of Baton Rouge, The next day, Respondent emailed the were that he possesses ‘‘an active and
Louisiana. The Show Cause Order ALJ’s law clerk seeking a continuance in unrestricted’’ license to practice
proposed the revocation of order to engage counsel. Email from medicine in Alabama and ‘‘a full and
Respondent’s DEA Certificate of Respondent to ALJ’s law clerk (Feb. 24, unrestricted Alabama Controlled

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on September 6, 2017, and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on September 7, 2017 (times are Eastern Daylight Time).
Contact		Mr. John Mahoney, Senior Advisor to the Executive Director, FGDC, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); phone (206) 220-4621; email [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 39613

82 FR 39613 - Federal Advisory Committee: National Geospatial Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORGeological Survey

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 160 (August 21, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey