82 FR 49417 - Call for Nominations and Applications, North Slope Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel, Alaska

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 205 (October 25, 2017)

The purpose of this notice is to request public nominations on the North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) 15-member Science Technical Advisory Panel (Panel). The Panel advises the NSSI Oversight Group on technical issues such as identifying and prioritizing inventory, monitoring, and research needs across the North Slope of Alaska and the adjacent marine environment.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49417-49418]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23192]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Call for Nominations and Applications, North Slope Science 
Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel, Alaska

AGENCY: Interior, North Slope Science Initiative.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to request public nominations on 
the North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) 15-member Science Technical 
Advisory Panel (Panel). The Panel advises the NSSI Oversight Group on 
technical issues such as identifying and prioritizing inventory, 
monitoring, and research needs across the North Slope of Alaska and the 
adjacent marine environment.

DATES: The deadline for the NSSI to receive all public nominations/
applications for membership on the panel is November 24, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mark Miller, Deputy Director, 
North Slope Science Initiative, Bureau of Land Management, 222 West 
Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513, 907-271-3212, email 
[email protected]. Individuals 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: Section 348 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005, Public Law 109-58, created the NSSI, its Oversight Group, and 15-
member Science Technical Advisory Panel to coordinate inventories, 
monitoring, and research for a better understanding of terrestrial, 
aquatic, and marine ecosystems of the North Slope of Alaska. The NSSI 
works to minimize duplication of monitoring and research efforts, 
shares financial resources and expertise, identifies and prioritizes 
information needs, and ensures that science conducted by participating 
agencies and organizations is of the highest technical quality.
    As an advisory body, the Panel represents diverse professions and 
interests, including the Alaska North Slope community, oil and gas 
industry, subsistence users, Alaska Native

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entities, conservation organizations, and academia. Panel membership 
brings together diverse disciplines, such as North Slope traditional 
and local knowledge, landscape ecology, engineering, geology, 
sociology, anthropology, economics, ornithology, oceanography, 
fisheries, and marine biology.
    Duties of the Panel are solely advisory to the Oversight Group. 
Panel members serve for 3-year terms, appointed by the Secretary of the 
Interior.

To Nominate or Apply

    Nominees must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in the 
Arctic in their field of expertise. Nomination forms and instructions 
are available from the BLM Web site (http://www.blm.gov/alaska) and 
from the Deputy Director, North Slope Science Initiative (see FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, above). Completed nomination forms and a 
minimum of one letter of reference should describe the nominee's 
experience and qualifications to serve on the Panel. Panel members 
receive no monetary compensation, but will be reimbursed for necessary 
travel, lodging, and per diem expenses for participating in announced 
meetings under Federal Travel Regulations and Federal Advisory 
Committee Act guidelines.
    The Oversight Group includes the Alaska Regional or State Directors 
of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Bureau of Safety and 
Environmental Enforcement, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and 
the Bureau of Land Management, the Commissioners of the Alaska 
Departments of Natural Resources and Fish and Game, the Mayor of the 
North Slope Borough, and the President of the Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation. Advisory members of the Oversight Group include the 
Regional Executive of the U.S. Geological Survey; the Deputy Director 
of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission; the Alaska Regional Director of 
the National Weather Service; and the Regional Coordinator of the 
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

Public Disclosure of Comments

    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your application, you should 
be aware that your entire application--including your personal 
identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you can ask us in your application to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 15906; Energy Policy Act of 2005, Sec. 348.

Karen E. Mouritsen,
Acting State Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 2017-23192 Filed 10-24-17; 8:45 am]
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