83_FR_11835 83 FR 11783 - Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee

83 FR 11783 - Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 52 (March 16, 2018)

Page Range11783-11784
FR Document2018-05500

The Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary is announcing a public teleconference meeting of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council's Public Advisory Committee.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 52 (Friday, March 16, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-05500]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary is 
announcing a public teleconference meeting of the Exxon Valdez Oil 
Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council's Public Advisory Committee.

DATES: April 2, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. AKST.

ADDRESSES: Grace Hall Conference Room, Suite 220, 4230 University 
Drive, Anchorage, Alaska; (800) 315-6338, code 72241.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Philip Johnson, Department of the 
Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, 1689 ``C'' 
Street, Suite 119, Anchorage, Alaska, (907) 271-5011.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EVOS Public Advisory Committee was 
created

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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 EVOS Public Advisory Committee meeting agenda will include 
discussion of outreach proposals and habitat parcels. An opportunity 
for public comments will be provided. The final agenda and materials 
for the meeting will be posted on the EVOS Trustee Council website at 
www.evostc.state.ak.us. All EVOS Public Advisory Committee meetings are 
open to the public.

Public Input

Submitting Written Information or Questions

    Interested members of the public may submit relevant information or 
questions for the Committee to consider during the public meeting. 
Written statements must be received by March 26, 2018, so that the 
information may be made available to the Committee for their 
consideration prior to this meeting. Written statements must be 
supplied to Dr. Philip Johnson (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
above) in the following formats: One hard copy with original signature 
and/or one electronic copy via email (acceptable file formats are Adobe 
Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or rich text file).

Public Disclosure of Comments

    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comments, please be 
aware that your entire comment, including your personal identifying 
information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
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.

Meeting Minutes

    Summary minutes of the conference will be maintained by the Council 
Designated Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). They 
will be available for public inspection within 90 days of the meeting.

Philip Johnson,
Regional Environmental Officer, Office of Environmental Policy and 
Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2018-05500 Filed 3-15-18; 8:45 am]
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                                               the Privacy Act regulations set forth in                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                            Endangered Species
                                               6 CFR part 5. The individual must first
                                               verify his/her identity, meaning that the               Fish and Wildlife Service                                                                    Permit
                                               individual must provide his/her full                                                                               Applicant          Permit No.   issuance
                                                                                                       [Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2017–0083;                                                              date
                                               name, current address, and date and                     FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000]
                                               place of birth. The individual must sign                                                                      Memphis Zoo ......      10014C        9/22/2017
                                               the request, and the individual’s                       Foreign Endangered Species; Marine                    Wildlife & Envi-        29610C        9/28/2017
                                               signature must either be notarized or                   Mammal Issuance of Permits                              ronmental Con-
                                               submitted under 28 U.S.C. 1746, a law                                                                           servation.
                                               that permits statements to be made                      AGENCY:   Fish and Wildlife Service,                  Robert Earl An-         30893C        10/4/2017
                                               under penalty of perjury as a substitute                Interior.                                               derson, Jr..
                                               for notarization. While no specific form                ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits.                Arnulfo Rodriguez       20528C        10/5/2017
                                                                                                                                                             Sal Davino ..........   21334C        10/5/2017
                                               is required, an individual may obtain
                                                                                                       SUMMARY:   We, the U.S. Fish and
                                               forms for this purpose from the Chief
                                                                                                       Wildlife Service, have issued permits to              Marine Mammal
                                               Privacy Officer and Chief Freedom of
                                                                                                       conduct activities with foreign
                                               Information Act Officer, http://
                                                                                                       endangered and/or threatened species,                                                        Permit
                                               www.dhs.gov/foia or 1–866–431–0486.                                                                                Applicant          Permit No.   issuance
                                                                                                       marine mammals, or both, under the
                                               In addition, the individual should:                                                                                                                   date
                                                                                                       authority of the Endangered Species
                                                  • Explain why the individual believes                Act, as amended (ESA). With some                      BBC Natural His-        53019C       1/4/2018
                                               the Department would have information                   exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities               tory Unit.
                                               on him/her;                                             involving listed species unless a Federal
                                                  • Identify which component(s) of the                 permit is issued that allows such                     Authorities
                                               Department the individual believes may                  activity.
                                                                                                                                                               We issue this notice under the
                                               have the information about him or her;                  ADDRESSES:   Information about the                    authority of the ESA, as amended (16
                                                  • Specify when the individual                        applications for the permits listed in                U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the Marine
                                               believes the records would have been                    this notice is available online at                    Mammal Protection Act as amended (16
                                               created; and                                            www.regulations.gov. See                              U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).
                                                  • Provide any other information that                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details.
                                                                                                                                                             Joyce Russell,
                                               will help the FOIA staff determine                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                       Joyce Russell, 703–358–2023.                          Government Information Specialist, Branch
                                               which DHS component agency may                                                                                of Permits, Division of Management
                                               have responsive records;                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the                    Authority.
                                                  If an individual’s request is seeking                U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have                  [FR Doc. 2018–05326 Filed 3–15–18; 8:45 am]
                                               records pertaining to another living                    issued permits to conduct certain
                                                                                                                                                             BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
                                               individual, the first individual must                   activities with endangered and
                                               include a statement from the second                     threatened species in response to permit
                                               individual certifying his/her agreement                 applications that we received under the               DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                               for the first individual to access his or               authority of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
                                               her records.                                            Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16                    Office of the Secretary
                                                                                                       U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; and or the Marine
                                                  Without the above information, the                   Mammal Protection Act as amended (16                  [XXXD5198NI DS61100000
                                               component(s) may not be able to                         U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).
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                                               conduct an effective search, and the                       After considering the information
                                               individual’s request may be denied due                                                                        Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory
                                                                                                       submitted with each permit application                Committee
                                               to lack of specificity or lack of                       and the public comments received, we
                                               compliance with applicable regulations.                 issued the requested permits subject to               AGENCY:   Office of the Secretary, Interior.
                                                                                                       certain conditions set forth in each                  ACTION:   Meeting notice.
                                               CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
                                                                                                       permit. For each application for an
                                                For records covered by the Privacy                     endangered species, we found that (1)                 SUMMARY:   The Department of the
                                               Act or covered JRA records, see ‘‘Record                the application was filed in good faith,              Interior, Office of the Secretary is
                                               Access Procedures’’ above.                              (2) the granted permit would not operate              announcing a public teleconference
                                                                                                       to the disadvantage of the endangered                 meeting of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
                                               NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:                                species, and (3) the granted permit                   (EVOS) Trustee Council’s Public
                                                                                                       would be consistent with the purposes                 Advisory Committee.
                                                  See ‘‘Record Access procedure.’’
                                                                                                       and policy set forth in section 2 of the              DATES: April 2, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. AKST.
                                               EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:                  ESA.                                                  ADDRESSES: Grace Hall Conference
                                                                                                       Availability of Documents                             Room, Suite 220, 4230 University Drive,
                                                  None.                                                                                                      Anchorage, Alaska; (800) 315–6338,
                                                                                                         The permittees’ original permit                     code 72241.
                                               HISTORY:                                                application materials, along with public
                                                                                                                                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
                                                 81 FR 48832 (July 26, 2016); 73 FR                    comments we received during public
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                                                                                                                                                             Philip Johnson, Department of the
                                               61888 (October 17, 2008).                               comment periods for the applications,
                                                                                                                                                             Interior, Office of Environmental Policy
                                                                                                       are available for review. To locate the
                                               Philip S. Kaplan,                                                                                             and Compliance, 1689 ‘‘C’’ Street, Suite
                                                                                                       application materials and received
                                               Chief Privacy Officer, Department of                                                                          119, Anchorage, Alaska, (907) 271–
                                                                                                       comments, go to www.regulations.gov
                                               Homeland Security.                                                                                            5011.
                                                                                                       and search for the appropriate permit
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–05403 Filed 3–15–18; 8:45 am]             number (e.g., 12345C) provided in the                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EVOS
                                               BILLING CODE 9110–9B–P                                  following table:                                      Public Advisory Committee was created


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                                               by Paragraph V.A.4 of the Memorandum                    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                            to structures and recreation areas at the
                                               of Agreement and Consent Decree                                                                               site. In the Campground, a toilet, two
                                               entered into by the United States of                    Bureau of Land Management                             footbridges, and a kiosk/interpretive
                                               America and the State of Alaska on                      [LLNVB00640 LF3200000.DD0000                          sign burned down. All 16 campsites lost
                                               August 27, 1991, and approved by the                    LFBRH6N0000 18X MO #4500112560]                       their wooden barricades and one lost a
                                               United States District Court for the                                                                          picnic table. A fence that restricted
                                               District of Alaska in settlement of                     Notice of Temporary Closure of Public                 cattle from access to the Campground
                                               United States of America v. State of                    Land in Lander County, Nevada                         lost most of its wooden posts and
                                               Alaska, Civil Action No. A91–081 CV.                                                                          braces. This temporary closure provides
                                                                                                       AGENCY:   Bureau of Land Management,
                                                  The EVOS Public Advisory                                                                                   for public safety while the BLM Battle
                                                                                                       Interior.
                                               Committee meeting agenda will include                                                                         Mountain District restores and
                                               discussion of outreach proposals and                    ACTION: Notice of temporary closure.
                                                                                                                                                             rehabilitates the Campground. The
                                               habitat parcels. An opportunity for                     SUMMARY:    As authorized under the                   public lands affected by this closure are
                                               public comments will be provided. The                   provisions of the Federal Land Policy                 described as follows:
                                               final agenda and materials for the                      and Management Act of 1976, as
                                               meeting will be posted on the EVOS                                                                            Mount Diablo Meridian
                                                                                                       amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land
                                               Trustee Council website at                              Management (BLM) Battle Mountain                      T. 29 N, R. 44 E,
                                               www.evostc.state.ak.us. All EVOS                        District Office will temporarily close                  Sec. 26, S2SWNE, SWNWNW, S2NW,
                                               Public Advisory Committee meetings                      and restrict uses of certain public land                  N2NESW, SWNESE, NWSE, NESWSE,
                                               are open to the public.                                 surrounding and including the Mill                        and SESE.
                                               Public Input                                            Creek Recreational Campground                           The area described contains 230 acres,
                                                                                                       (Campground) in Lander County,                        more or less, in Lander County, Nevada.
                                               Submitting Written Information or                       Nevada, to all public use to provide for
                                               Questions                                               public safety during restoration and                     The temporary closure order,
                                                                                                       rehabilitation activities occurring at the            communications plan and map of the
                                                 Interested members of the public may
                                               submit relevant information or                          site.                                                 closure area will be posted at the BLM
                                               questions for the Committee to consider                                                                       Battle Mountain District Office, 50
                                                                                                       DATES: The temporary closure will go
                                               during the public meeting. Written                                                                            Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, Nevada
                                                                                                       into effect April 16, 2018 and will
                                               statements must be received by March                    remain in effect until June 14, 2018.                 89820, and on the BLM website at
                                               26, 2018, so that the information may be                BLM will post notice that the                         http://www.blm.gov/nevada. This
                                               made available to the Committee for                     Campground is closed upon publication                 information will also be posted at the
                                               their consideration prior to this meeting.              of the closure notice in the Federal                  access point to the Campground and at
                                               Written statements must be supplied to                  Register, but the closure will not be                 the entrance to Mill Creek Road off of
                                               Dr. Philip Johnson (see FOR FURTHER                     enforced until 30 days have passed, in                SR 305 and around the communities of
                                               INFORMATION CONTACT above) in the                       accordance with 43 CFR 4.21(a)(1) and                 Battle Mountain and Austin, Nevada.
                                               following formats: One hard copy with                   43 CFR 4.411(a), which outlines Rules                    Roads leading into the public lands
                                               original signature and/or one electronic                of Procedure for Appeals to the Interior              under the temporary closure will be
                                               copy via email (acceptable file formats                 Board of Land Appeals.                                posted to notify the public of the
                                               are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS                      ADDRESSES: The temporary closure                      temporary closure. Under the authority
                                               PowerPoint, or rich text file).                         order, communications plan and map of                 of Section 303(a) of the FLPMA (43
                                               Public Disclosure of Comments                           the closure area will be posted at the                U.S.C. 733(a)), 43 CFR 8360.0–7 and 43
                                                                                                       BLM Battle Mountain District Office, 50               CFR 8364.1, the BLM will enforce the
                                                 Before including your address, phone                  Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, Nevada                 following rules in the area described
                                               number, email address, or other                         89820, and on the BLM website at                      above: All public use, whether
                                               personal identifying information in your                http://www.blm.gov/nevada.                            motorized, on foot, or otherwise, is
                                               comments, please be aware that your
                                                                                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle                 prohibited.
                                               entire comment, including your
                                                                                                       Hendrix, 775–635–4000. Khendrix@                         Exceptions: Temporary closure
                                               personal identifying information, may
                                                                                                       blm.gov. Persons who use a                            restrictions do not apply to activities
                                               be made publicly available at any time.
                                                                                                       telecommunications device for the deaf                conducted under contract with the
                                               While you can ask us in your comment
                                                                                                       (TDD) may call the Federal Relay                      BLM, agency personnel monitoring the
                                               to withhold your personal identifying
                                                                                                       Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to                    restoration, or activities conducted
                                               information from public review, we
                                                                                                       contact the above individual during
                                               cannot guarantee that we will be able to                                                                      under an approved plan of operation.
                                                                                                       normal business hours. The FRS is
                                               do so.                                                                                                        Authorized users must have in their
                                                                                                       available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
                                                                                                                                                             possession a written permit or contract
                                               Meeting Minutes                                         to leave a message or question with the
                                                                                                       above individual. You will receive a                  from BLM signed by the authorized
                                                 Summary minutes of the conference                                                                           officer.
                                                                                                       reply during normal business hours.
                                               will be maintained by the Council                                                                                Penalties: Any person who violates
                                               Designated Federal Officer (see FOR                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mill
                                                                                                       Fire started on Wednesday June 28,                    this temporary closure may be tried
                                               FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). They
                                                                                                       2017, and was contained on July 1,                    before a United States Magistrate and
                                               will be available for public inspection
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                                                                                                       2017. It burned 479 acres: 249 acres on               fined in accordance with 18 U.S.C.
                                               within 90 days of the meeting.
                                                                                                       private land and the rest on BLM land                 3571, imprisoned no more than 12
                                               Philip Johnson,                                         within the Battle Mountain District. The              months under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a) and 43
                                               Regional Environmental Officer, Office of               fire started in the Mill Creek                        CFR 8360.0–7, or both. In accordance
                                               Environmental Policy and Compliance.                    Campground. Before the fire was                       with 43 CFR 8365.1–7, State or local
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–05500 Filed 3–15–18; 8:45 am]             contained, the entire campground was                  officials may also impose penalties for
                                               BILLING CODE 4334–63–P                                  engulfed, resulting in extensive damage               violations of Nevada law.


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Document Created: 2018-03-16 01:12:04
Document Modified: 2018-03-16 01:12:04
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionMeeting notice.
DatesApril 2, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. AKST.
ContactDr. Philip Johnson, Department of the Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, 1689 ``C'' Street, Suite 119, Anchorage, Alaska, (907) 271-5011.
FR Citation83 FR 11783 

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