83_FR_4943 83 FR 4920 - Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee; Call for Nominations

83 FR 4920 - Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee; Call for Nominations

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 23 (February 2, 2018)

Page Range4920-4921
FR Document2018-02138

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council is soliciting nominations for the Public Advisory Committee to fill a membership vacancy that represents conservation and environmental interests. The Public Advisory Committee advises the 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. The Secretary of the Interior will select a Public Advisory Committee member to fill the vacancy and serve the remainder of a term which will end on December 2, 2018.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 23 (Friday, February 2, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4920-4921]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02138]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee; Call for 
Nominations

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council is soliciting 
nominations for the Public Advisory Committee to fill a membership 
vacancy that represents conservation and environmental interests. The 
Public Advisory Committee advises the 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. The Secretary of the Interior will 
select a Public Advisory Committee member to fill the vacancy and serve 
the remainder of a term which will end on December 2, 2018.

DATES: All nominations must be received by March 5, 2018.

ADDRESSES: A complete nomination package should be submitted by hard 
copy to Elise Hsieh, Executive Director, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee 
Council, 4230 University Drive, Suite 220, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-
4650, or via email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions should be directed to Cherri 
Womac, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, 4230 University Drive, 
Suite 220, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4650, 907-278-8012 or 800-478-7745 
or via email at [email protected]; or Philip Johnson, Designated 
Federal Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of 
Environmental Policy and Compliance, 1689 C Street, Suite 119, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99501-5126, 907-271-5011.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory 
Committee was created 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 
Public Advisory Committee was created to advise 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. Appointment to the Public Advisory Council will be 
made by the Secretary of the Interior.
    The Public Advisory 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, public-
at-large, native landownership, sport hunting/fishing, and science/
technology. As stated above, the only vacancy at this time is for the 
conservationist/environmentalist.

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    Nominations for membership may be submitted by any source. 
Nominations should include a resume providing an adequate description 
of the nominee's qualifications, including information that would 
enable the Department of the Interior to make an informed decision 
regarding meeting the membership requirements of the Public Advisory 
Committee and permit the Department of the Interior to contact a 
potential member.
    Individuals who are federally registered lobbyists are ineligible 
to serve on all FACA and non-FACA boards, committees, or councils in an 
individual capacity. The term ``individual capacity'' refers to 
individuals who are appointed to exercise their own individual best 
judgment on behalf of the government, such as when they are designated 
Special Government Employees, rather than being appointed to represent 
a particular interest.
    Public availability of comments. Before including your address, 
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information 
in your nomination/comment, you should be aware that your entire 
nomination/comment--including your personal identifying information--
may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in 
your nomination/comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. Appendix 2

Michaela E. Noble,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2018-02138 Filed 2-1-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4334-63-P

4920 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 23 / Friday, February 2, 2018 / Notices Coordinator no later than February 14, copy with original signature, and one a Public Advisory Committee member to 2018. electronic copy via email (acceptable fill the vacancy and serve the remainder FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: file formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS of a term which will end on December Sarah Mott, Council Coordinator, by Word, MS PowerPoint, or rich text file). 2, 2018. phone at 703–358–1784; by email at DATES: All nominations must be Giving an Oral Presentation dbhc@fws.gov; or by U.S. mail at U.S. received by March 5, 2018. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Individuals or groups requesting to ADDRESSES: A complete nomination Leesburg Pike MS: MB, Falls Church, make an oral presentation during the package should be submitted by hard VA 22041. Persons who use a teleconference will be limited to 2 copy to Elise Hsieh, Executive Director, telecommunications device for the deaf minutes per speaker, with no more than Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, (TDD) may call the Federal Relay a total of 10 minutes for all speakers. 4230 University Drive, Suite 220, Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 Interested parties should contact the Anchorage, Alaska 99508–4650, or via during normal business hours. Also, Council Coordinator by the date in email at elise.hsieh@alaska.gov. FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days DATES, in writing (preferably via email; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: a week, to leave a message or question. see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), Questions should be directed to Cherri You will receive a reply during normal to be placed on the public speaker list. Womac, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee business hours. Nonregistered public speakers will not Council, 4230 University Drive, Suite SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: be considered during the meeting. 220, Anchorage, Alaska 99508–4650, Registered speakers who wish to expand 907–278–8012 or 800–478–7745 or via About the Council upon their oral statements, or those who email at cherri.womac@alaska.gov; or In accordance with the North had wished to speak but could not be Philip Johnson, Designated Federal American Wetlands Conservation Act accommodated on the agenda, are Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior, (Pub. L. 101–233, 103 Stat. 1968, invited to submit written statements to Office of Environmental Policy and December 13, 1989, as amended; the Council within 30 days following Compliance, 1689 C Street, Suite 119, NAWCA), the State-private-Federal the teleconference. Anchorage, Alaska 99501–5126, 907– North American Wetlands Conservation Meeting Minutes 271–5011. Council (Council) meets to consider SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Exxon Summary minutes of the Council wetland acquisition, restoration, Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory teleconference will be maintained by enhancement, and management projects Committee was created by Paragraph the Council Coordinator at the address for recommendation to, and final V.A.4 of the Memorandum of under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION funding approval by, the Migratory Bird Agreement and Consent Decree entered CONTACT. Teleconference meeting notes Conservation Commission into by the United States of America will be available by contacting the (Commission). and the State of Alaska on August 27, Council Coordinator within 30 days North American Wetlands following the teleconference. Personal 1991, and approved by the United States Conservation Act Grants copies may be purchased for the cost of District Court for the District of Alaska duplication. in settlement of United States of NAWCA provides matching grants to America v. State of Alaska, Civil Action organizations and individuals who have Dated: January 26, 2018. No. A91–081 CV. The Public Advisory developed partnerships to carry out Michael J. Johnson, Committee was created to advise the wetlands conservation projects in the Acting Assistant Director, Migratory Birds. Trustee Council on matters relating to United States, Canada, and Mexico. [FR Doc. 2018–02113 Filed 2–1–18; 8:45 am] decisions on injury assessment, These projects must involve long-term BILLING CODE 4333–15–P restoration activities, or other use of protection, restoration, and/or natural resource damage recoveries enhancement of wetlands and obtained by the government. associated uplands habitats for the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The Trustee Council consists of benefit of all wetlands-associated representatives of the U.S. Department migratory birds. Project proposal due Office of the Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Department of dates, application instructions, and [XXXD5198NI DS61100000 Agriculture, National Oceanic and eligibility requirements are available on DNINR0000.000000 DX61104] Atmospheric Administration, Alaska the NAWCA website at www.fws.gov/ Department of Fish and Game, Alaska birds/grants/north-american-wetland- Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Department of Environmental conservation-act.php. Committee; Call for Nominations Conservation, and Alaska Department of Public Input AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. Law. Appointment to the Public ACTION: Notice. Advisory Council will be made by the Submitting Written Information or Secretary of the Interior. Questions SUMMARY: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill The Public Advisory Committee Interested members of the public may Trustee Council is soliciting consists of 10 members to reflect submit relevant information or nominations for the Public Advisory balanced representation from each of questions to be considered during the Committee to fill a membership vacancy the following principal interests: teleconference. If you wish to submit a that represents conservation and Aquaculture/mariculture, commercial written statement so information may be environmental interests. The Public tourism, conservation/environmental, sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES made available to the Council for their Advisory Committee advises the Trustee recreation, subsistence use, commercial consideration prior to the Council on decisions related to the fishing, public-at-large, native teleconference, you must contact the planning, evaluation, funds allocation, landownership, sport hunting/fishing, Council Coordinator by the date in and conduct of injury assessment and and science/technology. As stated DATES. Written statements must be restoration activities related to the T/V above, the only vacancy at this time is supplied to the Council Coordinator in Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989. for the conservationist/ both of the following formats: One hard The Secretary of the Interior will select environmentalist. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:03 Feb 01, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\02FEN1.SGM 02FEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 23 / Friday, February 2, 2018 / Notices 4921 Nominations for membership may be the Desert Renewable Energy Wildlife Service initiated a process to submitted by any source. Nominations Conservation Plan Land Use Plan jointly prepare an Environmental should include a resume providing an Amendment (DRECP), which amended Impact Statement (EIS) under the NEPA adequate description of the nominee’s the California Desert Conservation Area for the DRECP. After the BLM prepared qualifications, including information (CDCA) Plan, Bishop Resource an EIS, on September 14, 2016, it issued that would enable the Department of the Management Plan (RMP), and the a DRECP ROD that amended the CDCA Interior to make an informed decision Bakersfield RMP in the Mojave and Plan, Bishop RMP, and Bakersfield RMP regarding meeting the membership Colorado/Sonoran Desert regions of in the Mojave and Colorado/Sonoran requirements of the Public Advisory southern California. On March 28, 2017, Desert regions of southern California. Committee and permit the Department the President issued Executive Order The DRECP Planning Area covered of the Interior to contact a potential 13783, ‘‘Promoting Energy approximately 22,587,000 acres of both member. Independence and Economic Growth,’’ Federal and non-Federal land— Individuals who are federally which directs all Federal agencies to including portions of seven counties registered lobbyists are ineligible to review all actions that could (Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, serve on all FACA and non-FACA ‘‘potentially burden the development or Riverside, San Bernardino, and San boards, committees, or councils in an use of domestically produced energy Diego). The BLM manages individual capacity. The term resources.’’ To facilitate the BLM’s approximately 10.8 million acres of the ‘‘individual capacity’’ refers to review of the DRECP, including DRECP planning area. individuals who are appointed to potential burdens on domestic The BLM’s DRECP makes available exercise their own individual best renewable energy production in just over 800,000 acres (7%) of the 10.8 judgment on behalf of the government, California, the BLM, by this notice, is million acres of land potentially such as when they are designated announcing the beginning of the available for renewable energy Special Government Employees, rather scoping process to solicit public development, of which 388,000 acres than being appointed to represent a comments and identify issues. (4%) were designated as Development particular interest. DATES: This notice initiates the public Focus Areas, considered to be areas Public availability of comments. scoping process for the potential plan with substantial renewable energy Before including your address, phone amendments and associated National potential and low resource conflict. The number, email address, or other Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) ROD allocated a total of 6.5 million personal identifying information in your documents. Comments on issues may be acres (60%) as conservation areas, to nomination/comment, you should be submitted in writing until March 19, include California Desert National aware that your entire nomination/ 2018. The dates and locations of any Conservation Lands, Areas of Critical comment—including your personal scoping meetings will be announced at Environmental Concern, wildlife identifying information—may be made least 15 days in advance through local allocations, and National Scenic and publicly available at any time. While news media, newspapers and the BLM Historic Trail corridors—which limit or you can ask us in your nomination/ website at www.blm.gov/california/ are closed to renewable energy. The comment to withhold your personal drecp. In order to be included in the ROD also designated a little over 3.5 identifying information from public analysis, all comments must be received million acres (33%) as Special review, we cannot guarantee that we prior to the close of the scoping period Recreation Management Areas and will be able to do so. or 15 days after the last public meeting, Extensive Recreation Management whichever is later. We will provide Areas—which the ROD states are also Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 generally closed to renewable energy. additional opportunities for public Michaela E. Noble, participation upon publication of the As a result of concerns voiced by Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Draft Plan Amendment and NEPA multiple parties throughout the public Compliance. document. comment periods of the DRECP [FR Doc. 2018–02138 Filed 2–1–18; 8:45 am] planning process, the BLM seeks ADDRESSES: You may submit comments additional comment on the DRECP BILLING CODE 4334–63–P on issues and planning criteria to the ROD, including the renewable energy BLM-California State Director, 2800 and conservation designations made Cottage Way, Rm W–1623, Sacramento, through that decision. In 2008, Governor DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CA 95825 or electronically to BLM_CA_ Schwarzenegger signed an executive DRECP@blm.gov. order that required that 33 percent of Bureau of Land Management FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: California’s energy production be via [LLCA930000 Jeremiah Karuzas, Renewable Energy renewable energy in 2020. In October L13400000.XM0000.18XL1109AF] Lead, 916–978–4644, 2800 Cottage Way, 2015, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Rm W–1623, Sacramento, CA 95825; signed into law a measure which Notice of Intent To Amend the email: jkaruzas@blm.gov. Documents California Desert Conservation Area, requires retail sellers and publicly relevant to this planning process can be owned utilities to procure 50 percent of Bakersfield, and Bishop Resource found at the above address. Persons who Management Plans and Prepare their electricity from renewable energy use a telecommunications device for the resources by 2030. And, on March 28, Associated Environmental Impact deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 2017, the President issued Executive Statements or Environmental Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to Order 13783, ‘‘Promoting Energy Assessments reach the BLM contact person. The FRS sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Independence and Economic Growth,’’ AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a which directs all Federal agencies to Interior. week, to leave a message or question review all actions that could ACTION: Notice of intent. with the above individual. You will ‘‘potentially burden the development or receive a reply during normal business use of domestically produced energy SUMMARY: On September 14, 2016, the hours. resources.’’ In recognition of these goals Bureau of Land Management (BLM) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July and direction, BLM seeks comment on issued the Record of Decision (ROD) for 29, 2011, the BLM and the Fish and the potential impacts that land use VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:03 Feb 01, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\02FEN1.SGM 02FEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesAll nominations must be received by March 5, 2018.
ContactQuestions should be directed to Cherri Womac, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, 4230 University Drive, Suite 220, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4650, 907-278-8012 or 800-478-7745 or via email at [email protected]; or Philip Johnson, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, 1689 C Street, Suite 119, Anchorage, Alaska 99501-5126, 907-271-5011.
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