Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Science Committee (SC) of the Minerals Management Advisory Board; Announcement of Plenary Session

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57480-57481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27473]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Science Committee (SC) of the 
Minerals Management Advisory Board; Announcement of Plenary Session

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Advisory Board OCS SC will meet at the 
Sheraton Inner Harber Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 16-18, 
1999.
    The OCS SC is an outside group of scientists which advises the 
Director, MMS, on the feasibility, appropriateness, and scientific 
merit of the MMS OCS Environmental Studies Program as it relates to 
information needed for informed OCS decisonmaking.
    The Committee will meet in plenary session on Tuesday, November 16, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and reconvene on Wednesday, November 17, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The session will end at noon on November 
18. Discussion will focus on the following:

•  Deepwater Research
•  Environmental Monitoring for the Arctic OCS
•  MMS's Coastal Marine Institutes

    The meetings are open to the public. Approximately 30 visitors can 
be accommodated on a first-come first-served basis at the plenary 
session.
    A copy of the agenda may be requested from the MMS by calling Julie 
Reynolds at (703) 787-1211. Other inquiries concerning the OCS SC 
meeting should be addressed to Mr. Robert LaBelle, Executive Secretary 
to the OCS Scientific Committee, Minerals Management Service, 381 Elden 
Street, Mail Stop 4040, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. He may be reached 
by telephone at (703) 787-1756, and by electronic mail at 
Robert.LaBelle@mms.gov.

DATES: November 16-18, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel, 300 South Charles Street, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21201, telephone (410) 962-8300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Reynolds or Robert LaBelle at 
the address or phone numbers listed above.

    Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act, P.L. 92-463, 5 
U.S.C., Appendix I, and the Office of Management and Budget's 
Circular A-63, Revised.


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    Dated: October 15, 1999.
Donald W. Hill,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 99-27473 Filed 10-22-99; 8:45 am]
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