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[Federal Register: November 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 226)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

 
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Scientific Committee (SC)

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement 
(BOEMRE), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Vacancies and Request for Nominations.

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SUMMARY: BOEMRE seeks interested and qualified individuals to serve on 
its OCS SC during the period of June 24, 2011 through June 23, 2014. 
The initial 3-year term may be renewed for up to one additional term. 
The OCS SC is chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 
to advise the Secretary of the Interior through the Director of the 
BOEMRE on the appropriateness, feasibility, and scientific value of the 
OCS Environmental Studies Program (ESP) and environmental aspects of 
the offshore energy and marine minerals programs. The ESP, initiated to 
support the U.S. Department of the Interior's offshore oil and gas 
leasing program and authorized by the OCS Lands Act as amended (Section 
20), is administered by the BOEMRE. The program covers a wide range of 
field and laboratory studies in biology, chemistry, and physical 
oceanography, as well as studies of the social and economic impacts of 
OCS energy and marine minerals development. Currently, the work is 
conducted through award of competitive contracts and interagency and 
cooperative agreements. The OCS SC reviews the relevance of the 
information being produced by the ESP and may recommend changes in its 
scope, direction, and emphasis.
    The OCS SC comprises distinguished scientists in appropriate 
disciplines of the biological, physical, chemical, and socioeconomic 
sciences. Currently, the OCS SC has 15 vacancies in the following 
disciplines: Biological oceanography/marine biology; social science; 
marine archaeology; and physical oceanography. The selections are based 
on maintaining disciplinary expertise in all areas of research, as well 
as geographic balance. Demonstrated knowledge of the scientific issues 
related to OCS oil and gas development or renewable energy is 
essential. The Secretary of the Interior makes selections on the basis 
of these factors.

Ethics Responsibilities of Members

    Members are appointed as special Government employees and are 
subject to the financial disclosure provisions of

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the Ethics in Government Act and 5 CFR part 2634, which includes 
completing a confidential financial disclosure report. Materials are 
provided to members that will explain their ethical obligations. 
Consistent with the ethics requirements, members must endeavor to avoid 
any actions that would cause the public to question the integrity of 
the Committee's operations, activities, or advice. Members are subject 
to all other ethics regulations that are imposed upon them by an 
organization other than the Federal government. This would include 
those imposed by the University for which they work or those imposed by 
a professional organization (such as the Hippocratic Oath for 
physicians, etc.)
    The Obama Administration prohibits individuals who are currently 
federally registered lobbyists to serve on all FACA and non-FACA 
boards, committees, or councils.
    Interested individuals should email a letter of interest and 
resum[eacute] no later then December 17, 2010, to Ms. Phyllis Clark at 
Phyllis.Clark@boemre.gov. If you prefer, you may send them to Ms. Clark 
at BOEMRE, Offshore Energy and Minerals Management, 381 Elden Street, 
Mail Stop 4041, Herndon, Virginia 20170. She may be reached by 
telephone at (703) 787-1716.

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

    Dated: October 26, 2010.
Robert P. LaBelle,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2010-29642 Filed 11-23-10; 8:45 am]
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