29566 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 122 / Monday, June 25, 2018 / Notices 

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. 

SUMMARY: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 

Trustee Council is soliciting 

nominations for the Public Advisory 

Committee, which 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. 

Public Advisory Committee members 

will be selected and appointed by the 

Secretary of the Interior to serve a 2-year 

term. 

DATES: All nominations must be 

received by August 9, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: A complete nomination 

package should be submitted by hard 

copy or via email to Elise Hsieh, 

Executive Director, Exxon Valdez Oil 

Spill Trustee Council, 4230 University 

Drive, Suite 220, Anchorage, Alaska, 

99508–4650, or at elise.hsieh@

alaska.gov. 

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 cherri.womac@alaska.gov; or 

Dr. 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. 

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, native landownership, sport 

hunting/fishing, science/technology, 

and public-at-large. 

Nominations for membership may be 

submitted by any source. 

Nominations should include a re ́sume ́

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 

Philip Johnson, 

Regional Environmental Officer, Office of 

Environmental Policy and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 4334–63–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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Control Number 1004–0025] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Mineral Surveys, Mineral 

Patent Applications, Adverse Claims, 

Protests, and Contests 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is 

proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 

24, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

1849 C Street NW, Room 2134LM, 

Washington, DC 20240, Attention: Jean 

Sonneman; or by email to jesonnem@

blm.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1004–0025 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Elaine Guenaga by 

email at eguenaga@blm.gov, or by 

telephone at (202) 912–7345. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the BLM 

provides the general public and other 

Federal agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. We 

are soliciting comments on the proposed 

ICR that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

the collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the BLM; (2) will this 

information be processed and used in a 

timely manner; (3) is the estimate of 

burden accurate; (4) how might the BLM 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(5) how might the BLM minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. 


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