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[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 194 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 59465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25647]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Policy Committee of the Minerals 
Management Advisory Board; Notice and Agenda for Meeting

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

SUMMARY: The OCS Policy Committee of the Minerals Management Advisory 
Board will meet at the Holiday Inn Fair Oaks Hotel in Fairfax, 
Virginia, on October 25-26, 2000.
    The agenda will cover the following principal subjects;
    Congressional Update. This presentation will focus on the status of 
timely congressional issues related to the OCS Program.
    Natural Gas Supply Situation. This presentation will address the 
natural gas supply situation from the United States' perspective; 
Canada's ability to supply natural gas to the U.S. in the future; and, 
the industry's supply challenge and the transportation and distribution 
of natural gas, including the possibility of a natural gas pipeline 
from Alaska.
    EPA Initiatives. This presentation will address marine protected 
waters, Section 403 of the Clean Water Act, and study results of 
synthetically based drilling muds.
    Ocean Issues. This panel presentation will address implementation 
of the Ocean Act, the Ocean Exploration Panel, and the Ocean Task 
Force.
    MMS Environmental Initiatives. This panel presentation will address 
the Deep Spill project, biotechnology (bioprospecting), recent sperm 
whale cruise results in the Gulf, and acoustic impacts on marine 
mammals.
    Conservation and Reinvestment Act. This presentation will provide 
an update on the status of the Conservation and Reinvestment Act and 
any other pertinent information related to this issue.
    Onshore Impacts of Increasing Offshore Activity. This presentation 
will address infrastructure, social and political impacts, and wetlands 
loss.
    Hard Minerals Update. This presentation will provide an update on 
subcommittee activities and other pertinent hard minerals information.
    MMS Regional Updates. The Regional Directors will highlight 
activities in the Gulf of Mexico and off the California and Alaska 
coasts.
    The meeting is open to the public. Upon request, interested parties 
may make oral or written presentation to the OCS Policy Committee. Such 
requests should be made no later than October 13, 2000, to the Minerals 
Management Service, 381 Elden Street, MS-4001, Herndon, Virginia, 
20170, Attention: Jeryne Bryant.
    Requests to make oral statements should be accompanied by a summary 
of the statement to be made. For more information, call Jeryne Bryant 
at (703) 787-1211.
    Minutes of the OCS Policy Committee meeting will be available for 
public inspection and copying at the MMS in Herndon, Virginia.

DATES: Wednesday, October 25 and Thursday, October 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn Fair Oaks Hotel, 11787 Lee Jackson Memorial 
Highway, Fairfax, Virginia 22033, (703) 352-2525.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeryne Bryant at the address and phone 
number listed above.

    Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, 5 
U.S.C. Appendix 1, and the Office of Management and Budget's 
Circular No. A-63, Revised.

    Dated: September 29, 2000.
Carolita U. Kallaur,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 00-25647 Filed 10-4-00; 8:45 am]
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