[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29922]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-023-00-1310-MQ-029L-241A]


Establishment of the National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska Research 
and Monitoring Advisory Team

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Establishment of the National Petroleum Reserve--
Alaska Research and Monitoring Advisory Team

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SUMMARY: This notice is published in accordance with section 9(a) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-463). Following 
consultation with the General Services Administration, notice is hereby 
given that the Secretary of the Interior has established the National 
Petroleum Reserve--Alaska Research and Monitoring Advisory Team. The 
purpose of the Team will be to advise and assist the Manager of the 
Bureau of Land Management's Northern Field Office on issues pertaining 
to the adequacy and appropriateness of mitigative stipulations 
established in the Northeast National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska 
Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Record of 
Decision of 1998.
    The Team will be comprised of 11 members from the Bureau of Land 
Management; Minerals Management Service; Department of Energy, Office 
of Fossil Energy; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; U.S. Geological 
Survey--Biological Resources Division; Alaska Department of Fish and 
Game; North Slope Borough, Department of Wildlife Management; oil and 
gas, or related, industry; nationally or regionally recognized 
environmental or resource conservation organization; academicians 
employed in natural resource management or the natural sciences; and 
the public at large.
    The duties of the Team will include identification of research and 
monitoring needs; recommendations on priorities for these needs; 
recommendations on standards and guidance as to what constitutes 
acceptable, valid studies; review of proposals for studies or actions 
to meet identified needs; review and evaluation of results and 
interpretations of ongoing and recently completed studies; synthesis of 
information gained; review of the BLM's mitigation plan for 
effectiveness and appropriateness; recommendations to the BLM on 
mitigation plan improvement; and evaluation of the adequacy of 
compliance with stipulations, determination of the reasons for observed 
inadequacies, and recommendations for change to the BLM.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. David A. Yokel, Bureau of Land 
Management, Northern Field Office, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, 
Alaska 99709, (907) 474-2314.
    Certification Statement: I hereby certify that the National 
Petroleum Reserve--Alaska Research and Monitoring Advisory Team is in 
the public interest in connection with the Secretary of the Interior's 
responsibilities to manage the National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska, 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

    Dated: November 6, 2000.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-29922 Filed 11-21-00; 8:45 am]
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