[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 237 (Friday, December 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 77037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31288]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive (NSLRSDA) 
Advisory Committee; Notice of Reestablishment

    This notice is published in accordance with section 9 (a) (2) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463), 5 U.S.C. App. 
(1988). Following consultation with the General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the 
Interior is reestablishing the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing 
Data Archive (NSLRSDA) Advisory Committee. NSLRSDA was established by 
Congress in the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-
555), 15 U.S.C. 5601.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the U.S. Geological 
Survey (USGS), Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center 
(EDC) on guidelines or rules relating to NSLRSDA archival data deposit, 
maintenance, and preservation as well as access management policies and 
procedures. The Committee will be responsible for providing advice and 
consultation on a broad range of technical and policy topics in guiding 
development of NSLRSDA.
    In order for the Secretary to be advised by a broad spectrum of 
remote sensing data users and producers, committee membership will be 
composed of 15 members, as follows: two from academia, with one being a 
laboratory researcher-data user and one a classroom educator; four from 
government, with one being a Federal data user, one a State data user, 
one a local data user, and one a science archivist; four from industry, 
with one being a data management technologist, one a licensed data 
provider, one a value-added or other data provider, and one an end 
user; five others, with one being a nonaffiliated individual, one 
representing a nongovernmental organization, one an international 
representative, and two at-large, from any data user or producer 
sector. Expertise in information science, natural science, social 
science, and policy/law must be represented within the sectors listed 
above.
    The Committee will function solely as an advisory body, and in 
compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
The Charter will be filed under the Act, 15 days from the date of 
publication of this notice.
    Further information regarding the NSLRSDA Advisory Committee may be 
obtained from the Director, USGS, Department of the Interior, 12201 
Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192. Certification of 
reestablishment is published below.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the restablishment of the National Satellite 
Land Remote Sensing Data Archive Advisory Committee is necessary and in 
the public interest in connection with the performance of duties by the 
Department of Interior mandated pursuant to the Land Remote Sensing 
Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-555), 15 U.S.C. 5601.

    Dated: November 16, 2000.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
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