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Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will 

meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held April 

22, 2009 from 9:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: BLM Royal Gorge Field 

Office, 3028 East Main Street, Canon 

City, Colorado 81212. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cass 

Cairns, (719) 269–8553. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management, on a variety of 

planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in the Royal Gorge Field 

Office and San Luis Valley, Colorado. 

Planned agenda topics include: Manager 

updates on current land management 

issues, including 2009 Fire season 

outlook, Rags Over the Arkansas River 

(ROAR) on the Over The River proposed 

project, the Garden Park and Shaws 

Park Travel Management Plan 

Environmental Assessment alternatives, 

overview of Statewide RAC meeting 

held in February, and Charter renewal. 

All meetings are open to the public. 

The public is encouraged to make oral 

comments to the Council at 9:30 a.m. or 

written statements may be submitted for 

the Council’s consideration. Depending 

on the number of persons wishing to 

comment and time available, the time 

for individual oral comments may be 

limited. Summary minutes for the 

Council Meeting will be maintained in 

the Royal Gorge Field Office and will be 

available for public inspection and 

reproduction during regular business 

hours within thirty (30) days following 

the meeting. Meeting minutes and 

agenda (10 days prior to each meeting) 

are also available at: http:// 

www.blm.gov/rac/co/frrac/co_fr.htm . 

Dated: March 23, 2009. 

Roy L. Masinton, 

Field Manager, Royal Gorge Field Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–6983 Filed 3–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Scientific Committee (SC); 

Announcement of Plenary Session 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The OCS Scientific 

Committee will meet at the Sheraton 

Anchorage Hotel in Anchorage, AK. 

DATES: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, from 

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, April 30, 

2009, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and 

Friday, May 1, 2009, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Sheraton Anchorage Hotel, 

401 E. 6th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 

99501, telephone (907) 276–8700. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of the agenda may be requested 

from MMS by calling Ms. Carolyn 

Beamer at (703) 787–1211. Other 

inquiries concerning the OCS SC 

meeting should be addressed to Dr. 

James Kendall, Executive Secretary to 

the OCS SC, Minerals Management 

Service, 381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 

4043, Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817 or 

by calling (703) 787–1656. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCS 

SC will provide advice on the 

feasibility, appropriateness, and 

scientific value of the OCS 

Environmental Studies Program to the 

Secretary of the Interior through the 

Director of the MMS. The SC will 

review the relevance of the research and 

data being produced to meet MMS 

scientific information needs for decision 

making and may recommend changes in 

scope, direction, and emphasis. 

The Committee will meet in plenary 

session on Wednesday, April 29. The 

Deputy Associate Director will address 

the Committee on the general status of 

the MMS and its activities. There will 

be an update on OCS activities in the 

Alaska OCS Region and Regional 

Supervisors for Environment and 

Leasing from each region will present an 

overview of the Environmental Studies 

Program and current issues. 

On Thursday, April 30, the 

Committee will meet in discipline 

breakout groups (i.e., biology/ecology, 

physical sciences, and social sciences) 

to review the specific research plans of 

the MMS regional offices for Fiscal 

Years 2010 and 2011. 

On Friday, May 1, the Committee will 

meet in plenary session for reports of 

the individual discipline breakout 

sessions of the previous day and to 

continue with Committee business. 

The meetings are open to the public. 

Approximately 30 visitors can be 

accommodated on a first-come-firstserved basis at the plenary session. 

Authority: Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, Public Law 92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 

I, and the Office of Management and Budget’s 

Circular A–63, Revised. 

Date: March 24, 2009. 

Chris C. Oynes, 

Associate Director for Offshore Energy and 

Minerals Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–7060 Filed 3–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Outer Continental Shelf Civil Penalties 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice summarizing Outer 

Continental Shelf Civil Penalties paid 

from January 1, 2008, through December 

31, 2008. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides a listing 

of civil penalties paid from January 1, 

2008, through December 31, 2008, for 

violations of the Outer Continental Shelf 

Lands Act. The goal of the MMS Outer 

Continental Shelf Civil Penalties 

Program is to assure safe and clean oil, 

gas, sulphur, or other minerals 

operations on the Outer Continental 

Shelf. Through the pursuit, assessment, 

and collection of civil penalties and 

referrals for the consideration of 

criminal penalties, the program is 

designed to encourage compliance with 

applicable statutes and regulations. The 

purpose of publishing the penalties 

summary is to provide information to 

the public on violations of the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lands Act and to 

provide an additional incentive for safe 

and environmentally sound operations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanne McCammon, Program 

Coordinator, at 703–787–1292. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Oil 

Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) 

strengthened section 24 of the Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act 

Amendments of 1978. Section 8201 of 

OPA 90 increased the amount of the 

civil penalty from a maximum of 

$10,000 to a maximum of $20,000 per 

violation for each day of 

noncompliance. More importantly, OPA 

90 provided the Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary) with the authority to assess 

a civil penalty without first providing a 

period of time for corrective action in 

cases where a failure to comply with 

applicable regulations constitutes or 

constituted a threat of serious, 

irreparable, or immediate harm or 

damage to life (including fish and other 

aquatic life); property; any mineral 

deposit; or the marine, coastal, or 

human environment. 

The provisions of OPA 90 also require 

the Secretary to adjust the maximum 

civil penalty to reflect any increases in 

the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Every 

3 years, MMS analyzes the maximum 

civil penalty amount in conjunction 

with the CPI prepared by the U.S. 

Department of Labor. If an adjustment is 

necessary, MMS informs the public 

through the Federal Register of the new 


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