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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 3245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00557]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

[4820000549]

Notice of Call for Nominations for the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 
Public Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Call for nominations notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior is soliciting nominations for 
the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee (Committee). This 
Committee advises the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council on 
decisions related to the planning, evaluation, allocation of funds, and 
conduct of injury assessment and restoration activities related to the 
T/V Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989.

DATES: All nominations must be received by April 14, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send nomination packages by hard copy or via email to Shiway 
Wang, Executive Director, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, 4230 
University Drive, Suite 220, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508-4650, or at 
[email protected]. Also please copy Joy Maglaqui, Executive 
Assistant, on any email correspondence at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grace Cochon, Department of the 
Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, telephone 
number: (907) 227-3781; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was created pursuant to 
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 Committee advises 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 Committee consists of 10 members to reflect balanced 
representation from each of the following principal interests: 
aquaculture/mariculture, commercial fishing, commercial tourism, 
conservation/environmental, Native landownership, recreation, 
subsistence use, science/technology, sport hunting/fishing, and public-
at-large.
    We are soliciting nominations for four positions that represent 
commercial fishing, subsistence use, recreation, and public-at-large 
interests. The Committee members will be selected and appointed by the 
Secretary of the Interior to serve a four-year term.
    Nomination Process: Nominations for membership may be submitted by 
any source. Nominations should include a r[eacute]sum[eacute] providing 
an adequate description of the nominee's qualifications, including 
information that would enable the Department of the Interior to 
evaluate the nominee's ability to meet Committee membership 
requirements and to contact a potential member.
    Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10.

Lisa M. Fox,
Regional Environmental Officer, Office of Environmental Policy and 
Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-00557 Filed 1-13-25; 8:45 am]
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