41988 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 147 / Wednesday, August 4, 2021 / Notices 

initial registration, visit the USCIS TPS 

web page at uscis.gov/tps.’’ 

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

[XXXD5198NI DS61100000 

DNINR0000.000000 DX61104] 

Notice To Reopen the Exxon Valdez Oil 

Spill Public Advisory Committee Call 

for Nominations 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice to reopen a call for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: A request for nominations 

was published by the Department of the 

Interior in the Federal Register on April 

29, 2021, for specific positions on the 

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory 

Committee (Committee). This 

Committee advises the Exxon Valdez 

Oil Spill Trustee Council (Trustee 

Council) on decisions related to the 

planning, evaluation, funds allocation, 

and conduct of injury assessment and 

restoration activities related to the T/V 

Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989. 

DATES: The nomination period for the 

notice published on April 29, 2021, at 

86 FR 22703, is reopened. Nominations 

for the vacant positions are due 

September 3, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: A complete nomination 

package should be submitted by hard 

copy or via email to Shiway Wang, 

Acting Executive Director, Exxon 

Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, 4230 

University Drive, Suite 220, Anchorage, 

Alaska, 99508–4650, or at 

shiway.wang@alaska.gov. Also please 

copy Linda Kilbourne, Administrative 

Manager, on any email correspondence 

at linda.kilbourne@alaska.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Philip Johnson, Department of the 

Interior, Office of Environmental Policy 

and Compliance, telephone number: 

(907) 786–3914; email: philip_johnson@

ios.doi.gov. 

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 

tourism, conservation/environmental, 

recreation, subsistence use, commercial 

fishing, native landownership, sport 

hunting/fishing, science/technology, 

and public-at-large. 

We are soliciting nominations for 

seven positions that represent 

aquaculture/mariculture, commercial 

fishing, commercial tourism, recreation, 

Native landownership, subsistence, and 

public-at-large interests. The Committee 

members will be selected and appointed 

by the Secretary of the Interior to serve 

a two-year term. 

Nominations for membership may be 

submitted by any source. Nominations 

should include a re ́sume ́ providing an 

adequate description of the nominee’s 

qualifications, including information 

that would enable the Department of the 

Interior to make an informed decision 

regarding meeting the membership 

requirements of the Committee and 

permit the Department of the Interior to 

contact a potential member. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. appendix 2. 

Philip Johnson, 

Regional Environmental Officer, Office of 

Environmental Policy and Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

[XXXD5198NI DS61100000 

DNINR0000.000000 DX61104] 

Notice of Teleconference Meeting of 

the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

Department of the Interior, Office of the 

Secretary, is announcing that the Exxon 

Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee 

Council’s Public Advisory Committee 

(PAC) will meet by video teleconference 

as noted below. 

DATES: The virtual meeting will be held 

on September 28–29, 2021, beginning at 

9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. 

Alaska Time (AKT) for both days. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be virtual 

only using the Zoom meeting platform. 

To view a tutorial on how to join a 

Zoom meeting, please go to https://

support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/ 

201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-. 

The video feature will be turned off for 

all attendees except for the EVOS PAC, 

Trustee Council staff, presenters, and 

speakers during public comment to 

limit bandwidth use and maximize 

connectivity during the meeting. Please 

remain muted until you are called upon 

to speak. 

Connect to meeting using Zoom link 

(video and audio): 

https://zoom.us/j/93034091186?pwd=

MWNsVFdBNllveWhqSS8

xUFhwTTdGQT09 

Meeting ID: 930 3409 1186 

Passcode: 672577 

Follow the prompts; you will be asked 

if you would like to join audio with 

internet (your device microphone/ 

speaker) or use a telephone (follow the 

prompts accordingly). 

Connect to the meeting via telephone 

(audio only, no video): 

Dial any of the following numbers: 

(253) 215–8782 

(669) 900–6833 

(346) 248–7799 

(312) 626–6799 

(929) 205–6099 

(301) 715–8592 

Enter the Meeting ID 930 3409 1186#; 

there is no participant code, and use *6 

to mute. 

Please check the EVOS Trustee 

Council website for updates regarding 

the virtual meeting at 

www.evostc.state.ak.us/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Philip Johnson, Department of the 

Interior, Office of Environmental Policy 

and Compliance, telephone number: 

(907) 786–3914; email: philip_johnson@

ios.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EVOS 

PAC 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 


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America v. State of Alaska, Civil Action 

No. A91–081 CV. 

The EVOS PAC meeting agenda will 

include the FY22 Work Plan. An 

opportunity for public comments will 

be provided. The final agenda and 

materials for the meeting will be posted 

on the EVOS Trustee Council website at 

www.evostc.state.ak.us. All EVOS PAC 

meetings are open to the public. 

Public Input 

Interested persons may choose to 

make oral comments at the meeting 

during the designated time. Depending 

on the number of people wishing to 

comment and the time available, the 

amount of time for oral comments may 

be limited. Interested parties should 

contact the Designated Federal Officer 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) 

for advance placement on the public 

speaker list for this meeting. 

Submitting Written Information or 

Questions 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant information or 

questions for the Committee to consider 

during the public meeting. Written 

statements must be received by 

September 22, 2021, so that the 

information may be made available to 

the Committee for their consideration 

prior to this meeting. Written statements 

must be supplied to the Designated 

Federal Officer via email at philip_

johnson@ios.doi.gov. 

Public Disclosure of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comments, please be aware that your 

entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. appendix 2. 

Philip Johnson, 

Regional Environmental Officer, Office of 

Environmental Policy and Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[21X.LLAK930100.L16100000.PN0000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Coastal Plain Oil and 

Gas Leasing Program, Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 

Secretary’s Order 3401, Comprehensive 

Analysis and Temporary Halt on all 

Activities in the Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge Relating to the Coastal Plain Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Alaska State 

Office, Anchorage, Alaska, intends to 

prepare a Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) to the September 

2019 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program EIS. The Supplemental EIS will 

provide a comprehensive analysis of the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

Program, including by addressing the 

deficiencies identified in Secretary’s 

Order 3401. 

DATES: This Notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the Supplemental 

EIS. Comments on issues, impacts, and 

potential new alternatives to be 

analyzed may be submitted in writing 

until October 4, 2021. The BLM will 

announce on its website any additional 

venues for commenting during scoping. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Website: https://eplanning.blm.gov/ 

eplanning-ui/project/102555/510. 

• Mail: BLM, Alaska State Office, 

Attention—Coastal Plain Supplemental 

EIS, 222 West 7th Avenue, #13, 

Anchorage, AK 99513–7599. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Serena Sweet, Project Lead, via email at 

blm_ak_coastalplain_supplementalEIS@

blm.gov, or via telephone at 907–271– 

5960; or by mail at Bureau of Land 

Management, 222 West 7th Avenue, 

#13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–7599. 

You may also request to be added to the 

mailing list for the Supplemental EIS. 

Additional background information and 

supporting documents may be found at 

the https://eplanning.blm.gov/ 

eplanning-ui/project/102555/510. 

Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. FRS is available 

24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave 

a message or question with the above 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The area 

comprising the Coastal Plain includes 

approximately 1.6 million acres within 

the approximately 19.3 million-acre 

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In 

September 2019 and in connection with 

Public Law 115–97, Dec. 22, 2017, the 

BLM completed the Coastal Plain Oil 

and Gas Leasing Final EIS. The BLM 

then issued a Record of Decision (ROD) 

for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program on August 8, 2020 (85 

FR 51754). The ROD approved a 

program to implement Section 20001 of 

Public Law 115–97, which directed the 

BLM to manage the oil and gas leasing 

program on the Coastal Plain in a 

manner similar to lease sales under the 

Naval Petroleum Reserves Production 

Act of 1976 (including regulations). 

On June 1, 2021, the Secretary of the 

Interior issued Secretary’s Order 3401, 

Section 4 of which directed ‘‘a 

temporary halt on all Department 

activities related to the [Leasing] 

Program in the Arctic Refuge’’ pending 

‘‘a new, comprehensive analysis of the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

Program’’ to ‘‘address . . . identified 

legal deficiencies.’’ 

The purpose of this public scoping 

process is to determine the scope of 

issues to be addressed and to identify 

the significant issues, including any 

legal deficiencies in the Final EIS, 

related to an oil and gas leasing program 

within the Coastal Plain. Information 

received during this process will 

influence the development of the 

Supplemental EIS and guide the scope 

of the environmental analysis. The BLM 

will work collaboratively with 

interested parties to identify the 

management decisions best suited to 

local, regional, and national needs and 

concerns. 

The purpose and need of the 

Supplemental EIS is bound by statute 

and remains the same as for the 

September 2019 Final EIS, i.e., to 

implement Section 20001 of Public Law 

115–97. Potential new alternatives to be 

considered in the Supplemental EIS 

include, but are not limited to, those 

that would: Designate certain areas of 

the Coastal Plain as open or closed to 

leasing; permit less than 2,000 acres of 

surface development throughout the 

Coastal Plain; prohibit surface 

infrastructure in sensitive areas; and 

otherwise avoid or mitigate impacts 

from oil and gas activities. 

The Supplemental EIS will evaluate 

impacts to various surface resources 

including, but not limited to, caribou, 

polar bears, birds, vegetation, and 


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