[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 41988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16571]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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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.

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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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90e3f8f9e7f1e9bee7f1fef7d0f1fcf1e3fbf1bef7ffe6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b0813120c1a02550c1a151c3b1a171a08101a551c140d">[email protected]</span></a>. Also 
please copy Linda Kilbourne, Administrative Manager, on any email 
correspondence at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cca0a5a2a8ade2a7a5a0aea3b9bea2a98cada0adbfa7ade2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="264a4f484247084d4f4a44495354484366474a47554d4708414950">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Philip Johnson, Department of the 
Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, telephone 
number: (907) 786-3914; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#15657d7c797c654a7f7a7d7b667a7b557c7a663b717a7c3b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e19189888d8891be8b8e898f928e8fa1888e92cf858e88cf868e97">[email protected]</span></a>.

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 r[eacute]sum[eacute] 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.
[FR Doc. 2021-16571 Filed 8-3-21; 8:45 am]
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