62488 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 213 / Monday, November 5, 2007 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice of Minor Amendments to 

the Charter and Call for Nominations. 

SUMMARY: This notice is published in 

accordance with section 9(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, Public Law 92–463. Notice is 

hereby given that the Charter for the 

Science Technical Advisory Panel for 

the North Slope Science Initiative is 

amended to reflect the implementing 

legislative language in section 348(d), 

Energy Policy Act of 2005, establishing 

the Science Technical Advisory Panel. 

This amendment is a minor technical 

change in accordance with 41 CFR 102–

3.80(1). The North Slope Science 

Initiative is also seeking nominations for 

five, three-year appointments to the 

North Slope Science Technical 

Advisory Panel. Any individual or 

organization may nominate one or more 

persons to serve on the Science 

Technical Advisory Panel. Individuals 

may nominate themselves for Science 

Technical Advisory Panel membership. 

The purpose of the Science Technical 

Advisory Panel is to provide advice on 

proposed inventory, monitoring and 

research functions related to the North 

Slope Science Initiative. 

DATES: Submit nomination packets for 

positions to the address listed below no 

later than 30 days after date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Payne, Executive Director, North Slope 

Science Initiative, Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513; phone (907) 271–3431, or 

e-mail: John_payne@ak.blm.gov. 

Additional information and nomination 

forms may also be obtained on the North 

Slope Science Initiative Web site: http:// 

www.northslope.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The duties 

of the Science Technical Advisory Panel 

are solely advisory to the North Slope 

Science Initiative Oversight Group, 

which will give direction to the Science 

Technical Advisory Panel regarding 

priorities for decisions needed for the 

Department of the Interior’s 

management. Duties could include the 

following: 

a. Advise the Oversight Group on 

science planning and relevant research 

and monitoring projects; 

b. Advise the Oversight Group on 

scientific information relevant to the 

Oversight Group’s mission; 

c. Review selected reports to advise 

the Oversight Group on their content 

and relevance; 

d. Review ongoing scientific programs 

of North Slope Science member 

organizations on the North Slope at the 

request of the member organizations to 

promote compatibility in methodologies 

and complication of data; 

e. Advise the Oversight Group on how 

to ensure that scientific products 

generated through the North Slope 

Science Initiative activities are of the 

highest technical quality; 

f. Periodically review the North Slope 

Science Plan and provide 

recommendations for changes to the 

Oversight Group; 

g. Provide recommendations for 

proposed North Slope Science Initiative 

funded inventory, monitoring and 

research activities to the Oversight 

Group; 

h. Provide other scientific advice as 

requested by the Oversight Group; and, 

i. Coordinate with groups and 

committees appointed or requested by 

the Oversight Group to provide science 

advice, as needed. 

Any individual or organization may 

nominate one or more persons to serve 

on the Science Technical Advisory 

Panel. Individuals may nominate 

themselves for Science Technical 

Advisory Panel membership. You may 

obtain nomination forms from John 

Payne, Executive Director, North Slope 

Science Initiative, Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513, or at http:// 

www.northslope.org. To make a 

nomination, you must submit a 

completed nomination form, letters of 

reference from the represented interests 

or organizations, as well as any other 

information that speaks to the 

nominee’s qualifications, to the 

Executive Director, North Slope Science 

Initiative. The Science Technical 

Advisory Panel is currently made up of 

15 scientists and technical experts from 

diverse professions and interests that 

are serving rotating appointments 

ranging from 1 to 3 years. New 

appointments will be made for three 

years. This call for nominations is for 

five appointments to fill vacancies for 

those expiring appointments. Current 

appointees may be re-nominated. 

Nominations may be from scientists and 

technical experts from diverse 

professions and interests, including the 

oil and gas industry, subsistence users, 

Native Alaska entities, conservations 

organizations, wildlife management 

organizations, and academia, as 

determined by the Secretary. The 

specific scientific or technical expertise 

the nominee would like to represent 

should be identified in the letter of 

nomination and in the nomination form. 

The Executive Director will collect the 

nomination forms and letters of 

reference and distribute them to the 

members of the North Slope Science 

Initiative Oversight Group. The 

Executive Director will then forward 

recommended nominations to the 

Secretary, who has the responsibility for 

making the appointments. 

Appointees will serve with monetary 

compensation, but may be reimbursed 

for travel and per diem expenses at 

current rates for Federal Government 

employees. The appointment term will 

be for three years. 

Dated: October 31, 2007. 

Thomas P. Lonnie, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. E7–21680 Filed 11–2–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[UT050–1610–012J] 

Correction to Notice of Availability of 

the Draft Resource Management Plan 

(DRMP) and Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the 

Richfield Field Office in Garfield, Piute, 

Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne Counties, 

UT (Federal Register: October 26, 2007, 

Volume 72, Number 207, Page 60879–

60881) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Correction. 

SUMMARY: The following corrections are 

made: Comments should be sent to the 

Richfield Field Office. Comments and 

information submitted on the Richfield 

Field Office DRMP/DEIS, including 

names, e-mail addresses, and street 

addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review and 

disclosure at the Richfield Field Office 

address listed below. Or, you may 

contact Cornell Christensen, RMP 

Project Manager, Richfield BLM Field 

Office, 150 East 900 North, Richfield, 

Utah 84701, phone 435–896–1561. 

All other information within the 

Notice of Availability (10/26/07) 

remains unchanged. 

Dated: October 30, 2007. 

Kent Hoffman, 

Acting Utah State Director. 

[FR Doc. 07–5470 Filed 11–02–07; 8:45 am] 

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