27162 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 108 / Monday, June 8, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior, Office of the Secretary is 

announcing a public meeting of the 

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory 

Committee. 

DATES: June 25, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 

Trustee Council Office, 441 West 5th 

Avenue, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas Mutter, Department of the 

Interior, Office of Environmental Policy 

and Compliance, 1689 ‘‘C’’ Street, Suite 

119, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, (907) 

271–5011. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Public Advisory Committee was created 

by 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 meeting agenda will include a 

review of the draft fiscal year 2010 work 

plan and budget. 

Willie R. Taylor, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. E9–13174 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Request for Nominations for the 

Invasive Species Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

National Invasive Species Council. 

ACTION: Request for Nominations for the 

Invasive Species Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, on behalf of the 

interdepartmental National Invasive 

Species Council, proposes to appoint 

new members to the Invasive Species 

Advisory Committee (ISAC). The 

Secretary of the Interior, acting as 

administrative lead, is requesting 

nominations for qualified persons to 

serve as members of the ISAC. 

DATES: Nominations must be 

postmarked by July 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to Dr. Christopher Dionigi, Acting 

Executive Director, National Invasive 

Species Council (OS/NISC), Regular 

Mail: 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20240; Express Mail: 1201 Eye 

Street, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 

20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelsey Brantley, Program Analyst and 

ISAC Coordinator, at (202) 513–7243, 

fax: (202) 371–1751, or by e-mail at 

Kelsey_Brantley@ios.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Advisory Committee Scope and 

Objectives 

The purpose and role of the ISAC are 

to provide advice to the National 

Invasive Species Council (NISC), as 

authorized by Executive Order 13112, 

on a broad array of issues including 

preventing the introduction of invasive 

species, providing for their control, and 

minimizing the economic, ecological, 

and human health impacts that invasive 

species cause. NISC is Co-chaired by the 

Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, 

and Commerce, and is charged with 

providing coordination, planning and 

leadership regarding invasive species 

issues. Pursuant to the Executive Order, 

NISC developed a 2008–2012 National 

Invasive Species Management Plan 

(Plan), which is available on the Web at 

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/ 

council/nmp.shtml. NISC is responsible 

for effective implementation of the Plan 

including any revisions of the Plan, and 

also coordinates Federal agency 

activities concerning invasive species; 

encourages planning and action at local, 

tribal, State, regional and ecosystembased levels; develops 

recommendations for international 

cooperation in addressing invasive 

species; facilitates the development of a 

coordinated network to document, 

evaluate, and monitor impacts from 

invasive species; and facilitates 

establishment of an information-sharing 

system on invasive species that utilizes, 

to the greatest extent practicable, the 

Internet. 

The role of ISAC is to maintain an 

intensive and regular dialogue regarding 

the aforementioned issues. ISAC 

provides advice in cooperation with 

stakeholders and existing organizations 

addressing invasive species. The ISAC 

meets up to three (3) times per year. 

Terms for five of the current members 

of the ISAC will expire in October 2009. 

After consultation with the other 

members of NISC, the Secretary of the 

Interior will actively solicit new 

nominees and appoint members to 

ISAC. Prospective members of ISAC 

should be knowledgeable in and 

represent one or more of the following 

communities of interests: Weed science, 

fisheries science, rangeland 

management, forest science, 

entomology, nematology, plant 

pathology, veterinary medicine, the 

broad range of farming or agricultural 

practices, biodiversity issues, applicable 

laws and regulations relevant to 

invasive species policy, risk assessment, 

biological control of invasive species, 

public health/epidemiology, industry 

activities, international affairs or trade, 

tribal or State government interests, 

environmental education, ecosystem 

monitoring, natural resource database 

design and integration, and Internetbased management of conservation 

issues. 

Prospective nominees should also 

have practical experience in one or 

more of the following areas: 

Representing sectors of the national 

economy that are significantly 

threatened by biological invasions (e.g., 

agriculture, fisheries, public utilities, 

recreational users, tourism, etc.); 

representing sectors of the national 

economy whose routine operations may 

pose risks of new or expanded 

biological invasions (e.g., shipping, 

forestry, horticulture, aquaculture, pet 

trade, etc.); developing natural resource 

management plans on regional or 

ecosystem-level scales; addressing 

invasive species issues, including 

prevention, control and monitoring, in 

multiple ecosystems and on multiple 

scales; integrating science and the 

human dimension in order to create 

effective solutions to complex 

conservation issues including 

education, outreach, and public 

relations experts; coordinating diverse 

groups of stakeholders to resolve 

complex environmental issues and 

conflicts; and complying with NEPA 

and other Federal requirements for 

public involvement in major 

conservation plans. Members will be 

selected in order to achieve a balanced 

representation of viewpoints, so to 

effectively address invasive species 

issues under consideration. No member 

may serve on the ISAC for more than 

two (2) consecutive terms. All terms 

will be limited to three (3) years in 

length. 

Members of the ISAC and its 

subcommittees serve without pay. 

However, while away from their homes 

or regular places of business in the 

performance of services of the ISAC, 

members shall be allowed travel 

expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

subsistence, in the same manner as 

persons employed intermittently in the 

government service, as authorized by 


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