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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Call for Nominations: North Slope
Science Initiative, Science Technical
Advisory Panel, Alaska
Bureau of Land Management,
Alaska State Office, North Slope Science
Initiative, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a call
for nominations to serve on the North
Slope Science Initiative, Science
Technical Advisory Panel, in
accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) of 1972, as amended.
DATES: All nominations and required
attachments must be received no later
than 30 days after the publication of this
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
F. Payne, Executive Director, North
Slope Science Initiative, AK–910, c/o
Bureau of Land Management, 222 W.
Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK
99513, 907–271–3431 or email
jpayne.blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
legislative purpose of the North Slope
Science Initiative, Science Technical
Advisory Panel is to advise the North
Slope Science Initiative Oversight
Group on issues such as identifying and
prioritizing inventory, monitoring and
research needs, and providing other
scientific information as requested by
the Oversight Group (Section 348,
Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109–
58). The Oversight Group membership
includes the Alaska Regional Directors
of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
National Park Service, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management and National
Marine Fisheries Service; the Bureau of
Land Management Alaska State
Director; the Commissioners of the
Alaska Departments of Natural
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Resources and Fish and Game; the
Mayor of the North Slope Borough; and
the President of Arctic Slope Regional
Corporation. Advisory members of the
Oversight Group include the Regional
Executive, U.S. Geological Survey;
Deputy Director, U.S. Arctic Research
Commission; Alaska Regional Director,
National Weather Service; and the
Regional Coordinator for the National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration.
The Science Technical Advisory
Panel consists of a representative group
of not more than 15 scientists and
technical experts from diverse
professions and interests, including the
oil and gas industry, subsistence users,
Alaska Native entities, conservation
organizations, wildlife management
organizations, and academia, as
determined by the Secretary of the
Interior. The members are selected from
among, but not limited to, the following
disciplines: North Slope traditional and
local knowledge, landscape ecology,
petroleum engineering, civil
engineering, geology, sociology, cultural
anthropology, economics, ornithology,
oceanography, fisheries, marine biology,
landscape ecology, and climatology.
Duties of the Science Technical
Advisory Panel are solely advisory to
the Oversight Group, which will
provide direction regarding priorities for
decisions needed for the management of
resources on the North Slope of Alaska
and the adjacent marine environment.
Duties could include, but are not
limited to, the following:
a. Advise the Oversight Group on
science planning and relevant
inventory, monitoring and research
projects necessary for management
decisions;
b. Advise the Oversight Group on
scientific information relevant to the
mission of the North Slope Science
Initiative;
c. Review selected reports and advise
the Oversight Group on their content
and relevance;
d. Review ongoing scientific programs
of the North Slope Science Initiative
member organizations at the request of
the membership to promote
compatibility in methodologies and
compilation of duties;
e. Advise the Oversight Group on how
to ensure scientific products generated
through the North Slope Science
Initiative activities are of the highest
technical quality;
f. Provide scientific advice as
requested by the Oversight Group; and,
g. Coordinate with groups,
committees and sub-committees as
requested by the Oversight Group.
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Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1.
Qualifications and Procedures
Required for Nomination
All membership will consist of
individuals having a minimum of 5
years of work experience in the Arctic
in their field of expertise. Individuals
will be selected from among, but not
limited to, those disciplines and entities
described above. Any individual or
organization may nominate one or more
persons, including themselves, to serve
on the Science Technical Advisory
Panel. Six new members will be
appointed for 3-year terms. Current
Science Technical Advisory Panel
appointees may be reappointed for
additional terms at the discretion of the
Secretary of the Interior. Under current
Administration policy, federally
registered lobbyists may not serve on
the panel.
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How To Nominate
Nomination forms may be obtained
from the North Slope Science Initiative
Web site (https://www.northslope.org), or
from the Executive Director, North
Slope Science Initiative (see For Further
Information Contact, above). To make a
nomination, or self-nominate, submit a
completed nomination form with a
minimum of one letter of reference that
describes the nominee’s qualifications
to serve on the Science Technical
Advisory Panel. The professional
discipline the nominee would represent
should be identified in the reference
letter of nomination and in the
nomination form. Nominees may be
scientists and technical experts from
diverse professions and interests,
including, but not limited to, the oil and
gas industry, subsistence users, Alaska
Native entities, conservation
organizations, or academia. Nominees
appointed to serve on the Science
Technical Advisory Panel will serve
only in their professional capacity and
will not serve to represent any group,
agency or entity with whom they may
be affiliated. The Executive Director,
North Slope Science Initiative, will
collect the nomination forms and letters
of reference and distribute them to the
Oversight Group for consideration. The
collective recommendations of the
Oversight Group will be submitted to
the Secretary of the Interior who has the
responsibility for making appointments.
Members of the Science Technical
Advisory Panel will serve without
monetary compensation, but will be
reimbursed for travel, lodging and per
diem expenses to participate in
announced meetings.
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Bud C. Cribley,
State Director.
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National Park Service
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Notice of Availability of a Record of
Decision on the Final General
Management Plan/Environmental
Impact Statement, Effigy Mounds
National Monument, Iowa
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of the
Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final
General Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/
EIS), Effigy Mounds National
Monument (Monument), Iowa.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are
available by request by writing to
Superintendent, Effigy Mounds National
Monument, 151 Highway 76, Harpers
Ferry, Iowa 52146–7519. The document
is also available on the internet at the
NPS Planning, Environment, and Public
Comment Web site at: https://
www.parkplanning.nps.gov/efmo.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent James Nepstad at the
address above, by telephone at 563–
873–3491 or email at
jim_nepstad@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS
has issued a ROD for the Final GMP/
EIS; on May 29, 2013, the Regional
Director for the Midwest Region
approved the ROD. As soon as
practicable, the NPS will begin to
implement the selected alternative,
which was identified as the preferred
alternative (Alternative B) in the EIS.
In the preferred alternative, a large
portion of the Monument would be
zoned as backcountry, a virtual research
center would be created to collect and
share information on mound research
and preservation, and access to the
South Unit of the Monument would be
improved by connecting the Yellow
River bridge and trail to the trails in the
South Unit. This alternative was also
determined to be the environmentally
preferable alternative. The preferred
alternative and two others were
analyzed in the GMP/EIS.
In reaching its decision to select the
preferred alternative, the NPS
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considered the purposes for which the
Monument was established, and other
laws and policies that apply to lands
within the Monument. The NPS also
carefully considered public comments
received during the planning process.
To determine the preferred
alternative, the planning team evaluated
three draft alternatives that had been
reviewed by the public. To minimize
the influence of individual biases and
opinions, the team used an objective
analysis process called ‘‘Choosing by
Advantages.’’ Alternative B best
preserves the outstanding representative
examples of significant phases of
prehistoric Indian moundbuilding
cultures in the American Midwest and
the wildlife and natural values within
the Monument, two of the three
purposes for which the Monument was
established. Alternative B also achieves
this higher level of protection through
the management zoning and more
limited trail development. Finally,
Alternative B provides broader access to
mound research and digitized portions
of the collections through the
development of the virtual research
center, thereby better fulfilling the third
purpose (scientific study and
appreciation) for which the Monument
was established.
Dated: May 24, 2013.
Michael T. Reynolds,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Approval of Record of Decision for
Relocation of Cattle Point Road, San
Juan Island National Historical Park,
San Juan County, Washington
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Record of Decision.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pursuant to § 102(2)(C) of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as amended) and
the regulations promulgated by the
Council on Environmental Quality (40
CFR 1505.2), the Department of the
Interior, National Park Service has
prepared and approved a Record of
Decision for the Final Environmental
Impact Statement for the relocation of
the Cattle Point Road at San Juan Island
National Historical Park. The requisite
no-action ‘‘wait period’’ was initiated on
October 5, 2012, with the
Environmental Protection Agency’s
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Call for Nominations: North Slope Science Initiative, Science
Technical Advisory Panel, Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, North Slope
Science Initiative, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a call for nominations to serve on the
North Slope Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel, in
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) of 1972, as amended.
DATES: All nominations and required attachments must be received no
later than 30 days after the publication of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John F. Payne, Executive Director,
North Slope Science Initiative, AK-910, c/o Bureau of Land Management,
222 W. Seventh Avenue, 13, Anchorage, AK 99513, 907-271-3431
or email jpayne.blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The legislative purpose of the North Slope
Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel is to advise the
North Slope Science Initiative Oversight Group on issues such as
identifying and prioritizing inventory, monitoring and research needs,
and providing other scientific information as requested by the
Oversight Group (Section 348, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109-
58). The Oversight Group membership includes the Alaska Regional
Directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service,
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and National Marine Fisheries
Service; the Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Director; the
Commissioners of the Alaska Departments of Natural Resources and Fish
and Game; the Mayor of the North Slope Borough; and the President of
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. Advisory members of the Oversight
Group include the Regional Executive, U.S. Geological Survey; Deputy
Director, U.S. Arctic Research Commission; Alaska Regional Director,
National Weather Service; and the Regional Coordinator for the National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
The Science Technical Advisory Panel consists of a representative
group of not more than 15 scientists and technical experts from diverse
professions and interests, including the oil and gas industry,
subsistence users, Alaska Native entities, conservation organizations,
wildlife management organizations, and academia, as determined by the
Secretary of the Interior. The members are selected from among, but not
limited to, the following disciplines: North Slope traditional and
local knowledge, landscape ecology, petroleum engineering, civil
engineering, geology, sociology, cultural anthropology, economics,
ornithology, oceanography, fisheries, marine biology, landscape
ecology, and climatology.
Duties of the Science Technical Advisory Panel are solely advisory
to the Oversight Group, which will provide direction regarding
priorities for decisions needed for the management of resources on the
North Slope of Alaska and the adjacent marine environment. Duties could
include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. Advise the Oversight Group on science planning and relevant
inventory, monitoring and research projects necessary for management
decisions;
b. Advise the Oversight Group on scientific information relevant to
the mission of the North Slope Science Initiative;
c. Review selected reports and advise the Oversight Group on their
content and relevance;
d. Review ongoing scientific programs of the North Slope Science
Initiative member organizations at the request of the membership to
promote compatibility in methodologies and compilation of duties;
e. Advise the Oversight Group on how to ensure scientific products
generated through the North Slope Science Initiative activities are of
the highest technical quality;
f. Provide scientific advice as requested by the Oversight Group;
and,
g. Coordinate with groups, committees and sub-committees as
requested by the Oversight Group.
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Qualifications and Procedures Required for Nomination
All membership will consist of individuals having a minimum of 5
years of work experience in the Arctic in their field of expertise.
Individuals will be selected from among, but not limited to, those
disciplines and entities described above. Any individual or
organization may nominate one or more persons, including themselves, to
serve on the Science Technical Advisory Panel. Six new members will be
appointed for 3-year terms. Current Science Technical Advisory Panel
appointees may be reappointed for additional terms at the discretion of
the Secretary of the Interior. Under current Administration policy,
federally registered lobbyists may not serve on the panel.
How To Nominate
Nomination forms may be obtained from the North Slope Science
Initiative Web site (https://www.northslope.org), or from the Executive
Director, North Slope Science Initiative (see For Further Information
Contact, above). To make a nomination, or self-nominate, submit a
completed nomination form with a minimum of one letter of reference
that describes the nominee's qualifications to serve on the Science
Technical Advisory Panel. The professional discipline the nominee would
represent should be identified in the reference letter of nomination
and in the nomination form. Nominees may be scientists and technical
experts from diverse professions and interests, including, but not
limited to, the oil and gas industry, subsistence users, Alaska Native
entities, conservation organizations, or academia. Nominees appointed
to serve on the Science Technical Advisory Panel will serve only in
their professional capacity and will not serve to represent any group,
agency or entity with whom they may be affiliated. The Executive
Director, North Slope Science Initiative, will collect the nomination
forms and letters of reference and distribute them to the Oversight
Group for consideration. The collective recommendations of the
Oversight Group will be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior who
has the responsibility for making appointments. Members of the Science
Technical Advisory Panel will serve without monetary compensation, but
will be reimbursed for travel, lodging and per diem expenses to
participate in announced meetings.
Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-1.
Bud C. Cribley,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-15268 Filed 6-25-13; 8:45 am]
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