Notice2024-21964
Call for Nominations for the Geologic Mapping Advisory Committee
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Published
September 25, 2024
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Interior DepartmentGeological Survey
Abstract
The U.S. Department of the Interior (Department) is seeking nominations for qualified persons to serve as members of the Geologic Mapping Advisory Committee (Committee).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 78327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21964]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX24GC009PLFM00]
Call for Nominations for the Geologic Mapping Advisory Committee
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Call for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior (Department) is seeking
nominations for qualified persons to serve as members of the Geologic
Mapping Advisory Committee (Committee).
DATES: Nominations for the Committee must be submitted by November 12,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be emailed to Michael Marketti,
Designated Federal Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c41414d5e47495858456c595f4b5f024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7cacac6d5ccc2d3d3cee7d2d4c0d489c0c8d1">[email protected]</span></a> with the subject line
``Geologic Mapping Advisory Committee Nominations.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Marketti, via telephone (703)
648-6976, or by email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acc1c1cddec7c9d8d8c5ecd9dfcbdf82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dbb6b6baa9b0beafafb29baea8bca8f5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals in the United
States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech
disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established by the
National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992, as amended (43 U.S.C. 31d), and
the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended (42 U.S.C. 15908). The
Committee is operated pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended (5 U.S.C. ch. 10), and the Federal Advisory Committee
Management regulations found at 41 CFR part 102-3. The Committee will
advise the Secretary on planning and implementation of the National
Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) and National Geological
and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (NGGDPP).
Committee duties in relation to the NCGMP, include: reviewing the
ongoing scientific progress of the NCGMP; conducting a general overview
of Program-funded geologic mapping and related activities that inform
or are disseminated by Federal agencies for regulation or land-use
planning; and working collaboratively to develop a report to the
Secretary, through the Director, that provides an overview of Program
activities and provides an update on progress made toward fulfilling
the purposes of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.
Committee duties in relation to the NGGDPP include: reviewing the
progress of the NGGDPP in providing discovery and access to significant
State and Federal data and physical object holdings; recommending and
facilitating collaborative relationships; soliciting and providing
input on NGGDPP activities; and evaluating, via the annual report to
the Secretary, through the Director, the progress of the NGGDPP toward
fulfilling its purposes under the National Geological and Geophysical
Data Preservation Program Act of 2005.
The Committee will meet approximately once annually, and at such
times as designated by the Designated Federal Officer. The Committee is
composed of 11 members appointed by the Secretary as follows:
1. Two members from the State geological surveys to represent the
Association of American State Geologists;
2. Two members from the U.S. Geological Survey, including the
Associate Director for Core Science Systems Mission Area;
3. Two members from the private sector to represent the geoscience
industry; and
4. One member from academia to represent university geoscience
departments.
5. In addition, the Committee will have non-voting ex-officio
members to include: Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency or designee; Secretary of Energy or designee; Secretary of
Agriculture or designee; and Secretary of the Interior or a designee
from a land management agency of the Department of the Interior.
Representative members will be appointed for staggered terms not to
exceed 3-years.
Nominations must include a resume 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 to contact a potential member. All those
interested in membership must follow the same nomination process.
Members who are appointed to the Committee in their official
capacity as Federal employees are subject to applicable Federal ethics
statutes and regulations, to include applicable exceptions and
exemptions.
Non-Federal members of the Committee and subcommittees appointed as
representatives are not subject to Federal ethics statutes and
regulations.
However, no non-Federal Committee or subcommittee members will
participate in any Committee or subcommittee deliberations or votes
relating to a specific party matter before the Department or its
bureaus and offices including a lease, license, permit, contract,
grant, claim, agreement, or litigation in which the member or the
entity the member represents has a direct financial interest.
Members serve without compensation. However, while away from their
homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for
the Committee, as approved by the Designated Federal Officer, members
may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10.
Michael Marketti,
Administrative Program Manager, NCGMP, Core Science Systems Mission
Area.
[FR Doc. 2024-21964 Filed 9-24-24; 8:45 am]
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