Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee

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#  Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee

**AGENCY:**

Office of the Secretary, Interior.

**ACTION:**

Notice of renewal.

**SUMMARY:**

The U.S. Department of the Interior announces the charter renewal of the *Exxon Valdez* Oil Spill Public Advisory committee.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

The Court Order establishing the *Exxon Valdez* Oil Spill Trustee Council also requires a public advisory committee. The *Exxon Valdez* Public Advisory Committee was established to advise the Trustee Council, and began functioning in October 1992. The *Exxon Valdez* Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee consists of 10 members representing the following principal interests: Sport hunting and fishing, conservation and environmental, public-at-large, recreation users, commercial tourism, science/technical, subsistence, commercial fishing, aquaculture and mariculture, and Native landowners.

In order to ensure that a broad range of public viewpoints continues to be available to the *Exxon Valdez* Oil Spill Trustee Council, and in keeping with the settlement agreement, the continuation of the *Exxon Valdez* Public Advisory Committee is recommended.

In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2), following the recommendation and approval of the *Exxon Valdez* Oil Spill Trustee Council, and in consultation with the General Services Administration, the Secretary of the Interior hereby renews the charter for the *Exxon Valdez* Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Douglas Mutter, Department of the Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, 1689 “C” Street, Room 119, Anchorage, Alaska, (907) 271-5011.

**CERTIFICATION STATEMENT:**

I hereby certify that the renewal of the Charter of the *Exxon Valdez* Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties mandated by the settlement of *United States* v. * State of Alaska,* No. A91-081 CV, and is in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended and supplemented.

Dated: September 25, 2012.

Ken Salazar,

Secretary of the Interior.