Availability of Seats; Request for Applications: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council

Federal Register: March 31, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 61)

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Availability of Conservation Seat for the Flower Garden Banks

National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council

AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice and request for applications.

SUMMARY: The ONMS is seeking applications for the following vacant seat on the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council:

Conservation. Applicants are chosen based upon their particular expertise and experience in relation to the seat for which they are applying; community and professional affiliations; philosophy regarding the protection and management of marine resources; and possibly the length of residence in the

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area affected by the sanctuary. Applicants who are chosen as members should expect to serve three-year terms, pursuant to the council's

Charter.

DATES: Applications are due by May 28, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be obtained from Jennifer Morgan, NOA-

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 4700 Avenue U, Bldg. 216, Galveston, TX 77551 or downloaded from the sanctuary Web site http://flowergarden.noaa.gov. Completed applications should be sent to the same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Morgan, NOAA-Flower Garden

Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 4700 Avenue U, Bldg. 216, Galveston,

TX 77551, 409-621-5151 ext. 103, Jennifer.Morgan@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Located in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary includes three separate areas, known as East Flower Garden, West Flower Garden, and

Stetson Banks. The Sanctuary was designated on January 17, 1992.

Stetson Bank was added to the Sanctuary in 1996. The Sanctuary Advisory

Council will consist of no more than 21 members; 16 non-governmental voting members and 5 governmental non-voting members. The Council may serve as a forum for consultation and deliberation among its members and as a source of advice to the Sanctuary manager regarding the management of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. Sections 1431, et seq.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary

Program)

Dated: March 16, 2010.

Daniel J. Basta,

Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean

Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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