[Federal Register: August 6, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 151)]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 
Advisory Committee for Geosciences, Committee of Visitors; Notice 
of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the 
following meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee for Geosciences (1755).
    Date & Time: Tuesday, September 1, 1998, 12:30 pm-5:00 pm; 
Wednesday, September, 2, 1998, 8:30 am-5:00 pm; Thursday, September 
3, 1998, 8:30 am-5:30 pm.
    Place: Hubbs Hall, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 
Gilman Drive, LaJolla, CA.
    Type of Meeting: Part-Open--(see Agenda, below).
    Contact Person: Dr. Donald F. Heinrichs, Oceanographic Centers & 
Facilities Section Head, Ocean Sciences Division, National Science 
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: 
(703) 306-1580.
    Purpose of Meeting: To carry out Committee of Visitors (COV) 
review, and evaluate the existing capabilities and services, 
management structure and operations including possible recompetition 
of elements of the research vessel fleet required for research 
sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Agenda

    Closed: September 2, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm and September 3, 3:30 pm 
to 5:30 pm--To review the merit review processes covering funding 
decisions made during the immediately preceding three fiscal years 
of the Academic Research Fleet Operations Programs.
    Open: September 1, 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm, September 2, 8:30 am to 
4:00 pm, September 3, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm--To discuss and review 
academic fleet use and use-trends, specialized capabilities, 
institutional operations, research program projects, and comparative 
operations with other research fleets.
    Reason for Closing: During the closed session, the Committee 
will be reviewing proposal, i.e. financial analysis reports, that 
include privileged intellectual property and personal information 
that could harm individuals if they were disclosed. If discussions 
were open to the public, these matters that are exempt under 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c) (4) and (6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act 
would be improperly disclosed.

    Dated: August 3, 1998.
M. Rebecca Winkler,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-21045 Filed 8-5-98; 8:45 am]
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