8 April 1998
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[Federal Register: April 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 67)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive (NSLRSDA)
Advisory Committee; Notice of Establishment

    This notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463), 5 U.S.C. App.
(1988). Following consultation with the General Services
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the
Interior is establishing the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing
Data Archive (NSLRSDA) Advisory Committee. NSLRSDA was established by
Congress in the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-
555), 15 U.S.C. 5601.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the U.S. Geological
Survey, Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center (EDC) on
guidelines or rules relating to NSLRSDA archival data deposit,
maintenance, and preservation as well as access management policies and
procedures. The Committee will be responsible for providing advice and
consultation on a broad range of technical and policy topics in guiding
development of NSLRSDA.
    In order for the Secretary to be advised by a broad spectrum of
remote sensing data users and producers, committee membership will be
composed of 15 members, as follows: two from academia, with one being a
laboratory researcher-data user and one a classroom educator; four from
government, with one being a Federal data user, one a State data user,
one a local data user, and one a science archivist; four from industry,
with one being a data management technologist, one a licensed data
provider, one a value-added or other data provider, and one an end
user; five others, with one being a non-affiliated individual, one
representing a non-governmental organization, one an international
representative, and two at-large, from any data user or producer
sector. Expertise in information science, natural science, social
science and policy/law must be represented within the sectors listed
above.
    The Committee will function solely as an advisory body, and in
compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
The Charter will be filed under the Act, 15 days from the date of
publication of this notice.
    Further information regarding the NSLRSDA Advisory Committee may be
obtained from the Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the
Interior, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192.
Certification of establishment is published below.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the establishment of the National Satellite
Land Remote Sensing Data Archive Advisory Committee is necessary and in
the public interest in connection with the performance of duties by the
Department of Interior mandated pursuant to the Land Remote Sensing
Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-555), 15 U.S.C. 5601.

    Dated: March 24, 1998.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-9178 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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