National
Park Service Seeks Additional Nominees For Fire Island National Seashore
Driving Regulations Committee
The first
meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee for Off-Road
Driving Regulations at Fire Island National Seashore was held June
27-28, 2002. Due to a variety of reasons, some committee representatives
lack Alternates. Alternates serve on the committee in the absence of the
designated primary representative. The National Park Service is
seeking nominations for Alternates for the following committee seats:
On-Island
Contractors:
Any contractor with a 1998, 1999, or 2000 driving permit may nominate
him or herself. The National Park Service will work with the responding
individuals to choose the final nominee. The primary representative for
this seat is Forrest Clock. Nominations should be sent directly to the
National Park Service.
Off-Island
Contractors:
Any contractor with a 1998, 1999, or 2000 driving permit may nominate
him or herself. The National Park Service will work with the responding
individuals to choose the final nominee. The primary representative for
this seat is James Wikso. Nominations should be sent directly to
the National Park Service.
Suffolk
County Police:
Any change in
the nominee will selected by the Police Commissioner or his designee.
Fire Island
Fire Chiefs Council:
Nominee is
selected by the Fire Chiefs Council. The primary representative is
Robert Thornberg.
Town of
Brookhaven:
Nominee is
selected by Town of Brookhaven Supervisor, John Jay LaValle or his
designee. The primary representative is Jeffrey Kassner.
Visitor
Advocate:
Nominee will be selected from any individuals expressing an interest to
represent visitor perspectives. The primary representative for this seat
is Lee Snead. Nominations should be sent directly to the National Park
Service.
Village of
Ocean Beach:
Nominee is
selected by the Mayor or his designee. The primary representative
nominated for this seat is Joseph Loeffler, Jr.
Nominations should be sent directly to Mayor Natalie Katz Rogers
who will forward a nomination to the National Park Service.
Utility
Companies:
Nominee will
be selected from any individual who represents one of the Utility
companies. The primary representative is Ed Fanning of Verizon.
Nominations should be sent directly to the National Park Service.
Village
of Saltaire:
Nominee is selected by the Mayor or his designee. The primary
representative for this seat is Anna Hannon
Gill. Nominations should be sent directly to Mayor Martin Berger
Rogers who will forward a nomination to the National Park Service.
Persons
interested in being nominated for the committee can contact the national
seashore at (631) 289-4810 x231 for requirements and procedures.
Nominations must be received no later than noon, July 22, 2002.
Final recommendations for membership will be made by the National Park
Service and submitted to the Secretary of the Interior for her approval.
This process may take a few months, but the National Park Service is
hopeful Alternates can be approved by the next scheduled meeting on July
26-27. Nominees should be able to serve until September 2003, when the
committee charter expires.
Nominees for
Alternates must submit a one-page nomination that contains:
Name
Address
Phone Number
FAX
Email address
Short
biography
Identification of the Stakeholder Group Category
Endorsement
of the represented organization or as otherwise described
for the seat represented.
Mail, FAX, or
hand-deliver to:
Superintendent
Fire Island
National Seashore
120 Laurel
St.
Patchogue, NY
11772
(631)
289-4810 x224
FAX (631)
289-4898
Nominations
must be received by noon July 22, 2002
The Committee
was established pursuant to the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990
(5 U.S.C. 561-570). The purpose of the Committee is to advise the
National Park Service with regard to proposed rulemaking governing
off-road vehicle use at Fire Island National Seashore. Twenty-four
persons were appointed to the committee by Secretary of the Interior
Gail Norton in March 2002.
Negotiated
Rule Making (also called regulatory negotiation or reg-neg for short) is
a relatively new law allowing the public to participate in writing
federal regulations. In the reg-neg process, those parties who will be
significantly affected by a regulation are invited by the agency to
participate in a working group to negotiate possible new regulations.
This negotiating committee, including the NPS and local governments,
seeks to reach consensus on regulations that all can live with.
This allows key interests of stakeholders to be met through dialogue and
negotiation, rather than through the traditional process, which can be
adversarial and litigious.
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