2024-23923. Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting

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Department of the Interior

Fish and Wildlife Service

1. [FWS-HQ-FAC-2024-N054; FXFR13360900000-245-FF09F14000]

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives notice of a public meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The ANS Task Force's purpose is to develop and implement a program for U.S. waters to prevent introduction and dispersal of aquatic invasive species; to monitor, control, and study such species; and to disseminate related information.

DATES:

The ANS Task Force will meet Wednesday and Thursday, November 6-7, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day (eastern time).

Registration: Registration is required. The deadline for registration is November 4, 2024. Also see “Public Input,” below.

Accessibility: The deadline for accessibility accommodation requests is November 1, 2024. Please see “Requests for Accommodations,” below.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held via teleconference and broadcast over the internet. To register and receive the web address and telephone number for participation, contact the Executive Secretary (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT ) or visit the ANS Task Force website at https://www.fws.gov/​program/​aquatic-nuisance-species-task-force.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Pasko, Executive Secretary, ANS Task Force, by telephone at 571-623-0608, or by email at [e-mail]. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Introduction

The Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4721-4728), and is composed of Federal and ex-officio members. The ANS Task Force's purpose is to develop and implement a program for U.S. waters to prevent introduction and dispersal of aquatic invasive species; to monitor, control, and study such species; and to disseminate related information.

Meeting Information

This meeting is open to the public. The meeting agenda will include reports from ANS Task Force members and subcommittees; discussion on priority outputs to advance the goals identified in the ANS Task Force Strategic Plan for 2020-2025; a presentation by the U.S Geological Survey on new species occurrences in the United States; recommendations by the ANS Task Force regional panels; and public comment. The final agenda and other related meeting information will be posted on the ANS Task Force website, https://www.fws.gov/​program/​aquatic-nuisance-species-task-force.

Public Input

If you wish to provide oral public comment or provide a written comment ( print page 83698) for the ANS Task Force to consider, contact the ANS Task Force Executive Secretary (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT ) no later than November 4, 2024.

Depending on the number of people who want to comment and the time available, the amount of time for individual oral comments may be limited. Interested parties should contact the ANS Task Force Executive Secretary no later than November 4, 2024, in writing (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT ), for placement on the public speaker list for this meeting. Requests to address the ANS Task Force during the meeting will be accommodated in the order the requests are received. Registered speakers who wish to expand upon their oral statements, or those who had wished to speak but could not be accommodated on the agenda, may submit written statements to the Executive Secretary up to 30 days following the meeting.

Requests for Accommodations

Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter services, assistive listening devices, language translation services, or other reasonable accommodations. We ask that you contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice no later than November 1, 2024 to give the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sufficient time to process your request. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis.

Public Disclosure

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. Ch. 10)

David A. Miko,

Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.