[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56212-56213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27078]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Ballast Water and Shipping
Committee
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Ballast Water and
Shipping Committee of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. The
meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The Committee will meet from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, on Thursday,
November 4, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Coast Guard Headquarters,
Room 2415, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT Mary Pat McKeown, U.S. Coast Guard,
Chair, Ballast Water and Shipping Committee, at 202-267-0500 or by e-
mail at mmckeown@comdt.uscg.mil or Sharon Gross, Executive Secretary,
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, at 703-358-2308 or by e-mail at:
sharon__gross@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces a
meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Ballast Water and
Shipping Committee. The Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous
Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701-
4741).
This meeting will include briefings and updates on the ongoing
ballast water related research projects, a discussion of the efforts to
address environmental soundness of technologies, and a discussion of
how aquatic nuisance species removal efficiency values will be
developed.
Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Executive
Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Suite 851, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622, and the Chair, Ballast
Water and Shipping Committee at the Environmental Standards Division,
Office of Operations and Environmental Standards, U.S. Coast Guard (G-
MSO-4), 2100 Second Street, SW., room 1309, Washington, DC 20593-0001.
Minutes for the meetings will be available at these locations for
public inspection during regular business hours, Monday through Friday.
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Dated: October 12, 1999.
Hannibal Bolton,
Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Acting Assistant
Director--Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 99-27078 Filed 10-15-99; 8:45 am]
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