[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7490]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5985-1]
Notice of Second Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico
Watershed Nutrient Task Force
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; announcement of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Second Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico
Watershed Nutrient Task Force.
Time and Date: 1:00-5:00 p.m., April 8; and 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.,
April 9, 1998.
Place: The Pontchartrain Hotel, 2031 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans,
LA; (504) 524-0581.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The room accommodates approximately 100 people.
Purpose: A Task Force consisting of Federal, State, and Tribal
members, will lead an effort to coordinate and support nutrient
management and hypoxia related activities in the Mississippi River and
Gulf of Mexico watersheds. The purpose of this second meeting, done in
coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is to have
interactive discussions with stakeholders in the Gulf of Mexico area
and with State officials actively involved in nutrient management
activities.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include: Panel discussions
with stakeholders considering the environmental, agriculture, and
academic/social perspectives concerning hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
and nutrient management; panel discussions with State officials
concerning nutrient management efforts state and basin-wide; discussion
on nutrient enrichment modeling; and the development of nutrient
management goals from a Chesapeake Bay State perspective. The public
will be afforded an opportunity to provide comments on these issues
during open discussion periods.
Contact Person for More Information: Dr. Mary Belefski, U.S. EPA,
Assessment and Watershed Protection Division (AWPD), 401 M Street, S.W.
(4503F), Washington, D.C. 20460, telephone 202/260-7061; Internet:
belefski.mary@epamail.epa.gov.
Dated: March 16, 1998.
Robert Wayland,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds.
[FR Doc. 98-7490 Filed 3-20-98; 8:45 am]
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