[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7805]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Forum on Ecological Surveys of Aquatic Nuisance Species--Aquatic
Nuisance Species Task Force
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Forum on Ecological Surveys of
Aquatic Nuisance Species. The 1996 amendments to the Nonindigenous
Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act added a new subsection
requiring that the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force, in
consultation with the U.S. Coast Guard, conduct ecological surveys in
nationally significant estuaries and other waters that are highly
susceptible to invasion by ANS resulting from ballast water operations
and other operations of vessels and require further study. The surveys
shall determine what nonindigenous aquatic species are present and
estimate the effectiveness of ballast water and other vessel management
guidelines and regulations in abating invasions. Studies of the
Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, and Honolulu Harbor are specifically
required.
DATES: The Workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 21,
1998.
ADDRESSES: The Workshop will be held at the Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, Maryland 21037.
Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Executive Secretary,
ANS Task Force, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Suite 840, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig A. Czarnecki, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, by telephone at
703-358-2025 or E-mail at craig__czarnecki@fws.gov or Dr. Gregory Ruiz,
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center at 301-261-4190 (ext. 227) or
E-mail at ruiz@serc.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces the
Forum on Ecological Surveys of Aquatic Nuisance Species pursuant to
section 1102(b) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and
Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701-4741).
The purposes of this meeting are to (1) provide background on the
statutory requirements for ecological surveys, (2) provide an update on
past, ongoing, and future studies with a similar focus, (3) discuss
standardized approaches for conducting and disseminating results from
future ecological surveys, and (4) identify strategies for synthesis
and comprehensive analysis among completed surveys.
The meeting is open to the public. Interested persons may make oral
statements at the meeting or submit written statements for
consideration.
Dated: March 20, 1998.
Rowan Gould,
Acting Assistant Director--Fisheries, Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance
Species Task Force.
[FR Doc. 98-7805 Filed 3-24-98; 8:45 am]
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