[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 63 (Friday, April 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8110]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Geological Survey
Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI)
AGENCY: United States Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting of the Advisory Committee on Water
Information (ACWI).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the ACWI. This meeting
of the ACWI is to discuss broad policy-related topics relating to
national water initiatives, and to hear reports from ACWI subgroups.
The proposed agenda will include a series of discussions concerning
various U.S. Government policies and programs related to the
development and dissemination of water information.
The ACWI has been established under the authority of the Office of
Management and Budget Memorandum 92-01 and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. The purpose of the ACWI is to provide a forum for water-
information users and professionals to advise the Federal Government of
activities and plans which may improve the effectiveness of meeting the
Nation's water information needs. More than 30 organizations have been
invited by the Secretary of the Interior to name representatives to the
ACWI. These include Federal departments, State, local, and tribal
government organizations, industry, academia, agriculture,
environmental organizations, professional societies, and volunteer
groups.
DATES: The formal meeting will convene at 8:00 a.m., on May 18, 1999,
and will adjourn on May 19, 1999 at 3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Sheraton Reston Hotel, 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston,
Virginia.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ethan T. Smith (Executive
Secretary), Chief, Water Information Coordination Program, U.S.
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 417 National Center,
Reston, VA 20192. Telephone: 703-648-5022; Fax: 703-648-5295.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public. A half
hour will be set aside for public comment. Persons wishing to make a
brief presentation (up to 5 minutes) are asked to provide a written
request with a description of the general subject to Dr. Smith at the
above address no later than noon, April 27, 1999. It is requested that
40 copies of a written statement be submitted at the time of the
meeting for distribution to members of the ACWI and placement in the
official file. Any member of the public may submit written information
and (or) comments to Dr. Smith for distribution at the ACWI.
Dated: March 26, 1999.
Lewis V. Wade,
Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Information, U.S. Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 99-8110 Filed 4-1-99; 8:45 am]
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