[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 107 (Friday, June 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 30056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14183]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting
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. Meeting
topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The Ballast Water and Shipping Committee will meet from 9:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The Ballast Water and Shipping Committee Meeting will be
held in Room 2415, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street,
SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT Mary Pat McKeown, Chair, Ballast
Water and Shipping Committee, at 202-267-0500 or
mmckeown@comdt.uscg.mil or Executive Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance
Species Task Force, at 703-358-1718.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), we announce a meeting of the
Ballast Water and Shipping Committee on the Aquatic Nuisance Species
Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance
Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701-4741).
Topics to be addressed include an update on efforts to compile a
directory of ballast water research and technologies, factors to be
considered in evaluating treatment technologies and management
practices, and the nature and process for developing strategic national
priorities for ballast water management research and development. Time
permitting, presentations will be made describing specific ballast
water management technologies and practices.
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 of the
Ballast Water and Shipping Committee at 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.
Dated: June 1, 1999.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Acting Assistant
Director--Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 99-14183 Filed 6-3-99; 8:45 am]
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