[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19156]
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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 the Summer 1998 meeting of the Aquatic
Nuisance Species Task Force. Meeting topics are identified in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force will meet from 8:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, 1998.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Arlington Square Building, Room
200, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Peoples, Executive Secretary,
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, 703-358-2025.
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. The Task Force was
established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and
Control Act of 1990.
Topics to be covered during the meeting include review of Task
Force membership and regional panel configuration, the future of the
ANS Digest, brown tree snake actions and plans, the voluntary national
recreational activity guidelines for submission to the U.S. Coast
Guard, a summary of Task Force staff activities, regional panel
updates, and reports about or from the voluntary national ballast water
guidelines and regulatory changes, recommendations of the Forum on
Ecological Surveys, the Green Crab Control Proposal Review Committee,
and recommendations from the Marine Conservation Biology Institute's
Workshop on Marine Invasive Species.
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 will be available
for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday through
Friday, within 30 days following the meeting.
Dated: July 9, 1998.
Gary Edwards,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director--
Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 98-19156 Filed 7-17-98; 8:45 am]
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