[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19504]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Water Rights Task Force Meeting
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service announces meetings of the Water Rights Task
Force established on August 20, 1996, in accordance with the provisions
of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, as
amended. The chairman has changed the location of the previous
scheduled August 4-5, 1997, meeting of the Task Force to Boise, Idaho,
and has scheduled a new meeting August 18, 1997, in Denver, Colorado.
DATES: The meetings will be held August 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.;
August 5, from 8:30 a.m. until adjourned by the chairman; and August
18, from 8:00 a.m. until adjourned by the chairman.
ADDRESSES: The August 4-5 meeting will be held in Boise at the Red
Lion/Doubletree Riverside Hotel, Delamar Conference Room, 2900 Chinden
Blvd. The August 18 meeting will be held at the United Airlines Red
Carpet Club Conference Room at the Denver International Airport.
Send written comments to Eleanor Towns, FACA Liaison, Water Rights
Task Force, c/o USDA Forest Service, MAIL STOP 1124, P.O. Box 96090,
Washington, DC 20090-6090. Telephone: (202) 205-1248; Fax: (202) 205-
1604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen Glasser, Watershed & Air Management Staff, Telephone: (202)
205-1172; Fax: (202) 205-1096.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Water Rights Task Force is composed of
seven members appointed by Congress and the Secretary of Agriculture to
study and make recommendations on issues pertaining to water rights.
All meetings are open to the public and time for the public to address
the Task Force is scheduled on August 4 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Discussion is limited only to Task Force members and Forest Service
personnel. Persons who wish to bring water rights matters to the
attention of the Task Force may file written statements, either before
or after these meetings, with the Forest Service liaison at the address
listed earlier in this notice.
Dated: July 17, 1997.
Robert C. Joslin,
Deputy Chief, NFS.
[FR Doc. 97-19504 Filed 7-23-97; 8:45 am]
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