[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20895]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Risk Assessment and
Management Committee Meeting
AGENCY: Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Risk Assessment and
Management Committee (Committee), a Committee of the Aquatic Nuisance
Species Task Force. The Committee meeting will focus on reviewing the
public comments received on the Risk Assessment Review Process and the
Black Carp Risk Assessment. After the review, comments will be
incorporated, were appropriate, and both documents will be finalized
and prepared for presentation to the ANS Task Force for approval. Also,
the Committee will develop recommendations to the ANS Task Force on
future direction and emphasis of the Committee to implement the
prevention element of the ANS Program.
DATES: The Risk Assessment and Management Committee will meet from 9:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 10, 1996, and 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon on Wednesday, September 11, 1996.
ADDRESSES: The Risk Assessment and Management Committee meeting will be
held at the National Biological Service Building at 7920 N.W. 71st
Street, Gainesville, Florida 32606.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Orr, Risk Assessment and
Management Committee Chairman, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service, telephone (301) 734-8939.
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 Risk Identification
and Assessment Committee established under the authority of the
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (P.L.
101-646, 104 Stat. 4761, 16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq., November 29, 1990).
Minutes of the meetings will be maintained by the Coordinator, Aquatic
Nuisance Species Task Force, Room 840, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,
Arlington, Virginia 22203 and the Risk Assessment and Management
Committee Chairman, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (PPD), 4700 River Road Unit 117, Riverdale,
MD 20737 and will be available for public inspection during regular
business hours, Monday through Friday within 30 days following the
meeting.
Dated August 12, 1996.
Gary Edwards,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Assistant Director--
Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 96-20895 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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