[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51334-51335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24634]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Western Regional Panel
Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
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ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Western Regional Panel
Committee. The meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: The Panel will meet from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., on Tuesday,
October 5, 1999, and 8:00 am to 12:00 noon on Wednesday, October 6,
1999.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, Texas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Gross, Executive Secretary,
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force at 703-358-2308 or by e-mail at:
sharon__gross@fws.gov.
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 Western Regional
Panel Committee. The Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous
Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990.
The Panel, comprised of representatives from Federal, State, and
local agencies and from private environmental and commercial interests,
provides the following:
1. Identifies priorities for the Western Region with respect to
aquatic nuisance species;
2. Makes recommendations to the Task Force regarding an education,
monitoring (including inspection), prevention, and control program to
prevent the spread of the zebra mussel west of the 100th Meridian;
3. Coordinates with other aquatic nuisance species program
activities in the Western region;
4. Develops an emergency response strategy for Federal, State, and
local entities for stemming new invasions of aquatic nuisance species;
and
5. Provides advice to public and private individuals and entities
concerning methods of preventing and controlling aquatic nuisance
species.
The topics of this meeting will be to review Panel activities for
the past year and develop priorities for the coming year, develop plans
to implement priority actions, and provide updates of ongoing
activities.
Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Executive
Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Suite 851, North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622, and will be available
for public inspection during business hours, Monday through Friday.
Dated: September 16, 1999.
Rowan Gould,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Acting Assistant
Director--Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 99-24634 Filed 9-21-99; 8:45 am]
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