[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 131 (Monday, July 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35808-35809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17225]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Ruffe Control 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 Ruffe Control 
Committee, a committee of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. The 
Committee will meet to develop action plans to meet three new 
objectives of the Ruffe Control Program. These are: bait fish 
management; fish community management; and, Chicago Ship and Sanitary 
Canal. The meeting is open to the public. Interested persons may make 
oral statements to the Committee or may file written statements for 
consideration.

DATES: The Ruffe Control Committee will meet from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on 
Tuesday, July 30, 1996, and 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 
31, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 1000 U.S. 23 
North, Alpena, Michigan 49707.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tom Busiahn, Ruffe Control Committee Chairperson, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, at (715) 682-6185.


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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 Ruffe Control Committee, a committee of the Aquatic 
Nuisance Species Task Force 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 meeting will be maintained by Coordinator, Aquatic Nuisance 
Species Task Force, Room 840, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, 
Virginia 22203 and the Chairperson, Ruffe Control Committee, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Fishery Resources Office, 2800 Lake Shore Drive 
East, Ashland, Wisconsin 54806, and will be available for public 
inspection during regular business hours, Monday through Friday within 
30 days following the meeting.

    Dated: June 21, 1996.
Gary Edwards,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.
[FR Doc. 96-17225 Filed 7-5-96; 8:45 am]
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