[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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