[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57448-57449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28506]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Fall 1996 Meeting of the Aquatic 
Nuisance Species Task Force and a related Forum on Coastal and Marine 
Aquatic Nuisance Species. A number of topics will be addressed during 
the Task Force Meeting, including: recent legislation; Task Force 
membership and committees; ballast water and shipping issues; control 
of brown tree snakes, ruffe, zebra mussels, purple loosestrife and 
other nonindigenous species; State aquatic nuisance species management 
plans; funding availability; regional panels; and other issues. During 
the Forum, leading scientists will discuss invasions of marine and 
coastal waters by nonindigenous species and their impacts on those 
ecosystems and human activities. The Meeting and Forum are open to the 
public. Interested persons may make oral statements at the Task Force 
Meeting or submit written statements for consideration.

DATES: The Forum on Coastal and Marine ANS will be held from 8 a.m. to 
Noon on Wednesday, November 13, 1996. The ANS Task Force Meeting will 
be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 14, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Both the Forum and the Meeting will be held at the Visitor 
Center, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Thornton Road, 
Newark, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert A. Peoples, ANS Task Force Coordinator, telephone: 703-358-2025.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces the 
Fall 1996 meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force 
established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and 
Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701-4741) and a related Forum on 
Coastal and Marine Aquatic Nuisance Species. Minutes of the meeting 
will be maintained by the Coordinator, ANS Task Force, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 840, Arlington, 
Virginia 22203-1622 and will be available for inspection during regular 
business hours within 30 days following the meeting.

    Dated: October 31, 1996.
Gary Edwards,
Assistant Director--Fisheries Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task 
Force.
[FR Doc. 96-28506 Filed 11-5-96; 8:45 am]
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