[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 231 (Friday, November 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60722-60723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30357]


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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 a meeting of the Great Lakes Panel on 
Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS), a regional committee of the Aquatic 
Nuisance Species Task Force, and a related Information and Education 
(I&E) Symposium. A number of topics will be addressed during the Panel 
Meeting, including review of the Panel's Fiscal Year 1997 Work Plan, 
committee reports, reports on ANS issues and initiatives, and reports 
from panel members. During the Symposium, the methodology and results 
of an ANS I&E inventory will be presented, perspectives on ANS I&E 
efforts in the Great Lakes region will be discussed, and I&E efforts 
related to prevention and control of ANS and addressing policymakers 
and educators will be assessed. The Meeting and Symposium are open to 
the public. Interested persons may make oral statements at the Panel 
Meeting or submit written statements for consideration.

DATES: The Great Lakes Panel on ANS will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 4, 1996. The ANS I&E Symposium will be 
held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Both the Great Lakes Panel on ANS Meeting and ANS I&E 
Symposium will be held at the Holiday Inn--North Campus, 3600 Plymouth 
Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew A. Doss or Kathe Glassner-Shwayder of the Great Lakes 
Commission who may be reached at 313-665-9135 or Robert A. Peoples,

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ANS Task Force Coordinator, who may be reached at 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 a 
meeting of the Great Lakes Panel on ANS, a regional committee of the 
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force established by the Nonindigenous 
Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 
4723(a)), and a related I&E Symposium. Minutes of the meeting will be 
maintained by the ANS Task Force Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 840, Arlington, Virginia 
22203-1622 and the Great Lakes Panel Coordinator, Great Lakes 
Commission, the Argus II Building, 400 Fourth Street, Ann Arbor, MI 
48103-4816. The minutes will be available for inspection at these 
locations during regular business hours within 30 days following the 
meeting.

    Dated: November 21, 1996.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Assistant Director--Fisheries, Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance 
Species Task Force.
[FR Doc. 96-30357 Filed 11-27-96; 8:45 am]
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