[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6944-6945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3690]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Water Rights Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service announces meetings of the Water Rights Task 
Force established on August 20, 1996, in accordance with the provisions 
of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, as 
amended. The chairman has scheduled the sixth meeting of the Task Force 
in Denver, Colorado, on March 3, 1997, and the seventh meeting on March 
13, 1997, in Portland, Oregon.

DATES: The sixth meeting will be held March 3rd from 8:30 a.m. to 6 
p.m. and the seventh meeting will be held March 13th from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m. All times are local.

ADDRESSES: The sixth meeting will be held in the Summit #2 Conference 
Room of the Denver Airport Fairfield Inn, 6851 Tower Road, Denver, 
Colorado. The seventh meeting will be held in the Crown Zellerbach Room 
of the Red Lion Hotel (Jantzen Beach), 909 North Hayden Island Drive, 
Portland, Oregon.
    Send written comments to Eleanor Towns, FACA Liaison, Water Rights 
Task Force, c/o USDA Forest Service, MAIL STOP 1124, PO Box 96090, 
Washington, DC 20090-6090. Telephone: (202) 205-1248; Fax: (202) 205-
1604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen Glassner, Watershed & Air Management Staff, Telephone: (202) 
205-1172; Fax: (202) 205-1096.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Water Rights Task Force is composed of 
seven members appointed by Congress and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
study and make recommendations on issues pertaining to water rights. At 
the forthcoming meetings, the Task Force will work on its assigned 
responsibilities. All meetings are open to the public. However, time 
for the public to address the Task Force will be provided only at the 
Portland meeting on March 13, 1997, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.. Discussion 
is limited only to Task Force members and Forest Service personnel. 
Persons who wish to bring water rights matters to the attention of the 
Task Force may also file written statements with the Forest Service 
liaison at the address listed earlier in this notice either before or 
after each meeting.
    Notice of the establishment of the Water Rights Task Force was 
published in the Federal Register on September 11, 1996 (61 FR 47858). 
The Task Force terminates either in August of 1997 or upon submission 
of a final report.


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    Dated: February 7, 1997.
Joan M. Comanor,
Acting Chief.
[FR Doc. 97-3690 Filed 2-13-97; 8:45 am]
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