[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 65 (Friday, April 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 16134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8676]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


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 eighth meeting of the Task 
Force in Washington, D.C., on April 21-22, 1997, and the ninth meeting 
on May 19, 1997, in Boise, Idaho.

DATES: The meeting in Washington, D.C., will be held April 21 from 8:00 
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and April 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The meeting 
in Boise will be held May 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The eighth meeting will be held in Room G-11 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, First Street and Constitution Avenue, on April 
21, and in the Training Room of the Auditors Building, 201 14th Street, 
S.W., Washington, D.C., on April 22. The ninth meeting will be held in 
the White Pine Conference Room of the Red Lion Downtowner Hotel, 1800 
Fairview Avenue, Boise, Idaho.
    Send written comments to Eleanor Towns, FACA Liaison, Water Rights 
Task Force, c/o USDA Forest Service, MAIL STOP 1124, P.O. Box 96090, 
Washington, DC 20090-6090. Telephone: (202) 205-1248; Fax: (202) 205-
1604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen Glasser, Watershed & Air Management Staff, Telephone: (202) 
205-1172; Fax: 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. 
All meetings are open to the public. However, time for the public to 
address the Task Force will be provided at the Washington meeting on 
April 21, 1997, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Room G-11 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, and at the Boise meeting on May 19, 1997, from 
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 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 file written statements 
with the Forest Service liaison at the address listed earlier in the 
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.

    Dated: March 31, 1997.
Barbara C. Weber,
Acting Chief.
[FR Doc. 97-8676 Filed 4-3-97; 8:45 am]
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