[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16108]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting and Forum

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting and Forum.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the organizing meeting and a related 
forum on nonindigenous species of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task 
Force's Western Regional Panel. A number of topics will be addressed 
during the meeting, including: Panel operating guidelines; funding 
mechanisms; and development of a 1998 Work Plan. The Forum will include 
presentations on freshwater exotic plants and animals, exotic control 
and prevention strategies, 100th Meridian Initiative, exotics and 
islands, and exotics and the coast. The meeting and forum are open to 
the public. Interested persons may make oral statements at the meeting 
or submit written statements for consideration.

DATES: The Forum on Nonindigenous Species will be held from 8:00 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. on July 8, 1997, and the Panel meeting will be held from 
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on July 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Both meetings will be held at Harrison Hall, Portland State 
University, Portland, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert A. Peoples, Executive Secretary, ANS Task Force, by telephone at 
703-358-2025 or E-mail at [email protected]. or Linda Drees, 
Western Regional Panel Organizing Team member at 9313-539-3474, 
Extension 20.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces the 
initial meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force's Western 
Regional Panel pursuant to the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 
Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4723(b)). Minutes of the 
meeting will be maintained by the Executive Secretary, ANS Task Force, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 840, 
Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622, and Linda Drees, Western Regional 
Panel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 315 Houston Street, Suite E, 
Manhattan, Kansas, 66502 and will be available for inspection during 
regular business hours within 30 days following the meeting.

    Dated: June 16, 1997.
Gary Edwards,
Assistant Director--Fisheries, Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task 
Force.
[FR Doc. 97-16108 Filed 6-18-97; 8:45 am]
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