[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58977-58978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28886]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting and Field Trip

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting and Chesapeake Bay field trip.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Fall 1997 Meeting of the Aquatic 
Nuisance Species Task Force and a field trip related to nonindigenous 
species issues in the Chesapeake Bay. A number of topics will be 
addressed during the Task Force meeting, including: Administration 
Initiative on Non-Native Invasive Species; a meeting of Task Force 
principals and proposal on staffing and funding; Task Force policies 
regarding regional panels, membership, and committee establishment and 
membership; Task Force web site proposal and plans; proposal for two-
tier ANS designation/control program; and a green crab control program 
proposal. In addition, updates will be provided on other nonindigenous 
species issues and activities, including those of the Task Force's 
Great Lakes on ANS and Western Regional Panel. The meeting is open to 
the public. Interested persons may make oral statements at the meetings 
or submit written statements for consideration. The public is welcome 
to participate in the Chesapeake Bay field trip.

DATES: The ANS Task Force will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on 
Thursday, November 13, 1997. The Chesapeake Bay field trip will begin 
at the Conference Center, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 
Edgewater, Maryland, at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, November 14, 1997, and 
conclude at the Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, by early afternoon.

ADDRESSES: The Task Force meeting will be held in the Conference Center 
of the USDA Center at Riverside, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, Maryland. 
The Chesapeake Bay field trip will leave from the Conference Center, 
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, 
Edgewater, Maryland, and conclude at the Inner Harbor, Baltimore, 
Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert A. Peoples, Executive 
Secretary, ANS Task Force, by telephone at 703-358-2025 or E-Mail at 
[email protected].

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 1997 meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, as 
established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and 
Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701-4741). It also announces a 
Chesapeake Bay field trip to view nonindigenous species and their 
impacts and visit, subject to availability, a vessel in Baltimore 
Harbor to view ballast water management facilities.

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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 will be available 
for inspection during regular business hours within 30 days following 
the meeting.

    Dated: October 28, 1997.
Gary Edwards,
Assistant Director--Fisheries, Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task 
Force.
[FR Doc. 97-28886 Filed 10-30-97; 8:45 am]
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