[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30016]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5921-9]


Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force 
Meeting

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Announces the 
Following Meeting

    Name: First Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico 
Watershed Nutrient Task Force.
    Time and Date: 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., December 4, 1997.
    Place: Key Bridge Marriott, 1401 Lee Highway, Arlington, 
Virginia 22209, telephone 703/524-6400.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The room accommodates approximately 150 people.
    Purpose: A Task Force consisting of Federal, State, and Tribal 
members, will lead an effort to coordinate and support nutrient 
management and hypoxia related activities in the Mississippi River 
and Gulf of Mexico watersheds.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include: eutrophication of 
large areas of the Gulf of Mexico associated with drainage of the 
Mississippi River Basin; economic and ecological effects of 
recurring periods of low dissolved oxygen (hypoxia) in the Gulf of 
Mexico; and coordination of activities to reduce the size, severity, 
and duration of this phenomenon. The public will be afforded an 
opportunity to provide comments on these issues. Anyone interested 
in speaking should contact the person listed below prior to the 
meeting.
    Contact Person for More Information: Dr. Mary Belefski, U.S. 
EPA, Assessment and Watershed Protection Division (AWPD), 401 M 
Street, S.W. (4503F), Washington, D.C. 20460, telephone 202/260-
7061; Internet: [email protected].

    Dated: November 10, 1997.
Dana Minerva,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 97-30016 Filed 11-13-97; 8:45 am]
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