[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13076]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Spring 1998 meeting of the Great 
Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species of the Aquatic Nuisance Species 
Task Force. Topics to be addressed during the meeting are identified.

DATES: The Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species will meet from 
1:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 9, 1998, to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10, 
1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn--North Campus, 
3600 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Doss, Great Lakes Commission at 
734-665-9135, or Bob Peoples, Executive Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance 
Species Task Force, at 703-358-2025.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces a 
meeting of the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species of the 
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. The Task Force was established by 
the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990.
    Topics to be covered during the meeting include: reports of ANS 
Task Force activities nationally and Federal legislation; reports on 
several ANS issues and initiatives such as the Great Lakes Ballast 
demonstration project, model guidelines for ANS prevention and control, 
proposed national voluntary ballast water guidelines, and the Chicago 
Waterways, Dispersal Barrier Project; a review of panel funding for 
fiscal year 1999; breakout sessions of the Panel's Information/
Education, Research Coordination, and Policy and Legislation Committees 
to develop 1999 work plans; model State ANS legislation; and reports 
from Panel members.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Executive 
Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Suite 840, 4401 North 
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622, and the Great Lakes 
Commission, 400 Fourth Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48103-4816, and 
will be available for public inspection during regular hours, Monday 
through Friday, within 30 days following the meeting.

    Dated: May 12, 1998.
Gary Edwards,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Assistant Director-
Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 98-13076 Filed 5-15-98; 8:45 am]
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