[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 31227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15131]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Announcement of Meetings of the Klamath River Basin Fisheries 
Task Force on June 24, June 25, and June 26, 1998

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: 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 Klamath 
River Basin Fisheries Task Force, established under the authority of 
the Klamath River Basin Fishery Resources Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
460ss et seq.). The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force (TF) will meet from 
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 1998, from 8:00 a.m. to 
12:00 noon on Thursday, June 25, 1998, and from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 
on Friday, June 26, 1998.

PLACE: The meeting will be held in the Klamath Lake Room at the Shiloh 
Inn, 2500 Almond Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ronald A. Iverson, Project Leader, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1006 (1215 South Main), Yreka, 
California 96097-1006, telephone (530) 842-5763.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The principal agenda items at this meeting 
will be: (1) The Mid-program review of the Klamath Restoration Program; 
(2) a status report on the 1998 Klamath Project annual operations plan; 
(3) the development of the Task Force Fiscal Year 1999 workplan; (4) a 
report and decision on scoping for the Klamath River Basin Instream 
Flow Incremental Methodology (IFIM) flow study; (5) a report from the 
National Marine Fisheries Service on recovery actions for coho and 
steelhead and the relation to the Klamath Fishery Management Council, 
Task Force, and Tribal Trust responsibilities; (6) a decision on 
proceeding with the Upper Basin Amendment and related assignments; and 
(7) a report on the status of efforts to pursue additional funding for 
the Klamath Restoration Program.
    For background information on the TF, please refer to the notice of 
their initial meeting that appeared in the Federal Register on July 8, 
1987 (52 FR 25639).

    Dated: June 1, 1998.
Thomas J. Dwyer,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 98-15131 Filed 6-5-98; 8:45 am]
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