[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19156]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Summer 1998 meeting of the Aquatic 
Nuisance Species Task Force. Meeting topics are identified in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force will meet from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Arlington Square Building, Room 
200, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Peoples, Executive Secretary, 
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, 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 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 review of Task 
Force membership and regional panel configuration, the future of the 
ANS Digest, brown tree snake actions and plans, the voluntary national 
recreational activity guidelines for submission to the U.S. Coast 
Guard, a summary of Task Force staff activities, regional panel 
updates, and reports about or from the voluntary national ballast water 
guidelines and regulatory changes, recommendations of the Forum on 
Ecological Surveys, the Green Crab Control Proposal Review Committee, 
and recommendations from the Marine Conservation Biology Institute's 
Workshop on Marine Invasive Species.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Executive 
Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Suite 851, 4401 North 
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622, and will be available 
for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday through 
Friday, within 30 days following the meeting.

    Dated: July 9, 1998.
Gary Edwards,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director--
Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 98-19156 Filed 7-17-98; 8:45 am]
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