[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21535]


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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 a meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance 
Species Task Force's Recreational Activities Committee. The meeting is 
open to the public. Meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

DATES: The Recreational Activities Committee will meet from 1:00 p.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18, 1998, and 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on 
Wednesday, August 19, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Whipple Federal Building, 1 
Federal Drive, Room 600, Ft. Snelling, Minnesota.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia Carter, Chair, Recreational Activities Committee at 404-679-
7108, 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, this notice announces a public meeting of the 
Recreation Activities Committee 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 brief overviews of 
the nonindigenous species interests and activities of Committee 
members, review of concerns and issues about the draft recreational 
activities guidelines raised by Task Force review, development of a 
strategy for disseminating the guidelines when approved, development of 
a proposal for implementing the education/outreach strategy, and 
addressing the exotic bait issue.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Chair, 
Recreational Activities Committee, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Region 4, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia 30345, and Executive 
Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Suite 851, 4401 North 
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622. They will be available 
for public inspection at these locations during regular business hours, 
Monday through Friday, within 30 days following the meeting.

    Dated: August 6, 1998.
Hannibal Bolton,
Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Acting Assistant 
Director--Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 98-21535 Filed 8-10-98; 8:45 am]
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