[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44919-44920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22510]


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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 Zebra Mussel Coordination Committee. The meeting 
is open to the public. Meeting topics are identified in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The Zebra Mussel Coordination Committee will meet from 8:00 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 10, 1998, and 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 
p.m. on Friday, September 11, 1998.


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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the New Orleans District, U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, Assembly Room B-152, 7400 Leake Avenue, New 
Orleans, Louisiana 70118.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Edwin Theriot, Chair, Zebra Mussel Coordination Committee at 601-
634-2678, 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 
Zebra Mussel Coordination Committee of the Aquatic Nuisance Species 
Task Force. The Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic 
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990.
    Most of the first day of the meeting will involve Committee review 
of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Zebra Mussel Public Facility 
Research, Development and Demonstration Program. This portion of the 
meeting will serve as the mid-year review of that Program. The 
remainder of the meeting will involve presentations and discussions 
about other zebra mussel programs, including Sea Grant and other 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration efforts, the 100th 
Meridian Initiative and other activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's program to 
prevent the spread of zebra mussels.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Chair, Zebra 
Mussel Coordination Committee, U.S. Army Engineers Waterways Experiment 
Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 39180, 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 17, 1998.
Hannibal Bolton,
Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Acting Assistant 
Director--Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 98-22510 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]
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