[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 45812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23082]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6153-3]


Notice of Third Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico 
Watershed Nutrient Task Force

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; announcement meeting.

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SUMMARY: Third Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico 
Watershed Nutrient Task Force.

Time and Date: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., September 24, 1998.

Place: DoubleTree Hotel, 7901 24th Avenue South, Bloomington, MN; (612) 
854-2244.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The 
room accommodates approximately 125 people.

Purpose: The Task Force consisting of Federal, State, and Tribal 
members, leads efforts to coordinate and support nutrient management 
and hypoxia related activities in the Mississippi River and Gulf of 
Mexico watersheds.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include development of a strategy 
for implementing short-term, win-win implementation activities and 
longer term broader goals and activities, progress in involving the 
Governors of the Mississippi River Basin, and discussion of preliminary 
findings of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources' Hypoxia 
Science Assessment teams. The public will be afforded an opportunity to 
provide input during open discussion periods.

Contact Person for More information: Dr. Mary Belefski, U.S. EPA, 
Assessment and Watershed Protection Division (AWPD), 401 M Street, S.W. 
(4503F), Washington, D.C. 20460, telephone (202) 260-7061; Internet: 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 21, 1998.
Robert Wayland,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds.
[FR Doc. 98-23082 Filed 8-26-98; 8:45 am]
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