[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52283-52284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26129]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.


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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 Thursday, October 15, 1998 and from 8:00 a.m. 
to 5:15 p.m. on Friday, October 16, 1998.

PLACE: The meeting will be held in the Windmill Ashland Hills Inn (2525 
Ashland Street), Ashland, 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) A report on the status of the Department of the Interior's 
flow study and associated flow study efforts; (2) A status report on 
the 1998 Klamath Project operations; (3) An identification of priority 
funding needs by the Task Force; (4) Private landowner awards; (5) The 
adoption of programmatic spending priorities by the Task Force for 
FY2000; (6) A report on the Self Determination Act; (7) A report and 
decision on the Midprogram Review; (8) The establishment of a 
subcommittee to develop criteria and performance evaluations so that 
CRMPs can be properly assessed for funding; (9) A decision on whether 
or how to proceed with the Upper Basin Amendment and assignments; and 
(10) A decision on scoping recommendations for the Klamath River Basin 
Instream Flow Incremental Methodology (IFIM) flow study.
    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: September 23, 1998.
Cynthia U. Barry,
Geographic Assistant Regional Director, Klamath/Central Pacific Coast 
Ecoregion.
[FR Doc. 98-26129 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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