[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31015-31016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14628]


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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 Ballast Water and

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Shipping Committee of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. Meeting 
topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The Ballast Water and Shipping Committee will meet from 9:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The Ballast Water and Shipping Committee Meeting will be 
held in Room 2415, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT Mary Pat McKeown, Chair, Ballast 
Water and Shipping Committee, at 202-267-0500 or 
[email protected] or Executive Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance 
Species Task Force, at 703-358-1718.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), we announce a meeting of the 
Ballast Water and Shipping Committee of the Aquatic Nuisance Species 
Task Force. The Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic 
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701-4741).
    Topics to be addressed include an update on efforts to compile a 
directory of ballast water research and technologies, factors to be 
considered in evaluating treatment technologies and management 
practices, and the nature and process for developing strategic national 
priorities for ballast water management research and development. Time 
permitting, presentations will be made describing specific ballast 
water management technologies and practices.
    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 the Chair of the 
Ballast Water and Shipping Committee at Environmental Standards 
Division, Office of the Operations and Environmental Standards, U.S. 
Coast Guard (G-MSO-4), 2100 Second Street, SW, Room 1309, Washington, 
DC 20593-0001. Minutes for the meetings will be available at these 
locations for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday 
through Friday.

    Dated: June 1, 1999.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Acting Assistant 
Director--Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 99-14628 Filed 6-8-99; 8:45 am]
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