[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56212-56213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27078]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Ballast Water and Shipping 
Committee

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

DATES: The Committee will meet from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, on Thursday, 
November 4, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Coast Guard Headquarters, 
Room 2415, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT Mary Pat McKeown, U.S. Coast Guard, 
Chair, Ballast Water and Shipping Committee, at 202-267-0500 or by e-
mail at [email protected] or Sharon Gross, Executive Secretary, 
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, at 703-358-2308 or by e-mail at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Ballast Water and 
Shipping Committee. The Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous 
Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701-
4741).

    This meeting will include briefings and updates on the ongoing 
ballast water related research projects, a discussion of the efforts to 
address environmental soundness of technologies, and a discussion of 
how aquatic nuisance species removal efficiency values will be 
developed.
    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, Ballast 
Water and Shipping Committee at the Environmental Standards Division, 
Office of 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.


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    Dated: October 12, 1999.
Hannibal Bolton,
Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Acting Assistant 
Director--Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 99-27078 Filed 10-15-99; 8:45 am]
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