[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1909-1910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-698]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Invasive Species Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Public Meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory 
Committee and Invasive Species Council.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, notice is hereby given of meetings of the Invasive Species 
Advisory Committee and the Invasive Species Council. The purpose of the 
Advisory Committee is to provide advice to the Council, as authorized 
by Executive Order 13112, on a broad array of issues related to 
preventing the introduction of invasive species and providing for their 
control and minimizing the economic,

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ecological, and human health impacts that invasive species cause. The 
Council is Co-chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce. The duty of the Council 
is to provide national leadership regarding invasive species issues. 
The purpose of a meeting on January 25 is to convene the Advisory 
Committee. A second meeting on January 26 is the first joint meeting of 
the Advisory Committee and the Council. The meetings will be open to 
the public. Attendance will be limited to space available.

DATES: Meeting of Invasive Species Advisory Committee: 1 p.m., Tuesday, 
January 25, 2000; Meeting of Invasive Species Advisory Committee and 
Council: 1 p.m., Wednesday, January 26, 2000. Less than 15 days notice 
is given for the Council meeting is due to recently resolved scheduling 
conflicts that will permit the attendance of all Council members at the 
meeting. To reschedule this first meeting with all members present 
could take a matter of months and would result in unnecessary delay of 
the Council's initial preparation of the National Invasive Species 
Management Plan required by Executive Order 13112.

ADDRESSES: S. D. Ripley International Center, Smithsonian Institution, 
1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, DC 20560.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gordon Brown, Invasive Species 
Coordinator, Department of the Interior; [email protected]; 
Phone: (202) 208-6336; Fax: (202) 208-1526.

    Dated: January 7, 2000.
William Y. Brown,
Science Advisor to the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-698 Filed 1-7-00; 3:54 pm]
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