[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 53 (Friday, March 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 14609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6585]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI)

AGENCY: United States Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting of the Advisory Committee on Water 
Information (ACWI).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the ACWI. This meeting 
of the ACWI is to discuss broad policy-related topics relating to 
national water initiatives, and to hear reports from ACWI subgroups. 
The proposed agenda will include a series of discussions concerning 
various U.S. Government policies and programs related to the 
development and dissemination of water information.
    The ACWI has been established under the authority of the Office of 
Management and Budget Memorandum 92-01 and the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. The purpose of the ACWI is to provide a forum for water-
information users and professionals to advise the Federal Government of 
activities and plans which may improve the effectiveness of meeting the 
Nation's water information needs. More than 30 organizations have been 
invited by the Secretary of the Interior to name representatives to the 
ACWI. These include Federal departments, State, local, and tribal 
government organizations, industry, academia, agriculture, 
environmental organizations, professional societies, and volunteer 
groups.

DATES: The formal meeting will convene at 8 a.m., on May 16, 2000, and 
will adjourn on May 17, 2000 at 3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Sheraton Reston Hotel, 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, 
Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ethan T. Smith (Executive 
Secretary), Chief, Water Information Coordination Program, U.S. 
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 417 National Center, 
Reston, VA 20192. Telephone: 703-648-5022; Fax: 703-648-5295.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public. Up to a 
half hour will be set aside for public comment. Persons wishing to make 
a brief presentation (up to 5 minutes) are asked to provide a written 
request with a description of the general subject to Dr. Smith at the 
above address no later than noon, April 5, 2000. It is requested that 
40 copies of a written statement be submitted at the time of the 
meeting for distribution to members of the ACWI and placement in the 
official file. Any member of the public may submit written information 
and (or) comments to Dr. Smith for distribution at the ACWI.

    Dated: Dated: March 7, 2000.
Lewis V. Wade,
Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Information, U.S. Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 00-6585 Filed 3-16-00; 8:45 am]
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