[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 108 (Monday, June 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35657-35658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14092]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Meeting of Advisory Committee to the Interagency Task Force To 
Improve Hydroelectric Licensing Processes

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 
notice advises interested persons that the Advisory Committee to the 
Interagency Task Force To Improve Hydroelectric Licensing Processes 
will meet on June 8, 2000, at the National Marine Fisheries Service. 
The purpose of the meeting is to:
     Update Committee members on the current activities of the 
Interagency Task Force (ITF); and to
     Review and discuss the ITF Working Group's draft product 
on improving the conservation of the Endangered Species Act Section 7 
consultation with the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission's 
licensing process.

DATES: The meeting will be held June 8, 2000; 9:00am-3pm.

ADDRESSES: National Marine Fisheries Service, Building SSMC3, 4th Floor 
Conference Room, 4527, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly St. Bernard, Secretary to the 
Director, Office of Habitat Conservation (OHC), (301) 713-2325.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of the Interior and the 
Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, with the concurrence of 
ITF members, established the Advisory Committee to provide a forum for 
non-Federal entities to review and provide comments on the 
deliberations of the ITF. Interested parties are invited to

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attend the meeting and will be given an opportunity to provide 
comments.
    Less than 15 days' notice of this meeting is being given because of 
recently resolved administrative matters. In light of the difficulty of 
making changes to travel plans and schedules and the expenses such 
changes would entail, it is necessary to hold this meeting on June 8, 
2000, as originally planned.
    You should inform Security on the building lobby level that you are 
attending a meeting hosted by the OHC, (301) 713-2325. After calling 
OHC, Security will issue you a visitor's pass and direct you to the 4th 
Floor Conference Room, 4527.

    Dated: May 31, 2000.
Alex Matthiessen,
Special Assistant to the Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-14092 Filed 6-1-00; 11:32 am]
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