[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9353-9354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3199]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Green Crab Control Committee 
and Ballast Water and Shipping Committee

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces meetings of the Aquatic Nuisance Species 
(ANS) Task Force Green Crab control Committee and the Ballast Water and 
Shipping Committee. The meeting topics are identified in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The Green Crab Control Committee will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m., Wednesday, February 21, 2001, and 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday, 
February 22, 2001. The Ballast Water and Shipping Committee will meet 
from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Friday, March 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The Green Crab Control Committee meeting will be held at the 
Buehler Alumni Center, Old Davis Road, University of California at 
Davis,

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Davis, California--Phone 530-752-8111. The Ballast Water and Shipping 
Committee meeting will be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
Room 2415, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Kern, Green Crab Control 
Committee Chairperson, at 410-226-5193 or by email at 
[email protected]; LT Mary Pat McKeown, U.S. Coast Guard, Ballast 
Water and Shipping Committee Chairperson, at 202-267-0500 or by email 
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 
meetings of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Green Crab control 
Committee and 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). Topics to be addressed at 
the Green Crab Control Committee meeting include: review and 
development of Green Crab Management Plan components to address four 
critical areas including prevention, detection and forecasting, 
control/eradication, and information access and management; and 
development of priorities for action. The Ballast Water and Shipping 
Committee will meet to develop and prioritized list of ballast water 
related research needs.
    Minutes of the meetings will be maintained by the Executive 
Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, suite 810, 4401 North 
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622, and the Chair of the 
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 and the Chair of the Green Crab Control Committee at the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Cooperative Oxford 
Laboratory, 904 South Morris Street, Oxford, Maryland 21654. Minutes 
for the meetings will be available at these locations for public 
inspection during regular business hours, Monday through Friday.

    Dated: January 25, 2001.
Cathleen I. Short,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director--
Fisheries and Habitat Conservation.
[FR Doc. 01-3199 Filed 2-6-01; 8:45 am]
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