[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9035]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Risk Assessment and 
Management Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Risk Assessment and 
Management Committee of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. The 
meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The Committee will meet from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, 
May 1, 2001; from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 2, 2001; and 
will participate in a field trip from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, 
May 3, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Tropical Aquaculture Lab, 
1408 24th Street, Southeast, Ruskin, Florida 33570, phone (813) 671-
5230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Orr, Chair, Risk Assessment 
and Management Committee, at (301) 734-8939 or by email at Richard L. 
[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 Risk Assessment and 
Management 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 this meeting include: a 
discussion on the Florida Sturgeon Culture Risk Assessment status; a 
review status of the Caribbean Science Center's Risk Review Process 
library; a discussion on the final revision of the Black Carp Risk 
Assessment and publication options; an update on the risk assessment 
for the Asian Swamp eel; a discussion on revision of the RAM risk 
assessment process; a discussion of the policies surrounding screening 
processes with emphasis on precaution and uncertainty; a discussion on 
the development on the National Invasive Species Council (NISA) 
Management Plan Action Items associated with the screening of first 
time introductions of aquatic organisms for the ANS Task Force; a 
discussion on the introduced Snakehead in Florida; and a review of risk 
of fresh water snail introduction as vectors for Aniostrongyliasis.
    Minutes of the meeting 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. Minutes for the meetings will be available at these 
locations for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday 
through Friday.

    Dated: April 5, 2001.
Mary G. Henry,
Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Acting Assistant 
Director--Fisheries and Habitat Conservation.
[FR Doc. 01-9035 Filed 4-11-01; 8:45 am]
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