[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 45323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21685]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Ballast Water and Shipping 
Committee

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance 
Species Task Force Ballast Water and Shipping Committee. The meeting 
topics are identified in the supplementary information.

DATES: The Ballast Water and Shipping Committee will meet from 9 a.m. 
to 3 p.m., Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The Ballast Water and Shipping Committee meeting will be 
held at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration complex, 
SSMC-II, Room 2358, 1325 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 
20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Mary Pat McKeown, U.S. Coast 
Guard, Ballast Water and Shipping Committee Chairperson, at 202-267-
0500 or by e-mail 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 a 
meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force 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). The Ballast Water and Shipping Committee will meet to finalize 
the document entitled ``Recommended Ballast Water Research Priorities 
of the Ballast Water and Shipping Committee of the Aquatic Nuisance 
Species Task Force.''
    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 Chairperson 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 meeting will be available at these 
locations for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday 
through Friday.

    Dated: August 20, 2001.
William E. Knapp,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Acting Assistant 
Director--Fisheries and Habitat Conservation.
[FR Doc. 01-21685 Filed 8-27-01; 8:45 am]
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