[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 1975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-956]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7128-9]


Notice of the Eighth Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of 
Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; announcement meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Eighth Meeting of the Mississippi 
River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force. The purpose of this 
Task Force, consisting of federal, state, and tribal members, is to 
lead efforts to coordinate and support nutrient management and hypoxia-
related activities in the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico 
watersheds. The major matter to be discussed at the meeting is the 
implementation of the Action Plan for Reducing, Mitigating, and 
Controlling Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. The Plan was 
developed in fulfillment of a requirement of section 604(b) of the 
Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research Control Act (Pub. L. 105-
383--Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998) and was submitted as a 
Report to Congress on January 18, 2001. The public will be afforded an 
opportunity to provide input to the Task Force during open discussion 
periods. The meeting coincides with a meeting of the Ohio River Valley 
Water Sanitation Commission in the vicinity, and will afford 
opportunities for exchange between the participants of both meetings. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 125 people.

DATES: The two-day meeting will be held from 2 p.m.-5:30 p.m., February 
7, 2002 and from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., February 8, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel and Suites 
Downtown, 200 North Fourth Street, St. Louis, MO 63102. A block of 
rooms has been reserved at the hotel. For reservations, call (314) 621-
8200 or 1-800-925-1395. When making room reservations, use the group 
name ``EPA Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Meeting.'' (Internet: 
http://www.radisson.com/stlouismo)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mary Belefski, U.S. EPA, 
Assessment and Watershed Protection Division (AWPD), Mail Code 4503F, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; Phone (202)-260-
7061; E-mail: [email protected]. For additional information on 
logistics and accommodations, contact Ansu John, Tetra Tech, Inc., 
10306 Eaton Place, Suite 340, Fairfax, VA 22030; Phone: (703) 385-6000; 
E-mail: ffx.com">ansu.john@tetratech-ffx.com.

    Dated: January 8, 2002.
Robert Wayland III,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds.
[FR Doc. 02-956 Filed 1-14-02; 8:45 am]
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