[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21811]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

United States Geological Survey


Advisory Committee on Water Information

AGENCY: United States Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Advisory Committee on Water Information meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Advisory Committee 
on Water Information (ACWI). This meeting of the ACWI is to discuss 
broad policy-related topics relating to national water initiatives, and 
to hear reports from ACWI subgroups. The proposed agenda will include a 
series of discussions concerning various U.S. Government policies and 
programs related to the development and dissemination of water 
information.
    The ACWI has been established under the authority of the Office of 
Management and Budget Memorandum M-92-01 and the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. The purpose of the ACWI is to provide a forum for water-
information users and professionals to advise the Federal Government of 
activities and plans that may improve the effectiveness of meeting the 
Nation's water information needs. More than 30 organizations have been 
invited by the Secretary of the Interior to name representatives to the 
ACWI. These include Federal departments, State, local, and tribal 
government organizations, industry, academia, agriculture, 
environmental organizations, professional societies, and volunteer 
groups.

DATES: The formal meeting will convene at 8 a.m., on September 9, 2003, 
and will adjourn on September 10, 2003, at 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Days Hotel and Conference Center, 2200 Centreville Road, 
Herndon, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Toni M. Johnson (Executive 
Secretary), Chief, Water Information Coordination Program, U.S. 
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 417 National Center, 
Reston, VA 20192. Telephone: 703-648-6810; Fax: 703-648-5644.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public. Up to a 
half hour will be set aside for public comment. Persons wishing to make 
a brief presentation (up to 5 minutes) are asked to provide a written 
request with a description of the general subject to Ms. Johnson at the 
above address no later than noon, September 5, 2003. It is requested 
that 40 copies of a written statement be submitted at the time of the 
meeting for distribution to members of the ACWI and placement in the 
official file. Any member of the public may submit written information 
and (or) comments to Ms. Johnson for distribution at the ACWI Meeting.

    Dated: August 21, 2003.
R. Thomas Weimer,
Deputy Assistant Secretary--Water and Science.
[FR Doc. 03-21811 Filed 8-25-03; 8:45 am]
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