[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22629]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Estuary Habitat Restoration Council; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 105(h) of the Estuary Restoration 
Act of 2000, (Title I, Pub. L. 106-457), announcement is made of the 
forthcoming meeting of the Estuary Habitat Restoration Council. The 
meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday, 
September 25, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be in room 3M60/70, 441 G Street, NW., 
Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Ellen Cummings, Headquarters, U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC 20314-1000, (202) 761-4558; or 
Ms. Cynthia Garman-Squier, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the 
Army (Civil Works), Washington, DC, (703) 695-6791.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Estuary Habitat Restoration Council 
consists of representatives of five agencies. These are the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Protection 
Agency, U.S. fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Agriculture, and 
Army. Among the duties of the Council is development of a national 
estuary restoration strategy designed in part to meet the goal of 
restoring one million acres by 2010.
    The primary agenda topic will be the Council's approval of a list 
of projects, in priority order, to be submitted to the Secretary of the 
Army for consideration for implementation funding.
    Current security measures require that persons interested in 
attending the meeting must pre-register with us before 2 p.m., 
September 23, 2003. Please contact Ellen Cummings at (202) 761-4558 to 
pre-register. When leaving a voice mail message please provide the name 
of the individual attending, the company or agency represented, and a 
telephone number, in case there are any questions. The public should 
enter on the ``G'' Street side of the GAO building. All attendees are 
required to show photo identification and must be escorted to the 
meeting room by Corps personnel. Attendee's bags and other possessions 
are subject to being searched. All attendees arriving between one-half 
hour before and one-half hour after 10 a.m. will be escorted to the 
hearing. Those who are not pre-registered and/or arriving later than 
the allotted time will be unable to attend the public meeting.

Luz D. Ortiz,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-22629 Filed 9-4-03; 8:45 am]
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