[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 58356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25647]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting

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 (ANS) Task Force. The meeting topics are identified in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

DATES: The Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force will meet from 8 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 
Wednesday, November 5, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The ANS Task Force meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 
4610 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone 703-243-
9800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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. The Task Force was 
established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and 
Control Act of 1990.
    Topics to be covered during the ANS Task Force meeting include: an 
update of activities from each of the Task Force's regional panels; 
status and updates from several other Task Force committees and working 
groups including the Prevention Committee, the Asian Carp working 
group, and the New Zealand mud snail working group, review of State ANS 
Management Plans from Hawaii, Indiana and Wisconsin; an update on 
ballast water management activities; an update on the activities of the 
National Invasive Species Council; a discussion on the National Aquatic 
Invasive Species Act; and other topics.
    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 will be available 
for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday through 
Friday.

    Dated: October 2, 2003.
Mamie Parker,
Co-chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director--
Fisheries and Habitat Conservation.
[FR Doc. 03-25647 Filed 10-8-03; 8:45 am]
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