[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 46 (Thursday, March 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 12005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4702]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic 
Nuisance Species 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 Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Nuisance 
Species. The meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species will meet 
from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2005 and from 10 a.m. 
to 3 p.m. on Friday, April 1, 2005. Minutes of the meeting will be 
available for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday 
through Friday.

ADDRESSES: The Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species meeting 
will be held at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chesapeake Bay Field 
Office, 177 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401. Phone (410) 
573-4517. Minutes of the meeting will be maintained in the office of 
Chief, Division of Environmental Quality, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Suite 322, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 
22203-1622.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Greiner, Mid-Atlantic Panel 
on Aquatic Nuisance Species Interim Chair at (410) 267-5783 or Pam 
Meacham, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, at (703) 358-1796.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces 
meetings of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Mid-Atlantic Panel 
on Aquatic Nuisance Species. The Task Force was established by the 
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990. The 
Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species was established by the 
ANS Task Force in 2003. The Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Nuisance 
Species, comprised of representatives from Federal, State, local 
agencies and from private environmental and commercial interests, 
performs the following activities:
    a. Identifies priorities for activities in the Mid-Atlantic region,
    b. Develops and submits recommendations to the national Aquatic 
Nuisance Species Task Force,
    c. Coordinates aquatic nuisance species program activities in the 
Mid-Atlantic region,
    d. Advises public and private interests on control efforts, and
    e. Submits an annual report to the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task 
Force.
    The purpose of the Panel is to advise and make recommendations to 
the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force on issues relating to the 
Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that includes nine Mid-
Atlantic States: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, North 
Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West 
Virginia. The Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species will 
discuss several topics at this meeting including: An overview of the 
ANS Task Force and Regional Panels; ANS Task Force Outreach and 
Education programs; priority ANS species in North Carolina and the 
Chesapeake and Delaware Bay watersheds; regional projects; 
organization, operations and budget of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Panel; 
work plan development; and the formation of work groups.

    Dated: March 3, 2005.
Everett Wilson,
Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant 
Director--Fisheries & Habitat Conservation.
[FR Doc. 05-4702 Filed 3-9-05; 8:45 am]
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