[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54517-54518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7680]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

United States Geological Survey


Notice of an Open Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Water 
Information (ACWI)

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the ACWI. This meeting 
is to discuss broad policy-related topics relating to national water 
initiatives, and the development and dissemination of water 
information, through reports from ACWI subgroups. The agenda will 
include status of a proposal for a new ACWI subgroup on Ground Water 
Monitoring; a new proposal by the Subcommittee on Hydrology, from the 
Satellite Telemetry Interagency Working Group; status of the National 
Monitoring Network for U.S. Coastal Waters and their Tributaries; and a 
presentation on the new Wetland Mapping Standard Workgroup of the 
Federal Geographic Data Committee. The ACWI was established under the 
authority of the Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M92-01 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 on activities and plans that may improve the 
effectiveness of meeting the Nation's water information needs. Member 
organizations help to foster communications between the Federal and 
non-Federal sectors on sharing water information.
    Membership, limited to 35 organizations, represents a wide range of 
water resources interests and functions. Representation on the ACWI 
includes all levels of government, academia, private industry, and 
professional and technical societies. For more information on the ACWI, 
its membership, subgroups, meetings and activities, please see the Web 
site at: http://ACWI.gov.

DATES: The formal meeting will convene at 9:30 a.m. on October 4, 2006, 
and will adjourn at 4:15 p.m. on the same day.

ADDRESSES: The U.S. Geological Survey, Dallas L. Peck Auditorium, 12201 
Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Toni J. Johnson, ACWI Executive 
Secretary and Chief, Water Information Coordination Program, U.S. 
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 417, Reston, VA 
20192. Telephone: 703-648-6810; Fax: 703-648-5644; e-mail: 
[email protected].

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 27, 2006. 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.


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    Dated: September 11, 2006.
Katherine Lins,
Chief, Office of Water Information.
[FR Doc. 06-7680 Filed 9-14-06; 8:45 am]
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