[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 15 (Monday, January 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 4456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1624]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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 from the ACWI Subcommittee on Ground 
Water; discussion of a new Extreme Storms subgroup proposed within the 
Subcommittee on Hydrology; status of the National Monitoring Network 
for U.S. Coastal Waters and their Tributaries; request for ACWI 
approval of an update to the Water Quality Data Elements User Guide 
that would include physical habitat elements; discussion of ACWI 
participation in the National Environmental Status and Trends 
indicators project; and updates on recent activities of the Methods and 
Data Comparability Board.
    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 a.m. on February 10, 2009, 
and will adjourn at 12 noon on February 11, 2009. The meeting will be 
followed by a public forum on the National Environmental Status and 
Trends Indicators project, which will begin at 1 p.m. on February 11, 
2009 and adjourn at 12 noon on February 12, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Reston, Virginia, area, 
within a few miles of Dulles International Airport. Information on the 
exact location can be obtained from Ms. Wendy E. Norton, ACWI Executive 
Secretary, whose contact information is shown below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy E. Norton, 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. Norton at the 
above address no later than February 3, 2009. It is requested that 65 
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. Norton for distribution at the ACWI meeting.

    Dated: January 16, 2009.
Katherine Lins,
Chief, Office of Water Information.
[FR Doc. E9-1624 Filed 1-23-09; 8:45 am]
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