[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18053-18054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06974]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-FAC-2014-N038; FXFR133609ANS09-FF09F14000-134]


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public 
meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force. The ANS Task 
Force's purpose is to develop and implement a program for U.S. waters 
to prevent introduction and dispersal of aquatic invasive species 
(AIS); to monitor, control, and study such species; and to disseminate 
related information.

DATES: The ANS Task Force will meet from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on 
Wednesday, May 7, through Thursday, May 8, 2014. For security purposes, 
registration for the meeting is required. If you wish to attend the 
meeting, you must register by contacting the ANS Task Force Executive 
Secretary (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than May 1, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: The ANS Task Force meeting will take place at the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Room 530, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 
22203 (telephone: 703-358-2398).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Norcutt, Acting Executive 
Secretary, ANS Task Force, by telephone at (703) 358-2398, or by email 
at [email protected]. If you use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD), please call the Federal Information Relay Service 
(FIRS) at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., we announce that the ANS 
Task Force will hold a meeting.

Background

    The ANS Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic 
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (Act) (Pub. L. 106-580, as 
amended), and is composed of 13 Federal and 13 ex-officio members and 
co-chaired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ANS Task Force provides 
advice on AIS infesting waters of the United States and other nations, 
among other duties as specified in the Act.

Meeting Agenda

 Federally Managed Water Bodies and AIS Issues
 Model State Inspection and Decontamination Legislation
 Draft Snakehead and Lionfish Management Plans
 Voluntary Approaches to Developing Semi-Green Boats
 National Invasive Species Awareness Week
 Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! Update
 Lake Tahoe ANS Management Plan
 Quagga Zebra Action Plan Update
 Report to Congress
 Fracking as an AIS Pathway
 Ballast Water Research
 Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basin Study

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 Solutions to the Threat of AIS Through the Chicago Area Water 
System

    The final agenda and other related meeting information will be 
posted on the ANS Task Force Web site at: http://anstaskforce.gov.

Meeting Minutes

    Summary minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Executive 
Secretary (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). The minutes will be 
available for public inspection within 60 days after the meeting and 
will be posted on the ANS Task Force Web site at http://anstaskforce.gov.

    Dated: March 18, 2014.
David Hoskins,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director for 
Fish and Aquatic Conservation.
[FR Doc. 2014-06974 Filed 3-28-14; 8:45 am]
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