[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21257-21258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08921]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-FAC-2015-N067; 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, which 
consists of 13 Federal and 13 ex-officio members. 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 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 
May 6, and Thursday, May 7, 2015, and on Friday, May 8, 2015, from 8 
a.m. to noon. For more information, contact the ANS Task Force 
Executive Secretary (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

ADDRESSES: The ANS Task Force meeting will take place at the Bahia Mar 
Fort Lauderdale Beach, 801 Seabreeze Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, 
Florida 33316, (Telephone: 954-764-2233).

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

 Quagga-Zebra Mussel Action Plan Update
 Building Policy Consensus in the West: Update on Development 
of Model Law and Regulations
 Addressing AIS Transport at Federally Managed Water Bodies
 Fish Passage Need and AIS Threats
 Approval of the National Invasive Lionfish Prevention and 
Management Plan and the National Snakehead Control and Management Plan
 ANS Hotline Update
 eDNA Information Clearinghouse Web site
 Organisms in Trade Project and WebCrawler Tool
 Update from the Aquatic Invasive Species Summit: Boat Design 
and Construction in the Consideration of AIS
 Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! Update
 Plans for Revitalizing Habitattitude
 ANSTF Involvement with National Invasive Species Awareness 
Week
 Detection and Management of Monoecious Hydrilla in the Erie 
Canal
 A National EDRR Framework and Emergency Response Funding Plan
 Hydraulic Fracturing for Gas Development as an AIS Pathway
    There will be a field trip Wednesday from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on 
exotic fish and the South Florida melaleuca control program. To 
register for the field trip, complete this doodle poll: http://doodle.com/pdng82up43uranpx.
    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.


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    Dated: April 13, 2015.
David W. Hoskins,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director for 
Fish and Aquatic Conservation.
[FR Doc. 2015-08921 Filed 4-16-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4310-55-P