[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 3229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01891]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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Notice of Public Meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory 
Committee

AGENCY: National Invasive Species Council, Interior.

ACTION: Announcement of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Invasive Species 
Advisory Committee. The purpose of the Advisory Committee (ISAC) is to 
provide advice to the National Invasive Species Council (NISC), as 
authorized by Executive Orders 13112 and 13751, on a broad array of 
issues related to preventing the introduction of invasive species and 
providing for their control and minimizing the economic, ecological, 
and human health impacts that invasive species cause. The Council is 
co-chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce. The duty of the Council is 
to provide national leadership regarding invasive species issues. The 
purpose of an in-person meeting on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 through 
Thursday, February 28, 2019 is to convene the full ISAC Class 9 to 
respond to requests for advice on: (1) Relevance of the ISAC wildlife 
health white paper recommendations to addressing invasive ticks and 
tick-borne diseases (with particular emphasis on military and outdoor 
recreation contexts); and, (2) recommendations set forth in ISAC white 
papers over the last twenty years that have not yet been addressed and 
warrant timely consideration given pressing/emerging invasive species 
concerns.

DATES: Meeting of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee: Tuesday, 
February 26, 2019, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Thursday, February 28, 2019, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American 
Indian, 4th and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20560. The 
general session will be held in the Conference Center (4th Floor). 
NOTE: All meeting participants and interested members of the public 
must register their attendance online at www.invasivespecies.gov. 
Attendees must pass through security screening upon entering the 
facility.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelsey Brantley, Coordinator for NISC 
and ISAC Operations, National Invasive Species Council Secretariat, 
(202) 208-4122; Fax: (202) 208-4118, email: 
[email protected].

Stanley W. Burgiel,
Acting Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council.
[FR Doc. 2019-01891 Filed 2-8-19; 8:45 am]
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