[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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