[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19524-19525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06976]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-FAC-2022-N224; FXFR13360900000-FF09F14000-201]


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of teleconference/web meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives notice of a 
teleconference/web meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task 
Force, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATES: 
    Teleconference/web meeting: The ANS Task Force will meet Tuesday, 
Wednesday, and Thursday, May 24-26, 2022, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. each 
day (Eastern Time).
    Registration: Registration is required. The deadline for 
registration is May 20, 2022.
    Accessibility: The deadline for accessibility accommodation 
requests is May 20, 2022. Please see Accessibility Information, below.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via teleconference and broadcast 
over the internet. To register and receive the web address and 
telephone number for participation, contact the Executive Secretary 
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) or visit the ANS Task Force 
website at https://www.fws.gov/program/aquatic-nuisance-species-task-force.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Pasko, Executive Secretary, ANS 
Task Force, by telephone at (703) 358-2466, or by email at 
[email protected]. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, 
deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 
(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. 
Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services 
offered within their country to make international calls to the point-
of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ANS Task Force was established by the 
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990, and 
is composed of Federal and 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; to 
monitor, control, and study such species; and to disseminate related 
information.
    This meeting is open to the public. The meeting agenda will 
include: Reports from ANS Task Force members, regional panels, and 
subcommittees; discussion on priority outputs to advance the goals 
identified in the ANS Task Force Strategic Plan for 2020-2025; 
presentation by the U.S Geological Survey on new species occurrences in 
the United States; recommendations by the ANS Task Force regional 
panels; and public comment. The final agenda and other related meeting 
information will be posted on the ANS Task Force website, https://www.fws.gov/program/aquatic-nuisance-species-task-force.

Public Input

    If you wish to provide oral public comment or provide a written 
comment

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for the ANS Task Force to consider, contact the ANS Task Force 
Executive Secretary (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than 
Friday, May 20, 2022.
    Depending on the number of people who want to comment and the time 
available, the amount of time for individual oral comments may be 
limited. Interested parties should contact the ANS Task Force Executive 
Secretary, in writing (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), for 
placement on the public speaker list for this meeting. Requests to 
address the ANS Task Force during the meeting will be accommodated in 
the order the requests are received. Registered speakers who wish to 
expand upon their oral statements, or those who had wished to speak but 
could not be accommodated on the agenda, may submit written statements 
to the Executive Secretary up to 30 days following the meeting.

Accessibility Information

    Requests for sign language interpretation services, closed 
captioning, or other accessibility accommodations should be directed to 
the ANS Task Force Executive Secretary (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT) by close of business Friday, May 20, 2022.

Public Disclosure

    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    Authority: 5 U.S.C. appendix 2.

David A. Miko,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.
[FR Doc. 2022-06976 Filed 4-1-22; 8:45 am]
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