[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 230 (Friday, December 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 83959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26423]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-FAC-2023-N074; FXFR13360900000-FF09F14000-234]


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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

DATES: The ANS Task Force will meet Wednesday and Thursday, January 24-
25, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day (Eastern Time).
    Registration: The meeting is open to the public, but registration 
is required. The deadline for registration is January 18, 2024.
    Accessibility: The deadline for accessibility accommodation 
requests is January 18, 2024. Please see Accessibility Information, 
below.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in Conference Room 5A217 of the 
U.S. Geological Survey National Center, located at 12201 Sunrise Valley 
Drive, Reston, VA 20192. Members of the public may choose to 
participate remotely by phone or video conferencing platform. To 
register and receive the telephone number or web address for remote 
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 (571) 623-0608, 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 Aquatic Nuisance Species (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 purpose of the ANS Task Force 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 includes: 
reports from ANS Task Force members, reports and recommendations from 
regional panels and subcommittees, discussion on priority outputs to 
advance the goals identified in the ANS Task Force Strategic Plan for 
2020-2025, presentations highlighting invasive species challenges and 
innovative measures for ANS management and control, and a public 
comment period. 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 for the ANS Task Force to consider, contact the ANS Task Force 
Executive Secretary (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than 
January 18, 2024.
    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

    Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter 
services, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable 
accommodations. Please contact the ANS Task Force Executive Secretary 
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than January 18, 2024, 
to give the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sufficient time to process 
your request. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a 
case-by-case basis.

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. ch. 10.

David A. Miko,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.
[FR Doc. 2023-26423 Filed 11-30-23; 8:45 am]
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