[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12129-12130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4980]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R5-FHC-2011-N034; 53330-1335-0000-J3]


Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a

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meeting of the Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives 
Workgroup (Workgroup). The Workgroup's purpose is to provide, in an 
advisory capacity, recommendations and advice on research and 
implementation of sea lamprey control techniques alternative to 
lampricide that are technically feasible, cost effective, and 
environmentally safe. The primary objective of the meeting will be to 
discuss potential research initiatives that may enhance alternative sea 
lamprey control techniques. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Workgroup will meet on Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 1 p.m. to 
4 p.m., with an alternate date of Tuesday, March 29, 2011, from 11 a.m. 
to 2 p.m., should the meeting need to be cancelled due to inclement 
weather. Any member of the public who wants to find out whether the 
meeting has been postponed may contact Ms. Stefi Flanders at 802-872-
0629, extension 10 (telephone), or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1142657477784e577d707f75746362517766623f767e67"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b381f0e0d02342d070a050f0e19182b0d1c18450c041d">[email protected]</span></a> (electronic 
mail) during regular business hours on the primary meeting date.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Lake Champlain Basin 
Program/Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department facility at the Gordon 
Center House, 54 West Shore Road, Grand Isle, VT 05458; 802-372-3213 
(telephone).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Tilton, Designated Federal 
Officer, Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup, 
Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Resources Office, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, 11 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452 (U.S. 
mail); 802-872-0629 (telephone); <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c381d0a19232815100813123c1a0b0f521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96d2f7e0f3c9c2fffae2f9f8d6f0e1e5b8f1f9e0">[email protected]</span></a> (electronic 
mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We publish this notice under section 
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). The 
Workgroup's specific responsibilities are to provide advice regarding 
the implementation of sea lamprey control methods alternative to 
lampricides, to recommend priorities for research to be control methods 
alternative to lampricides, to recommend priorities for research to be 
conducted by cooperating organizations and demonstration projects to be 
developed and funded by State and Federal agencies, and to assist 
Federal and State agencies with the coordination of alternative sea 
lamprey control research to advance the state of the science in Lake 
Champlain and the Great Lakes.

    Dated: February 17, 2011.
James G. Geiger,
Acting Assistant Regional Director--Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Hadley, Massachusetts 01035.
[FR Doc. 2011-4980 Filed 3-3-11; 8:45 am]
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