[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 199 (Friday, October 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60971-60972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26348]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Ballast Water and Shipping 
Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Ballast Water and 
Shipping Committee of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. The 
meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The Committee will meet from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday, 
October 30, 2000 and from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 31, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Coast Guard Headquarters, 
Room

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2415, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT Mary Pat McKeown, U.S. Coast Guard, 
Chair, Ballast Water and Shipping Committee, at 202-267-0500 or by e-
mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c71717f7779736b725c7f7371786832696f7f7b32717570"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afc2c2ccc4cac0d8c1efccc0c2cbdb81dadcccc881c2c6c3">[email protected]</span></a> or Sharon Gross, Executive Secretary, 
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force at 703-358-2308 or by e-mail at: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e3d262f3c212011293c213d3d0e28393d60292138"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="65160d04170a0b3a02170a1616250312164b020a13">[email protected]</span></a>

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces a 
meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Ballast Water and 
Shipping Committee. The Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous 
Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701-
4741). Topics to be addressed at this meeting include: updates from the 
AD-Hoc Environmental Soundness Working Group and the Ad-Hoc Workgroup 
on Ballast Water Treatment Standards; and the present and future role 
and purpose of the committee.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Executive 
Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Suite 851, 4401 North 
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622, and the Chair of the 
Ballast Water and Shipping Committee at the Environmental Standards 
Division, Office of Operations and Environmental Standards, U.S. Coast 
Guard (G-MSO-4), 2100 Second Street, SW, room 1309, Washington, DC 
20593-0001. Minutes for the meetings will be available at these 
locations for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday 
through Friday.

    Dated: October 6, 2000.
Cathleen I. Short,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director--
Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 00-26348 Filed 10-12-00; 8:45 am]
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