Federal Register: May 5, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 88)
DOCID: FR Doc 00-11197
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Interior Department
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Meetings:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of public meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee and Invasive Species Council.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Invasive Species Advisory Committee
DATES: Meeting of Invasive Species Advisory Committee: 9 a.m., Wednesday, May 17, 2000; Meeting of Invasive Species Advisory Committee and Council: 1 p.m., Thursday, May 18, 2000.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee and the Invasive Species Council. The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to provide advice to the Council, as authorized by Executive Order 13112, 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 Cochaired 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 a meeting on May 17 is to convene the full Advisory Committee and receive reports from the six working groups established to provide input for the National Invasive Species Management Plan. A second meeting on May 18 is the first joint meeting of the Advisory Committee and the Council. The meetings will be open to the public. Attendance will be limited to space available.
SUMMARY:
Invasive Species Advisory Committee and Invasive Species Council,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Kelsey Passe, National Invasive
Species Council Program Analyst; Email: kelsey__passe@ios.doi.gov; Phone: (202) 2086336; Fax: (202) 2081526.
Dated: May 1, 2000.
A. Gordon Brown,
CoExecutive Director, National Invasive Species Council.
[FR Doc. 0011197 Filed 5400; 8:45 am]
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