Federal Register: October 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 199)
DOCID: FR Doc 04-23178
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Meetings:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Northeast Regional Panel Meeting
DATES: The Northeast Regional Panel will meet from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, November 9, 2004, and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday,
November 10, 2004. Minutes of the meeting will be available for public inspection during
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regular business hours, Monday through Friday.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
This notice announces a meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force Northeast Regional Panel. The meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
SUMMARY:
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces meetings of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Northeast Regional Panel. The Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990. The Northeast Regional Panel was established by the ANS Task Force in 2001 and is comprised of representatives from Federal, State, and local agencies and from private environmental and commercial interests.
The purpose of the Panel is to advise and make recommendations to the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force on issues relating to the Northeast region of the United States that includes: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. Responsibilities of the Panel include: a. Identifying priorities for the Northeast Region with respect to aquatic nuisance species; b. Making recommendations to the Task Force regarding actions to carry out aquatic invasive species programs. c. Assisting the Task Force in coordinating Federal aquatic nuisance species program activities in the Northeast region; d. Coordinating, where possible, aquatic invasive species program activities in the Northeast region that are not conducted pursuant to the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (as amended, 1996); e. Providing advice to public and private individuals and entities concerning methods of controlling aquatic nuisance species; and f. Submitting an annual report describing activities within the Western region related to aquatic nuisance species prevention, research, and control.
The Northeast Regional Panel will discuss several topics at this
meeting including: updates from both the ANS Task Force and the
National Invasive Species Council, and updates from other groups
including State and Regional updates; committee breakout planning
sessions and updates; New York State highlights; research priorities,
progress on the rapid assessment, the New Hampshire outreach pilot
program; the pet industry panel, and a feature on sea lamprey including management strategies in New York.
Dated: September 22, 2004.
M.A. Parker,
CoChair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director Fisheries & Habitat Conservation.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Michele Tremblay, Northeast Panel
Coordinator, Nature Source Communications, P.O. Box 3019, Boscawen, NH, 03303, 6037962615, or Everett Wilson, Chief, Division of
Environmental Quality, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 7033582148.