[Federal Register: May 18, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 95)] [Notices] [Page 27315] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr18my98-91] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service. ACTION: Notice of meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces the Spring 1998 meeting of the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. Topics to be addressed during the meeting are identified. DATES: The Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species will meet from 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 9, 1998, to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10, 1998. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn--North Campus, 3600 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Doss, Great Lakes Commission at 734-665-9135, or Bob Peoples, Executive Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, at 703-358-2025. 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 Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. The Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990. Topics to be covered during the meeting include: reports of ANS Task Force activities nationally and Federal legislation; reports on several ANS issues and initiatives such as the Great Lakes Ballast demonstration project, model guidelines for ANS prevention and control, proposed national voluntary ballast water guidelines, and the Chicago Waterways, Dispersal Barrier Project; a review of panel funding for fiscal year 1999; breakout sessions of the Panel's Information/ Education, Research Coordination, and Policy and Legislation Committees to develop 1999 work plans; model State ANS legislation; and reports from Panel members. Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Executive Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Suite 840, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622, and the Great Lakes Commission, 400 Fourth Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48103-4816, and will be available for public inspection during regular hours, Monday through Friday, within 30 days following the meeting. Dated: May 12, 1998. Gary Edwards, Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Assistant Director- Fisheries. [FR Doc. 98-13076 Filed 5-15-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-M