[Federal Register: June 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 107)] [Notices] [Page 30056] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr04jn99-95] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Ballast Water and Shipping Committee of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. Meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. DATES: The Ballast Water and Shipping Committee will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, 1999. ADDRESSES: The Ballast Water and Shipping Committee Meeting will be held in Room 2415, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT Mary Pat McKeown, Chair, Ballast Water and Shipping Committee, at 202-267-0500 or mmckeown@comdt.uscg.mil or Executive Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, at 703-358-1718. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), we announce a meeting of the Ballast Water and Shipping Committee on the Aquatic Nuisance Species 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 include an update on efforts to compile a directory of ballast water research and technologies, factors to be considered in evaluating treatment technologies and management practices, and the nature and process for developing strategic national priorities for ballast water management research and development. Time permitting, presentations will be made describing specific ballast water management technologies and practices. 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 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: June 1, 1999. Rowan W. Gould, Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Acting Assistant Director--Fisheries. [FR Doc. 99-14183 Filed 6-3-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-M