[Federal Register: November 7, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 216)]
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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 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, November 
21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Oceanic Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) complex, SSMC-II, Room 2358, 1305 East West 
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT Mary Pat McKeown, U.S. Coast Guard, 
Chair, Ballast Water and Shipping Committee, at 202-267-0500 or by 
email at mmckeown@comdt.uscg.mil or Sharon Gross, Executive Secretary, 
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force at 703-358-2308 or by e-mail at: 
sharon_gross@fws.gov

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: continued 
discussion on the development of standards for ballast water; 
discussion on membership of the committee including addition of new 
members; and discussion and recommendations for committee vision and 
goals.
    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: November 2, 2000.
Cathleen I. Short,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director--
Fisheries.
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