[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69641-69642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24348]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-FAC-2020-N134; FXFR13360900000-FF09F14000-189]
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of teleconference/web meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives notice of a
teleconference/web meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task
Force, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
DATES:
Teleconference/web meeting: The ANS Task Force will meet Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday, December 8-10, 2020, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
each day (Eastern Time).
Registration: Registration is required. The deadline for
registration in December 7, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via teleconference and broadcast
over the internet. To register and receive the web address and
telephone number for participation, contact the Executive Secretary
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) or visit the ANS Task Force
website at https://anstaskforce.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Pasko, Executive Secretary, ANS
Task Force, by telephone at (703) 358-2466, or by email at
Susan_Pasko@fws.gov. If you use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD), please call the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ANS Task Force was established by the
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 and
is composed of Federal and ex-officio members. The ANS Task Force's
purpose is to develop and implement a program for U.S. waters to
prevent introduction and dispersal of aquatic invasive species; to
monitor, control, and study such species; and to disseminate related
information.
The meeting agenda will include: updates on new species occurrences
in the United States; updates from interagency invasive species
organizations; presentations on horizon scanning and risk assessment as
tools for invasive species management; presentations on ballast water
and Asian carp management programs; updates on priority outputs to
advance the goals identified in the ANS Task Force Strategic Plan for
2020-2025; responses to recommendations from the ANS Task Force
regional panels; and opportunities for public comment. The final agenda
and other related meeting information will be posted on the ANS Task
Force website, https://anstaskforce.gov.
Public Input
If you wish to listen to the webinar by telephone, listen and view
through the internet, provide oral public comment by phone, or provide
a written comment for the ANS Task Force to consider, contact the ANS
Task Force Executive Secretary (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Written comments should be received no later than Monday, December 7,
2020, to be considered by the Task Force during the meeting.
Depending on the number of people who want to comment and the time
available, the amount of time for individual oral comments may be
limited. Interested parties should contact the ANS Task Force Executive
Secretary, in writing (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), for
placement on the public speaker list for this teleconference.
Registered speakers who wish to expand upon their oral statements, or
those who had wished to speak but could not be accommodated on the
agenda, may submit written statements to the Executive Secretary up to
30 days following the meeting. Requests to address the ANS Task Force
during the teleconference will be accommodated in the order the
requests are received.
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Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation services, closed
captioning, or other accessibility accommodations should be directed to
the ANS Task Force Executive Secretary (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) by close of business Tuesday, December 1, 2020.
Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so and that information may be made public at any time.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2.
Dated: October 29, 2020.
David W. Hoskins,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.
[FR Doc. 2020-24348 Filed 11-2-20; 8:45 am]
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