[Federal Register: October 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 194)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

 
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Great Lakes Panel Meeting and 
Ruffe Control Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces meetings of the Aquatic Nuisance Species 
(ANS) Task Force Great Lakes Panel Committee and the Ruffe Control 
Committee. The meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

DATES: The Great Lakes Panel will meet 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 
October 19, 1999, and 8 a.m. to 12 noon on Wednesday, October 20, 1999. 
The Ruffe Control Committee will meet from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on 
Thursday, October 28, 1999, and 8 a.m. to 12 noon on Friday, October 
29, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The Great Lakes Panel meeting will be held at Metcalfe 
Federal Office Building, 77 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois and 
the Ruffe Control Committee meeting will be held at the Best Western 
Inn, 6285 Saginaw Road, Bay City, Michigan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 
meetings of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Great Lakes Panel 
Committee and the Ruffe Control Committee. The Task Force was 
established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and 
Control Act of 1990.
    The Great Lakes Panel, comprised of representatives from Federal, 
State, and local agencies and from private environmental and commercial 
interests, provides the following:
    (a) Identify priorities for the Great Lakes Region with respect to 
aquatic nuisance species;
    (b) Make recommendations to the Task Force regarding programs to 
carry out zebra mussel programs;
    (c) Assist the Task Force in coordinating Federal aquatic nuisance 
species program activities in the Great Lakes region;
    (d) Coordinate, where possible, aquatic nuisance species program 
activities in the Great Lakes region that are not conducted pursuant to 
the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 
(as amended, 1996);
    (e) Provide advice to public and private individuals and entities 
concerning methods of controlling aquatic nuisance species; and
    (f) Submit an annual report describing activities within the Great 
Lakes region related to aquatic nuisance species prevention, research, 
and control.
    The focus of this meeting will be to: review Panel activities for 
the past year, hear updates of ongoing activities, and review the Great 
Lakes Action Plan.
    Topics to be covered at the Ruffe Control Committee meeting will 
include: the status of existing ruffe populations, a detailed review of 
each of the eight components of the ruffe control plan, an evaluation 
of the bait harvest prohibitions currently in place on Lake Superior, 
and other topics.
    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 will be available 
for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday through 
Friday.

    Dated: October 1, 1999.
Hannibal Bolton,
Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Acting Assistant 
Director--Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 99-26125 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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