[Federal Register: December 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 246)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Fourth Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico 
Watershed Nutrient Task Force

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; announcement meeting.

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SUMMARY: Fourth Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico 
Watershed Nutrient Task Force.

TIME AND DATE: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., February 18, 1999.

PLACE: Holiday Inn Select Downtown Hotel, 160 Union Avenue, Memphis, 
TN; (901) 525-5491.

STATUS: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The 
room accommodates approximately 125 people.

PURPOSE: The Task Force consisting of Federal, State, and Tribal 
members, leads efforts to coordinate and support nutrient management 
and hypoxia related activities in the Mississippi River and Gulf of 
Mexico watersheds.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: Agenda items include a discussion of new 
Federal legislation affecting the Task Force (Title VI--Harmful Algal 
Blooms and Hypoxia of P.L. 105-383--Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
1998), an update on the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources' 
Hypoxia Science Assessment, and discussions on the draft interim 
strategy, including indicators of progress. The meeting of the Task 
Force will be open to the public, and the public will be afforded an 
opportunity to provide input during open discussion periods.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Dr. Mary Belefski, U.S. EPA, 
Assessment and Watershed Protection Division (AWPD), 401 M Street, S.W. 
(4503F), Washington, D.C. 20460, telephone (202) 260-7061; Internet: 
belefski.mary@epa.gov.

    Dated: December 14, 1998.
Robert Wayland III,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds.
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