[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 207 (Friday, October 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 60063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23637]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-FAC-2021-N192; FXFR13360900000-FF09F14000-201]
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, November 16-18, 2021, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
each day (Eastern Time).
Registration: Registration is required. The deadline for
registration is November 12, 2021.
Accessibility: The deadline for accessibility accommodation
requests is November 12, 2021. Please see Accessibility Information,
below.
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
[email protected]. 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: ANS Task Force subcommittee
reports and ANS Task Force discussion on priority outputs to advance
the goals identified in the ANS Task Force Strategic Plan for 2020-
2025; presentation by the U.S Geological Survey on new species
occurrences in the United States; updates from ANS Task Force member
agencies and interagency invasive species organizations;
recommendations by the ANS Task Force regional panels; and 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, or provide a written
comment for the ANS Task Force to consider, contact the ANS Task Force
Executive Secretary (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than
Friday, November 12, 2021.
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.
Accessibility Information
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 Friday, November 12, 2021.
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.
Authority: U.S.C. appendix 2.
David W. Hoskins,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.
[FR Doc. 2021-23637 Filed 10-28-21; 8:45 am]
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