Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of teleconference/web meeting.

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 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: 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.