[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6786-6787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2957]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Public Meeting and Public Comment
AGENCY: National Ocean Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting, Notice of public comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a public meeting of the U.S. Coral
Reef Task Force. The meeting will be held in Washington, DC This
meeting, the 27th
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bi-annual meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, provides a forum
for coordinated planning and action among federal agencies, state and
territorial governments, and nongovernmental partners. Please register
in advance by visiting the Web site listed below. This meeting has time
allotted for public comment. All public comment must be submitted in
written format. A written summary of the meeting will be posted on the
Web site within two months of its occurrence.
DATES: The meeting will be held Thursday, February 23, 2012.
Registration is requested for all participants. Advance public comments
can be submitted to the email, fax, or mailing address listed below
from Wednesday, February 1-Wednesday, February 15.
Location: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of the
Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Dieveney, NOAA U.S. Coral Reef
Task Force Steering Committee Point of Contact, NOAA Coral Reef
Conservation Program, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland,
20910 (Phone: (301) 713-3155 ext. 129, Fax: (301) 713-4389, email:
beth.dieveney@noaa.gov, Liza Johnson, U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
Steering Committee Point of Contact, U.S. Department of the Interior,
1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240 (Phone: (202) 208-1378, email:
Liza_m_Johnson@ios.doi.gov), or visit the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
Web site at www.coralreef.gov.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Established by Presidential Executive Order
13089 in 1998, the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force mission is to lead,
coordinate, and strengthen U.S. government actions to better preserve
and protect coral reef ecosystems. Co-chaired by the Departments of
Commerce and Interior, Task Force members include leaders of 12 Federal
agencies, seven U.S. states and territories, and three freely
associated states. For more information about the meeting, registering,
and submitting public comment go to www.coralreef.gov.
Dated: January 27, 2012.
Donna Wieting,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National
Ocean Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-2957 Filed 2-8-12; 8:45 am]
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