[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 121 (Thursday, June 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40919-40920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14860]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Public Meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, notice is hereby given of meetings of the Invasive Species
Advisory Committee (ISAC). Comprised of 26 nonfederal invasive species
experts and stakeholders from across the nation, the purpose of the
Advisory Committee is to provide advice to the National Invasive
Species Council, as authorized by Executive Order 13112, on a broad
array of issues related to preventing the introduction of invasive
species and providing for their control and minimizing the economic,
ecological, and human health impacts that invasive species cause. The
Council is co-chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary
of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce. The duty of the Council
is to provide national leadership regarding invasive species issues.
Purpose of Meeting: To convene the full ISAC and to provide expert
input and recommendations to NISC federal agencies and their partners
on invasive species matters of national importance. While in session,
ISAC will: (1) Consider adoption of the white paper entitled,
Addressing the Needs of Classical Biocontrol Programs, as proposed by
ISAC's Subcommittee on Control and Management; (2) receive update of
progress in Federal agency implementation of prior recommendations from
ISAC as well as new Federal initiatives as outlined in the National
Invasive Species Council Management Plan; and, (3) commence work on
NISC priority initiatives through subcommittees (task teams) focused
on: (a) Strengthening Federal/State coordination; (b) strengthening
Federal/Tribal coordination; (c) identifying risks and opportunities
for the application of gene editing as a means of eradication or
controlling invasive species; (d) assessing implications of and needs
to regulate invasive species that impact infrastructure; and, (e)
assessing implications of and needs to regulate invasive species that
impact wildlife health. The meeting agenda is available on the NISC Web
site at http://www.doi.gov/invasivespecies/isac/isac-meetings.cfm.
Supplemental reference materials will be posted on or about Monday,
June 27, 2016.
DATES: Meeting of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee: Tuesday,
July 12, 2016: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday, July 13, 2016: 8:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursday, July 14, 2016; 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American
Indian, 4th and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560. The
general session will be held in the Conference Center (4th Floor).
NOTE: All meeting participants and interested members of the public
must register their attendance online at http://goo.gl/forms/aCThKkCEqr0rOuaA3. Attendees must pass through security screening upon
entering the facility.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelsey Brantley, National Invasive
Species Council Program Specialist and ISAC Coordinator, Phone: (202)
208-4122; Fax: (202) 208-4118, email: [email protected].
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Dated: June 14, 2016.
Jamie K. Reaser,
Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council (NISC)
Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-14860 Filed 6-22-16; 8:45 am]
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