Meetings: Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup

Federal Register: December 30, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 250)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

FWS-R5-FHC-2008-N0336; 53330-1335-0000-J3

Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a meeting of the Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives

Workgroup (Workgroup). The Workgroup's purpose is to provide, in an advisory capacity, recommendations and advice on research and implementation of sea lamprey control techniques alternative to lampricide that are technically feasible, cost effective, and environmentally safe. The primary objective of the meeting will be to discuss potential research initiatives that may enhance alternative sea lamprey control techniques. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Workgroup will meet on Thursday February 5, 2009, from 5 to 8 p.m., with an alternate date of Thursday February 12, 2009, from 5 to 8 p.m., should the meeting need to be cancelled due to inclement weather. Any member of the public who wants to find out whether the meeting has been postponed may contact Stefi Flanders of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 802-872-0629 ext. 10 (telephone); or Stefi_

Flanders@fws.gov (electronic mail) during regular business hours on the primary meeting date.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ilsley Public Library,

Jessica Swift Community Meeting Room, 75 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753; telephone 802-388-4095.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Tilton, Designated Federal

Officer, Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup,

Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Resources Office, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 11 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452 (U.S. mail); 802-872-0629 (telephone); or Dave_Tilton@fws.gov (electronic mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We publish this notice under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). The

Workgroup's specific responsibilities are to provide advice regarding the implementation of sea lamprey control methods alternative to lampricides, to recommend priorities for research to be conducted by cooperating organizations and demonstration projects to be developed and funded by State and Federal agencies, and to assist Federal and

State agencies with the coordination of alternative sea lamprey control research to advance the state of the science in Lake Champlain and the

Great Lakes.

Dated: December 5, 2008.

Wendi Weber,

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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