[Federal Register: March 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 55)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Second Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico 
Watershed Nutrient Task Force

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; announcement of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Second Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico 
Watershed Nutrient Task Force.
    Time and Date: 1:00-5:00 p.m., April 8; and 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., 
April 9, 1998.
    Place: The Pontchartrain Hotel, 2031 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, 
LA; (504) 524-0581.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: A Task Force consisting of Federal, State, and Tribal 
members, will lead an effort to coordinate and support nutrient 
management and hypoxia related activities in the Mississippi River and 
Gulf of Mexico watersheds. The purpose of this second meeting, done in 
coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is to have 
interactive discussions with stakeholders in the Gulf of Mexico area 
and with State officials actively involved in nutrient management 
activities.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include: Panel discussions 
with stakeholders considering the environmental, agriculture, and 
academic/social perspectives concerning hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico 
and nutrient management; panel discussions with State officials 
concerning nutrient management efforts state and basin-wide; discussion 
on nutrient enrichment modeling; and the development of nutrient 
management goals from a Chesapeake Bay State perspective. The public 
will be afforded an opportunity to provide comments on these issues 
during open discussion periods.
    Contact Person for More Information: Dr. Mary Belefski, U.S. EPA, 
Assessment and Watershed Protection Division (AWPD), 401 M Street, S.W. 
(4503F), Washington, D.C. 20460, telephone 202/260-7061; Internet: 
belefski.mary@epamail.epa.gov.

    Dated: March 16, 1998.
Robert Wayland,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds.
[FR Doc. 98-7490 Filed 3-20-98; 8:45 am]
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