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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–8527–9]
The Sixteenth Meeting of the
Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico
Watershed Nutrient Task Force
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; meeting announcement.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
Sixteenth Public Meeting of the
Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico
Watershed Nutrient Task Force. The
purpose of this Task Force, consisting of
federal and state members, is to lead
efforts to coordinate and support
nutrient management and hypoxiarelated activities in the Mississippi
River and Gulf of Mexico watersheds.
The matter for discussion at the meeting
is to seek approval on the revised 2001
Action Plan for Reducing, Mitigating,
and Controlling Hypoxia in the
Northern Gulf of Mexico for release in
March 2008. The public will be afforded
an opportunity to provide input to the
Task Force during open discussion
periods.
The public meeting will be held
on February 28, 2008, from 1–5 p.m.
CST.
DATES:
The meeting is located at
Intercontinental Chicago, 505 N.
Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.
Telephone: (312) 321–8706. Additional
information, meeting materials and
meeting registration can be found at
https://www.epa.gov/msbasin.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
registration and other information
contact Kristen Goodrich, U.S. EPA,
Oceans and Coastal Protection Division
(OCPD), Mail Code 4504T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; Phone (202)
566–1284; E-mail: OWhypoxia@epa.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Dated: February 6, 2008.
Craig Hooks,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and
Watersheds.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8527-9]
The Sixteenth Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico
Watershed Nutrient Task Force
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; meeting announcement.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Sixteenth Public Meeting of the
Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force. The
purpose of this Task Force, consisting of federal and state members, is
to lead efforts to coordinate and support nutrient management and
hypoxia-related activities in the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico
watersheds. The matter for discussion at the meeting is to seek
approval on the revised 2001 Action Plan for Reducing, Mitigating, and
Controlling Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico for release in March
2008. The public will be afforded an opportunity to provide input to
the Task Force during open discussion periods.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on February 28, 2008, from 1-5
p.m. CST.
ADDRESSES: The meeting is located at Intercontinental Chicago, 505 N.
Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: (312) 321-8706. Additional
information, meeting materials and meeting registration can be found at
https://www.epa.gov/msbasin.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For registration and other information
contact Kristen Goodrich, U.S. EPA, Oceans and Coastal Protection
Division (OCPD), Mail Code 4504T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; Phone (202) 566-1284; E-mail: OW-hypoxia@epa.gov.
Dated: February 6, 2008.
Craig Hooks,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds.
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