Proposed Rules. Notice of meetings

Agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior
Action: Notice of meetings
Citation: FR Doc. 02-531

Summary

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) announces the rescheduling of two of the public meetings associated with the comment period for a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on double-crested cormorant management. The DEIS has been prepared under the authority of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and analyzes the potential environmental impacts of several management alternatives to address conflicts associated with double-crested cormorants. This notice identifies the locations, dates, and times of public meetings and identifies the Service official to whom comments may be directed.

Dates

Written comments regarding the DEIS should be submitted by February 28, 2002, to the address below. Dates and times for ten public meetings are listed in the table under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION .

Supplementary Information

On December 19, 2001, we published a notice of meetings in the Federal Register announcing ten public meetings associated with the comment period for a DEIS on double-crested cormorant management. Because of a conflict with the previously-scheduled meeting dates and the World Aquaculture Association annual meeting, we are rescheduling the Little Rock, Arkansas, and Jackson, Mississippi, meetings. These are listed in the table below. Date City Location Time January 7, 2002 Green Bay, Wisconsin Ramada Plaza Hotel 2750 Ramada Way 7:00 PM January 8, 2002 Mackinaw City, Michigan Hamilton Inn Select 701 S. Huron Avenue 7:00 PM January 16, 2002 Washington, DC Main Interior Building Auditorium 1849 C Street, NW 10:00 AM February 4, 2001 Athens, Texas Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center 5550 Flat Creek Road (Farm Road 2495) 7:00 PM February 5, 2002 Jackson, Mississippi Clarion Hotel and Convention Center 400 Greymont Avenue 6:00 PM February 6, 2002 Little Rock, Arkansas University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service 2301 S. University Avenue 6:00 PM February 11, 2002 South Burlington, Vermont Clarion Hotel 1117 Williston Road 7:00 PM February 12, 2002 Watertown, New York Dulles State Office Building 317 Washington Street 7:00 PM February 13, 2002 Syracuse, New York Sheraton University Hotel 801 University Avenue 7:00 PM February 19, 2002 Portland, Oregon Doubletree Hotel—Lloyd Center 1000 NE Multnomah 7:00 PM Dated: December 26, 2001. Marshall P. Jones, Jr., Acting Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 02-531 Filed 1-8-02; 8:45 am]