Water Rights Task Force Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Water Rights Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service announces meetings of the Water Rights Task

Force established on August 20, 1996, in accordance with the provisions

of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, as

amended. The chairman has scheduled the third meeting of the Task Force

in Reno, Nevada, on November 11-12; the fourth meeting in Denver,

Colorado, on December 16; and the fifth meeting in San Francisco,

California, on January 16-17, 1997.

DATES: The third meeting will be held November 11 from noon to 6:00

p.m. and November 12 from 8:00 a.m. until noon. The fourth meeting will

be held December 16 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The fifth meeting

will be held January 16 from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. and January 17 from

8:30 a.m. until noon.

ADDRESSES: The third meeting will be held in the Crystal 5 Conference

Room of the Reno Hilton Hotel, 2500 East Second Street, Reno, NV; the

fourth meeting will be held in the 1st floor Auditorium of the USDA

Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Regional Office, 740 Simms Street,

Golden, CO; and the fifth meeting will be held in the Black Oak Room,

5th floor, 630 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA.

Send written comments to Eleanor Towns, FACA Liaison, Water Rights

Task Force, c/o USDA Forest Service, MAIL STOP 1124, P.O. Box 96090,

Washington, DC 20090-6090. Telephone: (202) 205-1248; Fax: (202) 205-

1604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Glasser, Watershed & Air Management Staff, Telephone: (202)

205-1172; Fax: (202) 205-1096.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Water Rights Task Force is composed of

seven members appointed by Congress and the Secretary of Agriculture to

study and make recommendations on issues pertaining to water rights. At

the forthcoming meetings, the Task Force

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will develop and begin to implement its work plan for carrying out its

assigned responsibilities. All meetings are open to the public and time

will be provided at each meeting for the public to address the Task

Force, as follows: November 11, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.; December 16, 1:30 to

3:00 p.m., and January 16, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.; however, discussion is

limited to Task Force members and Forest Service personnel. Persons who

wish to bring water rights matters to the attention of the Task Force

may also file written statements with the Forest Service liaison at the

address listed earlier in this notice either before or after each

meeting.

Notice of the establishment of the Water Rights Task Force was

published in the Federal Register on September 11, 1996 (61 FR 47858).

The Task Force terminates either in August of 1997 or upon submission

of a final report.

Dated: October 15, 1996.

Mark A. Reimers,

Acting Chief.

[FR Doc. 96-26900 Filed 10-18-96; 8:45 am]

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