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 sixth meeting of the Task Force

in Denver, Colorado, on March 3, 1997, and the seventh meeting on March

13, 1997, in Portland, Oregon.

DATES: The sixth meeting will be held March 3rd from 8:30 a.m. to 6

p.m. and the seventh meeting will be held March 13th from 8 a.m. to 5

p.m. All times are local.

ADDRESSES: The sixth meeting will be held in the Summit #2 Conference

Room of the Denver Airport Fairfield Inn, 6851 Tower Road, Denver,

Colorado. The seventh meeting will be held in the Crown Zellerbach Room

of the Red Lion Hotel (Jantzen Beach), 909 North Hayden Island Drive,

Portland, Oregon.

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

Task Force, c/o USDA Forest Service, MAIL STOP 1124, PO Box 96090,

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

1604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Glassner, 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 will work on its assigned

responsibilities. All meetings are open to the public. However, time

for the public to address the Task Force will be provided only at the

Portland meeting on March 13, 1997, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.. Discussion

is limited only 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.

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Dated: February 7, 1997.

Joan M. Comanor,

Acting Chief.

[FR Doc. 97-3690 Filed 2-13-97; 8:45 am]

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