Water Rights Task Force Meeting

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 eighth meeting of the Task

Force in Washington, D.C., on April 21-22, 1997, and the ninth meeting

on May 19, 1997, in Boise, Idaho.

DATES: The meeting in Washington, D.C., will be held April 21 from 8:00

a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and April 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The meeting

in Boise will be held May 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The eighth meeting will be held in Room G-11 of the Dirksen

Senate Office Building, First Street and Constitution Avenue, on April

21, and in the Training Room of the Auditors Building, 201 14th Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C., on April 22. The ninth meeting will be held in

the White Pine Conference Room of the Red Lion Downtowner Hotel, 1800

Fairview Avenue, Boise, Idaho.

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: 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.

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

address the Task Force will be provided at the Washington meeting on

April 21, 1997, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Room G-11 of the Dirksen

Senate Office Building, and at the Boise meeting on May 19, 1997, from

3:00 p.m. to 5:00 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 file written statements

with the Forest Service liaison at the address listed earlier in the

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: March 31, 1997.

Barbara C. Weber,

Acting Chief.

[FR Doc. 97-8676 Filed 4-3-97; 8:45 am]

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