[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 7387-7388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3384]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 100


Alaska Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meetings; 
Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public of the Regional Council 
meetings identified above. The public is invited to attend and observe 
meeting proceedings. In addition, the public is invited to provide oral 
testimony before the Councils on proposals to change Subsistence 
Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska for the 1998-99 
regulatory year as set forth in a proposed rule on July 25, 1997 (62 FR 
39987-40029). A booklet of proposed regulation changes was distributed 
to the public by mail on November 26, 1997.
    The following agenda items will be discussed at each Regional 
Council meeting: (1) Introduction of Regional Council members and 
guests; (2) Old business; (3) New business: Member recruitment, Review 
and development of recommendations on Proposed Regulations for 
implementing Federal Fisheries Management Program (``Katie John'' 
litigation), and Review and development of recommendations on proposals 
to change Subsistence Management Regulations (1998-1999) for Public 
Lands in Alaska.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting dates.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o Thomas H. Boyd, Office of 
Subsistence

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Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 E. Tudor Road, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99503; telephone (907) 786-3888. For questions 
related to subsistence management issues on National Forest Service 
lands, inquiries may also be directed to Ken Thompson, Regional 
Subsistence Program Manager, USDA, Forest Service, Alaska Region, P.O. 
Box 21628, Juneau, Alaska 99802-1628; telephone (907) 586-7921.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regional Council meetings--The Federal 
Subsistence Board announces the forthcoming public meetings of the 
Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils. The Regional Council 
meetings will be held in the following Alaska locations, and begin on 
the specified dates:

Region 1 (Southeast)--Saxman--Mar. 9, 1998
Region 2 (Southcentral)--Glennallen--Mar. 18, 1998
Region 3 (Kodiak/Aleutians)--Kodiak--Mar. 5, 1998
Region 4 (Bristol Bay)--Dillingham--Mar. 12, 1998
Region 5 (Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta)--Bethel--Mar. 3, 1998
Region 6 (Western Interior)--Galena--Feb. 25, 1998
Region 7 (Seward Peninsula)--Unalakleet--Feb. 24, 1998
Region 8 (Northwest Arctic)--Kotzebue--Feb. 18, 1998
Region 9 (Eastern Interior)--Tanacross--Feb. 18, 1998
Region 10 (North Slope)--Barrow--Mar. 3, 1998
    Notice of specific dates, times, and meeting locations will be 
published in local and statewide newspapers prior to the meetings. 
Locations and dates may need to be changed based on weather or local 
circumstances. Length of the Regional Council meetings will be 
determined by the amount of work on each Regional Council's agenda.
    The Regional Councils have been established in accordance with 
Section 805 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 
Pub. L. 96-487, and Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands 
in Alaska, 36 CFR Part 242 and 50 CFR Part 100, Subparts A, B, and C 
(57 FR 22940-22964). The Regional Councils advise the Federal 
Government on all matters related to the subsistence taking of fish and 
wildlife on public lands in Alaska and operate in accordance with 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
    The identified Regional Council meetings will be open to the 
public. The public is invited to attend these meetings, observe the 
proceedings, and provide comments to the Regional Councils.

    Dated: February 3, 1998.
Susan K. Detwiler,
Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.
[FR Doc. 98-3384 Filed 2-12-98; 8:45 am]
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