[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 146 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 40682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20362]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
36 CFR Part 242
[4310-55]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 100
Northwest Arctic Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council
Meeting; Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA; Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public of the Regional Council meeting
identified above. The public is invited to attend and observe meeting
proceedings. In addition, the public is invited to provide oral
testimony before the Northwest Arctic Advisory Council on a Special
Action request to change Subsistence Management Regulations for Public
Lands in Alaska for the 1998-99 regulatory year as set forth in a final
rule on June 29, 1998 (63 FR 35332-35381). The Regional Council will
receive testimony and will consider a request opening sheep hunting in
Unit 23 in northwest Alaska and closing Federal lands in the same area
to non-qualified subsistence users.
DATES: The Federal Subsistence Board announces the forthcoming public
meeting of the Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council. The
Northwest Arctic Regional Council will meet in Kotzebue, AK on July 29,
1998, at 1 p.m. in the Alaska Technical Center.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o Thomas H. Boyd, Office of
Subsistence Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (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, (907) 271-2540.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Northwest Arctic Regional Council meeting will be open to the
public. The public is invited to attend this meeting, observe the
proceedings, and provide comments to the Regional Council.
This document provides less than the required 15 days notice.
However, under the proposal just received, the opening date for the
hunt and the proposed closure of public lands to non-Federally
qualified users would take effect August 1. Thus, in order to provide
the Regional Council and the public an opportunity to comment on this
proposal before Board action and for the Board to act in a timely
manner on this proposal, the Board finds good cause under 41 CFR 101-
6.1015(b)(2) to conduct the meeting with less than 15 days notice.
Additional notice of the meeting will be placed in local papers and
broadcast on local radio and television stations.
Dated: July 24, 1998.
Ken Thompson,
Acting Regional Forester, USDA-Forest Service.
Thomas H. Boyd,
Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.
[FR Doc. 98-20362 Filed 7-29-98; 8:45 am]
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