[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 4604-4605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2102]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

36 CFR Part 242

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: Forest Service, USDA; Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Regional Advisory Council meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Subsistence Board announces the winter Regional 
Council meetings identified above. You are invited to attend and 
observe meeting proceedings. In addition, you are invited to provide 
oral testimony to the Councils on proposals to change Subsistence 
Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska for the 1999-2000 
regulatory year as set forth in a proposed rule on August 17, 1998 (63 
FR 43990-44032). We distributed a booklet of proposed regulation 
changes by mail on November 13, 1998.
    The following agenda items will be discussed at each Regional 
Council meeting: Introduction of Regional Council members and guests; 
Old business; New business: Member recruitment and Review and 
development of recommendations on proposals to change Subsistence 
Management Regulations (1999-2000) for Public Lands in Alaska.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting dates.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o 
Thomas H. Boyd, Office of Subsistence 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, (907) 271-2540.

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

Region 1 (Southeast)--Sitka--Feb. 11, 1999
Region 2 (Southcentral)--Anchorage--Mar. 23, 1999
Region 3 (Kodiak/Aleutians)--Port Lions--Feb. 24, 1999
Region 4 (Bristol Bay)--Dillingham--Mar. 23, 1999
Region 5 (Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta)--Alakanuk--Mar. 2, 1999
Region 6 (Western Interior)--Galena--Mar. 9, 1999
Region 7 (Seward Peninsula)--Nome--Mar. 4, 1999
Region 8 (Northwest Arctic)--Kiana--Mar. 2, 1999
Region 9 (Eastern Interior)--Delta Junction--Feb. 27, 1999
Region 10 (North Slope)--Barrow--Feb. 23, 1999

    We will publish a notice of specific times and meeting locations in 
local and statewide newspapers prior to the meetings. We may need to 
change locations and dates 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 were 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,

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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. You are invited to attend these meetings, observe the 
proceedings, and provide comments to the Regional Councils.

    Dated: January 20, 1999.
Ken Thompson,
Acting Regional Forester, USDA-Forest Service.
    Dated: January 19, 1999.
Thomas H. Boyd,
Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.
[FR Doc. 99-2102 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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