[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8838]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Announcement of Subsistence Resource Commission Meeting

SUMMARY: The Superintendent of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and the 
Chairperson of the Subsistence Resource Commission for Wrangell-St. 
Elias National Park announce a forthcoming meeting of the Wrangell-St. 
Elias National Park Subsistence Resource Commission. The following 
agenda items will be discussed:

(1) Call to Order (Chairman).
(2) Roll Call: Confirmation of Quorum.
(3) Introduction of Commission members and guests.
(4) Review Agenda.
(5) Superintendent's welcome and review of the Commission purpose.
(6) Commission membership status.
(7) Election of Chair and Vice Chair.
(8) Public and other agency comments.
(9) Review and approval of minutes from November 17-18, 1998 meeting.
(10) Report on Eastern Interior/Southcentral Proposal Coordination 
Meeting.
(11) Report on SAC meeting.
(12) Superintendent's report.
(13) Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve staff reports.
    a. Cordova hearing.
    b. Status of Malaspina Forelands ATV study project.
(14) Old business:
    a. Status report on inclusion of Healy Lake as a resident zone 
community.
    b. Status of EA/rulemaking to add Northway, Tetlin, Tanacross and 
Dot Lake as resident zone communities (Dot Lake proposed boundary)
    c. Possible restrictions of the harvest of ewe sheep.
    d. Subsistence Hunting Program Recommendation 97-01 (establish 
minimum residency requirements for resident zone communities).
    e. Review National Park Service response to Harry Kalmakoff 
(customary trade letter).
    f. Status report on Hunting Plan Recommendation 96-1 and 96-2 
(letter sent to all SRC Chairs 11/18/98).
    g. Access to Inholdings (Chapter 5: Access, page 1).
    h. Status report on draft subsistence plan, hunt maps, and 
subsistence brochure for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
(15) New Business:
    a. Inclusion of four wheeler's in draft subsistence plan (Chapter 
5: access, page).
    b. Federal Subsistence Program update.
    (1) Review actions taken by Regional Councils on Federal 
Subsistence Program
    (2) Status on Individual C&T proposals.
    (3) Update on C&T Task Group.
    (4) Review 1999-2000 Federal Subsistence Board proposals for Units 
5, 6, 11, 12, and 13.
    c. Update on Federal Fish Management.
(16) Public and other agency comments.
(17) Subsistence Resource Commission work session to develop proposals/
finalize recommendations.
(18) Set time and place of next Subsistence Resource Commission 
meeting.
(19) Adjourn meeting.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, and 
conclude at approximately 5 p.m. The meeting will reconvene at 9 a.m. 
on Wednesday, April 21, 1999, and adjourn at approximately 5 p.m. The 
meeting will adjourn earlier if the agenda items are completed.

LOCATION: The meeting location is: Dot Lake Community Hall, Dot Lake, 
Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan B. Jarvis, Superintendent, 
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, P.O. Box 439, Copper 
Center, Alaska 99573. Phone (907) 822-5234.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Subsistence Resource Commission is 
authorized under Title VIII, Section 808, of the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act, Pub. L. 96-487, and operates in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committees Act.
Paul R. Anderson,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 99-8838 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]
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