[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 50 (Friday, March 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12369-12370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6209]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Announcement of Gates of the Arctic National Park Subsistence 
Resource Commission Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Announcement of Gates of the Arctic National Park Subsistence 
Resource Commission (SRC) meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act that a meeting of the Gates of the Arctic National Park 
Subsistence Resource Commissions will be held at Shungnak, Alaska. The 
purpose of the meeting will be to continue work on currently authorized 
and proposed National Park Service

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subsistence hunting program recommendations including other related 
subsistence management issues. The meeting will be open to the public. 
Any person may file with the Commission a written statement concerning 
the matters to be discussed.
    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 Committee Act.

DATES: The meeting will begin on Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 9 a.m. and 
conclude at approximately 5 p.m. The meeting will reconvene at 9 a.m. 
on Wednesday, May 21, 2003, and adjourn at approximately 5 p.m. If 
weather or local circumstances prevent the Commission from meeting on 
the proposed dates, the Commission will meet on May 28, 2003 and May 
29, 2003.
    Location: The Commission plans to conduct the public meeting at the 
National Guard Armory in Shungnak, Alaska.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting will be published in 
local newspapers and announced on local radio stations prior to the 
meeting dates. The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

1. Call to order (SRC Chair).
2. SRC Roll Call and Confirmation of Quorum.
3. SRC Chair and Superintendent's Welcome and Introductions.
4. Review and Approve Agenda.
5. Review and adopt minutes from November 7-8, 2002 meeting.
6. Review Commission Purpose and Status of Membership.
7. Superintendent's Report.
8. Public and Agency Comments.
9. Durational Residency.
10. John River Water Quality Study.
11. Customary Trade Federal Subsistence Regulations.
12. Review New Federal Subsistence Board Wildlife Proposals.
13. Alatna River Archeological Study.
14. Cultural Resources Research Update.
15. Backcountry/Wilderness Planning Update.
16. Federal Subsistence Board Update.
17. Western Arctic Caribou Heard Working Group Update.
18. State Board of Game Update.
19. Set time and place of next SRC meeting.
20. Adjournment

    Draft minutes of the meeting will be available for public 
inspection approximately six weeks after the meeting from the 
Superintendent, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, 201 
First Ave., Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Mills, Superintendent or Fred 
Andersen, Subsistence Manager at park headquarters, telephone (907) 
457-5752.

Robert L. Arnberger,
Regional Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 03-6209 Filed 3-13-03; 8:45 am]
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