[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47945-47946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19516]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-IA-2014-0019; FXIA167109ADV15-156-FF09A00000]


Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 
public meeting of the Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking 
(Council). The Council's purpose is to provide expertise and support to 
the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking. You may attend the 
meeting in person, or you may participate via telephone. At this time, 
we are inviting submissions of questions and information for 
consideration during the meeting.

DATES: Meeting: The meeting will be held on Monday, August 24, 2015, 
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern Time.
    Registering to Attend the Meeting: To attend the meeting in person, 
you must register by close of business on August 17, 2015. (You do not 
need to register to listen via phone.) Please submit your name, email 
address, and phone number to Ms. Christina Meister to complete the 
registration process (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Because 
there is limited seating available, registrations will be taken on a 
first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public requesting 
reasonable accommodations, such as hearing interpreters, must contact 
Ms. Meister, in writing (preferably by email), no later than August 15, 
2015.
    Submitting Questions or Information: If you want to provide us with 
questions and information to be considered during the meeting, your 
material must be received or postmarked on or before August 14, 2015. 
Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
(see ADDRESSES section) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on 
August 14, 2015.
    Making an Oral Presentation at the Meeting: If you want to make an 
oral presentation at the meeting (in person or by phone), contact Ms. 
Meister no later than August 14, 2015 (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT). For more information, see Making an Oral Presentation under 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: The meeting will be held at the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, South Interior Building Auditorium, 1951 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20240.
    Meeting Call-In Numbers: Members of the public unable to attend the 
meeting in person may call in at 800-369-3144 (toll free) or 1-312-470-
7152 (toll) using the passcode 6368856#. Members may register to give 
an oral presentation over the phone as well. For more information, see 
Making an Oral Presentation under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    Submitting Questions or Information: You may submit questions or 
information for consideration during the meeting by one of the 
following methods:
    1. Electronically: Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, enter FWS-HQ-IA-2014-0019. Then 
click on the ``Search'' button. You may submit questions or information 
by clicking on ``Comment Now!''
    2. By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail or hand-delivery to: Public 
Comments Processing, Attn: FWS-HQ-IA-2015-0019; Division of Policy, 
Performance, and Management Programs; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 
5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ABHC; Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.
    We will not accept email or faxes. We request that you send 
comments only by the methods described above. We will post all comments 
on http://www.regulations.gov. This generally means that we will post 
any personal information you provide us (see the Submitting Public 
Comments section below for more information).
    Reviewing Comments Received by the Service: See Reviewing Public 
Comments in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Christina Meister, International 
Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, by email at 
[email protected] (preferable method of contact); by U.S. mail at 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: IA; Falls 
Church, VA 22041-3803; by telephone at (703) 358-2284; or by fax at 
(703) 358-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), we announce that the 
Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking (Council) will hold a meeting 
to discuss the implementation of the National Strategy for Combating 
Wildlife Trafficking, and other Council business as appropriate. The 
Council's purpose is to provide expertise and support to the 
Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking.
    You may attend the meeting in person, or you may participate via 
telephone. At this time, we are inviting submissions of questions and 
information for consideration during the meeting.

Background

    Executive Order 13648 established the Advisory Council on Wildlife 
Trafficking on August 30, 2013, to advise the Presidential Task Force 
on Wildlife Trafficking, through the Secretary of the Interior, on 
national strategies to combat wildlife trafficking, including, but not 
limited to:
    1. Effective support for anti-poaching activities;
    2. Coordinating regional law enforcement efforts;
    3. Developing and supporting effective legal enforcement 
mechanisms; and
    4. Developing strategies to reduce illicit trade and consumer 
demand for illegally traded wildlife, including protected species.
    The eight-member Council, appointed by the Secretary of the 
Interior, includes former senior leadership within the U.S. Government, 
as well as chief executive officers and board members from conservation 
organizations and the private sector. For more information on the 
Council and its members, visit

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 http://www.fws.gov/international/advisory-council-wildlife-trafficking/.

Meeting Agenda

    The Council will consider:
    1. National Strategy updates and Task Force discussions,
    2. Administrative topics, and
    3. Public comment and response.
    The final agenda will be posted on the Internet at http://www.fws.gov/international/advisory-council-wildlife-trafficking/ as 
well as at http://www.regulations.gov.

Making an Oral Presentation

    Members of the public who want to make an oral presentation in 
person or by telephone at the meeting will be prompted during the 
public comment section of the meeting to provide their presentation 
and/or questions. If you want to make an oral presentation in person or 
by phone, contact Ms. Christina Meister (FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT) no later than the date given in the DATES section for Making 
an Oral Presentation at the Meeting.
    Registered speakers who want to expand on their oral statements, or 
those who wanted to speak but could not be accommodated on the agenda, 
are invited to submit written statements to the Council after the 
meeting. Such written statements must be received by Ms. Meister, in 
writing (preferably via email), no later than August 31, 2015.

Submitting Public Comments

    You may submit your questions and information by one of the methods 
listed in ADDRESSES. We request that you send comments by only one of 
the methods described in ADDRESSES.
    If you submit information via the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
(http://www.regulations.gov), your entire submission--including any 
personal identifying information--will be posted on the Web site.
    If your submission is made via a hardcopy that includes personal 
identifying information, you may request at the top of your document 
that we withhold this information from public review. However, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. We will post all 
hardcopy submissions at http://www.regulations.gov.

Reviewing Public Comments

    Comments and materials we receive will be available for public 
inspection at http://www.regulations.gov. Alternatively, you may view 
them by appointment during normal business hours at 5275 Leesburg Pike 
Falls Church, VA 22041-3803. Please contact Ms. Meister (see FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

Obtaining Meeting Minutes

    Summary minutes of the meeting will be available on the Council Web 
site at http://www.fws.gov/international/advisory-council-wildlife-trafficking/ as well as at http://www.regulations.gov. Alternatively, 
you may view them by appointment during normal business hours at 5275 
Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA 22041-3803. Please contact Ms. Meister 
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

Gloria Bell,
Deputy Assistant Director, International Affairs, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-19516 Filed 8-7-15; 8:45 am]
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