[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13406-13407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05693]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-R-2015-N237; FF09D00000-FXGO1664091HCC0-167]


Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council; Charter 
Renewal

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), following 
consultation with the General Services Administration, the Secretary of 
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture have renewed the Wildlife 
and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council (Council).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Winchell, Council Coordinator, 
Fish and Wildlife Service, (703) 358-2639.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council provides recommendations on 
wildlife and habitat management,

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hunting, and other outdoor recreation, affording stakeholders the 
opportunity to give policy, management, and technical input to the 
Secretaries. The Council conducts its operations in accordance with the 
provisions of the FACA, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2. The Council reports to the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture through the 
Fish and Wildlife Service, in consultation with the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management; the Director of the National Park Service; 
the Chief, U.S. Forest Service; the Chief, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service; and the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency. 
The Council will function solely as an advisory body.
    Certification: I hereby certify that the Wildlife and Hunting 
Heritage Conservation Council is necessary and is in the public 
interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the 
Department of the Interior under 43 U.S.C. 1457 and provisions of the 
Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a), the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), the National Wildlife 
Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd), and Executive 
Order 13443, Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife 
Conservation.

    Dated: February 10, 2016.
Sally Jewell,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2016-05693 Filed 3-11-16; 8:45 am]
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