[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 95175-95176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31261]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-FAC-2016-N216; FF09F42300-FVWF97920900000-XXX]


Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of teleconference.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 
public teleconference meeting of the Sport Fishing and Boating 
Partnership Council (Council). A Federal advisory committee, the 
Council was created in part to foster partnerships to enhance public 
awareness of the importance of aquatic resources and the social and 
economic benefits of recreational fishing and boating in the United 
States. This teleconference meeting is open to the public, and 
interested persons may make oral statements to the Council or may file 
written statements for consideration.

DATES: Teleconference: Tuesday, January 17, 2017, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 
a.m. (Eastern daylight time). For deadlines and directions on 
registering to listen to the teleconference, submitting written 
material, and giving an oral presentation, please see Public Input 
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Bohnsack, Council Coordinator, 
via U.S. mail at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mailstop FAC, Falls 
Church, VA 22041; via telephone at (703) 358-2435; via fax at (703) 
358-2487; or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., we announce that the 
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council will hold a 
teleconference.

Background

    The Council was formed in January 1993 to advise the Secretary of 
the Interior, through the Director of the Service, on nationally 
significant recreational fishing, boating, and aquatic resource 
conservation issues. The Council represents the interests of the public 
and private sectors of the sport fishing, boating, and conservation 
communities and is organized to enhance partnerships among industry, 
constituency groups, and government. The 18-member Council, appointed 
by the Secretary of the Interior, includes the Service Director and the 
president of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, who both 
serve in ex officio capacities. Other Council members are directors 
from State agencies responsible for managing recreational fish and 
wildlife resources and individuals who represent the interests of 
saltwater and freshwater recreational fishing, recreational boating, 
the recreational fishing and boating industries, recreational fisheries 
resource conservation, Native American tribes, aquatic resource 
outreach and education, and tourism. Background information on the 
Council is available at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.

Meeting Agenda

    The Council will hold a teleconference to:
     Consider and approve the Council's Boating Infrastructure 
Grant Program
     Review Sub-Committee's funding recommendations for fiscal 
year 2017 proposals;

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     Consider and approve the Council's recommendations on 
priority focus areas for the new administration;
     Schedule an upcoming spring meeting; and
     Consider other Council business.
    The final agenda will be posted on the Council's Web site at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.

Public Input

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                                            You must contact the Council
                                            Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER
              If you wish to                   INFORMATION CONTACT) no
                                                     later than
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Listen to the teleconference..............  Wednesday, January 11, 2017.
Submit written information or questions     Wednesday, January 11, 2017.
 before the teleconference for the council
 to consider during the teleconference.
Give an oral presentation during the        Wednesday, January 11, 2017.
 teleconference.
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Submitting Written Information or Questions

    Interested members of the public may submit relevant information or 
questions for the Council to consider during the teleconference. 
Written statements must be received by the date listed, so that the 
information may be made available to the Council for their 
consideration prior to this teleconference. Written statements must be 
supplied to the Council Coordinator in one of the following formats: 
One hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy via 
email (acceptable file formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 
PowerPoint, or rich text file).

Giving an Oral Presentation

    Individuals or groups requesting to make an oral presentation 
during the teleconference will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker, 
with no more than a total of 15 minutes for all speakers. Interested 
parties should contact the Council Coordinator, in writing (preferably 
via email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be placed on the 
public speaker list for this teleconference. To ensure an opportunity 
to speak during the public comment period of the teleconference, 
members of the public must register with the Council Coordinator. 
Registered speakers who wish to expand upon their oral statements, or 
those who had wished to speak but could not be accommodated on the 
agenda, may submit written statements to the Council Coordinator up to 
30 days subsequent to the teleconference.

Meeting Minutes

    Summary minutes of the teleconference will be maintained by the 
Council Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) and will be 
available for public inspection within 90 days of the meeting and will 
be posted on the Council's Web site at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.

    Dated: December 16, 2016.
Stephen Guertin,
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-31261 Filed 12-23-16; 8:45 am]
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