[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7932-7933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03922]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-R-2018-N120; FXGO1664091HCC0-FF09D00000-189]


Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council Meeting

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 Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council 
(Council), in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The 
Council's purpose is to provide recommendations to the Federal 
Government, through the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture, regarding policies and endeavors that benefit wildlife 
resources; encourage partnership among the public; sporting 
conservation organizations; and Federal, state, tribal, and territorial 
governments; and benefit recreational hunting and recreational shooting 
sports.

DATES: Meeting: Thursday, March 21, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
The meeting is open to the public. Deadline for Attendance or 
Participation: For security purposes, signup or request for 
accommodations is required no later than March 15, 2019. For more 
information, contact the Council Designated Federal Officer (FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). For more information regarding 
participation during the meeting, see Public Input under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: United States Department of Agriculture, 
1400 Jefferson Dr. SW, Washington, DC 20250.
    Comment Submission: You may submit written comments in advance of 
the meeting by emailing them to the Council Designated Federal Officer 
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Hobbs, Designated Federal 
Officer, HSSCC, by telephone at 703-358-2336, or by email at 
[email protected]. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to 
providing access to this meeting for all participants. Please direct 
all requests for sign language interpretation service, closed 
captioning, or other accommodations to Douglas Hobbs by close of 
business on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. If you are hearing impaired or 
speech impaired, contact Douglas Hobbs via the Federal Relay Service at 
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(Service), announce a public meeting of the Hunting and Shooting Sports 
Conservation Council (Council). The Council was established to further 
the 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), other Acts applicable to specific bureaus, and Executive Order 
13443 (August 17, 2007), ``Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and 
Wildlife Conservation.'' The Council's membership is composed of 18 
discretionary members. The HSSCC's purpose is to provide 
recommendations to the Federal Government, through the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, regarding policies and 
endeavors that (a) benefit wildlife resources; (b) encourage 
partnership among the public; sporting conservation organizations; and 
Federal, state, tribal, and territorial governments; and (c) benefit 
recreational hunting and recreational shooting sports.

Meeting Agenda

     Overview and update on the implementation of outdoor 
recreation Secretarial Orders.
     Update from the Department of the Interior and Department 
of Agriculture and bureaus from both agencies regarding efforts to 
create or expand hunting and recreational shooting opportunities on 
Federal lands.
     Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council 
subcommittee reports.
     Consideration of subcommittee reports and discussion of 
possible recommendations.
     Other miscellaneous Council business.
     Public comment period.
    The final agenda and other related meeting information will be 
posted on the Council website at http://www.fws.gov/hsscc. The 
Designated Federal Officer will maintain detailed minutes of the 
meeting, which will be posted for public inspection within 90 days 
after the meeting at http://www.fws.gov/hsscc.

Public Input

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                                You must contact the Council Designated
        If you wish to              Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER
                                   INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than
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Attend the meeting...........  March 15, 2019.
Submit written information     March 15, 2019.
 before the meeting for the
 Council to consider during
 the meeting.
Give an oral presentation      March 15, 2019.
 during the public comment
 period.
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Submitting Written Information

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

Giving an Oral Presentation

    Depending on the number of people wishing to comment and the time 
available, the amount of time for

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individual oral comments may be limited. Interested parties should 
contact the Council Designated Federal Officer, in writing (preferably 
via email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), for advance placement 
on the public speaker list for this meeting. 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 Designated Federal Officer up to 30 days 
following the meeting. Requests to address the Council during the 
public comment period will be accommodated in the order the requests 
are received.

Availability of Public Comments

    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).

    Dated: February 27, 2019.
Margaret E. Everson
Principal Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Exercising 
the Authority of the Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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