[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1322-1323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00225]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-FAC-2019-N170; FF09F42300 FVWF97920900000 XXX]


Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council; Public Meeting by 
Teleconference

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of teleconference meeting.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a 
teleconference meeting of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership 
Council (Council), in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act. The Council's purpose is to advise the Secretary of the Interior, 
through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on aquatic 
conservation endeavors that benefit recreational resources and 
recreational boating and that encourage partnerships among industry, 
the public, and the government. The teleconference meeting is open to 
the public.

DATES: Teleconference Meeting: Tuesday, January 28, 2020, from 2 p.m. 
to 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
    Deadlines: For deadlines for registration, accommodation requests, 
or comment submission, please see Public Input under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Friar, Designated Federal 
Officer, by email at [email protected], by telephone at 703-358-2056, 
via the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339, or by U.S. mail or hand-
delivery at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS:3C016A, 5275 
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(Service), announce a teleconference meeting of the Sport Fishing and 
Boating Partnership Council (Council), in accordance with the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix). Established in 1993, the 
Council advises the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on aquatic conservation endeavors 
that benefit recreational resources and recreational boating and that 
encourage partnerships among industry, the public, and the government.

Meeting Agenda

 General Council business--Approve agenda, review and approve 
October 2019 meeting minutes, review any pending action items from 
October 2019 meeting.
 Council Boating Infrastructure--Tier-II ranking panel 
recommendations and finalize Council recommendations.
 Other Council business:
    --Committee reports, as needed,
    --Vote on Nominations for three Recreational Boating and Fishing 
Foundation Council representatives, and
    --Agenda items and invitees for March 2019 in-person meeting.
 Public comment and adjourn.

    The final agenda and other related meeting information will be 
posted on the Council's website at https://www.fws.gov/sfbpc/ by 
January 21, 2019. Summary minutes of the meeting will be maintained by 
the Designated Federal Officer and will be available for public 
inspection within 90 days after the meeting at https://www.fws.gov/sfbpc/.

Public Input

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                                            You must contact the Council
                                             Designated Federal Officer
              If you wish to                (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                                CONTACT) no later than
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Listen to the meeting via telephone         January 21, 2020.
 (listen-only mode).
Request special accommodations............  January 17, 2019.
Submit written information before the       January 23, 2020.
 teleconference for the Council to
 consider during the teleconference.
Give an oral presentation during the        January 21, 2020.
 teleconference.
Submit a copy of oral statement or          Up to 30 days after the
 expanded statement, or to submit a          teleconference date.
 statement because time constraints
 prevented presentation during the
 teleconference.
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Submitting Written Information

    Interested members of the public may submit relevant information 
for the Council to consider during the teleconference. Written 
statements must be received by the Council Designated Federal Officer 
no later than the date in Public Input so that the information may be 
made available to the Council for their consideration prior to the 
teleconference. Written statements must be supplied to the Council 
Designated Federal Officer via mail (for signed hard copies) or email 
(acceptable file formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, 
or rich text file) (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

Giving an Oral Presentation

    Depending on the number of people who want to comment, the amount 
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time available for individual oral comments may be limited. Interested 
parties should contact the Council Designated Federal Officer, in 
writing (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), no later than the date 
in Public Input for placement on the public speaker list. Registered 
speakers who wish to expand upon their oral statements, or those who 
wish to speak but can not be accommodated on the agenda, may submit 
written statements to the Council Designated Federal Officer up to 30 
days following the teleconference. Requests to address the Council 
during the teleconference will be accommodated in the order the 
requests are received.

Accommodations

    The Service is committed to providing access to this teleconference 
to all participants. Please direct all requests for accommodations to 
the Council Designated Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT) by close of business on the date in Public Input.

Availability of Public Comments

    Before including an 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. You can ask us 
to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, 
but we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Authority

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

    Dated: January 2, 2020.
David Hoskins,
Assistant Director, Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-00225 Filed 1-9-20; 8:45 am]
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