[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22174-22175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08401]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-R-2020-N061; FXGO1664091HCC0-FF09D00000-190]


Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council; Public Meeting 
by Teleconference

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public 
meeting via teleconference 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. The teleconference is open to the public.

DATES: Teleconference: Thursday, May 7, 2020, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 
p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time.
    Deadlines: For deadlines for registration, requests for 
accommodation, or comment submission, please see Public Input under 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Hobbs, Designated Federal 
Officer, by email at [email protected], by telephone at 703-358-2336, 
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:EA, 5275 Leesburg 
Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 16, 2007), ``Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and 
Wildlife Conservation.'' 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 (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

     Council subcommittee reports.
     Review issues and recommendations from the 2018-2020 
Council term.
     Discussion of issues for future Council consideration.
     Other miscellaneous Council business.
     Public comment period.
    The final agenda and other related meeting information will be 
posted on the Council website at https://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 https://www.fws.gov/hsscc.

Public Input

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                                          You must contact the Council
                                        Designated Federal Officer  (see
            If you wish to              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT)
                                                 no later than
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Listen to the meeting via telephone    May 4, 2020.
 (listen-only mode).
Request special accommodations.......  May 4, 2020.
Submit written information before the  May 4, 2020.
 meeting for the Council to consider
 during the teleconference.
Give an oral presentation during the   May 7, 2020.
 teleconference.
Submit a copy of oral statement or     Up to 30 days after the
 expanded statement, or to submit       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 and the time 
available, the amount of time for individual oral comments may be 
limited. Interested parties should contact the Council Designated 
Federal Officer, in writing (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), for 
placement on the public speaker list for this teleconference. 
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 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 
Douglas Hobbs (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) by close of 
business on the date in Public Input. If you are hearing impaired or 
speech impaired, contact Douglas Hobbs via the Federal Relay Service at 
800-877-8339.

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).

Barbara Wainman,
Assistant Director--External Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-08401 Filed 4-20-20; 8:45 am]
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