[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73028-73029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25883]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-R-2022-N067; FXGO1664091HCC0-FF09D00000-190]


Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council Virtual Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of virtual meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) gives notice of a 
virtual meeting of the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council 
(HWCC), in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATES: 
    Teleconference/Web Meeting: The HWCC will meet on Monday, December 
19, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (eastern time).
    Registration: Registration to attend or participate in the meeting 
is required. The deadline for registration is Monday, December 12, 
2022.
    Accessibility: The deadline for accessibility accommodation 
requests is December 12, 2022. Please see Accessibility Information 
below.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via a virtual meeting platform. To 
register and receive the meeting link or telephone number for 
participation, contact the Designated Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Hobbs, Designated Federal 
Officer, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 703-358-
2336. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals 
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within 
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in 
the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HWCC was established to further the 
provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et 
seq.), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701-1785), the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 
(16 U.S.C. 668dd-ee), other statutes applicable to specific bureaus, 
and Executive Order 13443 (August 16, 2007), ``Facilitation of Hunting 
Heritage and Wildlife Conservation.'' The HWCC'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 
fair chase recreational hunting and safe recreational shooting sports.

Meeting Agenda

    This meeting is open to the public. The meeting agenda will include 
presentations by representatives of the U.S Department of Agriculture 
on the upcoming efforts to reauthorize the wildlife conservation titles 
included in the Farm Bill reauthorization, a discussion of issues 
related to future management of the use of lead-based firearm 
ammunition and fishing tackle on public lands and waters managed by the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and public comment. The final agenda 
and other related meeting information will be posted on the HWCC 
website, https://www.fws.gov/program/hwcc.

Public Input

    If you wish to provide oral public comment or provide a written 
comment for the HWCC to consider, contact the Designated Federal 
Officer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than Monday, 
December 12, 2022.
    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 Designated Federal 
Officer, in writing (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), for 
placement on the public speaker list for this meeting. Requests to 
address the HWCC during the meeting will be accommodated in the order 
the requests are received. 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 
Designated Federal Officer up to 30 days following the meeting.

Accessibility Information

    Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter 
services, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable 
accommodations. Please contact the Designated Federal Officer (see FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than Monday, December 12, 2022, 
to give the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sufficient time to process 
your request. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a 
case-by-case basis.

Public Disclosure

    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in a comment on this notice, 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.

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    Authority: 5 U.S.C. appendix 2.

Barbara W. Wainman,
Assistant Director--External Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-25883 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
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