[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18326-18327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06340]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-R-2023-N022 FXGO1664091HCC0-FF09D00000-190]


Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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

DATES: 
    Meeting: The HWCC will meet on Monday, April 17, 2023, from 9 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, April 10, 2023.
    Accessibility: The deadline for accessibility accommodation 
requests is Monday, April 10, 2023. Please see Accessibility 
Information below.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the U.S. Department of the 
Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240. Virtual participation 
will also be available via teleconference and broadcast over the 
internet. To register and receive the web address and telephone number 
for virtual 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 Hunting and Wildlife Conservation 
Council (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 Department of the Interior 
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 
briefings from Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture 
agencies on their efforts to implement the Great American Outdoors Act, 
Inflation Reduction Act, and Bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act; on 
the status of current operations of the National Wildlife Refuge System 
related to hunting and shooting sports; on landlocked Federal lands 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management; and on implementation of big 
game migration corridor conservation efforts. The HWCC will also hear 
reports from its subcommittees and provide time to hear public comment. 
The final agenda and other related meeting information will

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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, 
April 10, 2023.
    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, April 10, 2023, 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.
    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 10.

Barbara W. Wainman,
Assistant Director--External Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-06340 Filed 3-27-23; 8:45 am]
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