[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69958-69959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22381]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-FAC-2023-N076; FX.IA167209TRG00-FF09W12000-223]


Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives notice of a public 
meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Advisory Council 
(Council), in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATES: The Council will meet Tuesday, November 14, 2023, through 
Thursday, November 16, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (eastern time).
    Registration: Registration is required. The deadline for 
registration is November 7, 2023.
    Accessibility: The deadline for accessibility accommodation 
requests is November 7, 2023. Please see Accessibility Information, 
below.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 5160 of the Stewart Lee 
Udall Department of the Interior Building, 1849 C Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20240. Virtual participation will also be available via 
broadcast over the internet. To register, contact the Designated 
Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) or visit the 
Council's website at https://www.fws.gov/program/theodore-roosevelt-genius-prize-advisory-council.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Rickabaugh, Designated 
Federal Officer, by email at [email protected], or by 
telephone at (571) 421-6758. 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 Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Advisory 
Council (Council) was established by the John D. Dingell, Jr., 
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Pub. L. 116-9, as amended 
by the America's Conservation Enhancement Act (Pub. L. 116-188)); and 
authorized by the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3719). The Council's purpose is to advise the Secretary of 
the Interior regarding any opportunities for technological innovation 
in six focus areas: preventing wildlife poaching and trafficking, 
promoting wildlife conservation, managing invasive species, protecting 
endangered species, non-lethally managing human-wildlife conflict, and 
reducing human-predator conflict.
    This meeting is open to the public. The meeting agenda will include 
presentations from the 2023 Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize winners, 
possible reports from subcommittees, and other business. The Council 
will also hear public comment if members of the public request to 
comment. The agenda and other related meeting information will be 
posted on the Council's website at https://www.fws.gov/program/theodore-roosevelt-genius-prize-advisory-council.

Public Input

    If you wish to provide oral public comment or provide a written 
comment for the Council to consider, contact the Council's Designated 
Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than 
Tuesday, November 7, 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

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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 Council 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 November 7, 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 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: 5 U.S.C. Ch. 10)

Paul Rauch,
Assistant Director, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-22381 Filed 10-6-23; 8:45 am]
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