[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31213-31214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08723]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-OC-2024-N025; FXGO16600926000-245-FF09X60000]


Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council 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 
(Council), in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATES: 
    Meeting: The Council will meet on Friday, May 17, 2024, from 11 
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (eastern time).
    Registration: Registration to attend or participate in the meeting 
is required. The registration deadline is Monday, May 13, 2024. To 
register, please contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) (see FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
    Public Comment: If you wish to provide oral public comment or 
provide a written comment for the Council to consider, contact the DFO 
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than Monday, May 13, 
2024.
    Accessibility: The deadline for accessibility accommodation 
requests is Monday, May 13, 2024. For more information, please see 
Accessibility Information below.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via a virtual meeting platform. To 
register and receive the web address and telephone number for virtual 
participation, contact the DFO (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Hobbs, DFO, 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:

Background

    Under the authority of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
ch. 10), the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council (Council) 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 of August 16, 2007, ``Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and 
Wildlife Conservation'' (72 FR 46537, August 20, 2007). 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 fair-chase recreational hunting and safe recreational 
shooting sports.

Meeting Agenda

    Among other business to be addressed by the Council, the meeting 
will include:
     reports by Council subcommittees;
     discussion of and further consideration of the Council 
recommendations related to the management and future use of lead and

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non-lead ammunition on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's lands and 
waters, including discussion of a National Wildlife Refuge System 
concept for non-lead ammunition pilot programs;
     discussion and further consideration of a Council 
recommendation pertaining to land appraisal and land exchange processes 
at both the Department of the Interior and the Department of 
Agriculture;
     briefings from Federal agency staff on the fiscal year 
2025 budget request for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, mature and 
old-growth forest regulations by the U.S. Forest Service, and the 
Bureau of Land Management solar energy draft programmatic environmental 
impact statement; and
     a briefing on the name change of the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service's Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program to the 
Office of Conservation Investment.
    The Council will also hear public comment if members of the public 
make such requests. The final agenda and other related meeting 
information will be available on the Council website, https://www.fws.gov/program/hwcc.

Public Input

    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 DFO 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 DFO 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 DFO (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT) no later than Monday, May 13, 2024, 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 on any comments you might have 
about 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. ch. 10.

Roya Mogadam,
Acting Assistant Director, Office of Communications.
[FR Doc. 2024-08723 Filed 4-23-24; 8:45 am]
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