[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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