[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55966-55967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14849]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-OC-2024-N033; 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 Tuesday, July 23, 2024, from 1 
p.m. to 3 p.m. (eastern time).
    Registration: Registration to attend or participate in the meeting 
is required. The registration deadline is Tuesday, July 16, 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 Tuesday, July 16, 
2024.
    Accessibility and Other Accommodations: The deadline for 
accommodation requests is Tuesday, July 16, 2024. For more information, 
please see ``Requests for Accommodations,'' 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).

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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. 
Chapter 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 a discussion and further consideration of the Council 
recommendations related to the management and future use of lead and 
non-lead ammunition on National Wildlife Refuge System (Refuge System) 
lands, including discussion of establishing pilot hunting projects 
using lead-free ammunition.
    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.

Requests for Accommodations

    Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter 
services, assistive listening devices, language translation services, 
or other reasonable accommodations. We ask that you contact the DFO in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice by July 16, 
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.

Lesli Gray,
Assistant Director, Office of Communications.
[FR Doc. 2024-14849 Filed 7-5-24; 8:45 am]
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