[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29032-29033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12385]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-OC-2025-N029; FXGO16600926000-256-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 Wednesday, July 23, 2025, from 2
p.m. to 4 p.m. (eastern time).
Registration: Registration to attend or participate in the meeting
is required. The registration deadline is Wednesday, July 16, 2025. 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 Wednesday, July 16,
2025.
Accessibility and Other Accommodations: The deadline for
accommodation requests is Wednesday, July 16, 2025. 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).
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 implementation of 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 comments from new leadership team members at both the
Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture, an update
from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff on continued implementation
of its initiative to incentivize the use of lead-free ammunition on the
lands of the National Wildlife Refuge System and other refuge-related
issues, and an update on Department of Agriculture issues.
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, or other reasonable
accommodations. We ask that you contact the DFO in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice by July 16, 2025, 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.
Nancy S. Monroe,
Acting Assistant Director, Office of Communications.
[FR Doc. 2025-12385 Filed 7-1-25; 8:45 am]
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