[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7932-7933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03922]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-R-2018-N120; FXGO1664091HCC0-FF09D00000-189]
Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a
public meeting of the Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council
(Council), in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 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 benefit wildlife
resources; encourage partnership among the public; sporting
conservation organizations; and Federal, state, tribal, and territorial
governments; and benefit recreational hunting and recreational shooting
sports.
DATES: Meeting: Thursday, March 21, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The meeting is open to the public. Deadline for Attendance or
Participation: For security purposes, signup or request for
accommodations is required no later than March 15, 2019. For more
information, contact the Council Designated Federal Officer (FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). For more information regarding
participation during the meeting, see Public Input under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: United States Department of Agriculture,
1400 Jefferson Dr. SW, Washington, DC 20250.
Comment Submission: You may submit written comments in advance of
the meeting by emailing them to the Council Designated Federal Officer
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Hobbs, Designated Federal
Officer, HSSCC, by telephone at 703-358-2336, or by email at
doug_hobbs@fws.gov. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to
providing access to this meeting for all participants. Please direct
all requests for sign language interpretation service, closed
captioning, or other accommodations to Douglas Hobbs by close of
business on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. If you are hearing impaired or
speech impaired, contact Douglas Hobbs via the Federal Relay Service at
800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service), announce a public meeting of the Hunting and Shooting Sports
Conservation Council (Council). The Council was established to further
the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a),
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701),
the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C.
668dd), other Acts applicable to specific bureaus, and Executive Order
13443 (August 17, 2007), ``Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and
Wildlife Conservation.'' The Council's membership is composed of 18
discretionary members. The HSSCC'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
recreational hunting and recreational shooting sports.
Meeting Agenda
Overview and update on the implementation of outdoor
recreation Secretarial Orders.
Update from the Department of the Interior and Department
of Agriculture and bureaus from both agencies regarding efforts to
create or expand hunting and recreational shooting opportunities on
Federal lands.
Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council
subcommittee reports.
Consideration of subcommittee reports and discussion of
possible recommendations.
Other miscellaneous Council business.
Public comment period.
The final agenda and other related meeting information will be
posted on the Council website at http://www.fws.gov/hsscc. The
Designated Federal Officer will maintain detailed minutes of the
meeting, which will be posted for public inspection within 90 days
after the meeting at http://www.fws.gov/hsscc.
Public Input
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You must contact the Council Designated
If you wish to Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than
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Attend the meeting........... March 15, 2019.
Submit written information March 15, 2019.
before the meeting for the
Council to consider during
the meeting.
Give an oral presentation March 15, 2019.
during the public comment
period.
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Submitting Written Information
Interested members of the public may submit relevant information
for the Council to consider during the public meeting. Written
statements must be received by the date in Public Input, so that the
information may be made available to the Council for their
consideration prior to this meeting. Written statements must be
supplied to the Council Designated Federal Officer in the following
formats: One hard copy with original signature, and/or one electronic
copy via email (acceptable file formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word,
MS PowerPoint, or rich text file).
Giving an Oral Presentation
Depending on the number of people wishing to comment and the time
available, the amount of time for
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individual oral comments may be limited. Interested parties should
contact the Council Designated Federal Officer, in writing (preferably
via email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), for advance placement
on the public speaker list for this meeting. 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 Council Designated Federal Officer up to 30 days
following the meeting. Requests to address the Council during the
public comment period will be accommodated in the order the requests
are received.
Availability of Public Comments
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: Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).
Dated: February 27, 2019.
Margaret E. Everson
Principal Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Exercising
the Authority of the Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-03922 Filed 3-4-19; 8:45 am]
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