80 FR 17777 - Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 63 (April 2, 2015)

Page Range		17777-17779
FR Document		2015-07546

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a public meeting of the Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking (Council). The Council's purpose is to provide expertise and support to the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking. You may attend the meeting in person, or you may participate via telephone. At this time, we are inviting submissions of questions and information for consideration during the meeting.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-IA-2014-0019; FXIA167109ADV15-156-FF09A00000]


Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

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ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 
public meeting of the Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking 
(Council). The Council's purpose is to provide expertise and support to 
the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking. You may attend the 
meeting in person, or you may participate via telephone. At this time, 
we are inviting submissions of questions and information for 
consideration during the meeting.

DATES: Meeting: The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2015, 
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern Time.
    Registering to Attend the Meeting: To attend the meeting in person, 
you must register by close of business on April 15, 2015. (You do not 
need to register to listen via phone.) Please submit your name, email 
address, and phone number to Mr. Cade London to complete the 
registration process (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Because 
there is limited seating available, registrations will be taken on a 
first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public requesting 
reasonable accommodations, such as hearing interpreters, must contact 
Mr. London, in writing (preferably by email), no later than April 15, 
2015.
    Submitting Questions or Information: If you want to provide us with 
questions and information to be considered during the meeting, your 
material must be received or postmarked on or before April 8, 2015. 
Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
(see ADDRESSES section) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on 
April 8, 2015.
    Making an Oral Presentation at the Meeting: If you want to make an 
oral presentation at the meeting (in person or by phone), contact Mr. 
London no later than April 8, 2015 (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT). For more information, see Making an Oral Presentation under 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: The meeting will be held at the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, South Interior Building Auditorium, 1951 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20240.
    Meeting Call-In Numbers: Members of the public unable to attend the 
meeting in person may call in at 888-946-7612 (toll free) or 1-517-308-
9325 (toll) using the verbal passcode TRAFFIC. Members may register to 
give an oral presentation over the phone as well. For more information, 
see Making an Oral Presentation under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    Submitting Questions or Information: You may submit questions or 
information for consideration during the meeting by one of the 
following methods:
    1. Electronically: Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, enter FWS-HQ-IA-2014-0019. Then 
click on the ``Search'' button. You may submit questions or information 
by clicking on ``Comment Now!''
    2. By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail or hand-delivery to: Public 
Comments Processing, Attn: FWS-HQ-IA-2014-0019; Division of Policy, 
Performance, and Management Programs; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 
5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ABHC; Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.
    We will not accept email or faxes. We request that you send 
comments only by the methods described above. We will post all comments 
on http://www.regulations.gov. This generally means that we will post 
any personal information you provide us (see the Submitting Public 
Comments section below for more information).
    Reviewing Comments Received by the Service: See Reviewing Public 
Comments in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Cade London, Special Assistant, 
International Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, by email at 
[email protected] (preferable method of contact); by U.S. mail at 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: IA; Falls 
Church, VA 22041-3803; by telephone at (703) 358-2584; or by fax at 
(703) 358-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), we announce that the 
Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking (Council) will hold a meeting 
to discuss the implementation of the National Strategy for Combating 
Wildlife Trafficking, and other Council business as appropriate. The 
Council's purpose is to provide expertise and support to the 
Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking.
    You may attend the meeting in person, or you may participate via 
telephone. At this time, we are inviting submissions of questions and 
information for consideration during the meeting.

Background

    Executive Order 13648 established the Advisory Council on Wildlife 
Trafficking on August 30, 2013, to advise the Presidential Task Force 
on Wildlife Trafficking, through the Secretary of the Interior, on 
national strategies to combat wildlife trafficking, including, but not 
limited to:
    1. Effective support for anti-poaching activities;
    2. Coordinating regional law enforcement efforts;
    3. Developing and supporting effective legal enforcement 
mechanisms; and
    4. Developing strategies to reduce illicit trade and consumer 
demand for illegally traded wildlife, including protected species.
    The eight-member Council, appointed by the Secretary of the 
Interior, includes former senior leadership within the U.S. Government, 
as well as chief executive officers and board members from conservation 
organizations and the private sector. For more information on the 
Council and its members, visit http://www.fws.gov/international/advisory-council-wildlife-trafficking/.

Meeting Agenda

    The Council will consider:
    1. National Strategy updates and Task Force discussions,
    2. Administrative topics, and
    3. Public comment and response.
    The final agenda will be posted on the Internet at http://www.fws.gov/international/advisory-council-wildlife-trafficking/, as 
well as at http://www.regulations.gov.

Making an Oral Presentation

    Members of the public who want to make an oral presentation in 
person or by telephone at the meeting will be prompted during the 
public comment section of the meeting to provide their presentation 
and/or questions. If you want to make an oral presentation in person or 
by phone, contact Mr. Cade London (FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no 
later than the date given in the DATES section for Making an Oral 
Presentation at the Meeting.
    Registered speakers who want to expand on their oral statements, or 
those who wanted to speak but could not be accommodated on the agenda, 
are invited to submit written statements to the Council after the 
meeting. Such written statements must be received by Mr. London, in 
writing (preferably via email), no later than April 30, 2015.

Submitting Public Comments

    You may submit your questions and information by one of the methods 
listed in ADDRESSES. We request that you send comments by only one of 
the methods described in ADDRESSES.
    If you submit information via the Federal eRulemaking Portal

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(http://www.regulations.gov), your entire submission--including any 
personal identifying information--will be posted on the Web site.
    If your submission is made via a hardcopy that includes personal 
identifying information, you may request at the top of your document 
that we withhold this information from public review. However, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. We will post all 
hardcopy submissions at http://www.regulations.gov.

Reviewing Public Comments

    Comments and materials we receive will be available for public 
inspection at http://www.regulations.gov. Alternatively, you may view 
them by appointment during normal business hours at 5275 Leesburg Pike, 
Falls Church, VA 22041-3803. Please contact Mr. London (see FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT).

Obtaining Meeting Minutes

    Summary minutes of the meeting will be available on the Council Web 
site at http://www.fws.gov/international/advisory-council-wildlife-trafficking/, as well as at http://www.regulations.gov. Alternatively, 
you may view them by appointment during normal business hours at 5275 
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803. Please contact Mr. London 
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

Gloria Bell,
Deputy Assistant Director, International Affairs, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
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and Oklahoma; and for black-capped Permit TE–61124B • Robber Baron Cave meshweaver
vireo (Vireo atricapilla), golden-cheeked Applicant: Curtis Creighton, Hammond, (Cicurina baronia)
warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), Indiana. • Southwestern willow flycatcher
southwestern willow flycatcher Applicant requests a new permit for (Empidonax traillii extimus)
(Empidonax traillii extimus), and • Spikedace (Meda fulgida)
research and recovery purposes to
Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) • Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine
conduct presence/absence surveys of
within Texas. persephone)
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus • Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion
Permit TE–189566 americanus) within Oklahoma. (Tartarocreagris texana)
Applicant: Monica Geick, Littleton, Permit TE–028605 • Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta
Colorado. (=Leptoneta) myopica)
Applicant: SWCA Environmental • Woundfin (Plagopterus
Applicant requests a renewal to a
Consultants, Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona. argentissimus)
current permit for research and recovery
Applicant requests a renewal to a • Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea)
purposes to conduct presence/absence
current permit for research and recovery • Yuma clapper rail (Rallus
surveys for golden-cheeked warbler
purposes to conduct presence/absence longirostris yumanensis)
(Dendroica chrysoparia) within Texas.
surveys of the following species, where
Permit TE–92407A they occur, in Arizona, California, National Environmental Policy Act
Applicant: Raven Environmental Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, (NEPA)
Services, Inc., Huntsville, Texas. and Utah: In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C.
Applicant requests an amendment to • Bee Creek Cave harvestman 4321 et seq.), we have made an initial
a current permit for research and (Texella reddelli) determination that the proposed
recovery purposes to conduct surveys • Black-footed ferret (Mustela activities in these permits are
using peeper scopes to examine cavities nigripes) categorically excluded from the
of nesting red-cockaded woodpeckers • Bone Cave harvestman (Texella requirement to prepare an
(Picoides borealis) throughout the range reyesi) environmental assessment or
of the species in the United States. • Bonytail chub (Gila elegans) environmental impact statement (516
• Braken Bat Cave meshweaver DM 6 Appendix 1, 1.4C(1)).
Permit TE–35163A (Cicurina venii)
Applicant: Joseph Grzybowski, Norman, • Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes Public Availability of Comments
Oklahoma. texanus) All comments and materials we
Applicant requests a renewal to a • Cokendolpher Cave harvestman receive in response to this request will
current permit for research and recovery (Texella cokendolpheri) be available for public inspection, by
purposes to conduct presence/absence • Colorado pikeminnow appointment, during normal business
surveys of black-capped vireo (Vireo (Ptychocheilus lucius) hours at the address listed in the
atricapilla) within Oklahoma and Texas. • Comal Springs dryopid beetle ADDRESSES section of this notice.
(Stygoparnus comalensis) Before including your address, phone
Permit TE–61045B • Comal Springs riffle beetle number, email address, or other
Applicant: Jennifer Scott, Yukon, (Heterelmis comalensis) personal identifying information in your
Oklahoma. • Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon comment, you should be aware that
Applicant requests a new permit for macularius) your entire comment—including your
research and recovery purposes to • Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis personal identifying information—may
conduct presence/absence surveys of occidentalis) be made publicly available at any time.
black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) • Government Canyon Bat Cave
While you can ask us in your comment
within Oklahoma and Texas; meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
to withhold your personal identifying
southwestern willow flycatcher • Government Canyon Bat Cave
information from public review, we
(Empidonax traillii extimus) within spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
• Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine cannot guarantee that we will be able to
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, do so.
New Mexico, Texas, and Utah; and exilis)
Least Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) • Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine Authority We provide this notice under
infernalis) section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
within California.
• Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes Dated: March 25, 2015.
Permit TE–61046B venyivi) Joy E. Nicholopoulos
Applicant: Christina Perez, Baton • Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region,
Rouge, Louisiana. mexicanus hualpaiensis) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Applicant requests a new permit for • Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma [FR Doc. 2015–07548 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am]
research and recovery purposes to haydeni kanabensis)
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conduct presence/absence surveys of • Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle
Americans burying beetle (Nicroporus (Texamaurops reddelli)
americans) within Oklahoma. • Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
yerbabuenae)
Permit TE–61048B • Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) Fish and Wildlife Service
Applicant: Veteran Environmental, • Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina
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LLC., Choctaw, Oklahoma. madla) [FWS–HQ–IA–2014–0019;
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conduct presence/absence surveys of • Mount Graham red squirrel Trafficking
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus (Tamasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis)
americanus) within Arkansas, Texas, • Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of meeting.
Dates		Meeting: The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern Time.
Contact		Mr. Cade London, Special Assistant, International Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, by email at [email protected] (preferable method of contact); by U.S. mail at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: IA; Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; by telephone at (703) 358-2584; or by fax at (703) 358-2276.
FR Citation		80 FR 17777

80 FR 17777 - Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORFish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 63 (April 2, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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