80_FR_33391 80 FR 33279 - Meeting Announcement: North American Wetlands Conservation Council

80 FR 33279 - Meeting Announcement: North American Wetlands Conservation Council

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 112 (June 11, 2015)

Page Range33279-33279
FR Document2015-14266

The North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Council) will meet to select North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) U.S. Standard grant proposals for recommendation to the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission (Commission). This meeting is open to the public, and interested persons may present oral or written statements.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 112 (Thursday, June 11, 2015)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-MB-2015-N116; 91100-3740-GRNT 7C]


Meeting Announcement: North American Wetlands Conservation 
Council

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Council) 
will meet to select North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) 
U.S. Standard grant proposals for recommendation to the Migratory Bird 
Conservation Commission (Commission). This meeting is open to the 
public, and interested persons may present oral or written statements.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for June 23, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. (PDT). 
If you are interested in presenting information at this public meeting, 
contact the acting Council Coordinator no later than June 19, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Meeting venue will be located at The Westerly Hotel and 
Convention Centre, 1590 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay, BC, V9N 2K4, Canada. 
Participants can join the meeting via telephone by calling the toll-
free number 1-877-413-4791; when prompted, enter participant passcode 
6532444#.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Johnson, Acting Council 
Coordinator, by phone at 703-358-1784; by email at [email protected]; or by 
U.S. mail at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike MS: MB, 
Falls Church, VA 22041.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

About the Council

    In accordance with NAWCA (Pub. L. 101-233, 103 Stat. 1968, December 
13, 1989, as amended), the State-private-Federal Council meets to 
consider wetland acquisition, restoration, enhancement, and management 
projects for recommendation and final funding approval by the 
Commission.

About NAWCA

    The North American Wetlands Conservation Act of 1989 provides 
matching grants to organizations and individuals who have developed 
partnerships to carry out wetlands conservation projects in the United 
States, Canada, and Mexico. These projects must involve long-term 
protection, restoration, and/or enhancement of wetlands and associated 
uplands habitats for the benefit of all wetlands-associated migratory 
birds. Project proposal due dates, application instructions, and 
eligibility requirements are available on the NAWCA Web site at http://www.fws.gov/birds/grants.

Public Input

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                                           You must contact the Acting
                                           Council Coordinator (see FOR
            If you wish to:              FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no
                                                    later than
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(1) Listen to Council Meeting..........  June 23, 2015.
(2) Submit written information or        June 19, 2015.
 questions before the Council meeting
 for consideration during the meeting.
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Submitting Written Information or Questions

    Interested members of the public may submit relevant information or 
questions for the Council to consider during the public meeting. If you 
wish to submit a written statement, so that the information may be made 
available to the Council for their consideration prior to this meeting, 
you must contact the acting Council Coordinator by the date above. 
Written statements must be supplied to the acting Council Coordinator 
in both of the following formats: One hard copy with original 
signature, and one electronic copy via email (acceptable file formats 
are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or rich text file).

Giving an Oral Presentation

    Individuals or groups requesting to make an oral presentation at 
the meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker, with no more than 
a total of 10 minutes for all speakers. Interested parties should 
contact the acting Council Coordinator by the date above, in writing 
(preferably via email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be 
placed on the public speaker list. Nonregistered public speakers will 
not be considered during the Council 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, are invited to 
submit written statements to the Council within 30 days following the 
meeting.

Meeting Minutes

    Summary minutes of the Council meeting will be maintained by the 
acting Council Coordinator at the address listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT. Meeting notes can be obtained by contacting the 
acting Council Coordinator within 30 days following the meeting. 
Personal copies may be purchased for the cost of duplication.

Jerome Ford,
Assistant Director, Migratory Birds.
[FR Doc. 2015-14266 Filed 6-10-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                    (3) Ways to enhance the quality,                      5275 Leesburg Pike MS: MB, Falls                       Giving an Oral Presentation
                                                  utility, and clarity of the information to              Church, VA 22041.                                        Individuals or groups requesting to
                                                  be collected; and                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                             make an oral presentation at the meeting
                                                    (4) Ways to minimize the burden of                                                                           will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker,
                                                  the collection of information on those                  About the Council
                                                                                                                                                                 with no more than a total of 10 minutes
                                                  who are to respond; including through                     In accordance with NAWCA (Pub. L.
                                                                                                                                                                 for all speakers. Interested parties
                                                  the use of appropriate automated                        101–233, 103 Stat. 1968, December 13,
                                                                                                                                                                 should contact the acting Council
                                                  collection techniques or other forms of                 1989, as amended), the State-private-
                                                                                                                                                                 Coordinator by the date above, in
                                                  information technology, e.g., permitting                Federal Council meets to consider
                                                                                                                                                                 writing (preferably via email; see FOR
                                                  electronic submission of responses.                     wetland acquisition, restoration,
                                                                                                                                                                 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be
                                                    HUD encourages interested parties to                  enhancement, and management projects
                                                                                                                                                                 placed on the public speaker list.
                                                  submit comment in response to these                     for recommendation and final funding
                                                                                                                                                                 Nonregistered public speakers will not
                                                  questions.                                              approval by the Commission.
                                                                                                                                                                 be considered during the Council
                                                    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork              About NAWCA                                            meeting. Registered speakers who wish
                                                  Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.                                                                   to expand upon their oral statements, or
                                                                                                             The North American Wetlands
                                                    Dated: June 2, 2015.                                  Conservation Act of 1989 provides                      those who had wished to speak but
                                                  Colette Pollard,                                        matching grants to organizations and                   could not be accommodated on the
                                                  Department Reports Management Officer,                  individuals who have developed                         agenda, are invited to submit written
                                                  Office of the Chief Information Officer.                partnerships to carry out wetlands                     statements to the Council within 30
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–14311 Filed 6–10–15; 8:45 am]             conservation projects in the United                    days following the meeting.
                                                  BILLING CODE 4210–67–P                                  States, Canada, and Mexico. These                      Meeting Minutes
                                                                                                          projects must involve long-term
                                                                                                          protection, restoration, and/or                          Summary minutes of the Council
                                                                                                          enhancement of wetlands and                            meeting will be maintained by the
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                                                                     acting Council Coordinator at the
                                                                                                          associated uplands habitats for the
                                                  Fish and Wildlife Service                               benefit of all wetlands-associated                     address listed under FOR FURTHER
                                                                                                                                                                 INFORMATION CONTACT. Meeting notes
                                                                                                          migratory birds. Project proposal due
                                                  [FWS–HQ–MB–2015–N116; 91100–3740–                                                                              can be obtained by contacting the acting
                                                  GRNT 7C]                                                dates, application instructions, and
                                                                                                          eligibility requirements are available on              Council Coordinator within 30 days
                                                                                                          the NAWCA Web site at http://                          following the meeting. Personal copies
                                                  Meeting Announcement: North                                                                                    may be purchased for the cost of
                                                  American Wetlands Conservation                          www.fws.gov/birds/grants.
                                                                                                                                                                 duplication.
                                                  Council                                                 Public Input
                                                                                                                                                                 Jerome Ford,
                                                  AGENCY:    Fish and Wildlife Service,                                                                          Assistant Director, Migratory Birds.
                                                  Interior.                                                                                 You must con-
                                                                                                                                            tact the Acting      [FR Doc. 2015–14266 Filed 6–10–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  ACTION:  Notice of meeting.                                                               Council Coordi-
                                                                                                                                                                 BILLING CODE 4310–55–P
                                                                                                                                            nator (see FOR
                                                                                                          If you wish to:
                                                  SUMMARY:   The North American                                                             FURTHER IN-
                                                  Wetlands Conservation Council                                                             FORMATION
                                                                                                                                            CONTACT) no          DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                  (Council) will meet to select North                                                       later than
                                                  American Wetlands Conservation Act                                                                             Bureau of Indian Affairs
                                                  (NAWCA) U.S. Standard grant proposals                   (1) Listen to Council Meet-       June 23, 2015.
                                                  for recommendation to the Migratory                       ing.
                                                                                                                                                                 [156A2100DD/AAKC001030/
                                                  Bird Conservation Commission                            (2) Submit written informa-       June 19, 2015.
                                                                                                                                                                 A0A501010.999900 253G]
                                                  (Commission). This meeting is open to                     tion or questions before
                                                                                                            the Council meeting for
                                                  the public, and interested persons may                                                                         Rate Adjustments for Indian Irrigation
                                                                                                            consideration during the
                                                  present oral or written statements.                       meeting.                                             Projects
                                                  DATES: The meeting is scheduled for
                                                                                                                                                                 AGENCY:   Bureau of Indian Affairs,
                                                  June 23, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. (PDT). If you               Submitting Written Information or                      Interior.
                                                  are interested in presenting information                Questions
                                                  at this public meeting, contact the acting                                                                     ACTION: Notice of proposed rate
                                                  Council Coordinator no later than June                    Interested members of the public may                 adjustments.
                                                  19, 2015.                                               submit relevant information or
                                                                                                          questions for the Council to consider                  SUMMARY:   The Bureau of Indian Affairs
                                                  ADDRESSES: Meeting venue will be                        during the public meeting. If you wish                 (BIA) owns or has an interest in
                                                  located at The Westerly Hotel and                       to submit a written statement, so that                 irrigation projects located on or
                                                  Convention Centre, 1590 Cliffe Avenue,                  the information may be made available                  associated with various Indian
                                                  Courtenay, BC, V9N 2K4, Canada.                         to the Council for their consideration                 reservations throughout the United
                                                  Participants can join the meeting via                   prior to this meeting, you must contact                States. We are required to establish
                                                  telephone by calling the toll-free                      the acting Council Coordinator by the                  irrigation assessment rates to recover the
                                                  number 1–877–413–4791; when                                                                                    costs to administer, operate, maintain,
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                                                                                                          date above. Written statements must be
                                                  prompted, enter participant passcode                    supplied to the acting Council                         and rehabilitate these projects. We
                                                  6532444#.                                               Coordinator in both of the following                   request your comments on the proposed
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        formats: One hard copy with original                   rate adjustments.
                                                  Michael Johnson, Acting Council                         signature, and one electronic copy via                 DATES: Interested parties may submit
                                                  Coordinator, by phone at 703–358–1784;                  email (acceptable file formats are Adobe               comments on the proposed rate
                                                  by email at dbhc@fws.gov; or by U.S.                    Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS                               adjustments on or before August 10,
                                                  mail at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,                 PowerPoint, or rich text file).                        2015.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThe meeting is scheduled for June 23, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. (PDT). If you are interested in presenting information at this public meeting, contact the acting Council Coordinator no later than June 19, 2015.
ContactMichael Johnson, Acting Council Coordinator, by phone at 703-358-1784; by email at [email protected]; or by U.S. mail at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike MS: MB, Falls Church, VA 22041.
FR Citation80 FR 33279 

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