80_FR_49064 80 FR 48907 - Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council; Public Meeting

80 FR 48907 - Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 157 (August 14, 2015)

Page Range48907-48908
FR Document2015-20028

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public meeting of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council (Council). The Council provides advice about wildlife and habitat conservation endeavors that benefit wildlife resources; encourage partnership among the public, the sporting conservation organizations, the States, Native American tribes, and the Federal Government; and benefit recreational hunting.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 157 (Friday, August 14, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20028]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-R-2015-N135: FXRS126309WHHC0-FF09R81000-156]


Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council; Public 
Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public 
meeting of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council 
(Council). The Council provides advice about wildlife and habitat 
conservation endeavors that benefit wildlife resources; encourage 
partnership among the public, the sporting conservation organizations, 
the States, Native American tribes, and the Federal Government; and 
benefit recreational hunting.

DATES: Meeting: Tuesday September 1, 2015, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
and Wednesday September 2, 2015, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern 
daylight time). For deadlines and directions on registering to attend, 
submitting written material, and giving an oral presentation, please 
see ``Public Input'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 104A at the USDA Whitten 
Building, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW., Washington DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Winchell, Council Designated 
Federal Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife 
Refuge System, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; 
telephone (703) 358-2639; or email joshua_winchell@fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., we announce that 
Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council will hold a meeting.

Background

    Formed in February 2010, the Council provides advice about wildlife 
and habitat conservation endeavors that:
    1. Benefit wildlife resources;
    2. Encourage partnership among the public, the sporting 
conservation organizations, the states, Native American tribes, and the 
Federal Government; and
    3. Benefit recreational hunting.
    The Council advises the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture, reporting through the Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service (Service), in consultation with the Director, Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM); Director, National Park Service (NPS); Chief, Forest 
Service (USFS); Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS); 
and Administrator, Farm Services Agency (FSA). The Council's duties are 
strictly advisory and consist of, but are not limited to, providing 
recommendations for:
    1. Implementing the Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Resource 
Conservation Plan--A Ten-Year Plan for Implementation;
    2. Increasing public awareness of and support for the Wildlife 
Restoration Program;
    3. Fostering wildlife and habitat conservation and ethics in 
hunting and shooting sports recreation;
    4. Stimulating sportsmen and women's participation in conservation 
and management of wildlife and habitat resources through outreach and 
education;
    5. Fostering communication and coordination among State, tribal, 
and Federal governments; industry; hunting and shooting sportsmen and 
women; wildlife and habitat conservation and management organizations; 
and the public;
    6. Providing appropriate access to Federal lands for recreational 
shooting and hunting;
    7. Providing recommendations to improve implementation of Federal 
conservation programs that benefit wildlife, hunting, and outdoor 
recreation on private lands; and
    8. When requested by the Designated Federal Officer in consultation 
with the Council Chairperson, performing a variety of assessments or 
reviews of policies, programs, and efforts through the Council's 
designated subcommittees or workgroups.
    Background information on the Council is available at http://www.fws.gov/whhcc.

Meeting Agenda

    The Council will convene to consider issues including:
    1. Federal lands divestitures;
    2. Wild horse and burro management;
    3. National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative; and
    4. Other Council business.
    The final agenda will be posted on the Internet at http://www.fws.gov/whhcc.

Public Input

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                                        You must contact the Council
          If you wish to                Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER
                                     INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than
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Attend the meeting...............  August 19, 2015.
Submit written information or      August 19, 2015.
 questions before the meeting for
 the council to consider during
 the meeting.
Give an oral presentation during   August 19, 2015.
 the meeting.
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Attendance

    To attend this meeting, register by close of business on the dates 
listed in ``Public Input'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Please 
submit your name, time of arrival, email address, and phone number to 
the Council Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

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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. 
Written statements must be received by the date above, 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 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 30 minutes for all speakers. Interested parties should 
contact the Council Coordinator, in writing (preferably via email; see 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be placed on the public speaker 
list for this meeting. Nonregistered public speakers will not be 
considered during the 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 Coordinator up to 30 days subsequent to the meeting.

Meeting Minutes

    Summary minutes of the conference will be maintained by the Council 
Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). They will be 
available for public inspection within 90 days of the meeting, and will 
be posted on the Council's Web site at http://www.fws.gov/whhcc.

    Dated: July 20, 2015.
Stephen Guertin,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-20028 Filed 8-13-15; 8:45 am]
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Fostering wildlife and habitat safety under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. conservation and ethics in hunting and Reasons: Extensive deterioration ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in shooting sports recreation; Land Room 104A at the USDA Whitten 4. Stimulating sportsmen and Building, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive women’s participation in conservation California SW., Washington DC 20250. and management of wildlife and habitat 46.8 Acres resources through outreach and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme CA Joshua Winchell, Council Designated education; Landholding Agency: Navy Federal Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 5. Fostering communication and Property Number: 77201530013 Service, National Wildlife Refuge coordination among State, tribal, and Status: Underutilized System, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Federal governments; industry; hunting Comments: public access denied and no Church, VA 22041–3803; telephone and shooting sportsmen and women; alternative method to gain access without (703) 358–2639; or email joshua_ wildlife and habitat conservation and compromising national security. winchell@fws.gov. management organizations; and the Reasons: Secured Area public; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In [FR Doc. 2015–19857 Filed 8–13–15; 8:45 am] accordance with the requirements of the 6. Providing appropriate access to BILLING CODE 4210–67–P Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 Federal lands for recreational shooting U.S.C. App., we announce that Wildlife and hunting; and Hunting Heritage Conservation 7. Providing recommendations to Council will hold a meeting. improve implementation of Federal DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR conservation programs that benefit Background wildlife, hunting, and outdoor Fish and Wildlife Service Formed in February 2010, the Council recreation on private lands; and provides advice about wildlife and 8. When requested by the Designated [FWS–HQ–R–2015–N135: FXRS126309WHHC0–FF09R81000–156] habitat conservation endeavors that: Federal Officer in consultation with the 1. Benefit wildlife resources; Council Chairperson, performing a Wildlife and Hunting Heritage 2. Encourage partnership among the variety of assessments or reviews of Conservation Council; Public Meeting public, the sporting conservation policies, programs, and efforts through organizations, the states, Native the Council’s designated subcommittees AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, American tribes, and the Federal or workgroups. Interior. Government; and Background information on the ACTION: Notice of meeting. 3. Benefit recreational hunting. Council is available at http:// The Council advises the Secretary of www.fws.gov/whhcc. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and the Interior and the Secretary of Wildlife Service, announce a public Agriculture, reporting through the Meeting Agenda meeting of the Wildlife and Hunting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Council will convene to consider Heritage Conservation Council (Service), in consultation with the issues including: (Council). The Council provides advice Director, Bureau of Land Management 1. Federal lands divestitures; about wildlife and habitat conservation (BLM); Director, National Park Service 2. Wild horse and burro management; endeavors that benefit wildlife (NPS); Chief, Forest Service (USFS); 3. National Bobwhite Conservation resources; encourage partnership among Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Initiative; and the public, the sporting conservation Service (NRCS); and Administrator, 4. Other Council business. organizations, the States, Native Farm Services Agency (FSA). The The final agenda will be posted on the American tribes, and the Federal Council’s duties are strictly advisory Internet at http://www.fws.gov/whhcc. Government; and benefit recreational and consist of, but are not limited to, hunting. providing recommendations for: Public Input You must contact the Council Coordinator (see If you wish to FOR FURTHER INFORMA- TION CONTACT) no later than Attend the meeting ......................................................................................................................................................... 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48908 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 157 / Friday, August 14, 2015 / Notices Submitting Written Information or SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife species under the Endangered Species Questions Service gives notice that the comment Act of 1973, as amended (ESA) (16 Interested members of the public may period on the draft Polar Bear U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). In the July 6, 2015, submit relevant information or Conservation Management Plan will be Federal Register (80 FR 38458), we questions for the Council to consider extended an additional 30 days. Since announced the availability of a draft during the public meeting. Written we announced the availability of the Polar Bear Conservation Management statements must be received by the date draft plan, we have seen significant Plan, which is designed to meet the above, so that the information may be public interest and have received a recovery requirements of the ESA as made available to the Council for their request from the State of Alaska for an well as the conservation management consideration prior to this meeting. extension of time to allow for public goals of the Marine Mammal Protection Written statements must be supplied to input. Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.). We are the Council Coordinator in both of the DATES: To ensure consideration of your currently soliciting public comment on following formats: One hard copy with comments in our preparation of the final this draft plan. plan, we must receive your comments Since we announced the availability original signature, and one electronic and information by September 19, 2015. of the draft plan, we have seen copy via email (acceptable file formats significant public interest and have are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS ADDRESSES: Document availability: The received a request from the State of PowerPoint, or rich text file). draft Polar Bear Plan is available for Alaska for an extension of time to allow Giving an Oral Presentation viewing at http://www.fws.gov/alaska/ for public input. Providing additional pbrt/ or at www.regulations.gov at Individuals or groups requesting to time for full consideration of the Docket No. FWS–R7–ES–2014–0060. make an oral presentation at the meeting objectives for conserving the polar bear Comment submission: You may will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker, is important to our overall management submit comments on the draft Polar with no more than a total of 30 minutes effort. Therefore, we extend the current Bear Plan by one of the following for all speakers. Interested parties 45-day comment period by an methods: should contact the Council Coordinator, • U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public additional 30 days. All comments in writing (preferably via email; see FOR Comments Processing, ATTN: FWS–R7– received by the date specified in DATES FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be ES–2014–0060, U.S. Fish and Wildlife will be considered prior to approval of placed on the public speaker list for this Service Headquarters, MS: BPHC, 5275 this plan. For a description of the polar bear, meeting. Nonregistered public speakers Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– taxonomy, distribution, status, breeding will not be considered during the 3803; or • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// biology and habitat, and a summary of meeting. Registered speakers who wish www.regulations.gov. Follow the factors affecting the species, please see to expand upon their oral statements, or instructions for submitting comments to the final listing rule (73 FR 28212, May those who had wished to speak but Docket No. FWS–R7–ES–2014–0060. 15, 2008). For information regarding the could not be accommodated on the draft plan, please see the July 6, 2015, agenda, may submit written statements Public Availability of Comments notice of availability (80 FR 38458). to the Council Coordinator up to 30 days subsequent to the meeting. Before including your address, phone Authority number, email address, or other Meeting Minutes personal identifying information in your We publish this notice under ESA comment, you should be aware that section 4(f) (16 U.S.C. 1533(f). Summary minutes of the conference will be maintained by the Council your entire comment—including your Dated: July 31, 2015. Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER personal identifying information—may Karen P. Clark, INFORMATION CONTACT). They will be be made publicly available at any time. Acting Regional Director, Alaska Region, U.S. available for public inspection within While you can ask us in your comment Fish and Wildlife Service. 90 days of the meeting, and will be to withhold your personal identifying [FR Doc. 2015–20059 Filed 8–13–15; 8:45 am] posted on the Council’s Web site at information from public review, we BILLING CODE 4310–55–P http://www.fws.gov/whhcc. cannot guarantee that we will be able to Dated: July 20, 2015. do so. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Stephen Guertin, Mary Colligan, Chief, Marine Mammals Deputy Director. Fish and Wildlife Service Management, by telephone at 907–786– [FR Doc. 2015–20028 Filed 8–13–15; 8:45 am] 3800; by U.S. mail at Marine Mammals [FWS–R4–ES–2015–N086; 40120–1112– BILLING CODE 4310–55–P Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 0000–F2] Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503; or by email at Receipt of Applications for DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Endangered Species Permits mary_colligan@fws.gov. Persons who Fish and Wildlife Service use a telecommunications device for the AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Interior. [Docket No. FWS–R7–ES–2014–0060; Information Relay Service (FIRS) at ACTION: Notice. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesMeeting: Tuesday September 1, 2015, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Wednesday September 2, 2015, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern daylight time). For deadlines and directions on registering to attend, submitting written material, and giving an oral presentation, please see ``Public Input'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ContactJoshua Winchell, Council Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuge System, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; telephone (703) 358-2639; or email [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 48907 
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