80_FR_53730 80 FR 53558 - Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council

80 FR 53558 - Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 172 (September 4, 2015)

Page Range53558-53559
FR Document2015-22044

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a public meeting of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council (Council). A Federal advisory committee, the Council was created in part to foster partnerships to enhance public awareness of the importance of aquatic resources and the social and economic benefits of recreational fishing and boating in the United States. This meeting is open to the public, and interested persons may make oral statements to the Council or may file written statements for consideration.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 172 (Friday, September 4, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53558-53559]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22044]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-FAC-2015-N153; FF09F42300-FVWF97920900000-XXX]


Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council

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 Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council 
(Council). A Federal advisory committee, the Council was created in 
part to foster partnerships to enhance public awareness of the 
importance of aquatic resources and the social and economic benefits of 
recreational fishing and boating in the United States. This meeting is 
open to the public, and interested persons may make oral statements to 
the Council or may file written statements for consideration.

DATES: The meeting will take place Tuesday, October 6, 2015, from 8:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Mountain Time) and Wednesday, October 7, 2015, from 
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For deadlines and directions on registering to 
attend the meeting, submitting written material, and/or giving an oral 
presentation, please see ``Public Input'' under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service's Bozeman Fish Technology Center, 4050 Bridger Canyon Road, 
Bozeman, Montana 59715. For directions or other information on the 
Bozeman Fish Technology Center, please contact Robert Muth, Center 
Director, at 406-994-9902 or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Bohnsack, Sport Fishing and 
Boating Partnership Council Coordinator, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS-3C016A-
FAC, Falls Church, VA 22041; telephone (703) 358-2435; fax (703) 358-
2210; or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., we announce that the 
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council will hold a meeting.

Background

    The Council was formed in January 1993 to advise the Secretary of 
the Interior, through the Director of the Service, on aquatic 
conservation endeavors that benefit recreational fishery resources and 
recreational boating and that encourage partnerships among industry, 
the public, and government. The Council represents the interests of the 
public and private sectors of the recreational fishing, boating, and 
conservation communities and is organized to enhance partnerships among 
industry, constituency groups, and government. The 18-member Council, 
appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, includes the Service 
Director and the president of the Association of Fish and Wildlife 
Agencies, who both serve in ex officio capacities. Other Council 
members are directors from State agencies responsible for managing 
recreational fish and wildlife resources and individuals who represent 
the interests of saltwater and freshwater recreational fishing, 
recreational boating, the recreational fishing and boating industries, 
recreational fisheries resource conservation, Native American tribes, 
aquatic resource outreach and education, and tourism. Background 
information on the Council is available at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.

Meeting Agenda

    The Council will hold a meeting to consider:
     An update from the FWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation 
Program on their new strategic plan, the status of the national fish 
hatchery program and other related programs;
     An update and discussion regarding a proposed pilot 
project with several agencies to improve the transparency and 
efficiency of federal agencies' permitting review processes associated 
with boating infrastructure projects (e.g., boat dock replacement and 
maintenance, boat ramp construction and maintenance);
     An update of the status of aquatic education and outreach 
programs funded through the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration 
Program;
     An update on federal and state programs associated with 
aquatic invasive species and efforts to prevent their spread by boaters 
and anglers;
     An update on Tribal fish and wildlife conservation 
programs as they pertain to priorities of the Sport Fishing and Boating 
Partnership Council;
     An update on the Council's assessment of the Recreational 
Boating and Fishing Foundation's implementation of the National 
Outreach and Communication Program (Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance number 15.653);
     Other miscellaneous Council business.
    The final agenda will be posted on the Internet at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.

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Public Input

 
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                                            Then you must contact the
                                           Council Coordinator (see FOR
             If you wish to              FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no
                                                    later than
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Attend the meeting.....................  Wednesday, September 30, 2015.
Submit written information or questions  Wednesday, September 30, 2015.
 before the meeting for the council to
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 council to consider during the meeting.
Give an oral presentation during the     Wednesday, September 30, 2015.
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Attendance

    The Council meeting will be held at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service's Bozeman Fish Technology Center, 4050 Bridger Canyon Road, 
Bozeman, Montana. Signs will be posted to direct attendees to the 
specific conference room.

Submitting Written Information or Questions

    Interested members of the public may submit relevant information or 
questions for the Council to consider during the meeting. Written 
statements must be received by the date listed above in ``Public 
Input,'' so that the information may be made available to the Council 
for their consideration prior to the meeting. Written statements must 
be supplied to the Council Coordinator in one 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 
during 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. To ensure an opportunity to speak during 
the public comment period of the meeting, members of the public must 
register with the Council Coordinator. 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 meeting will be maintained by the Council 
Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) and 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/sfbpc.

    Dated: August 18, 2015.
James W. Kurth,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-22044 Filed 9-3-15; 8:45 am]
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53558 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 172 / Friday, September 4, 2015 / Notices distribution pipeline infrastructure partnerships to enhance public the Secretary of the Interior, includes within Oklahoma. awareness of the importance of aquatic the Service Director and the president of resources and the social and economic the Association of Fish and Wildlife Public Availability of Comments benefits of recreational fishing and Agencies, who both serve in ex officio Written comments we receive become boating in the United States. This capacities. Other Council members are part of the public record associated with meeting is open to the public, and directors from State agencies this action. Before including your interested persons may make oral responsible for managing recreational address, phone number, email address, statements to the Council or may file fish and wildlife resources and or other personal identifying written statements for consideration. individuals who represent the interests information in your comment, you DATES: The meeting will take place of saltwater and freshwater recreational should be aware that your entire Tuesday, October 6, 2015, from 8:30 fishing, recreational boating, the comment—including your personal a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Mountain Time) and recreational fishing and boating identifying information—may be made Wednesday, October 7, 2015, from 8:30 industries, recreational fisheries publicly available at any time. While a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For deadlines and resource conservation, Native American you can request in your comment that directions on registering to attend the tribes, aquatic resource outreach and we withhold your personal identifying meeting, submitting written material, education, and tourism. Background information from public review, we and/or giving an oral presentation, information on the Council is available cannot guarantee that we will be able to please see ‘‘Public Input’’ under at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc. do so. We will not consider anonymous SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. comments. All submissions from Meeting Agenda ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at organizations or businesses, and from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s The Council will hold a meeting to individuals identifying themselves as Bozeman Fish Technology Center, 4050 consider: representatives or officials of Bridger Canyon Road, Bozeman, • An update from the FWS Fish and organizations or businesses, will be Montana 59715. For directions or other Aquatic Conservation Program on their made available for public disclosure in information on the Bozeman Fish new strategic plan, the status of the their entirety. Technology Center, please contact national fish hatchery program and Authority Robert Muth, Center Director, at 406– other related programs; 994–9902 or Robert_Muth@fws.gov. • An update and discussion regarding We provide this notice under section FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: a proposed pilot project with several 10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) Brian Bohnsack, Sport Fishing and agencies to improve the transparency and its implementing regulations (50 Boating Partnership Council and efficiency of federal agencies’ CFR 17.22) and the National Coordinator, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS– permitting review processes associated Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 3C016A–FAC, Falls Church, VA 22041; with boating infrastructure projects (e.g., 4321 et seq.) and its implementing telephone (703) 358–2435; fax (703) boat dock replacement and regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 358–2210; or email brian_bohnsack@ maintenance, boat ramp construction Dated: August 27, 2015. fws.gov. and maintenance); Joy E. Nicholopoulos, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In • An update of the status of aquatic Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region. accordance with the requirements of the education and outreach programs [FR Doc. 2015–22040 Filed 9–3–15; 8:45 am] Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 funded through the Federal Aid in Sport BILLING CODE 4310–55–P U.S.C. App., we announce that the Sport Fish Restoration Program; Fishing and Boating Partnership • An update on federal and state Council will hold a meeting. programs associated with aquatic DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Background invasive species and efforts to prevent Fish and Wildlife Service their spread by boaters and anglers; The Council was formed in January • An update on Tribal fish and [FWS–HQ–FAC–2015–N153; FF09F42300– 1993 to advise the Secretary of the wildlife conservation programs as they FVWF97920900000–XXX] Interior, through the Director of the pertain to priorities of the Sport Fishing Service, on aquatic conservation Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership and Boating Partnership Council; endeavors that benefit recreational Council fishery resources and recreational • An update on the Council’s boating and that encourage partnerships assessment of the Recreational Boating AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, among industry, the public, and and Fishing Foundation’s Interior. government. The Council represents the implementation of the National ACTION: Notice of meeting. Outreach and Communication Program interests of the public and private SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and sectors of the recreational fishing, (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Wildlife Service (Service), announce a boating, and conservation communities number 15.653); public meeting of the Sport Fishing and and is organized to enhance • Other miscellaneous Council Boating Partnership Council (Council). partnerships among industry, business. A Federal advisory committee, the constituency groups, and government. The final agenda will be posted on the Council was created in part to foster The 18-member Council, appointed by Internet at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Sep 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 172 / Friday, September 4, 2015 / Notices 53559 Public Input Then you must contact the Council Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER If you wish to INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than Attend the meeting ................................................................................... Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Submit written information or questions before the meeting for the Wednesday, September 30, 2015. council to consider during the meeting for the council to consider during the meeting. Give an oral presentation during the meeting .......................................... Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Attendance INFORMATION CONTACT) and will be application, proposed low-effect HCP, The Council meeting will be held at available for public inspection within and draft NEPA compliance the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 90 days of the meeting and will be documentation. Bozeman Fish Technology Center, 4050 posted on the Council’s Web site at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc. DATES: Written comments on the permit Bridger Canyon Road, Bozeman, application, proposed low-effect HCP, Montana. Signs will be posted to direct Dated: August 18, 2015. and draft NEPA compliance attendees to the specific conference James W. Kurth, documentation must be received on or room. Acting Director. before October 5, 2015. Submitting Written Information or [FR Doc. 2015–22044 Filed 9–3–15; 8:45 am] ADDRESSES: Questions BILLING CODE 4310–55–P Obtaining Documents: Persons Interested members of the public may wishing to review the application, the submit relevant information or DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR proposed low-effect HCP, the draft questions for the Council to consider NEPA compliance documentation, or during the meeting. Written statements Fish and Wildlife Service other related documents may obtain must be received by the date listed copies by written or telephone request [FWS–R8–ES–2015–N170; to Jeri Krueger, by mail at U.S. Fish and above in ‘‘Public Input,’’ so that the FXES1113088ENDT0–156–FF08ENVD00] Wildlife Service, Reno Fish and Wildlife information may be made available to the Council for their consideration prior Endangered and Threatened Wildlife Office, 1340 Financial Boulevard, Suite to the meeting. Written statements must and Plants; Proposed Low-Effect 234, Reno, NV 89502, or by phone at be supplied to the Council Coordinator Habitat Conservation Plan for the 775–861–6300. Copies of these in one of the following formats: One Desert Tortoise, Nye County, Nevada documents may also be obtained on the hard copy with original signature, and Internet at http://www.fws.gov/nevada. one electronic copy via email AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Submitting Comments: Please address (acceptable file formats are Adobe Interior. written comments to Michael J. Senn, Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS ACTION: Receipt of application; request Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife PowerPoint, or rich text file). for comment. Service, Southern Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines Giving an Oral Presentation SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130. You may Individuals or groups requesting to Wildlife Service (Service) announce also send comments by facsimile to make an oral presentation during the receipt from Valley Electric Association, 702–515–5231. Please note that your meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per Inc. of an application for a 30-year information request or comment is in speaker, with no more than a total of 30 incidental take permit (permit) under reference to the Valley Electric minutes for all speakers. Interested the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as Association Community Solar Project parties should contact the Council amended (Act). The requested permit Low-Effect HCP, Nye County, Nevada. Coordinator, in writing (preferably via would authorize take of the Mojave desert tortoise resulting from the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION construction, operation, and Krueger, Reno Fish and Wildlife Office, CONTACT), to be placed on the public maintenance of a solar photovoltaic at the address or telephone number speaker list for this meeting. To ensure facility in the town of Pahrump, listed above under ADDRESSES. an opportunity to speak during the public comment period of the meeting, Nevada. The permit application SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: members of the public must register includes a proposed low-effect habitat Document Availability with the Council Coordinator. conservation plan (HCP) that Registered speakers who wish to expand incorporates measures the applicant You may obtain copies of the permit upon their oral statements, or those who would implement to minimize and application, proposed HCP, draft NEPA had wished to speak but could not be mitigate effects of project activities on compliance documentation, and other accommodated on the agenda, may the desert tortoise. In accordance with related documents from the individual mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES submit written statements to the the requirements of the National listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Council Coordinator up to 30 days Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), we CONTACT. Copies of these documents are subsequent to the meeting. have prepared a draft low-effect also available for public inspection, by screening form supporting our appointment, during regular business Meeting Minutes preliminary determination that the hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), at the Summary minutes of the meeting will proposed action qualifies as a Southern Nevada Fish and Wildlife be maintained by the Council categorical exclusion under NEPA. We Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER are accepting comments on the permit Las Vegas, NV 89130. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Sep 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThe meeting will take place Tuesday, October 6, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Mountain Time) and Wednesday, October 7, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For deadlines and directions on registering to attend the meeting, submitting written material, and/or giving an oral presentation, please see ``Public Input'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ContactBrian Bohnsack, Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council Coordinator, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS-3C016A- FAC, Falls Church, VA 22041; telephone (703) 358-2435; fax (703) 358- 2210; or email [email protected]
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