80 FR 80793 - Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 248 (December 28, 2015)

Page Range		80793-80794
FR Document		2015-32598

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 248 (Monday, December 28, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-32598]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-R-2016-N215; FXGO1664091HCC0-FF09D00000-167]


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, January 26, 2016, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
and Wednesday, January 27, 2016, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern 
Standard 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 at the National Wild Turkey 
Federation Visitor Center, 770 Augusta Road, Edgefield, South Carolina, 
29824.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Winchell, Council Designated 
Federal Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife 
Refuge System, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls

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Church, VA 22041-3803; telephone: (703) 358-2639; 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 
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. Wildlife habitat and health;
    2. Funding for public lands and wildlife management;
    3. Endangered Species Act; 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
                                            Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER
              If you wish to                   INFORMATION CONTACT) no
                                                     later than
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Attend the meeting........................  January 13, 2016.
Submit written information or questions     January 13, 2016.
 before the meeting for the council to
 consider during the meeting.
Give an oral presentation during the        January 13, 2016.
 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).

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 two 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.

Stephen Guertin,
Deputy Director.
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examination of the shipment is exemption from the designated port penalty, issued a Notice of Violation, or
necessary. base inspection fee, the licensed convicted of a misdemeanor or felony
In 2009, we implemented a new user business must certify that it will violation involving wildlife import or
fee system intended to recover the costs exclusively import or export nonliving export will not be eligible to participate
of the compliance portion of the wildlife wildlife that is not listed as injurious in the program.
inspection program. Since that time, we under 50 CFR part 16 and does not
have been made aware that we may require a permit or certificate under 50 II. Data
have placed an undue economic burden CFR parts 15 (Wild Bird Conservation OMB Control Number: 1018–0012.
on businesses that exclusively trade in Act), 17 (Endangered Species Act), 18 Title: Declaration for Importation or
small volumes of low-value, non- (Marine Mammal Protection Act), 20 Exportation of Fish or Wildlife, 50 CFR
federally protected wildlife parts and and 21 (Migratory Bird Treaty Act), 22 14.61–14.64 and 14.94.
products. To address this issue, we (Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act), Service Form Numbers: 3–177 and 3–
implemented a program that exempts or 23 (the Convention on International 177a.
certain businesses from the designated Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
port base inspection fees as an interim Type of Request: Extension of a
Fauna and Flora). The requesting
measure while we reassess the current currently approved collection.
business also must certify that it will
user fee system. Businesses that possess exclusively import or export the above Description of Respondents:
a valid Service import/export license types of wildlife shipments where the Businesses or individuals that import or
may request to participate in the fee quantity in each shipment of wildlife export fish, wildlife, or wildlife
exemption program through our parts or products is 25 or fewer and the products; scientific institutions that
electronic filing system (eDecs). total value of each wildlife shipment is import or export fish or wildlife
Qualified licensees must create an eDecs $5,000 or less. Any licensed business scientific specimens; and government
filer account as an importer or exporter, that has more than two wildlife agencies that import or export fish or
if they do not already have one, and file shipments that were refused clearance wildlife specimens for various purposes.
their required documents electronically. in the 5 years prior to its request is not Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
To be an approved participating eligible for the program. In addition, any obtain or retain a benefit.
business in the program and receive an licensees that have been assessed a civil Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
(minutes)

3–177 hard copy submission ........................................................................... 3,148 28,332 15 7,083
3–177 electronic submission ........................................................................... 17,593 154,971 10 25,829
Fee waiver certification .................................................................................... 1,000 1,000 1 17

Totals ........................................................................................................ 21,741 184,303 ........................ 32,929

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden be made publicly available at any time. meeting of the Wildlife and Hunting
Cost: None. While you can ask us in your comment Heritage Conservation Council
to withhold your personal identifying (Council). The Council provides advice
III. Comments
information from public review, we about wildlife and habitat conservation
We invite comments concerning this cannot guarantee that we will be able to endeavors that benefit wildlife
information collection on: do so. resources; encourage partnership among
• Whether or not the collection of the public, the sporting conservation
Dated: December 21, 2015.
information is necessary, including organizations, the States, Native
whether or not the information will Tina A. Campbell,
American tribes, and the Federal
have practical utility; Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Government; and benefit recreational
• The accuracy of our estimate of the hunting.
Service.
burden for this collection of
[FR Doc. 2015–32546 Filed 12–24–15; 8:45 am] DATES: Meeting: Tuesday, January 26,
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 2016, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and
and clarity of the information to be Wednesday, January 27, 2016, from 8
collected; and a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).
• Ways to minimize the burden of the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR For deadlines and directions on
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Dates		Meeting: Tuesday, January 26, 2016, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Wednesday, January 27, 2016, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). For deadlines and directions on registering to attend, submitting written material, and giving an oral presentation, please see ``Public Input'' under SUPPLEMENTARY 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: [email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 80793

80 FR 80793 - Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORFish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 248 (December 28, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service