81_FR_27555 81 FR 27467 - Announcement of Public Meeting: North American Wetlands Conservation Council

81 FR 27467 - Announcement of Public Meeting: North American Wetlands Conservation Council

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 88 (May 6, 2016)

Page Range27467-27468
FR Document2016-10729

The North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Council) will meet to select North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) 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.

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[FR Doc No: 2016-10729]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-MB-2016-N080; 91100-3740-GRNT 7C]


Announcement of Public Meeting: North American Wetlands 
Conservation Council

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Council) 
will meet to select North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) 
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 Council meeting will occur on June 22, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m. The Council will consider U.S. Standard grant proposals. 
If you are interested in presenting information at this public meeting, 
contact the Council Coordinator no later than June 10, 2016. If you 
require reasonable accommodations to attend the meeting, contact the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least one week 
prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The Council meeting will take place at the Lewis and Clark 
Interpretive Center, 4201 Giant Springs Road, Great Falls, Montana 
59405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Mott, 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, Virginia 22041. Persons who use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 
1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business 
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a 
message or question with the above individuals. You will receive a 
reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council meets two to three times per 
year to select NAWCA grant proposals for recommendation to the 
Commission. Council meetings are open to the public, and interested 
persons may present oral or written statements.

About the Council

    In accordance with the North American Wetlands Conservation Act 
(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 to, and final funding approval by, the Commission.
    NAWCA 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 
www.fws.gov/birds/grants/north-american-wetland-conservation-act.php.

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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(1) Attend the Council meeting............  June 10, 2016.
(2) Submit written information or           June 10, 2016.
 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 consideration during the public meeting. If you wish to 
submit a written statement, you must contact the Council Coordinator by 
the date in Public Input. Written statements must be supplied to the 
Council Coordinator in both of the following formats: One hard copy 
with original signature, and

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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 who request 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 by the date in Public Input, 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 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 
Council Coordinator at the address under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT. Meeting notes will be available by contacting the 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. 2016-10729 Filed 5-5-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 88 / Friday, May 6, 2016 / Notices 27467 Families receiving subsidized housing and enrolled in the FSS program (treatment group) ..................................................................... 1,281 Families receiving subsidized housing and not enrolled in the FSS program (control group) ................................................................... 1,270 Estimation of the total number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours needed to prepare the information hours of response: collection including number of Number Number of Average burden/response Total burden Instrument responses per respondents (in hours) hours respondent 36-Month Survey ............................................. 2,551 1 45 minutes (.75) ............................................. 1,913 Total ......................................................... ........................ ........................ ......................................................................... 1,913 Status of the proposed information DATES: The Council meeting will occur for recommendation to the Commission. collection: Pending OMB approval. on June 22, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 Council meetings are open to the public, Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 9(a), and title p.m. The Council will consider U.S. and interested persons may present oral 12, U.S.C., section 1701z–1 et seq. Standard grant proposals. If you are or written statements. Dated: April 21, 2016. interested in presenting information at this public meeting, contact the Council About the Council Katherine M. O’Regan, Coordinator no later than June 10, 2016. In accordance with the North Assistant Secretary for Policy Development If you require reasonable and Research. American Wetlands Conservation Act accommodations to attend the meeting, [FR Doc. 2016–10642 Filed 5–5–16; 8:45 am] (NAWCA; Pub. L. 101–233, 103 Stat. contact the person listed under FOR BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 1968, December 13, 1989, as amended), FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least one week prior to the meeting. the State-private-Federal Council meets to consider wetland acquisition, ADDRESSES: The Council meeting will DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR restoration, enhancement, and take place at the Lewis and Clark management projects for Fish and Wildlife Service Interpretive Center, 4201 Giant Springs recommendation to, and final funding Road, Great Falls, Montana 59405. [FWS–HQ–MB–2016–N080; 91100–3740– approval by, the Commission. GRNT 7C] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Mott, Council Coordinator, by NAWCA provides matching grants to phone at 703–358–1784; by email at organizations and individuals who have Announcement of Public Meeting: North American Wetlands dbhc@fws.gov; or by U.S. mail at U.S. developed partnerships to carry out Conservation Council Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 wetlands conservation projects in the Leesburg Pike MS: MB, Falls Church, United States, Canada, and Mexico. AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Virginia 22041. Persons who use a These projects must involve long-term Interior. telecommunications device for the deaf protection, restoration, and/or ACTION: Notice of public meeting. (TDD) may call the Federal Information enhancement of wetlands and SUMMARY: The North American Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 associated uplands habitats for the Wetlands Conservation Council to contact the above individual during benefit of all wetlands-associated (Council) will meet to select North normal business hours. The FIRS is migratory birds. Project proposal due American Wetlands Conservation Act available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, dates, application instructions, and (NAWCA) grant proposals for to leave a message or question with the eligibility requirements are available on recommendation to the Migratory Bird above individuals. You will receive a the NAWCA Web site at www.fws.gov/ Conservation Commission reply during normal business hours. birds/grants/north-american-wetland- (Commission). This meeting is open to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The conservation-act.php. the public, and interested persons may Council meets two to three times per Public Input present oral or written statements. year to select NAWCA grant proposals You must contact the Council Coordinator If you wish to (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than (1) Attend the Council meeting ............................................................................................. June 10, 2016. asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES (2) Submit written information or questions before the Council meeting for consideration June 10, 2016. during the meeting. Submitting Written Information or questions for consideration during the Public Input. Written statements must Questions public meeting. 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27468 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 88 / Friday, May 6, 2016 / Notices one electronic copy via email review and comment. The Refuges are process, see EPA’s Role in the EIS (acceptable file formats are Adobe part of the Klamath Basin Complex. The Process under SUPPLEMENTARY Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS draft CCP/EIS, prepared under the INFORMATION. PowerPoint, or rich text file). National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Additional information about the CCP Act of 1997, and in accordance with the planning process is available on the Giving an Oral Presentation National Environmental Policy Act of Individuals or groups who request to Internet at http://www.fws.gov/refuge/ 1969, describes how the Service make an oral presentation at the meeting Tule_Lake/what_we_do/ proposes to manage the refuges for the will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker, next 15 years. Draft compatibility conservation.html. with no more than a total of 30 minutes determinations for uses proposed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: for all speakers. Interested parties one or more of the alternatives are also should contact the Council Coordinator Klamath Refuge Planner, (916) 414– available for review and public 6464 (phone). by the date in Public Input, in writing comment. (preferably via email; see FOR FURTHER SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We INFORMATION CONTACT), to be placed on DATES: To ensure consideration, we publish this notice to announce the the public speaker list for this meeting. must receive your written comments by availability of a draft CCP/EIS for the Nonregistered public speakers will not June 20, 2016. Comments submitted electronically using the Federal Klamath Basin Refuges. The draft CCP/ be considered during the Council EIS, which we prepared in accordance meeting. Registered speakers who wish eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern with the National Environmental Policy to expand upon their oral statements, or Act of 1969 (NEPA), describes and those who had wished to speak but Time on the closing date. analyzes a range of management could not be accommodated on the ADDRESSES: Document Availability: You may obtain copies of the documents in alternatives for the Klamath Basin agenda, are invited to submit written Refuges. In addition to our publication statements to the Council within 30 the following places: • Internet: http://www.regulations.gov of this notice, EPA is publishing a days following the meeting. (Docket Number FWS–R8–R–2016– notice announcing the draft CCP/EIS, as Meeting Minutes 0063). required under section 309 of the Clean Summary minutes of the Council • In Person: Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.). The meeting will be maintained by the Æ Klamath Refuge Basin National publication date of EPA’s notice of Council Coordinator at the address Wildlife Refuge Complex Headquarters, availability is the start of the public under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 4009 Hill Road, Tulelake, CA 96134. comment period for the draft CCP/EIS. CONTACT. Meeting notes will be Æ The following libraries: For the Under the CAA, EPA must also available by contacting the Council location of libraries with a copy of this subsequently announce the final EIS via Coordinator within 30 days following document, see Public Availability of the Federal Register. the meeting. Personal copies may be Documents under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. EPA’s Role in the EIS Process purchased for the cost of duplication. Submitting Comments: You may The EPA is charged under section 309 Jerome Ford, submit written comments by one of the Assistant Director, Migratory Birds. of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) to following methods: review all Federal agencies’ [FR Doc. 2016–10729 Filed 5–5–16; 8:45 am] • Electronically: Go to the Federal environmental impact statement (EISs) BILLING CODE 4333–15–P eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, and to comment on the adequacy and enter FWS–R8–NWRS–2016–0063, acceptability of the environmental DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR which is the docket number for this impacts of proposed actions in the EISs. notice. Then, on the left side of the EPA also serves as the repository (EIS Fish and Wildlife Service database) for EISs prepared by Federal screen, under the Document Type [FWS–R8–NWRS–2016–0063: heading, click on the Notices link to agencies and provides notice of their FXRS12610800000–167–FF08R00000] locate this document and submit a availability in the Federal Register. The comment. EIS Database provides information Lower Klamath, Clear Lake, Tule Lake, • By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail about EISs prepared by Federal Upper Klamath, and Bear Valley or hand-delivery to: Public Comments agencies, as well as EPA’s comments National Wildlife Refuges, Klamath Processing, Attn: FWS–R8–NWRS– concerning the EISs. All EISs are filed County, OR; Siskiyou and Modoc 2016–0063; U.S. Fish and Wildlife with EPA, which publishes a notice of Counties, CA: Draft Comprehensive Service Headquarters, MS: BPHC; 5275 Conservation Plan/Environmental availability on Fridays in the Federal Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– Register. Impact Statement 3803 We request that you send comments The notice of availability is the start AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, of the public comment period for draft Interior. by only the methods described above. We will post all information received on EISs, and the start of the 30-day ‘‘wait ACTION: Notice of availability; request period’’ for final EISs, during which for comments. http://www.regulations.gov. This generally means that we will post any agencies are generally required to wait asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife personal information you provide us 30 days before making a decision on a Service (Service), announce the (see the Public Comments under proposed action. For more information, availability of a Draft Comprehensive SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more see http://www.epa.gov/compliance/ Conservation Plan (CCP) and information). nepa/eisdata.html. You may search for Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) For how to view comments on the EPA comments on EISs, along with the for Lower Klamath, Clear Lake, Tule draft CCP/EIS from the Environmental EISs themselves, at https:// Lake, Upper Klamath, and Bear Valley Protection Agency (EPA), or for cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cds-enepa-public/ National Wildlife Refuges (Refuges) for information on EPA’s role in the EIS action/eis/search. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice of public meeting.
DatesThe Council meeting will occur on June 22, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Council will consider U.S. Standard grant proposals. If you are interested in presenting information at this public meeting, contact the Council Coordinator no later than June 10, 2016. If you require reasonable accommodations to attend the meeting, contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least one week prior to the meeting.
ContactSarah Mott, 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, Virginia 22041. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individuals. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
FR Citation81 FR 27467 
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