82 FR 17447 - Meeting of the Advisory Committee; Meeting

JOINT BOARD FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 68 (April 11, 2017)

Page Range		17447-17447
FR Document		2017-07203

The Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries gives notice of a closed meeting of the Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 68 (Tuesday, April 11, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 11, 2017)]
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JOINT BOARD FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES


Meeting of the Advisory Committee; Meeting

AGENCY: Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries gives notice 
of a closed meeting of the Advisory Committee on Actuarial 
Examinations.

DATES: The meeting will be held on April 28, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Willis Towers Watson, 2901 North 
Central Avenue, Suite 1100, Phoenix, AZ 85012-2731.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Van Osten, Designated 
Federal Officer, Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations, 703-414-
2163.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Advisory 
Committee on Actuarial Examinations will meet at Willis Towers Watson, 
2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 1100, Phoenix, AZ 85012-2731.
    The purpose of the meeting is to discuss topics and questions that 
may be recommended for inclusion on future Joint Board examinations in 
actuarial mathematics, pension law and methodology referred to in 29 
U.S.C. 1242(a)(1)(B).
    A determination has been made as required by section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., that the subject of the 
meeting falls within the exception to the open meeting requirement set 
forth in Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and that the public interest 
requires that such meeting be closed to public participation.

    Dated: April 4, 2017.
Chet Andrzejewski,
Chair, Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries.
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annual taking limit in subsequent years, polar bear harvest, it is appropriate to JOINT BOARD FOR THE
as long as the sustainable harvest level delay issuance of regulations to ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES
over a 5-year period is not exceeded. administer the annual taking limit,
Therefore, in 2012, based on the which were originally anticipated to be Meeting of the Advisory Committee;
recommendation of the SWG, the put into effect on January 1, 2017. The Meeting
Commission agreed upon a 5-year Service believes additional work in
sustainable harvest level of 290 polar establishing local, on-the-ground co- AGENCY: Joint Board for the Enrollment
bears (i.e., the annual sustainable management structures will greatly of Actuaries.
harvest level of 58 bears × 5 years), with improve compliance with the annual
no more than one-third being female. Notice of Federal Advisory
ACTION:
taking limit. Committee meeting.
Under this multiyear quota system, the
5-year sustainable harvest level would We now anticipate issuing regulations
be allocated over a 5-year period and in 2019, with an anticipated effective SUMMARY: The Joint Board for the
would include the identification of date of January 1, 2020. The Service will Enrollment of Actuaries gives notice of
annual sustainable harvest levels for continue conducting consultation with a closed meeting of the Advisory
consideration by the Commission in federally recognized tribes, providing Committee on Actuarial Examinations.
setting annual taking limits. The outreach and education to affected
Commission, at each of its subsequent communities, and evaluating biological DATES: The meeting will be held on
annual meetings held in 2013, 2014, and information. During this interim period, April 28, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00
2015, was advised by the SWG that new the Service will use its enforcement p.m.
biological information considered at the discretion with respect to any take that ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
meeting did not suggest the need to exceeds the annual taking limit Willis Towers Watson, 2901 North
change the sustainable harvest level established by the Commission in 2010. Central Avenue, Suite 1100, Phoenix,
established by the Commission. The Currently, the Service’s MMPA AZ 85012–2731.
Commission, therefore, at each of those implementing regulations at 50 CFR
meetings in 2013, 2014, and 2015 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
18.23(f) require Alaskan natives who
adopted the SWG’s recommendation harvest any polar bears for subsistence Elizabeth Van Osten, Designated Federal
that no change be made to the existing purposes or for purposes of selling Officer, Advisory Committee on
sustainable harvest level of up to 58 authentic Native articles of handicrafts Actuarial Examinations, 703–414–2163.
polar bears per year to be shared equally
and clothing to report such take to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
between the United States and Russia,
Service and present the skin and skull hereby given that the Advisory
of which no more than one-third will be
female. to Service personnel or the Service’s Committee on Actuarial Examinations
At the eighth annual meeting of the authorized local representative. Under will meet at Willis Towers Watson, 2901
Commission, held November 17–18, these regulations, an Alaskan native North Central Avenue, Suite 1100,
2016, in Anchorage, Alaska, the SWG may possess the unmarked, untagged, Phoenix, AZ 85012–2731.
recognized that new biological and unreported polar bear for a period The purpose of the meeting is to
information considered at the meeting of time not to exceed 30 days from the
discuss topics and questions that may
did not suggest the need to change the time of taking for the purpose of
be recommended for inclusion on future
sustainable harvest level established by transporting the skin and skull to
Joint Board examinations in actuarial
the Commission and, therefore, it Service personnel or the Service’s
mathematics, pension law and
recommended no change to the current authorized local representative for
methodology referred to in 29 U.S.C.
annual sustainable harvest level of 58 marking, tagging, and reporting. These
polar bears per year to be shared equally 1242(a)(1)(B).
regulations remain in effect.
between the United States and the A determination has been made as
Russian Federation, of which no more Determination of the Commission required by section 10(d) of the Federal
than one-third will be female, or to the Pursuant to section 507(b) of the Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.,
multiyear quota system previously that the subject of the meeting falls
MMPA, we are publishing in the
adopted by the Commission. The within the exception to the open
Federal Register this notice of the U.S.-
Commission unanimously adopted this meeting requirement set forth in Title 5
Russia Polar Bear Commission’s
recommendation. Additionally, the U.S. U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and that the public
Commissioners discussed their determination concerning the annual
taking limit for the Alaska-Chukotka interest requires that such meeting be
collaborative efforts over the past year to closed to public participation.
lay the foundation for effective polar bear population. As detailed
implementation of the annual taking above, at its 2016 annual meeting, the Dated: April 4, 2017.
limit, and expressed their commitment Commission agreed to maintain the Chet Andrzejewski,
to continuing that work together to limit on the annual harvest of polar Chair, Joint Board for the Enrollment of
achieve the goal of a sustainably bears from this population to no more Actuaries.
managed polar bear subsistence harvest. than 58 animals, of which no more than [FR Doc. 2017–07203 Filed 4–10–17; 8:45 am]
As discussed in the U.S. Fish and one-third may be female, to be shared BILLING CODE 4830–01–P
Wildlife Service’s (Service) recent equally between the United States and
advance notice of proposed rulemaking the Russian Federation.
srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

(81 FR 78560; November 8, 2016), the Dated: February 1, 2017.
Service is currently working with the
Alaska Native community to identify a James W. Kurth,
new co-management partner. To allow Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
time for this co-management partner to Service.
be identified and to establish a program [FR Doc. 2017–07245 Filed 4–10–17; 8:45 am]
of locally enforceable ordinances for BILLING CODE 4333–15–P

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held on April 28, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Contact		Elizabeth Van Osten, Designated Federal Officer, Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations, 703-414- 2163.
FR Citation		82 FR 17447