83 FR 25029 - Announcement of Public Meeting of the North American Wetlands Conservation Council
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 105 (May 31, 2018)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 105 (May 31, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-11601 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 105 (Thursday, May 31, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 25029-25030] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-11601] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-HQ-MB-2017-N060; 91100-3740-GRNT 7C] Announcement of Public Meeting of the North American Wetlands Conservation Council AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The North American Wetlands Conservation Council will meet in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, to select U.S. Standard grant proposals for reporting to the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. This meeting is open to the public, and interested persons may present oral or written statements. DATES: Meeting: The meeting is scheduled for June 13, 2018, at 8:00 a.m. Central Daylight Saving Time. Participation: If you wish to participate in the meeting via calling in, making a presentation, or submitting information beforehand, contact the Council Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than June 6, 2018. ADDRESSES: Meeting location: The meeting will take place in the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center, 602 Minnesota State Hwy. 210 East, Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56537. If you are interested in presenting information at the meeting or participating via telephone, contact the Council Coordinator by the date specified in DATES. Submitting information: Comments must be submitted by the date specified in DATES by one of the following methods:U.S. mail or hand-delivery: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike MS: MB, Falls Church, VA 22041. Email: dbhc@fws.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Mott, Council Coordinator, by phone at 703-358-1784. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877- 8339 during normal business hours. In addition, FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background In accordance with the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA; 16 U.S.C. 4401-4412), the State-private-Federal North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Council) meets to consider wetland acquisition, restoration, enhancement, and management projects for recommendation to, and final funding approval by, the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission. The seven-member Commission was established in 1929 by the passage of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.) primarily to consider and approve areas of land or water recommended by the Secretary of the Interior for purchase by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In 1989, the Commission acquired the additional responsibility to approve project funding under NAWCA. The NAWCA program operates in two cycles per year. Each cycle, eligible proposals are reviewed and ranked by the nine-member Council. 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 website at www.fws.gov/birds/grants/north-american-wetland-conservation-act.php. Public Input Submitting Written Information or Questions Interested members of the public may submit relevant information or questions to be considered during the meeting. If you wish to submit a written statement so that information may be made available to the Council for their consideration prior to the meeting, you must contact the Council Coordinator by the date in DATES. 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 during the meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker, with no more than a total of 10 minutes for all speakers. Interested parties should contact the Council Coordinator by the date in DATES, in writing (preferably via email; see ADDRESSES), to be placed on the public speaker list. 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, 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 [[Page 25030]] Council Coordinator (see 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. Dated: May 11, 2018. Jerome Ford, Assistant Director, Migratory Birds. [FR Doc. 2018-11601 Filed 5-30-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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Overview of This Information meet in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, to by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In
Collection select U.S. Standard grant proposals for 1989, the Commission acquired the
(1) Type of Information Collection reporting to the Migratory Bird additional responsibility to approve
Request: Extension, Without Change, of Conservation Commission under the project funding under NAWCA.
a Currently Approved Collection. North American Wetlands Conservation The NAWCA program operates in two
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Alien Act. This meeting is open to the public, cycles per year. Each cycle, eligible
Change of Address Card. and interested persons may present oral proposals are reviewed and ranked by
(3) Agency form number, if any, and or written statements. the nine-member Council. NAWCA
the applicable component of the DHS DATES: Meeting: The meeting is provides matching grants to
sponsoring the collection: AR–11; scheduled for June 13, 2018, at 8:00 a.m. organizations and individuals who have
USCIS. Central Daylight Saving Time. developed partnerships to carry out
(4) Affected public who will be asked Participation: If you wish to wetlands conservation projects in the
or required to respond, as well as a brief participate in the meeting via calling in, United States, Canada, and Mexico.
abstract: Primary: Individuals or making a presentation, or submitting These projects must involve long-term
households. The Form AR–11SR, information beforehand, contact the protection, restoration, and/or
Alien’s Change of Address Card, has Council Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER enhancement of wetlands and
been used to report changes of address INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than June associated uplands habitats for the
of aliens subject to ‘‘special registration’’ 6, 2018. benefit of all wetlands-associated
requirements contained in INA 263 and ADDRESSES: Meeting location: The migratory birds. Project proposal due
8 CFR 264.1(f). meeting will take place in the Prairie dates, application instructions, and
(5) An estimate of the total number of Wetlands Learning Center, 602 eligibility requirements are available on
respondents and the amount of time Minnesota State Hwy. 210 East, Fergus the NAWCA website at www.fws.gov/
estimated for an average respondent to Falls, Minnesota 56537. If you are birds/grants/north-american-wetland-
respond: The estimated total number of interested in presenting information at conservation-act.php.
respondents for the information the meeting or participating via Public Input
collection AR–11 (paper) is 170,306 and telephone, contact the Council
the estimated hour burden per response Coordinator by the date specified in Submitting Written Information or
is .20 hours; the estimated total number DATES. Questions
of respondents for the information Submitting information: Comments Interested members of the public may
collect AR–11 (electronic) is 1,075,917 must be submitted by the date specified submit relevant information or
and the estimated hour burden per in DATES by one of the following questions to be considered during the
response is .17 hours. methods: meeting. If you wish to submit a written
(6) An estimate of the total public • U.S. mail or hand-delivery: U.S. statement so that information may be
burden (in hours) associated with the Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 made available to the Council for their
collection: The total estimated annual Leesburg Pike MS: MB, Falls Church, consideration prior to the meeting, you
hour burden associated with this VA 22041. must contact the Council Coordinator by
collection is 216,967 hours. • Email: dbhc@fws.gov. the date in DATES. Written statements
(7) An estimate of the total public FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: must be supplied to the Council
burden (in cost) associated with the Sarah Mott, Council Coordinator, by Coordinator in both of the following
collection: The estimated total annual phone at 703–358–1784. Persons who formats: One hard copy with original
cost burden associated with this use a telecommunications device for the signature, and one electronic copy via
collection of information is $638,648. deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay email (acceptable file formats are Adobe
Dated: May 25, 2018. Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS
during normal business hours. In PowerPoint, or rich text file).
Samantha L Deshommes,
addition, FRS is available 24 hours a
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Giving an Oral Presentation
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of or question. You will receive a reply Individuals or groups requesting to
Homeland Security. during normal business hours. make an oral presentation during the
[FR Doc. 2018–11705 Filed 5–30–18; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per
speaker, with no more than a total of 10
BILLING CODE 9111–97–P Background minutes for all speakers. Interested
In accordance with the North parties should contact the Council
American Wetlands Conservation Act Coordinator by the date in DATES, in
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (NAWCA; 16 U.S.C. 4401–4412), the writing (preferably via email; see
Fish and Wildlife Service State-private-Federal North American ADDRESSES), to be placed on the public
Wetlands Conservation Council speaker list. Nonregistered public
[FWS–HQ–MB–2017–N060; 91100–3740– (Council) meets to consider wetland speakers will not be considered during
GRNT 7C] acquisition, restoration, enhancement, the meeting. Registered speakers who
and management projects for wish to expand upon their oral
Announcement of Public Meeting of
recommendation to, and final funding statements, or those who had wished to
the North American Wetlands
approval by, the Migratory Bird speak but could not be accommodated
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Conservation Council
Conservation Commission. The seven- on the agenda, are invited to submit
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, member Commission was established in written statements to the Council within
Interior. 1929 by the passage of the Migratory 30 days following the meeting.
ACTION: Notice of meeting. Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715 et
seq.) primarily to consider and approve Meeting Minutes
SUMMARY: The North American areas of land or water recommended by Summary minutes of the Council
Wetlands Conservation Council will the Secretary of the Interior for purchase meeting will be maintained by the
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Council Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
INFORMATION CONTACT). Meeting notes U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
will be available by contacting the announce a public meeting of the Fish and Wildlife Service
Council Coordinator within 30 days Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task [FWS–R1–ES–2018–N079;
following the meeting. Personal copies Force, in accordance with the Federal FXES11130600000–189–FF01E00000]
may be purchased for the cost of Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
duplication. Appendix 2). The ANS Task Force was Endangered Species; Receipt of
Dated: May 11, 2018. established by the Nonindigenous Recovery Permit Applications
Jerome Ford, Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Assistant Director, Migratory Birds. Control Act of 1990, as amended Interior.
[FR Doc. 2018–11601 Filed 5–30–18; 8:45 am] (NANPCA; 16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.), is ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
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composed of 13 Federal and 15 ex- applications; request for comments.
officio members, and is co-chaired by
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Wildlife Service, have received
Administration. The ANS Task Force’s applications for permits to conduct
Fish and Wildlife Service purpose is to develop and implement a activities intended to enhance the
program for U.S. waters to prevent propagation or survival of endangered
[FWS–FAC–2018–N061; FXFR13360900000– introduction and dispersal of aquatic or threatened species under the
FF09F14000–167] invasive species; to monitor, control, Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
and study such species; and to amended. We invite the public and
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force disseminate related information. local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies
Meeting to comment on these applications.
Meeting Agenda Before issuing any of the requested
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, permits, we will take into consideration
Interior. • Update on the U.S. Geological any information that we receive during
ACTION: Notice of meeting. Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species the public comment period.
Database. DATES: We must receive your written
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce a public • Update from the Asian Carp comments on or before July 2, 2018.
meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Regional Coordinating Committee. ADDRESSES: Document availability and
Species (ANS) Task Force, in • Sessions to evaluate the Task Force comment submission: Submit requests
accordance with the Federal Advisory and regional panel accomplishments for copies of the applications and
Committee Act. The ANS Task Force’s and discuss strategies to further advance related documents and submit any
purpose is to develop and implement a the Task Force mission. comments by one of the following
program for U.S. waters to prevent methods. All requests and comments
• Public comment period. should specify the applicant name(s)
introduction and dispersal of aquatic
invasive species; to monitor, control, The final agenda and other related and application number(s) (e.g., TE–
and study such species; and to meeting information will be posted on XXXXXX):
disseminate related information. the Task Force website at http:// • Email: permitsR1ES@fws.gov.
anstaskforce.gov. Summary minutes of • U.S. Mail: Program Manager,
DATES: The ANS Task Force will meet Restoration and Endangered Species
the meeting will be maintained by the
Tuesday through Thursday, June 12–14, Classification, Ecological Services, U.S.
Executive Secretary and will be
2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific
available for public inspection within
The meeting is open to the public; for Regional Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue,
90 days after the meeting at http://
security purposes, signup is required. Portland, OR 97232–4181.
For more information, contact the ANS anstaskforce.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Task Force Executive Secretary (see FOR Public Input Colleen Henson, Recovery Permit
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Before including your address, phone Coordinator, Ecological Services, (503)
ADDRESSES: 231–6131 (phone); permitsR1ES@
Meeting location: The ANS Task number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your fws.gov (email). Individuals who are
Force meeting will take place at the hearing or speech impaired may call the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877–
Administration, Building 3, Room 4527, 8339 for TTY assistance.
1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
MD 20910 (phone: 301–713–0174). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
Comment submission: You may While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying the public to comment on applications
submit written comments in advance of for permits under section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the meeting by emailing them to the information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to the Endangered Species Act, as
ANS Task Force Executive Secretary amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). do so.
The requested permits would allow the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2. applicants to conduct activities
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Susan Pasko, Executive Secretary, ANS Dated: May 24, 2018. intended to promote recovery of species
Task Force, by telephone at (703) 358– that are listed as endangered or
2466, or by email at Susan_Pasko@ John J. Schmerfeld,
threatened under the ESA.
fws.gov. If you use a Acting Assistant Director for Fish and Aquatic
telecommunications device for the deaf Conservation. Background
(TDD), please call the Federal Relay [FR Doc. 2018–11735 Filed 5–30–18; 8:45 am] With some exceptions, the ESA
Service at (800) 877–8339. BILLING CODE 4333–15–P prohibits activities that constitute take
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| Dates | Meeting: The meeting is scheduled for June 13, 2018, at 8:00 a.m. Central Daylight Saving Time. | |
| Contact | Sarah Mott, Council Coordinator, by phone at 703-358-1784. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877- 8339 during normal business hours. In addition, FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. | |
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