[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9903-9904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03135]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-FAC-2023-N004; FX.IA167209TRG00- FF09W12000-223]
Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Advisory Council Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of teleconference/web meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives notice of a
teleconference/web meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize
Advisory Council, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act.
DATES:
Teleconference/web meeting: The Council will meet Thursday, March
9, 2023, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Registration: Registration is required. The deadline for
registration is March 6, 2023.
Accessibility: The deadline for accessibility accommodation
requests is March 2, 2023. Please see Accessibility Information, below.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via teleconference and broadcast
over the internet. To register and receive the web address and
telephone number for participation, contact the Designated Federal
Officer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) or visit the Council's
website at https://www.fws.gov/program/theodore-roosevelt-genius-prize-advisory-council.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Rickabaugh, Designated
Federal Officer, by telephone at (571) 421-6758, or by email at
Stephanie_Rickabaugh@fws.gov. Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial
711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Advisory
Council was established by the John D. Dingell, Jr., Conservation,
Management, and Recreation Act (Pub. L. 116-9, as amended by the
America's Conservation Enhancement Act (Pub. L. 116-188)); and
authorized by the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980
(15 U.S.C. 3719). The Council's purpose is to advise the Secretary of
the Interior regarding any opportunities for technological innovation
in the six focus areas: preventing wildlife poaching and trafficking,
promoting wildlife conservation, managing invasive species, protecting
endangered species, nonlethally managing human-wildlife conflict, and
reducing human-predator conflict.
This meeting is open to the public. The meeting agenda will include
Council discussion on the six focus areas, reports from subcommittees
about opportunities for technological innovation, and opportunities for
public comment. The final agenda and other related meeting information
will be posted on the Council's website at https://www.fws.gov/program/theodore-roosevelt-genius-prize-advisory-council.
Public Input
If you wish to provide oral public comment or provide a written
comment for the Council to consider, contact the Council's Designated
Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than
Monday, March 6, 2023.
Depending on the number of people who want to comment and the time
available, the amount of time for individual oral comments may be
limited. Interested parties should contact the Designated Federal
Officer, in writing (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), for
placement on the public speaker list for this meeting. Requests to
address the Council during the meeting will be accommodated in the
order the
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requests are received. 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
Designated Federal Officer up to 30 days following the meeting.
Accessibility Information
Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter
services, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable
accommodations. Please contact the Designated Federal Officer (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 7 business days prior to the
meeting to give the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sufficient time to
process your request. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed
on a case-by-case basis.
Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 10.
Paul Rauch,
Assistant Director, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-03135 Filed 2-14-23; 8:45 am]
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