[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18326-18327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06340]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-R-2023-N022 FXGO1664091HCC0-FF09D00000-190]
Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) gives notice of a
meeting of the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council (HWCC), in
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
DATES:
Meeting: The HWCC will meet on Monday, April 17, 2023, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Registration: Registration to attend or participate in the meeting
is required. The deadline for registration is Monday, April 10, 2023.
Accessibility: The deadline for accessibility accommodation
requests is Monday, April 10, 2023. Please see Accessibility
Information below.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the U.S. Department of the
Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240. Virtual participation
will also be available via teleconference and broadcast over the
internet. To register and receive the web address and telephone number
for virtual participation, contact the Designated Federal Officer (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Hobbs, Designated Federal
Officer, by email at doug_hobbs@fws.gov, or by telephone at 703-358-
2336. 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 Hunting and Wildlife Conservation
Council (HWCC) was established to further the provisions of the Fish
and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.), the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701-1785), the National
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-ee),
other statutes applicable to specific Department of the Interior
bureaus, and Executive Order 13443 (August 16, 2007), ``Facilitation of
Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation.'' The HWCC's purpose is to
provide recommendations to the Federal Government, through the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, regarding
policies and endeavors that (a) benefit wildlife resources; (b)
encourage partnership among the public; sporting conservation
organizations; and Federal, State, Tribal, and territorial governments;
and (c) benefit fair-chase recreational hunting and safe recreational
shooting sports.
Meeting Agenda
This meeting is open to the public. The meeting agenda will include
briefings from Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture
agencies on their efforts to implement the Great American Outdoors Act,
Inflation Reduction Act, and Bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act; on
the status of current operations of the National Wildlife Refuge System
related to hunting and shooting sports; on landlocked Federal lands
managed by the Bureau of Land Management; and on implementation of big
game migration corridor conservation efforts. The HWCC will also hear
reports from its subcommittees and provide time to hear public comment.
The final agenda and other related meeting information will
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be posted on the HWCC website, https://www.fws.gov/program/hwcc.
Public Input
If you wish to provide oral public comment or provide a written
comment for the HWCC to consider, contact the Designated Federal
Officer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than Monday,
April 10, 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 HWCC during the meeting will be accommodated in the order
the 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) no later than Monday, April 10, 2023, 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 a comment on this notice, 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.
Barbara W. Wainman,
Assistant Director--External Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-06340 Filed 3-27-23; 8:45 am]
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