[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69958-69959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22381]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-FAC-2023-N076; FX.IA167209TRG00-FF09W12000-223]
Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Advisory Council Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives notice of a public
meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Advisory Council
(Council), in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
DATES: The Council will meet Tuesday, November 14, 2023, through
Thursday, November 16, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (eastern time).
Registration: Registration is required. The deadline for
registration is November 7, 2023.
Accessibility: The deadline for accessibility accommodation
requests is November 7, 2023. Please see Accessibility Information,
below.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 5160 of the Stewart Lee
Udall Department of the Interior Building, 1849 C Street NW,
Washington, DC 20240. Virtual participation will also be available via
broadcast over the internet. To register, 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 email at [email protected], or by
telephone at (571) 421-6758. 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 (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 six focus areas: preventing wildlife poaching and trafficking,
promoting wildlife conservation, managing invasive species, protecting
endangered species, non-lethally managing human-wildlife conflict, and
reducing human-predator conflict.
This meeting is open to the public. The meeting agenda will include
presentations from the 2023 Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize winners,
possible reports from subcommittees, and other business. The Council
will also hear public comment if members of the public request to
comment. The 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
Tuesday, November 7, 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
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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 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 November 7, 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 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. Ch. 10)
Paul Rauch,
Assistant Director, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-22381 Filed 10-6-23; 8:45 am]
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