[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10095-10096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02905]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-SM-2023-N101; FF07J00000-245-FXRS12610700000]
Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meetings for 2024
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture; Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) announces the public
meetings of the 10 Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils
(Councils) for the winter and fall cycles of 2024. The Councils each
meet approximately twice a year to provide advice and recommendations
to the Board about subsistence hunting and fishing issues on Federal
public lands in Alaska.
DATES:
Winter 2024 Meetings: The Councils will meet during a joint session
on March 5, 2024, will hold joint training session on March 6, 2024,
and will hold individual concurrent sessions on March 7-8, 2024, in
Anchorage, Alaska. The meetings will begin at 8 a.m. Alaska time and
end at approximately 5 p.m. each day. For more information about
accessing the meetings, visit the Federal Subsistence Management
Program website, at https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.
Fall 2024 Meetings: The Councils will meet between August 19 and
October 30, 2024, as shown in table 1. For more information about
accessing the meetings, including start times, visit https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.
Table 1--Fall 2024 Meetings of the Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory
Councils
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Regional Advisory Council Dates Location
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Southeast Alaska--Region 1... October 22-24... Ketchikan.
Southcentral Alaska--Region 2 October 10-11... Anchorage.
Kodiak/Aleutians--Region 3... September 4-6... Unalaska.
Bristol Bay--Region 4........ October 29-30... Dillingham.
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta--Region August 27-29.... Bethel.
5.
Western Interior--Region 6... October 2-3..... Galena.
Seward Peninsula--Region 7... October 24-25... Nome.
Northwest Arctic--Region 8... October 28-29... Kotzebue.
Eastern Interior--Region 9... October 8-10.... Tanana.
North Slope--Region 10....... August 19-20.... Utqiagvik.
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All meetings are open to the public.
ADDRESSES: Specific information about meeting locations and the final
agendas can be found at https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Attention: Amee Howard, Acting
Assistant Regional Director, Office of Subsistence Management; (907)
786-3888 (phone) or [email protected] (email). For questions specific
to National Forest System lands, contact Gregory Risdahl, Subsistence
Program Leader, (907) 302-7354 (phone) or [email protected]
(email). Individuals in the United States who are deaf, blind, 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.
Reasonable Accommodations: The Federal Subsistence Board is
committed to providing access to these meetings for all participants.
Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter services,
assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodations. Please
make requests to Katerina Wessels, (907) 786-3885 (phone) or
[email protected] (email), at least 7 business days prior to the
meeting you would like to attend, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Subsistence Board (Board)
announces the 2024 public meeting schedule for the 10 Alaska
Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (Councils), in accordance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. ch. 10). Established in
1993, the Councils are statutory Federal advisory committees that
provide a public forum for their regions and recommendations to the
Board about subsistence hunting, trapping, and fishing issues on
Federal public lands in Alaska, as authorized by section 805 of the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA; 16 U.S.C.
3111-3126).
The Councils are a crucial link between federally qualified
subsistence users and the Board. The Board is a multi-agency body that
includes representatives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and U.S. Forest Service, as well as a chair and two public
members who are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior with the
concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Each Council meets approximately two times per calendar year, once
in the winter and once in the fall, to attend to business and develop
proposals and recommendations to the Board.
Meeting Agendas
Winter Meetings
Joint session of 10 Councils:
[cir] Regional reports on subsistence uses and issues for each
region.
[cir] Office of Subsistence Management, Federal Subsistence Board,
and other agency reports.
[cir] Current trends in impacts to subsistence.
[cir] Youth engagement in subsistence management.
[cir] Awards and recognition of the Council members.
Individual Council breakout sessions:
[cir] General Council business: Review and adoption of agenda,
election of officers, review and approval of previous meeting minutes,
Council Chair and members reports, public and Tribal comments on non-
agenda items.
[cir] Develop proposals and accept public comments on potential
changes to regulations for subsistence take of fish and shellfish.
[cir] Review and approve annual report.
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[cir] Agency, Tribal governments, Native organizations, State of
Alaska, and nongovernmental organizations reports.
[cir] Future meeting dates.
Fall Meetings
General Council business: Review and adoption of agenda,
review and approval of previous meeting minutes, Council Chair and
members reports, public and Tribal comments on non-agenda items.
Prepare recommendations and accept public comments on
proposals to change subsistence take of fish and shellfish regulations
and review and prepare recommendations on fisheries closures.
Define issues for upcoming annual report.
Develop priority information needs for the Fisheries
Resource Monitoring Program.
Agency, Tribal governments, Native organizations, State of
Alaska, and nongovernmental organizations reports. Future meeting
dates.
A notice will be published with specific dates, times, and meeting
locations in local and statewide newspapers prior to both series of
meetings; in addition, announcements will be made on local radio
stations and posted on social media and the Federal Subsistence
Management Program website (https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions).
Locations and dates may change based on weather or local circumstances.
A teleconference will substitute for an in-person meeting if public
health or safety restrictions are in effect. The final draft agendas,
call-in numbers, instructions on how to participate and provide public
comments, and other related meeting information will be posted on the
Federal Subsistence Management Program website and at https://www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska/. Transcripts of the meetings are
maintained by the program and will be available for public inspection
within 14 days after each meeting at https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.
Public Submission of Comments
Time will be allowed for any individual or organization wishing to
present oral or written comments. If you are not available to submit
your comments, you may have another party present your comments on your
behalf. Any written comments received will be presented to the Council
members by staff.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personally identifiable information in your comment, you should
be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifiable
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifiable
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority
5 U.S.C. ch. 10.
Amee Howard,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Gregory Risdahl,
Subsistence Program Leader, USDA--Forest Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-02905 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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