[Federal Register: February 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 22)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-EA-2009-N0009]; [97600-9792-0000-5d]
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of teleconference.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a public
teleconference of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council
(Council).
DATES: We will hold the teleconference on Monday, February 23, 2009, 2-
3 p.m. (Eastern time). If you wish to listen to the teleconference
proceedings or submit written material for the Council to consider
during the teleconference, notify Douglas Hobbs by Friday, February 13,
2009. If you wish to submit a written statement for Council
consideration during the teleconference, we must receive it no later
than February 16, 2009. See instructions under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Hobbs, Council Coordinator,
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Mailstop 3103-AEA, Arlington, VA 22203; (703) 358-
2336 (phone); (703) 358-2548 (fax), or doug_hobbs@fws.gov (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., we give notice that the Council will hold
a teleconference on Monday, February 23, 2009, from 2 to 3 p.m.
The Council was formed in January 1993 to advise the Secretary of
the Interior, through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, on nationally significant recreational fishing, boating, and
aquatic resource conservation issues. The Council represents the
interests of the public and private sectors of the sport fishing,
boating, and conservation communities and is organized to enhance
partnerships among industry, constituency groups, and government. The
18-member Council, appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, includes
the Service Director and the president of the Association of Fish and
Wildlife Agencies, who both serve in ex officio capacities. Other
Council members are directors from State agencies responsible for
managing recreational fish and wildlife resources and individuals who
represent the interests of saltwater and freshwater recreational
fishing, recreational boating, the recreational fishing and boating
industries, recreational fisheries resource conservation, Native
American tribes, aquatic resource outreach and education, and tourism.
Background information on the Council is available at http://
www.fws.gov/sfbpc.
The Council will convene to: (1) Approve recommendations to the
Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service for funding Fiscal Year 2009
Boating
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Infrastructure Grant proposals; and (2) to consider other Council
business. We will post the final agenda on the Internet at http://
www.fws.gov/sfbpc.
Procedures for Public Input
Format Requirements for Oral and Written Commenters
Whether you wish to comment orally or in written form, you must
provide us with written copies of your comments. All 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 e-mail (acceptable file format:
Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text
files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).
Submitting Written Information for the Council To Consider
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. Interested members
of the public may submit relevant written information for the Council
to consider during the public teleconference. We must receive all
written statements by Monday, February 16, 2009, so that we can make
the information available to the Council for their consideration prior
to the teleconference.
Council Minutes
The Council Coordinator will maintain the teleconference's summary
minutes, which will be available for public inspection at the location
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT during regular business hours
within 30 days after the teleconference. You may purchase personal
copies for the cost of duplication.
Dated: January 21, 2009.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. E9-2312 Filed 2-3-09; 8:45 am]
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