[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 242 (Thursday, December 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78752-78753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31724]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-FAC-2015-N233; FF09F42300-FVWF97920900000-XXX]
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of teleconference.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a
public teleconference of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership
Council (Council). A Federal advisory committee, the Council was
created in part to foster partnerships to enhance public awareness of
the importance of aquatic resources and the social and economic
benefits of recreational fishing and boating in the United States. This
teleconference is open to the public, and interested persons may make
oral statements to the Council or may file written statements for
consideration.
DATES: Teleconference: Friday, January 8, 2016, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(Eastern daylight time). For deadlines and directions on registering to
listen to the teleconference, submitting written material, and giving
an oral presentation, please see ``Public Input'' under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Bohnsack, Council Coordinator,
via U.S. mail at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
Mailstop FAC, Falls Church, VA 22041; via telephone at (703) 358-2435;
via fax at (703) 358-2487; or via email at brian_bohnsack@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., we announce that the
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council will hold a
teleconference.
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Background
The Council was formed in January 1993 to advise the Secretary of
the Interior, through the Director of the 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.
Meeting Agenda
The Council will hold a teleconference to:
Consider and approve the Council's Boating Infrastructure
Grant Program Review Committee's funding recommendations for fiscal
year 2015 proposal;
Discuss a proposed pilot project associated with
permitting recreational projects;
Schedule an upcoming spring meeting; and
Consider other Council business.
The final agenda will be posted on the Internet at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.
Public Input
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You must contact the Council
Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER
If you wish to: INFORMATION CONTACT) no later
than:
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Listen to the teleconference........... Monday, January 4, 2016.
Submit written information or questions Monday, January 4, 2016.
before the teleconference for the
council to consider during the
teleconference.
Give an oral presentation during the Monday, January 4, 2016.
teleconference.
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Submitting Written Information or Questions
Interested members of the public may submit relevant information or
questions for the Council to consider during the teleconference.
Written statements must be received by the date listed in ``Public
Input'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, so that the information may be
made available to the Council for their consideration prior to this
teleconference. Written statements must be supplied to the Council
Coordinator in one of the following formats: One hard copy with
original signature, and one electronic copy via email (acceptable file
formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or rich text
file).
Giving an Oral Presentation
Individuals or groups requesting to make an oral presentation
during the teleconference will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker,
with no more than a total of 15 minutes for all speakers. Interested
parties should contact the Council Coordinator, in writing (preferably
via email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be placed on the
public speaker list for this teleconference. To ensure an opportunity
to speak during the public comment period of the teleconference,
members of the public must register with the Council Coordinator.
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 Council Coordinator up to
30 days subsequent to the teleconference.
Meeting Minutes
Summary minutes of the teleconference will be maintained by the
Council Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) and will be
available for public inspection within 90 days of the meeting and will
be posted on the Council's Web site at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.
Stephen Guertin,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-31724 Filed 12-16-15; 8:45 am]
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