[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22174-22175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08401]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-R-2020-N061; FXGO1664091HCC0-FF09D00000-190]
Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council; Public Meeting
by Teleconference
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public
meeting via teleconference of the Hunting and Shooting Sports
Conservation Council (Council), in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. The Council'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 benefit
wildlife resources; encourage partnership among the public; sporting
conservation organizations; and Federal, State, tribal, and territorial
governments; and benefit recreational hunting and recreational shooting
sports. The teleconference is open to the public.
DATES: Teleconference: Thursday, May 7, 2020, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time.
Deadlines: For deadlines for registration, requests for
accommodation, or comment submission, please see Public Input under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Hobbs, Designated Federal
Officer, by email at [email protected], by telephone at 703-358-2336,
via the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339, or by U.S. mail or hand-
delivery at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS:EA, 5275 Leesburg
Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council was established to further the
provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a), the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), the
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C.
668dd), other Acts applicable to specific bureaus, and Executive Order
13443 (August 16, 2007), ``Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and
Wildlife Conservation.'' The Council'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
recreational hunting and recreational shooting sports.
Meeting Agenda
Council subcommittee reports.
Review issues and recommendations from the 2018-2020
Council term.
Discussion of issues for future Council consideration.
Other miscellaneous Council business.
Public comment period.
The final agenda and other related meeting information will be
posted on the Council website at https://www.fws.gov/hsscc. The
Designated Federal Officer will maintain detailed minutes of the
meeting, which will be posted for public inspection within 90 days
after the meeting at https://www.fws.gov/hsscc.
Public Input
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You must contact the Council
Designated Federal Officer (see
If you wish to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT)
no later than
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Listen to the meeting via telephone May 4, 2020.
(listen-only mode).
Request special accommodations....... May 4, 2020.
Submit written information before the May 4, 2020.
meeting for the Council to consider
during the teleconference.
Give an oral presentation during the May 7, 2020.
teleconference.
Submit a copy of oral statement or Up to 30 days after the
expanded statement, or to submit teleconference date.
statement because time constraints
prevented presentation during the
teleconference.
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Submitting Written Information
Interested members of the public may submit relevant information
for the Council to consider during the teleconference. Written
statements must be received by the Council Designated Federal Officer
no later than the date in Public Input so that the information may be
made available to the Council for their consideration prior to the
teleconference. Written statements must be supplied to the Council
Designated Federal Officer via mail (for signed hard copies) or email
(acceptable file formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint,
or rich text file) (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Giving an Oral Presentation
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 Council Designated
Federal Officer, in writing (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), for
placement on the public speaker list for this teleconference.
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 Designated Federal
Officer up to 30 days following the meeting. Requests to address the
Council during the teleconference will be accommodated in the order the
requests are received.
Accommodations
The Service is committed to providing access to this teleconference
to all participants. Please direct all requests for accommodations to
Douglas Hobbs (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) by close of
business on the date in Public Input. If you are hearing impaired or
speech impaired, contact Douglas Hobbs via the Federal Relay Service at
800-877-8339.
Availability of Public Comments
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: Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).
Barbara Wainman,
Assistant Director--External Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-08401 Filed 4-20-20; 8:45 am]
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