[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 42 (Friday, March 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9021-9022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04206]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-R-2018-N030; FXGO1664091HCC0-FF09D00000-189]
International Wildlife Conservation Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announces a public meeting of the
International Wildlife Conservation Council (Council).
DATES: Friday, March 16, 2018, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern
Daylight Time). For deadlines and directions on registering to attend,
submitting written material, and giving an oral presentation, please
see Public Input under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the South Penthouse at the Main
Interior Building, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Winchell, Council Designated
Federal Officer, by U.S. mail at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
National Wildlife Refuge System, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA
22041-3803; by telephone at (703) 358-2639; or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council provides advice and
recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), regarding
the benefits that result from United States citizens traveling to
foreign nations to engage in hunting.
Background
Formed in December 2017, the Council is an advisory body whose
duties include, but are not limited to:
(a) Developing a plan for public engagement and education on the
benefits of international hunting.
(b) Reviewing and making recommendations for changes, when needed,
on all Federal programs, and/or regulations, to ensure support of
hunting as:
1. An enhancement to foreign wildlife conservation and survival;
and
2. An effective tool to combat illegal trafficking and poaching.
(c) Recommending strategies to benefit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service's permit office in receiving timely country data and
information so as to remove barriers that impact consulting with range
states.
(d) Recommending removal of barriers to the importation into the
United States of legally hunted wildlife.
(e) Ongoing review of import suspension/bans and providing
recommendations that seek to resume the legal trade of those items,
where appropriate.
(f) Reviewing seizure and forfeiture actions/practices, and
providing recommendations for regulations that will lead to a reduction
of unwarranted actions.
(g) Reviewing the Endangered Species Act's foreign listed species
and interaction with the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, with the goal of
eliminating regulatory duplications.
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(h) Recommending methods for streamlining/expediting processing of
import permits.
Meeting Agenda
The Council will convene to discuss issues including:
1. International wildlife conservation programs conducted by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
2. U.S. Government efforts to combat wildlife trafficking; and
3. Other Council business.
The final agenda will be posted on the internet at http://www.fws.gov/iwcc.
Attendance
To attend this meeting, register by close of business on the dates
listed in Public Input. Please submit your name, time of arrival, email
address, and phone number to the Council Designated Federal Officer
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Space is limited and requests to
attend will be accommodated in the order they are received.
Public Input
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You must contact the
Council Designated Federal
If you wish to: Officer (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) no
later than:
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Attend the meeting......................... March 12, 2018.
Submit written information or questions March 12, 2018.
before the meeting for the Council to
consider during the meeting.
Give an oral presentation during the public March 12, 2018.
comment period.
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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 public meeting.
Written statements must be received by the date in Public Input, so
that the information may be made available to the Council for their
consideration prior to this meeting. Written statements must be
supplied to the Council Designated Federal Officer in the following
formats: One hard copy with original signature, and/or one electronic
copy via email (acceptable file formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word,
MS PowerPoint, or rich text file).
Giving an Oral Presentation
Depending on the number of people wishing to comment and the time
available, the amount of time for individual oral comments may be
limited. Interested parties must contact the Council Designated Federal
Officer, in writing (preferably via email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT), to be placed on the public speaker list for this meeting.
Nonregistered public speakers will not be considered during the
meeting. 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 subsequent to the
meeting. Requests to address the Council during the public comment
period will be accommodated in the order the requests are received.
Public Disclosure of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comments, please 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.
Meeting Minutes
Summary minutes of the conference will be maintained by the Council
Designated Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). They
will be available for public inspection within 90 days of the meeting.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2.
Greg Sheehan,
Principal Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2018-04206 Filed 3-1-18; 8:45 am]
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