[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25684-25685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11878]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-R-2018-N083; 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: Tuesday, June 19, 2018, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern 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 at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Southeast Region Headquarters Building, 1875 Century Boulevard
NE, Atlanta, GA 30345.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Hobbs, Alternate Designated
Federal Officer, by U.S. mail at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service--
External Affairs, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; by
telephone at (703) 358-2336; or by email at [email protected].
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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.
(h) Recommending methods for streamlining/expediting processing of
import permits.
Meeting Agenda
The council will convene to discuss issues that include:
1. International wildlife conservation strategies;
2. U.S. ports of entry--importation security and customer service,
3. Perspectives from range countries, and
4. Other business.
The final agenda will be posted on the internet at http://www.fws.gov/iwcc.
Attendance
If you plan to attend this meeting, you must register by close of
business on the date listed in Public Input. Please submit your name,
time of arrival, email address, and phone number to the Alternate
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
Alternate Designated Federal
If you wish to . . . Officer (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) no
later than . . .
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Attend the meeting........................ June 14, 2018.
Submit written information or questions June 14, 2018.
before the meeting for the council to
consider during the meeting.
Give an oral presentation during the June 14, 2018.
public 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 the table above so
that the information may be made available to the Council for
consideration prior to the meeting. Submit written statements to the
Alternate 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
Requests to address the council during the public comment period
will be accommodated in the order the requests are received. Interested
parties must contact the Alternate Designated Federal Officer in
writing (preferably via email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
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. Nonregistered public speakers will not be permitted to present
material 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
Alternate Designated Federal Officer up to 30 days after the meeting.
Public Disclosure of Comments
Written comments we receive become part of the administrative
record associated with this action. 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 request in your comment that we
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their
entirety.
Meeting Minutes
Summary minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Designated
Federal Officer. They will be available for public inspection within 90
days of the meeting.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2.
Gregory J. Sheehan,
Principal Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2018-11878 Filed 6-1-18; 8:45 am]
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