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practices, tribal members may need to
access Service lands and use plants and
animals for which the Service has
management responsibility.
Section 9 recognizes tribal law
enforcement responsibilities for
managing Indian lands and tribal
resources and encourages cooperative
law enforcement between the Service
and tribes.
Section 10 invites tribal governments
to work with the Service to develop and
present training for Service employees.
It also makes available Service technical
experts to help tribes develop technical
expertise, supports tribal selfdetermination, encourages crosstraining of Service and tribal personnel,
and supports Native American
professional development.
Section 11 establishes monitoring and
implementation guidance for the policy.
Section 12 describes the policy’s
scope and limitations.
Background and Development of This
Draft Policy
On June 28, 1994, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service) adopted its
Native American Policy (available at
https://www.fws.gov/policy/nativeamerican-policy.pdf) to guide the
Service’s government-to-government
relations with federally recognized
tribal governments in conserving fish
and wildlife resources and to ‘‘help
accomplish its mission and
concurrently to participate in fulfilling
the Federal Government’s and
Department of the Interior’s trust
responsibilities to assist Native
Americans in protecting, conserving,
and utilizing their reserved, treaty
guaranteed, or statutorily identified
trust assets.’’
In July 2013, the Service convened a
Native American Policy Team to review
and update the policy. The Native
American Policy Team is comprised of
Service representatives from its Regions
and programs. In addition, the Service
invited all federally recognized tribal
governments across the United States to
nominate representatives to serve on the
team. A total of 16 self-nominated tribal
representatives from all of the major
Regions across the country joined the
team to provide input and tribal
perspective.
Tribal representatives from the
following tribal governments and
organizations participated in a series of
meetings with Service representatives to
review and update the policy: Cherokee
Nation, Chugach Regional Resources
Commission, Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde, Eastern Band Cherokee
Indians, Fond du Lac Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa, Gros Ventre and
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Assiniboine of Fort Belknap, Great
Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife
Commission, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe,
Native Village of Emmonak, Navajo
Nation, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Penobscot
Indian Nation, Quinault Indian Nation,
San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission
Indians, Central Council of Tlingit &
Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, and
Yurok Tribe. Varying perspectives were
shared on a wide range of issues
including sovereignty, co-management,
law enforcement, and trust
responsibilities, among others.
Substantial focus and attention was
given to improving the implementation
and accountability aspects of the policy.
Although Service and tribal team
members took part in writing the draft,
full agreement was not possible on
every issue and some differences
remain. In November 2014, the Yurok
Tribe withdrew from the Service’s
Native American Policy Team. Other
tribal representatives have continued to
participate in an effort to work out
differences and make further
improvements to the policy.
In November 2014, the Service invited
federally recognized tribal governments
in each of its Regions and Alaska Native
Corporations to consult on a
government-to-government basis. The
Service provided an early working draft
of the updated policy for their review
and input. A total of 23 of the tribal
representatives submitted written
comments to further develop and refine
the draft updated policy.
From December 2014 to April 2015,
the Service also held 24 consultation
meetings and webinars within the
Regions and nationally. Representatives
from approximately 100 tribes attended
these meetings. In March 2015, the
Service revised the working draft of the
updated policy and distributed it for
internal Service review throughout all
levels, Regions, and programs within
the agency. We incorporated feedback
from the internal Service review and
additional comments received from
tribal governments into this draft
updated Native American Policy.
Open Comment Period
While this publication opens the 30day public review period, we also invite
and encourage tribes and Alaska Native
Corporations (ANCs) to continue to
review and submit comments. The
Service’s invitation to federally
recognized tribal governments to
consult on a government-to-government
basis regarding development of this
updated Native American Policy
continues until 30 days after this
Federal Register notification. Comments
from local, State, and Federal
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government agencies; federally
recognized tribal governments; intertribal organizations, non-federally
recognized tribal governments; ANCSA
corporations; and the general public are
welcome.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, 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.
Dated: June 24, 2015.
James W. Kurth,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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State of Arizona Resource Advisory
Council Meeting
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), Arizona
Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will
meet in Phoenix, Arizona, as indicated
below.
DATES: The Arizona RAC Business
meeting will take place September 16,
2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the BLM Arizona State Office located at
One North Central Avenue, Suite 800,
Phoenix, Arizona 85004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dorothea Boothe, Arizona RAC
Coordinator at the Bureau of Land
Management, Arizona State Office, One
North Central Avenue, Suite 800,
Phoenix, Arizona 85004–4427, 602–
417–9500. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
SUMMARY:
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normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
I. Advisory Board Public Meeting
Bureau of Land Management
The 15member Council advises the Secretary
of the Interior, through the BLM, on a
variety of planning and management
issues associated with public land
management in Arizona. Planned
agenda items include: A Welcome and
Introduction of Council Members; BLM
State Director’s Update on BLM
Programs and Issues; Mining 101
Overview; Updates on Reclaim Our
Arizona Monuments (ROAM) and Solar
Program Mitigation Strategy; RAC
Committee Reports; RAC Questions on
BLM District Manager Reports and other
items of interest to the RAC. Members
of the public are welcome to attend the
RAC Business meeting. A public
comment period is scheduled on the
day of the Business meeting from 1:45
to 2:15 p.m. for any interested members
of the public who wish to address the
Council on BLM programs and business.
Depending on the number of persons
wishing to speak and time available, the
time for individual comments may be
limited. Written comments may also be
submitted during the meeting for the
RAC’s consideration. The final meeting
agenda will be available two weeks
prior to the meeting and posted on the
BLM Web site at: https://www.blm.gov/
az/st/en/res/rac.html. Additionally,
directions to the meeting site and
parking information may be found on
the BLM Web site at: https://
www.blm.gov/az/st/en/res/pub_room/
location.html. Individuals who need
special assistance, such as sign language
interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, should contact the
RAC Coordinator listed above no later
than two weeks before the start of the
meeting.
Under the Federal Lands Recreation
Enhancement Act, the RAC has been
designated as the Recreation RAC and
has the authority to review all BLM and
Forest Service recreation fee proposals
in Arizona. The Recreation RAC will not
review recreation fee program proposals
at this meeting.
Notice of Wild Horse and Burro
Advisory Board Meeting
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 (1:00
p.m.–5:00 p.m.)
1:00 p.m.—Welcome, Introductions, and
Agenda Review
1:50 p.m.—Approval of April 2015
Minutes
2:10 p.m.—BLM Response to Advisory
Board Recommendations
2:30 p.m.—Wild Horse and Burro
Program Update
5:00 p.m.—Adjourn
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Raymond Suazo,
Arizona State Director.
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Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces that the
Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board
will conduct a meeting on matters
pertaining to management and
protection of wild, free-roaming horses
and burros on the Nation’s public lands.
DATES: The Advisory Board will meet on
Wednesday September 2, 2015 from 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time and
Thursday September 3, 2015 from 8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time. This will
be a one and a half day meeting.
ADDRESSES: This Advisory Board
meeting will take place in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma at the Sheraton
Oklahoma City Downtown Hotel, 1
North Broadway Avenue, Oklahoma
City, OK 73102, https://
www.sheratonokc.com, phone: 405–
235–2780. Written comments pertaining
to the September 2–3, 2015, Advisory
Board meeting can be mailed to
National Wild Horse and Burro
Program,WO–260, Attention: Ramona
DeLorme, 1340 Financial Boulevard,
Reno, NV. 89502–7147, or sent
electronically to whbadvisoryboard@
blm.gov. Please include ‘‘Advisory
Board Comment’’ in the subject line of
the email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ramona DeLorme, Wild Horse and
Burro Administrative Assistant, at 775–
861–6583. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wild
Horse and Burro Advisory Board
advises the Secretary of the Interior, the
BLM Director, the Secretary of
Agriculture, and the Chief of the Forest
Service on matters pertaining to the
management and protection of wild,
free-roaming horses and burros on the
Nation’s public lands. The Wild Horse
and Burro Advisory Board operates
under the authority of 43 CFR 1784. The
tentative agenda for the meeting is:
SUMMARY:
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Thursday, September 3, 2015 (8:00
a.m.–5:00 p.m.)
8:00 a.m.—Program Update continued
10:30 a.m.—Public Comment Period
Begins
12:00 p.m.—Public Comment Period
Ends
12:05 p.m.—Lunch
1:15 p.m.—Working Group Reports
2:45 p.m.—Advisory Board Discussion
and Recommendations to the BLM
5:00 p.m.—Adjourn
The meeting will be live-streamed.
The meeting site is accessible to
individuals with disabilities. An
individual with a disability needing an
auxiliary aid or service to participate in
the meeting, such as an interpreting
service, assistive listening device, or
materials in an alternate format, must
notify Ms. DeLorme two weeks before
the scheduled meeting date. Although
the BLM will attempt to meet a request
received after that date, the requested
auxiliary aid or service may not be
available because of insufficient time to
arrange it.
The Federal Advisory Committee
Management Regulations at 41 CFR
101–6.1015(b), requires BLM to publish
in the Federal Register notice of a
public meeting 15 days prior to the
meeting date.
II. Public Comment Procedures
On Thursday, September 3, 2015 at
10:30 a.m. members of the public will
have the opportunity to make comments
to the Board on the Wild Horse and
Burro Program. Persons wishing to make
comments during the meeting should
register in person with the BLM by
10:15 a.m. on September 3, 2015, at the
meeting location. Depending on the
number of commenters, the Advisory
Board may limit the length of
comments. At previous meetings,
comments have been limited to three
minutes in length; however, this time
may vary. Speakers are requested to
submit a written copy of their statement
to the address listed in the ADDRESSES
section above, email comments to
whbadvisoryboard@blm.gov, or bring a
written copy to the meeting. There may
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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State of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Arizona
Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet in Phoenix, Arizona, as
indicated below.
DATES: The Arizona RAC Business meeting will take place September 16,
2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the BLM Arizona State Office
located at One North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, Arizona 85004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothea Boothe, Arizona RAC
Coordinator at the Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, One
North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4427, 602-417-
9500. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
to contact the above individual during
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normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You
will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member Council advises the Secretary
of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of planning and
management issues associated with public land management in Arizona.
Planned agenda items include: A Welcome and Introduction of Council
Members; BLM State Director's Update on BLM Programs and Issues; Mining
101 Overview; Updates on Reclaim Our Arizona Monuments (ROAM) and Solar
Program Mitigation Strategy; RAC Committee Reports; RAC Questions on
BLM District Manager Reports and other items of interest to the RAC.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the RAC Business meeting. A
public comment period is scheduled on the day of the Business meeting
from 1:45 to 2:15 p.m. for any interested members of the public who
wish to address the Council on BLM programs and business. Depending on
the number of persons wishing to speak and time available, the time for
individual comments may be limited. Written comments may also be
submitted during the meeting for the RAC's consideration. The final
meeting agenda will be available two weeks prior to the meeting and
posted on the BLM Web site at: https://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/res/rac.html. Additionally, directions to the meeting site and parking
information may be found on the BLM Web site at: https://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/res/pub_room/location.html. Individuals who need special
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, should contact the RAC Coordinator listed above no
later than two weeks before the start of the meeting.
Under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, the RAC has
been designated as the Recreation RAC and has the authority to review
all BLM and Forest Service recreation fee proposals in Arizona. The
Recreation RAC will not review recreation fee program proposals at this
meeting.
Raymond Suazo,
Arizona State Director.
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