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The Federal Subsistence
Board (Board) announces the public
meetings of the 10 Alaska Subsistence
Regional Advisory Councils (Councils)
for the winter and fall cycles of 2024.
The Councils each meet approximately
twice a year to provide advice and
recommendations to the Board about
subsistence hunting and fishing issues
on Federal public lands in Alaska.
DATES:
Winter 2024 Meetings: The Councils
will meet during a joint session on
March 5, 2024, will hold joint training
session on March 6, 2024, and will hold
individual concurrent sessions on
SUMMARY:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R7–SM–2023–N101; FF07J00000–
245–FXRS12610700000]
Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory
Council Meetings for 2024
Forest Service, Agriculture;
Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
AGENCY:
March 7–8, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska.
The meetings will begin at 8 a.m. Alaska
time and end at approximately 5 p.m.
each day. For more information about
accessing the meetings, visit the Federal
Subsistence Management Program
website, at https://www.doi.gov/
subsistence/regions.
Fall 2024 Meetings: The Councils will
meet between August 19 and October
30, 2024, as shown in table 1. For more
information about accessing the
meetings, including start times, visit
https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/
regions.
TABLE 1—FALL 2024 MEETINGS OF THE ALASKA SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCILS
Regional Advisory Council
Dates
Southeast Alaska—Region 1 ..................................................................................
Southcentral Alaska—Region 2 ..............................................................................
Kodiak/Aleutians—Region 3 ....................................................................................
Bristol Bay—Region 4 .............................................................................................
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta—Region 5 .......................................................................
Western Interior—Region 6 .....................................................................................
Seward Peninsula—Region 7 .................................................................................
Northwest Arctic—Region 8 ....................................................................................
Eastern Interior—Region 9 ......................................................................................
North Slope—Region 10 .........................................................................................
October 22–24 .......................................
October 10–11 .......................................
September 4–6 ......................................
October 29–30 .......................................
August 27–29 .........................................
October 2–3 ...........................................
October 24–25 .......................................
October 28–29 .......................................
October 8–10 .........................................
August 19–20 .........................................
All meetings are open to the public.
Specific information about
meeting locations and the final agendas
can be found at https://www.doi.gov/
subsistence/regions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
Attention: Amee Howard, Acting
Assistant Regional Director, Office of
Subsistence Management; (907) 786–
3888 (phone) or subsistence@fws.gov
(email). For questions specific to
National Forest System lands, contact
Gregory Risdahl, Subsistence Program
Leader, (907) 302–7354 (phone) or
gregory.risdahl@usda.gov (email).
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, blind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
Reasonable Accommodations: The
Federal Subsistence Board is committed
to providing access to these meetings for
all participants. Please make requests in
advance for sign language interpreter
services, assistive listening devices, or
other reasonable accommodations.
Please make requests to Katerina
Wessels, (907) 786–3885 (phone) or
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ADDRESSES:
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Location
Ketchikan.
Anchorage.
Unalaska.
Dillingham.
Bethel.
Galena.
Nome.
Kotzebue.
Tanana.
Utqiagvik.
katerina_wessels@fws.gov (email), at
least 7 business days prior to the
meeting you would like to attend, to
give the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
sufficient time to process your request.
All reasonable accommodation requests
are managed on a case-by-case basis.
concurrence of the Secretary of
Agriculture.
Each Council meets approximately
two times per calendar year, once in the
winter and once in the fall, to attend to
business and develop proposals and
recommendations to the Board.
The
Federal Subsistence Board (Board)
announces the 2024 public meeting
schedule for the 10 Alaska Subsistence
Regional Advisory Councils (Councils),
in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. ch.
10). Established in 1993, the Councils
are statutory Federal advisory
committees that provide a public forum
for their regions and recommendations
to the Board about subsistence hunting,
trapping, and fishing issues on Federal
public lands in Alaska, as authorized by
section 805 of the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act
(ANILCA; 16 U.S.C. 3111–3126).
The Councils are a crucial link
between federally qualified subsistence
users and the Board. The Board is a
multi-agency body that includes
representatives of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, National Park Service,
Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, and U.S. Forest Service,
as well as a chair and two public
members who are appointed by the
Secretary of the Interior with the
Meeting Agendas
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Winter Meetings
• Joint session of 10 Councils:
Æ Regional reports on subsistence
uses and issues for each region.
Æ Office of Subsistence Management,
Federal Subsistence Board, and other
agency reports.
Æ Current trends in impacts to
subsistence.
Æ Youth engagement in subsistence
management.
Æ Awards and recognition of the
Council members.
• Individual Council breakout
sessions:
Æ General Council business: Review
and adoption of agenda, election of
officers, review and approval of
previous meeting minutes, Council
Chair and members reports, public and
Tribal comments on non-agenda items.
Æ Develop proposals and accept
public comments on potential changes
to regulations for subsistence take of
fish and shellfish.
Æ Review and approve annual report.
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Æ Agency, Tribal governments, Native
organizations, State of Alaska, and
nongovernmental organizations reports.
Æ Future meeting dates.
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Fall Meetings
• General Council business: Review
and adoption of agenda, review and
approval of previous meeting minutes,
Council Chair and members reports,
public and Tribal comments on nonagenda items.
• Prepare recommendations and
accept public comments on proposals to
change subsistence take of fish and
shellfish regulations and review and
prepare recommendations on fisheries
closures.
• Define issues for upcoming annual
report.
• Develop priority information needs
for the Fisheries Resource Monitoring
Program.
• Agency, Tribal governments, Native
organizations, State of Alaska, and
nongovernmental organizations reports.
Future meeting dates.
A notice will be published with
specific dates, times, and meeting
locations in local and statewide
newspapers prior to both series of
meetings; in addition, announcements
will be made on local radio stations and
posted on social media and the Federal
Subsistence Management Program
website (https://www.doi.gov/
subsistence/regions). Locations and
dates may change based on weather or
local circumstances. A teleconference
will substitute for an in-person meeting
if public health or safety restrictions are
in effect. The final draft agendas, callin numbers, instructions on how to
participate and provide public
comments, and other related meeting
information will be posted on the
Federal Subsistence Management
Program website and at https://
www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska/.
Transcripts of the meetings are
maintained by the program and will be
available for public inspection within
14 days after each meeting at https://
www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.
Public Submission of Comments
Time will be allowed for any
individual or organization wishing to
present oral or written comments. If you
are not available to submit your
comments, you may have another party
present your comments on your behalf.
Any written comments received will be
presented to the Council members by
staff.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
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personally identifiable information in
your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment—including
your personal identifiable information—
may be made publicly available at any
time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifiable information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Authority
5 U.S.C. ch. 10.
Amee Howard,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Gregory Risdahl,
Subsistence Program Leader, USDA—Forest
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
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Notice of Call for Nominations for the
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory
Committee
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
Call for Nominations Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of the
Interior is soliciting nominations for the
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory
Committee (Committee). This
Committee advises the Exxon Valdez
Oil Spill Trustee Council on decisions
related to the planning, evaluation,
funds allocation, and conduct of injury
assessment and restoration activities
related to the T/V Exxon Valdez oil spill
of March 1989.
DATES: All nominations must be
received by March 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send nomination packages
by hard copy or via email to Shiway
Wang, Executive Director, Exxon Valdez
Oil Spill Trustee Council, 4230
University Drive, Suite 220, Anchorage,
Alaska 99508–4650, or at shiway.wang@
alaska.gov. Also please copy Joy
Maglaqui, Executive Assistant, on any
email correspondence at joy.maglaqui@
alaska.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Grace Cochon, Department of the
Interior, Office of Environmental Policy
and Compliance, telephone number:
(907) 786–3620; email: grace_cochon@
ios.doi.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Committee was created pursuant to
Paragraph V.A.4 of the Memorandum of
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Agreement and Consent Decree entered
into by the United States of America
and the State of Alaska on August 27,
1991, and approved by the United States
District Court for the District of Alaska
in settlement of United States of
America v. State of Alaska, Civil Action
No. A91–081 CV. The Committee
advises the Trustee Council on matters
relating to decisions on injury
assessment, restoration activities, or
other use of natural resource damage
recoveries obtained by the government.
The Trustee Council consists of
representatives of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Alaska
Department of Fish and Game, Alaska
Department of Environmental
Conservation, and Alaska Department of
Law.
The Committee consists of 10
members to reflect balanced
representation from each of the
following principal interests:
aquaculture/mariculture, commercial
tourism, conservation/environmental,
recreation, subsistence use, commercial
fishing, native landownership, sport
hunting/fishing, science/technology,
and public-at-large. We are soliciting
nominations for seven positions that
represent aquaculture/mariculture,
commercial tourism, recreation,
subsistence use, commercial fishing,
native landownership, and public-atlarge interests. The Committee members
will be selected and appointed by the
Secretary of the Interior to serve a fouryear term.
Nomination Process: Nominations for
membership may be submitted by any
source. Nominations should include a
re´sume´ providing an adequate
description of the nominee’s
qualifications, including information
that would enable the Department of the
Interior to evaluate the nominee’s ability
to meet Committee membership
requirements and to contact a potential
member.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10.
Lisa M. Fox,
Regional Environmental Officer, Office of
Environmental Policy and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-SM-2023-N101; FF07J00000-245-FXRS12610700000]
Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meetings for 2024
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture; Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) announces the public
meetings of the 10 Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils
(Councils) for the winter and fall cycles of 2024. The Councils each
meet approximately twice a year to provide advice and recommendations
to the Board about subsistence hunting and fishing issues on Federal
public lands in Alaska.
DATES:
Winter 2024 Meetings: The Councils will meet during a joint session
on March 5, 2024, will hold joint training session on March 6, 2024,
and will hold individual concurrent sessions on March 7-8, 2024, in
Anchorage, Alaska. The meetings will begin at 8 a.m. Alaska time and
end at approximately 5 p.m. each day. For more information about
accessing the meetings, visit the Federal Subsistence Management
Program website, at https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.
Fall 2024 Meetings: The Councils will meet between August 19 and
October 30, 2024, as shown in table 1. For more information about
accessing the meetings, including start times, visit https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.
Table 1--Fall 2024 Meetings of the Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory
Councils
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Regional Advisory Council Dates Location
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Southeast Alaska--Region 1... October 22-24... Ketchikan.
Southcentral Alaska--Region 2 October 10-11... Anchorage.
Kodiak/Aleutians--Region 3... September 4-6... Unalaska.
Bristol Bay--Region 4........ October 29-30... Dillingham.
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta--Region August 27-29.... Bethel.
5.
Western Interior--Region 6... October 2-3..... Galena.
Seward Peninsula--Region 7... October 24-25... Nome.
Northwest Arctic--Region 8... October 28-29... Kotzebue.
Eastern Interior--Region 9... October 8-10.... Tanana.
North Slope--Region 10....... August 19-20.... Utqiagvik.
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All meetings are open to the public.
ADDRESSES: Specific information about meeting locations and the final
agendas can be found at https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Attention: Amee Howard, Acting
Assistant Regional Director, Office of Subsistence Management; (907)
786-3888 (phone) or [email protected] (email). For questions specific
to National Forest System lands, contact Gregory Risdahl, Subsistence
Program Leader, (907) 302-7354 (phone) or [email protected]
(email). Individuals in the United States who are deaf, blind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in
the United States.
Reasonable Accommodations: The Federal Subsistence Board is
committed to providing access to these meetings for all participants.
Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter services,
assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodations. Please
make requests to Katerina Wessels, (907) 786-3885 (phone) or
[email protected] (email), at least 7 business days prior to the
meeting you would like to attend, to give the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service sufficient time to process your request. All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Subsistence Board (Board)
announces the 2024 public meeting schedule for the 10 Alaska
Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (Councils), in accordance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. ch. 10). Established in
1993, the Councils are statutory Federal advisory committees that
provide a public forum for their regions and recommendations to the
Board about subsistence hunting, trapping, and fishing issues on
Federal public lands in Alaska, as authorized by section 805 of the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA; 16 U.S.C.
3111-3126).
The Councils are a crucial link between federally qualified
subsistence users and the Board. The Board is a multi-agency body that
includes representatives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and U.S. Forest Service, as well as a chair and two public
members who are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior with the
concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Each Council meets approximately two times per calendar year, once
in the winter and once in the fall, to attend to business and develop
proposals and recommendations to the Board.
Meeting Agendas
Winter Meetings
Joint session of 10 Councils:
[cir] Regional reports on subsistence uses and issues for each
region.
[cir] Office of Subsistence Management, Federal Subsistence Board,
and other agency reports.
[cir] Current trends in impacts to subsistence.
[cir] Youth engagement in subsistence management.
[cir] Awards and recognition of the Council members.
Individual Council breakout sessions:
[cir] General Council business: Review and adoption of agenda,
election of officers, review and approval of previous meeting minutes,
Council Chair and members reports, public and Tribal comments on non-
agenda items.
[cir] Develop proposals and accept public comments on potential
changes to regulations for subsistence take of fish and shellfish.
[cir] Review and approve annual report.
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[cir] Agency, Tribal governments, Native organizations, State of
Alaska, and nongovernmental organizations reports.
[cir] Future meeting dates.
Fall Meetings
General Council business: Review and adoption of agenda,
review and approval of previous meeting minutes, Council Chair and
members reports, public and Tribal comments on non-agenda items.
Prepare recommendations and accept public comments on
proposals to change subsistence take of fish and shellfish regulations
and review and prepare recommendations on fisheries closures.
Define issues for upcoming annual report.
Develop priority information needs for the Fisheries
Resource Monitoring Program.
Agency, Tribal governments, Native organizations, State of
Alaska, and nongovernmental organizations reports. Future meeting
dates.
A notice will be published with specific dates, times, and meeting
locations in local and statewide newspapers prior to both series of
meetings; in addition, announcements will be made on local radio
stations and posted on social media and the Federal Subsistence
Management Program website (https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions).
Locations and dates may change based on weather or local circumstances.
A teleconference will substitute for an in-person meeting if public
health or safety restrictions are in effect. The final draft agendas,
call-in numbers, instructions on how to participate and provide public
comments, and other related meeting information will be posted on the
Federal Subsistence Management Program website and at https://www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska/. Transcripts of the meetings are
maintained by the program and will be available for public inspection
within 14 days after each meeting at https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.
Public Submission of Comments
Time will be allowed for any individual or organization wishing to
present oral or written comments. If you are not available to submit
your comments, you may have another party present your comments on your
behalf. Any written comments received will be presented to the Council
members by staff.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personally identifiable information in your comment, you should
be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifiable
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifiable
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority
5 U.S.C. ch. 10.
Amee Howard,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Gregory Risdahl,
Subsistence Program Leader, USDA--Forest Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-02905 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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