Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act; Title VIII implementation (subsistence priority): Alaska Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils; meetings,

[Federal Register: January 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 19)]

[Proposed Rules]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

36 CFR Part 242

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 100

Alaska Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meetings; Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA; Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Regional Advisory Council meetings.

SUMMARY: The Federal Subsistence Board announces the winter Regional Council meetings identified above. You are invited to attend and observe meeting proceedings. In addition, you are invited to provide oral testimony to the Councils on proposals to change Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska for the 1999-2000 regulatory year as set forth in a proposed rule on August 17, 1998 (63 FR 43990-44032). We distributed a booklet of proposed regulation changes by mail on November 13, 1998.

The following agenda items will be discussed at each Regional Council meeting: Introduction of Regional Council members and guests; Old business; New business: Member recruitment and Review and development of recommendations on proposals to change Subsistence Management Regulations (1999-2000) for Public Lands in Alaska.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting dates.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o Thomas H. Boyd, Office of Subsistence Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503; telephone (907) 786-3888. For questions related to subsistence management issues on National Forest Service lands, inquiries may also be directed to Ken Thompson, Regional Subsistence Program Manager, USDA, Forest Service, Alaska Region, (907) 271-2540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regional Council meetings--The Federal Subsistence Board announces the forthcoming public meetings of the Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils. The Regional Councils will meet in the following Alaska locations, and begin on the specified dates:

Region 1 (Southeast)--Sitka--Feb. 11, 1999 Region 2 (Southcentral)--Anchorage--Mar. 23, 1999 Region 3 (Kodiak/Aleutians)--Port Lions--Feb. 24, 1999 Region 4 (Bristol Bay)--Dillingham--Mar. 23, 1999 Region 5 (Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta)--Alakanuk--Mar. 2, 1999 Region 6 (Western Interior)--Galena--Mar. 9, 1999 Region 7 (Seward Peninsula)--Nome--Mar. 4, 1999 Region 8 (Northwest Arctic)--Kiana--Mar. 2, 1999 Region 9 (Eastern Interior)--Delta Junction--Feb. 27, 1999 Region 10 (North Slope)--Barrow--Feb. 23, 1999

We will publish a notice of specific times and meeting locations in local and statewide newspapers prior to the meetings. We may need to change locations and dates based on weather or local circumstances. Length of the Regional Council meetings will be determined by the amount of work on each Regional Council's agenda.

The Regional Councils were established in accordance with Section 805 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Pub. L. 96- 487, and Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska,

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36 CFR Part 242 and 50 CFR Part 100, Subparts A, B, and C (57 FR 22940- 22964). The Regional Councils advise the Federal Government on all matters related to the subsistence taking of fish and wildlife on public lands in Alaska and operate in accordance with provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

The identified Regional Council meetings will be open to the public. You are invited to attend these meetings, observe the proceedings, and provide comments to the Regional Councils.

Dated: January 20, 1999. Ken Thompson, Acting Regional Forester, USDA-Forest Service.

Dated: January 19, 1999. Thomas H. Boyd, Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.

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