82252 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 197 / Thursday, October 10, 2024 / Notices 

Academy Board of Visitors, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, insert ‘‘FEMA– 

2008–0010’’ in the search box and then 

click ‘‘Search.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Designated Federal Officer: Eriks 

Gabliks, telephone (301) 447–1308, 

email Eriks.Gabliks@fema.dhs.gov. 

Logistical Information: Deborah 

Gartrell-Kemp, telephone (301) 447– 

7230, email Deborah.Gartrell-Kemp@

fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

will meet virtually on Monday, 

December 2, 2024. The meeting will be 

open to the public. Notice of this 

meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

chapter 10. 

Purpose of the Board 

The purpose of the Board is to review 

annually the programs of the National 

Fire Academy (Academy) and advise the 

Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), through 

the United States Fire Administrator, on 

the operation of the Academy and any 

improvements therein that the Board 

deems appropriate. In carrying out its 

responsibilities, the Board examines 

Academy programs to determine 

whether these programs further the 

basic missions that are approved by the 

Administrator of FEMA, examines the 

physical plant of the Academy to 

determine the adequacy of the 

Academy’s facilities, and examines the 

funding levels for Academy programs. 

The Board submits a written annual 

report through the United States Fire 

Administrator to the Administrator of 

FEMA. The report provides detailed 

comments and recommendations 

regarding the operation of the Academy. 

Agenda 

On Monday, December 2, 2024, there 

will be four sessions, with deliberations 

and voting at the end of each session as 

necessary: 

1. The Board will discuss United 

States Fire Administration Data, 

Emergency Medical Services (EMS), 

Research, Prevention and Response. 

2. The Board will discuss deferred 

maintenance and capital improvements 

on the National Emergency Training 

Center campus and Fiscal Year 2025 

and beyond Budget Request/Budget 

Planning. 

3. The Board will deliberate and vote 

on recommendations on Academy 

program activities to include 

developments, deliveries, staffing, 

admissions, and strategic plan. 

4. There will also be an update on the 

Board of Visitors Subcommittee Groups 

for the Professional Development 

Initiative Update and the National Fire 

Incident Report System. 

There will be a 10-minute public 

comment period after each agenda item 

and each speaker will be given no more 

than 2 minutes to speak. Please note 

that the public comment period may 

end before the time indicated following 

the last call for comments. Contact 

Deborah Gartrell-Kemp to register as a 

speaker. Meeting materials will be 

posted by November 15, 2024, at https:// 

www.usfa.fema.gov/nfa/about/board-ofvisitors.html. 

Eriks J. Gabliks, 

Superintendent, National Fire Academy, 

United States Fire Administration, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–74–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–OC–2024–N051; 

FXGO16600926000–245–FF09X60000] 

Hunting and Wildlife Conservation 

Council; Request for Nominations 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior and the Department of 

Agriculture are seeking nominations to 

the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation 

Council (Council) to fill one vacancy for 

a representative from a state fish and 

wildlife management agency. The 

Council provides recommendations to 

the Federal Government, through the 

Secretary of the Interior and the 

Secretary of Agriculture, regarding the 

establishment and implementation of 

existing and proposed policies and 

authorities with regard to wildlife and 

habitat conservation endeavors that 

benefit wildlife resources; encourage 

partnership among the public, sporting 

conservation organizations, wildlifeassociated recreation interests, and 

Federal, State, Tribal, and territorial 

governments; and benefit fair-chase 

recreational hunting and safe 

recreational shooting sports. 

DATES: Nominations for the Council 

must be submitted by November 12, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

nominations via email to doug_hobbs@

fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas Hobbs, Designated Federal 

Officer, by email at doug_hobbs@

fws.gov, or by telephone at 703–358– 

2336. Individuals in the United States 

who are deaf, deafblind, 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council is established under the 

authority of the Secretaries of the 

Department of the Interior (DOI) and the 

Department of Agriculture (Secretaries) 

and is regulated by the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended (FACA; 5 

U.S.C. ch. 10). The Council’s duties are 

strictly advisory and consist of, but are 

not limited to, providing 

recommendations for implementation of 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13443, 

Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and 

Wildlife Conservation; E.O. 14008, 

Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 

Abroad; and Secretarial Order (S.O.) 

3362, Improving Habitat Quality in 

Western Big Game Winter Range and 

Migration Corridors. Duties include, but 

are not limited to: 

A. Assessing and quantifying 

implementation of E.O. 13443, E.O. 

14008, and S.O. 3362 across relevant 

departments, agencies, and offices and 

making recommendations to enhance 

and expand their implementation as 

identified; 

B. Making recommendations 

regarding policies and programs that 

accomplish the following objectives: 

1. Conserve and restore wetlands, 

grasslands, forests, and other important 

wildlife habitats, and improve 

management of rangelands and 

agricultural lands to benefit wildlife; 

2. Promote opportunities for fairchase hunting and safe recreational 

shooting sports and wildlife-associated 

recreation on public and private lands; 

3. Encourage hunting and recreational 

shooting sports safety, including by 

developing sighting-in ranges on public 

lands; 

4. Recruit and retain hunters; 

5. Increase public awareness of the 

importance of wildlife conservation and 

the social and economic benefits of fairchase hunting, safe recreational 

shooting sports, and wildlife-associated 

recreation; and 

6. Encourage coordination among the 

public; the hunting and shooting sports 

communities; wildlife conservation 

groups; wildlife-associated recreation 

interests; and Federal, State, Tribal, and 

territorial governments. 


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The Secretaries appoint members and 

their alternates to the Council to serve 

up to a 3-year term. The Council will 

not exceed 18 discretionary primary 

members, up to 18 alternate members, 

and 4 ex officio members. Ex officio 

members include: 

• Secretary of the Interior or 

designated DOI representatives; 

• Secretary of Agriculture or 

designated Department of Agriculture 

representatives; and 

• Executive Director, Association of 

Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 

The Secretaries select remaining 

members from among, but not limited 

to, the organization/interests listed 

below. These members must be seniorlevel representatives of their 

organization and/or have the ability to 

represent their designated 

constituencies. 

• State fish and wildlife management 

agencies; 

• Wildlife and habitat conservation/ 

management organizations; 

• Upland bird hunting organizations; 

• Waterfowl hunting organizations; 

• Big game hunting organizations; 

• Shooting sports interests; 

• Archery interests; 

• Wildlife-associated recreation 

interests; 

• Tourism, outfitter, and/or guide 

industries related to hunting and/or 

wildlife conservation; 

• Tribal resource management 

organizations; 

• Agriculture interests; 

• Ranching interests; and 

• Veterans’ service organizations. 

Vacancies To Fill 

Nominations are sought to fill one 

primary member vacancy to represent 

State fish and wildlife management 

agencies. 

Nomination Method and Information 

Nominations should include a cover 

letter or email and a resume providing 

an adequate description of the 

nominee’s qualifications, including 

information that would enable DOI to 

make an informed decision regarding 

meeting the membership requirements 

of the Council and to permit DOI to 

contact a potential member. 

Members of the Council serve without 

compensation. However, while away 

from their homes or regular places of 

business, Council and subcommittee 

members engaged in Council or 

subcommittee business that the DFO 

approves may be allowed travel 

expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

subsistence, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

5703, in the same manner as persons 

employed intermittently in Federal 

Government service. 

Authority 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. 

Lesli Gray, 

Assistant Director—Office of 

Communications. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[256A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 

1076–0160] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Verification of Indian 

Preference for Employment in the BIA 

and the IHS 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are 

proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

(OIRA) through https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRA/ 

icrPublicCommentRequest?ref_

nbr=202405-1076-005 or by visiting 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain and selecting ‘‘Currently 

under Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ and then scrolling down to 

the ‘‘Department of the Interior.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Steven Mullen, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs and 

Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, 1001 

Indian School Road NW, Suite 229, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104; 

comments@bia.gov; (202) 924–2650. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. You 

may also view the ICR at https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/Forward?

SearchTarget=PRA&textfield=1076- 

0160. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we 

provide the general public and other 

Federal agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on June 21, 

2024 (89 FR 52076). No comments were 

received. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. 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 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. 

Abstract: The BIA is seeking renewal 

of the approval for the information 


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