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increase public awareness of: (1) The 

importance of wildlife resources, (2) the 

social and economic benefits of 

recreational hunting, and (3) wildlife 

conservation efforts that benefit 

recreational hunting and wildlife 

resources. 

The Secretary of the Interior and the 

Secretary of Agriculture signed an 

amended charter for the Council in June 

2006 and July 2006, respectively. The 

revised charter states that the Council 

will provide advice and guidance to the 

Federal Government through the 

Department of the Interior and the 

Department of Agriculture. 

The Council will convene to receive 

updates on responses from Federal 

agencies to recommendations submitted 

by the Council and implementation of 

the August 16, 2007, Executive Order on 

Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and 

Wildlife Conservation. 

Procedures for Public Input 

Format Requirement for Oral and 

Written Commenters 

Whether you wish to comment orally 

or in written form, you must provide 

written copies of your comments. All 

written statements must be supplied to 

the Council’s Designated Federal Officer 

in both of the following formats: 

One hard copy with original 

signature, and 

One electronic copy via e-mail 

(acceptable file format: MS Word, MS 

Powerpoint, or WordPerfect). 

Giving a 2–Minute Oral Presentation 

Individuals or groups may request to 

give an oral presentation during the 

Council teleconference. Oral 

presentations will be limited to 2 

minutes per speaker, with no more than 

half an hour total for all speakers. 

Interested parties must contact Phyllis 

Seitts, Council Designated Federal 

Officer, in writing (preferably via e-mail; 

see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), 

by Monday, January 21, 2008, to be 

placed on the public speaker list for this 

teleconference. In addition, if you are 

selected to make a 2-minute 

presentation, you must provide hard 

and electronic copies of your 

presentation to the Council Designated 

Federal Officer by Thursday, January 24, 

2008. Additional live questions from the 

public will not be considered during the 

teleconference. 

Submitting Written Information for the 

Council To Consider 

Speakers who wish to expand upon 

their oral statements or those who had 

wished to speak but could not be 

accommodated on the agenda are 

invited to submit written statements to 

the Council. Interested members of the 

public may submit relevant written 

information for the Council to consider 

during the public teleconference. We 

must receive all written statements by 

Thursday, January 24, 2008, so that we 

can make the information available to 

the Council for their consideration prior 

to the teleconference. 

Dated: December 31, 2007. 

Phyllis T. Seitts, 

Designated Federal Officer, Sporting 

Conservation Council. 

[FR Doc. 08–110 Filed 1–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey—Climate 

Change Science Program (CCSP) 

Committee on Synthesis and 

Assessment Product 4.2: Thresholds 

of Climate Change 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

Committee Name: U.S. Geological 

Survey—Climate Change Science 

Program (CCSP) Committee on 

Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.2: 

Thresholds of Climate Change. 

SUMMARY: This notice is published in 

accordance with section 9(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (Pub. L. 92–643). The U.S. 

Geological Survey—Climate Change 

Science Program (CCSP) Committee on 

Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.2: 

Thresholds of Climate Change will hold 

its FACA peer review meeting on 

January 28–30, 2008 in Denver, CO. 

Agenda for the Meeting: The agenda 

will cover the following: Expert review 

of SAP 4.2. The review committee will 

meet to discuss the first draft of SAP 4.2 

and provide guiding comments for the 

completion of the product. 

DATES: January 28, 2008, 1 p.m.–January 

30, 2008, 12 noon. Location: Denver 

Federal Center, Building 810, Hayden 

Room. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colleen W. Charles, U.S. Geological 

Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 

301, Reston, Virginia 20192; 703–648–

4110. Colleen_charles@usgs.gov. 

Dated: January 9, 2008. 

Robert C. Szaro, 

Chief Scientist for Biology. 

[FR Doc. 08–102 Filed 1–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Deputy Director—Indian Services; 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed renewal of 

information collection. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) is seeking comments in 

preparation for the renewal of the 

Indian Child Welfare Annual Report. 

The information collected will aid BIA 

in fulfilling the requirements of the law. 

This renewal meets the requirements of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The Bureau is soliciting public 

comments on the subject proposal. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 17, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments 

regarding this proposal. Comments 

should refer to the proposal by name 

and/or OMB Control Number and 

should be sent to Stephanie E. Birdwell, 

Chief, Division of Human Services, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of 

Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS–4513–

MIB, Washington, DC 20240. 

Telephone: (202) 513–7621. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the collection of information 

form or requests for additional 

information should be directed to 

Stephanie E. Birdwell, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1849 

C Street, NW., MS–4513–MIB, 

Washington, DC 20240. Telephone: 

(202) 513–7621. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The information collection required 

by the use of this form is necessary to 

comply with Public Law 95–608, The 

Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, as 

codified at 25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq. and 25 

CFR Part 23—Indian Child Welfare Act 

(ICWA). This information is collected 

through the use of a consolidated 

caseload form by tribal Indian Child 

Welfare Act program directors who are 

the providers of the ICWA services. The 

information is used to determine the 

extent of service needs in local Indian 

communities, to assess the effectiveness 

of the Indian Child Welfare Act 

program, and to provide data for the 

annual program budget justification. 

The responses to this request for 

information collection are voluntary and 

the aggregated report is not considered 


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