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responsible for managing recreational 

fish and wildlife resources and 

individuals who represent the interests 

of saltwater and freshwater recreational 

fishing, recreational boating, the 

recreational fishing and boating 

industries, recreational fisheries 

resource conservation, Native American 

tribes, aquatic resource outreach and 

education, and tourism. Background 

information on the Council is available 

at http://www.fws.govv/sfbpc. 

The Council will convene to consider: 

(1) The Council’s continuing role in 

providing input to the Fish and Wildlife 

Service on the Service’s strategic plan 

for its Fisheries Program; (2) the 

Council’s work in addressing the issue 

of boating and fishing access; (3) the 

Council’s role as a facilitator of 

discussions with Federal and State 

agencies and other sport fishing and 

boating interests concerning a variety of 

national boating and fisheries 

management issues; (4) the Council’s 

work to assess the Clean Vessel Act 

Grant Program; (5) the potential Council 

role in providing information to Service 

and Department on the upcoming 

reauthorization of the Sport Fish 

Restoration and Boating Trust Fund; (6) 

the Council’s role in providing the 

Secretary with information about the 

implementation of the Strategic Plan for 

the National Outreach and 

Communications Program, authorized 

by the 1998 Sportfishing and Boating 

Safety Act, that is now being 

implemented by the Recreational 

Boating and Fishing Foundation, a 

private, nonprofit organization; and (7) 

other Council business. The final 

agenda will be posted on the Internet at 

http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc. 

Procedures for Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for the Council to consider 

during the public meeting. Questions 

from the public will not be considered 

during this period. 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. 

Individuals or groups requesting an 

oral presentation at the public Council 

meeting will be limited to two minutes 

per speaker, with no more than a total 

of one-half hour for all speakers. 

Interested parties should contact 

Douglas Hobbs, Council Coordinator, in 

writing (preferably via e-mail), by 

Friday, February 22, 2008, at the contact 

information noted above, to be placed 

on the public speaker list for this 

meeting. Written statements should be 

received by Friday, February 29, 2008, 

so that the information may be made 

available to the Council for their 

consideration prior to this meeting. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the Council Coordinator in the 

following formats: One heard copy with 

original signature, and one electronic 

copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: 

Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS 

Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text 

files in IBM—PC/Windows 98/2000/XP 

format). 

Anyone wishing to attend this 

meeting must register by close of 

business Friday, February 29, 2008, in 

order to attend. Because entry to Federal 

buildings is restricted, all visitors are 

required to pre-register to be admitted. 

Please submit your name, time of 

arrival, e-mail address and phone 

number to Douglas Hobbs, and he will 

provide you with instructions for 

admittance. Mr. Hobbs’ e-mail address 

is doug_hobbs@fws.gov and his phone 

number is (703) 358–2236. 

Summary minutes of the conference 

will be maintained by the Council 

Coordinator at 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, 

MS–3103–AEA, Arlington, VA 22203, 

and will be available for public 

inspection during regular business 

hours within 30 days following the 

meeting. Personal copies may be 

purchased for the cost of duplication. 

Dated: February 6, 2008 

Kenneth Stansell, 

Acting Director. 

[FR Doc. 08–764 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

National Cooperative Geologic 

Mapping Program (NCGMP) Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 106–

148, the NCGMP Advisory Committee 

will meet in Room BA102A of the John 

Wesley Powell Building of the U.S. 

Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley 

Drive, Reston, Virginia. The Advisory 

Committee, composed of scientists from 

Federal Agencies, State Agencies, 

academic institutions, and private 

companies, will advise the Director of 

the U.S. Geological Survey on planning 

and implementation of the geologic 

mapping program. Topics to be 

reviewed and discussed by the Advisory 

Committee include the: 

• Progress of the NCGMP towards 

fulfilling the purposes of the National 

Geological Mapping act of 1992 

• Field oriented geoscience 

experience for college and university 

students. 

• Paucity of Black, Hispanic, and 

Native American college and university 

students with geoscience majors. 

DATES: March 6–7, 2008 commencing at 

8:30 a.m. on March 6, and adjourning by 

5 p.m. on March 7. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurel M. Bybell, U.S. Geological 

Survey, 908 National Center, Reston, 

Virginia 20192 (703) 648–5281. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meetings 

of the National Cooperative Geological 

Mapping Program Advisory Committee 

are open to the Public. 

Dated: February 7, 2008. 

Peter T. Lyttle, 

Acting Associate Director for Geology, U.S. 

Geological Survey. 

[FR Doc. 08–759 Filed 2–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ID 100 1220MA 241A: DBG081006] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Resource 

Advisory Council to the Boise District, 

Bureau of Land Management, U.S. 

Department of the Interior 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

U.S. Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Boise District 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will 

hold a meeting as indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting scheduled for 

January 31, 2008, was cancelled due to 

adverse weather and hazardous driving 

conditions. The business scheduled for 

that meeting will be conducted on 

March 12, 2008, beginning at 9 a.m. and 

adjourning at 2 p.m. The meeting will 

be held at the Boise District Office 

located at 3948 S. Development Avenue, 

Boise, Idaho. Public comment periods 

will be held during the course of the 

meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M.J. 

Byrne, Public Affairs Officer and RAC 

Coordinator, BLM Boise District, 3948 

Development Ave., Boise, ID 83705, 

Telephone (208) 384–3393. 


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