Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council; Comment Request

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of open comment period.

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SUMMARY: As provided in Section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, the Service announces availability of a draft National

Outreach and Communications strategic plan for public comment, prepared

by the Federal Advisory Committee, the Sport Fishing and Boating

Partnership Council (Council). Interested persons may provide written

or electronic comment on the draft strategy.

DATES: August 13, 1998, through August 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: To receive comments from recreational fishing and boating

constituents, the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council will

post the draft National Outreach and Communications Plan on the

Internet at web site http://www.fws.gov/r9sfbpc. The document will be

available for review and comment from August 13 to August 27, 1998. A

hard copy of the document is also available for review at the Sport

Fishing and Boating Partnership Council Coordinator Office located at

1033 North Fairfax Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. A

copy of the document can be obtained by mail from the Council

Coordinator Office by calling (703) 836-1392. The deadline for written

or electronic comment is August 27, 1998. Written comments should be

returned by mail or hand carried to the Council Coordinator office at

the above address. Comments will be considered for inclusion into the

document and discussed by the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership

Council at its next scheduled meeting (announced separately).

The draft National Outreach Communications Plan will become the

recommendation of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council to

the Secretary of the Interior to implement the National Outreach and

Communications Program required by the Sportfishing and Boating Safety

Act of 1998.

Dated: August 7, 1998.

John G. Rogers,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 98-21755 Filed 8-12-98; 8:45 am]

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