E9-24316. Notice of Public Meeting for the National Park Service Alaska Region's Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) Program

AGENCY:

National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of public meeting for the National Park Service Alaska Region's Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) program.

SUMMARY:

The Gates of the Arctic National Park Subsistence Resource Commission (GAAR SRC) will meet to develop and continue work on National Park Service (NPS) subsistence hunting program recommendations and other related subsistence management issues. This meeting is open to the public and will have time allocated for public testimony. The public is welcomed to present written or oral comments to the SRC. This meeting will be recorded and meeting minutes will be available upon request from the park superintendent for public inspection approximately six weeks after the meeting. The NPS SRC program is authorized under Title VIII, Section 808 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public Law 96-487, to operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

For Further Information on the GAAR SRC Meeting Contact:

Dave Krupa, Subsistence Manager, Tel. [phone], Address: 4175 Geist Road, Fairbanks, AK 99703, or Clarence Summers, Subsistence Manager, Tel. [phone].

GAAR SRC Meeting Date and Location: The GAAR SRC meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, and Thursday, November 5, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sophie Station Hotel, Tel. [phone], in Fairbanks, AK. The GAAR SRC meeting may end early if all business is completed.

The proposed meeting agenda for each meeting includes the following:

1. Call to Order

2. SRC Roll Call and Confirmation of Quorum

3. SRC Chair and Superintendent's Welcome and Introductions

4. Approval of Minutes

5. Review and Approve Agenda

6. SRC Purpose and Status of Membership

7. SRC Member Reports

8. Park Subsistence Manager's Report

9. Subsistence Uses of Horns, Antlers, Bones and Plants EA Update

10. Federal Subsistence Board Update

11. Alaska Board of Game Update

12. Old Business

13. New Business

14. Public and other Agency Comments

15. Set Time and Place for next SRC Meeting

16. Adjournment

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The GAAR SRC meeting location and date may need to be changed based on weather or local circumstances. If the meeting date and location are changed, a notice will be published in local newspapers and announced on local radio stations prior to the meeting date.

Dated: September 21, 2009.

Debora Cooper,

Associate Regional Director, Resources, Alaska.