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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

 

Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International 
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: With this notice the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) 
announces a public meeting to discuss the provisional agenda items, 
proposed resolutions, and proposed amendments to the appendices for the 
upcoming ninth regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) 
to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 
Fauna and Flora (CITES).

DATES: The public meeting will be held on September 14, 1994, from 9:30 
A.M. to 1:00 P.M. The Service will consider information and comments 
from the public on the provisional agenda for COP9.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in the Buffet Room adjacent 
to the cafeteria of the Department of the Interior, 18th and C Streets, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. Requests for information concerning the 
proposals and comments should be sent to the Director, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, c/o Office of Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax 
Drive, Room 420-C, Arlington, CA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marshall P. Jones or Susan S. 
Lieberman, Office of Management Authority, at the above address; 
telephone 703/358-2093.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 
Fauna and Flora, hereinafter referred to as CITES or the Convention, is 
an international treaty designed to control international trade in 
certain animal and plant species which are or may become threatened 
with extinction, and are listed in Appendices to the treaty. Currently, 
123 countries, including the United States, are CITES Parties. CITES 
calls for biennial meetings of the Conference of the Parties which 
review its implementation, make provisions enabling the CITES 
Secretariat (in Switzerland) to carry out its functions, consider 
amending the list of species in Appendices I and II, consider reports 
presented by the Secretariat, and make recommendations for the improved 
effectiveness of the Convention.
    This is part of a series of notices which, together with public 
meetings, provide the public with an opportunity to participate in the 
development of the U.S. positions for the ninth regular meeting of the 
Conference of the Parties to CITES (COP9) to CITES, which the U.S. will 
be hosting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from November 7 to 18, 1994. A 
Federal Register notice published on July 15, 1993 (58 FR 38112), 
requested information and comments from the public on animal or plant 
species the United States might consider as possible amendments to the 
Appendices. A Federal Register notice published on November 18, 1993 
(59 FR 60873), requested public comments on possible revisions to the 
criteria for listing species in the CITES Appendices. A Federal 
Register notice published on January 27, 1994 (59 FR 3832), requested 
additional comments from the public on animal or plant species the 
United States was considering submitting as amendments to the 
Appendices. A Federal Register notice published on January 28, 1994 (59 
FR 4096) published the time, place, and provisional agenda for COP9, 
announced a public meeting, and requested information and comments from 
the public. Two more Federal Register notices will be published prior 
to the September 14 public meeting; one describing proposed U.S. 
positions on proposals to amend the CITES Appendices, and the other 
describing proposed U.S. positions on all other agenda items and 
resolutions to be taken up at the meeting. Information concerning the 
proposals will be available at the meeting. For those unable to attend, 
information may be obtained from the contact noted above. The Service's 
regulations governing this public process are found in Title 50 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations Secs. 23.31-23.39.

    Author: This notice was prepared by Mark R. Albert, Office of 
Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (703/358-2095; 
FAX 703/358-2280).

    Dated: August 29, 1994.
Mollie H. Beattie,
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 94-21751 Filed 8-31-94; 8:45 am]
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