[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 7, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-22103]


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[Federal Register: September 7, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 

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 second 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). The first public meeting to discuss 
the above will be held on September 14, 1994. In order to accommodate 
everyone who wants to participate in the development of the U.S. 
positions for COP9, the Service is scheduling a second public meeting 
which will be identical in format and content to the first one.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on September 16, 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, 
NW., Washington, DC. 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, VA 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 
(58 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. A Federal Register notice published on September 1, 1994 
(59 FR 45307), announced a public meeting to be held on September 14, 
1994. A Federal Register notice published on September 6, 1994, 
described the proposed U.S. position on proposals to amend the CITES 
Appendices. Another Federal Register notice will be published prior to 
the September 16 public meeting 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: September 2, 1994.
Richard N. Smith,
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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