[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63985-63986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26648]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7600; Docket No. DOS-2011-0115; Docket No. DOS-2011-
0116]


Notice of Closed Meeting (With Open Session) of the Cultural 
Property Advisory Committee

    There will be a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee 
on November 15-17, 2011, at the U.S. Department of State, Annex 5, 2200 
C Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    During its meeting on November 15-16, the Committee will begin its 
review of a new cultural property request from the Government of the 
Republic of Bulgaria seeking import restrictions on archaeological and 
ethnological material [Docket No. DOS-2011-0115]; and from the 
Government of the Republic of Belize seeking import restrictions on 
archaeological material [Docket No. DOS-2011-0116]. On November 16, an 
open session to receive oral public comment on these requests will be 
held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Please see the links to the Public 
Summaries of these requests at http://exchanges.state.gov/heritage/whatsnew.html.
    The Committee carries out its responsibilities in accordance with 
provisions of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act 
(``the Act,'' 19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). The text of the Act, as well as 
related information, may be found at http://exchanges.state.gov/heritage/culprop/html.
    If you wish to attend the open session, you should notify the 
Cultural Heritage Center of the Department of State at (202) 632-6301 
no later than November 2, 2011, 5 p.m. (E.D.T.) to arrange for 
admission. Seating is limited. Special accommodation needs should be 
specified upon notification of attendance. The Committee agenda on 
November 15-17 also will include orientation (closed session) for new 
members as well as ethics and security briefings.
    If you wish to make an oral presentation at the public session on 
November 16, you must request to be scheduled and must submit a written 
text of your oral comments no later than November 2 to allow time for 
distribution to Committee members prior to the meeting. Oral comments 
will be limited to allow time for questions from members of the 
Committee. All comments must relate specifically to the determinations 
under Section 303(a)(1) of the Convention on Cultural Property 
Implementation Act, 19 U.S.C. 2602, pursuant to which the Committee 
makes findings. This statute can be found at the web site noted above.
    You may also send written comments to the Committee. Again, your 
comments must relate specifically to the determinations under Section 
303(a)(1) of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, 19 
U.S.C. 2602, pursuant to which the Committee must make findings.
    Addresses: Submit all written materials, including the written 
texts of oral statements, via postal mail, commercial delivery, hand 
delivery, or through the eRulemaking Portal. If more than three (3) 
pages, 20 duplicates of written materials must be sent to the address 
below by commercial delivery. If you have access to the Internet and 
wish to make a comment of three or fewer pages regarding this Public 
Notice, please use the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see below). Our 
adoption of this procedure facilitates public participation and 
implements section 206 of the E-Government Act of 2002, Public Law 107-
347, 116 Stat. 2915. It also supports Secretary of State Hillary Rodham 
Clinton's Greening Diplomacy Initiative which aims to reduce the State 
Department's environmental footprint and reduce costs. Comments by fax 
or by e-mail will not be accepted. Please submit comments just once by 
November 2, 2011.
    Postal Mail or Commercial Delivery. Cultural Heritage Center (ECA/
P/C), SA-5, Fifth Floor, Department of State, Washington, DC 20522-
0505.
     Hand Delivery. Cultural Heritage Center (ECA/P/C), 
Department of State, 2200 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal. To submit comments 
electronically, go to http://www.regulations.gov and search on docket 
number DOS-2011-0115 for Bulgaria and on docket number DOS-

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2011-0116 for Belize. Information on using Regulations.gov, including 
instructions for accessing agency documents, submitting comments, and 
viewing the dockets, is available on the site under ``How To Use This 
Site.''
    Are Comments Private? No. Comments submitted in electronic form 
will be posted on the site http://www.regulations.gov. Because the 
comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact 
information, the Department of State cautions against including any 
information in an electronic submission that one does not want publicly 
disclosed (including trade secrets and commercial or financial 
information that may be considered privileged or confidential pursuant 
to 19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1)). The Department of State requests that any 
party soliciting or aggregating comments received from other persons 
for submission to the Department of State inform those persons that the 
Department of State will not edit their comments to remove any 
identifying or contact information and, therefore, they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed.
    A Note on Closed Meetings: Portions of the meeting, will be closed 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h), the latter of 
which stipulates that ``The provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act shall apply to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee 
except that the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 10 
and 11 of such Act (relating to open meetings, public notice, public 
participation, and public availability of documents) shall not apply to 
the Committee, whenever and to the extent it is determined by the 
President or his designee that the disclosure of matters involved in 
the Committee's proceedings would compromise the Government's 
negotiation objectives or bargaining positions on the negotiations of 
any agreement authorized by this title.''

    Dated: September 30, 2011.
Ann Stock,
Assistant Secretary, for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 
of State.
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