[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76476-76477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31408]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7658; Cyprus Docket No. DOS-2011-0135; Peru Docket No. 
DOS-2011-0136]


Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

    There will be a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee 
January 17-20, 2012, at the Department of State, Annex 5, 2200 C Street 
NW., Washington, DC Portions of this meeting will be closed to the 
public, as discussed below.
    During the closed portion of the meeting, the Committee will review 
the proposal to extend cultural property memoranda of understanding 
with Cyprus, Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus 
Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Pre-Classical and 
Classical Archaeological Objects and Byzantine Period Ecclesiastical 
and Ritual Ethnological Material [Docket No. DOS-2011-0135], and with 
Peru Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the Republic of Peru Concerning 
the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Material From 
Pre-Hispanic Cultures and Certain Ethnological Material From the 
Colonial Period of Peru [Docket No. DOS-2011-0136].
    An open session to receive oral public comment on these two 
proposals will be held on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 9:00 to 11:30 
a.m. EST.
    Also during the closed portion of the meeting, the Committee will 
continue its review of a new cultural property request from the 
Government of the Republic of Belize seeking import restrictions on 
Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial archaeological material. Please see 
the link to the Public Summary of this request at http://exchanges.state.gov/heritage/whatsnew.html.
    The Committee's responsibilities are carried out in accordance with 
provisions of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act 
(19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). The text of the Act and subject MOUs, as well 
as related information, may be found at http://exchanges.state.gov/heritage/culprop.html.
    If you wish to attend the open session on January 18, 2012, you 
should notify the Cultural Heritage Center of the Department of State 
at (202) 632-6301 no later than 5 p.m. (EST) January 3, 2012, to 
arrange for admission. Seating is limited. When calling, please specify 
if you have special accommodation needs.
    If you wish to make an oral presentation at the open session, you 
must request to be scheduled and must submit a written text of their 
oral comments, ensuring that it is received no later than January 3, 
2012, 11:59 p.m. (EST) 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 oral and written 
comments must relate specifically to the determinations under Section 
303(a)(1) (19 U.S.C. 2602) of the Convention on Cultural Property 
Implementation Act, pursuant to which the Committee must make 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) (19 U.S.C. 2602) of the Convention on Cultural Property 
Implementation Act, pursuant to which the Committee must make findings. 
Addresses: Submit all written materials, including the written texts of 
oral statements, via regular mail, commercial delivery, or hand 
delivery;

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or electronically through the eRulemaking Portal. If more than three 
(3) pages, 20 paper copies 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, implements Section 206 of the E-Government Act of 2002, 
Public Law 107-347, 116 Stat. 2915, and supports the Department of 
State's ``Greening Diplomacy'' initiative which aims to reduce the 
State Department's environmental footprint and reduce costs. Please 
note that comments by fax or by email will no longer be accepted.
    Please submit comments only one time.
     Regular 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 20522-0505.
     Electronic Delivery. To submit comments electronically, go 
to the Federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov), enter 
the Docket No. DOS-2011-0135 for Cyprus or Docket No. DOS-2011-0136 for 
Peru, and follow the prompts to submit a comment. For further 
information, see http://exchanges.state.gov/heritage/whatsnew.html.
    Are Comments Private? No. Comments submitted in electronic form 
will be posted on the site http://www.regulations.gov. Because the 
comments cannot 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 is 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 that they therefore should not include any information 
in their comments that they do not want publicly disclosed.
    On Closed Meetings: As noted above, 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.'' The 
President's designee has made such a determination.

    Dated: November 30, 2011.
Adam Ereli,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
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