[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32529-32530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12870]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8339]


Meeting of the United States-Peru Environmental Affairs Council 
and Environmental Cooperation Commission

ACTION: Notice of meetings of the United States-Peru Environmental 
Affairs Council and Environmental Cooperation Commission, and request 
for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State and the Office of the United States 
Trade Representative (USTR) are providing notice that the United States 
and Peru intend to hold the fourth meeting of the Environmental Affairs 
Council (the ``Council'') and the third meeting of the Environmental 
Cooperation Commission (the ``Commission'') on June 4th and June 5th, 
2013. The public sessions of the Council and Commission meetings will 
be held on June 5th, starting at 2:00 p.m. at the George C. Marshall 
Conference Center, U.S. Department of State, 21st Street between 
Virginia Avenue and C Street NW., Washington, DC. The purpose of the 
meetings is to review implementation of: Chapter 18 (Environment) of 
the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) and the United 
States-Peru Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA). The Department 
of State and USTR invite interested organizations and members of the 
public to attend the public session and comment on any items that 
should be included on the meeting agendas. If you would like to attend 
the public session, please notify Tiffany Prather and Sarah Stewart at 
the email addresses listed below under the heading ADDRESSES. Please 
include your full name and any organization or group you represent. In 
preparing comments, submitters are encouraged to refer to:
     Chapter 18 of the PTPA,
     The Final Environmental Review of the PTPA,
     The ECA, and
     The 2011-2014 Work Program.
    These documents are available at: http://www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/peru-tpa and

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http://www.state.gov/e/oes/eqt/trade/peru/index.htm.

DATES: The public sessions of the Council and Commission meetings will 
be held on June 5, 2013, beginning at 2:00 p.m., at the George C. 
Marshall Conference Center, U.S. Department of State, 21st Street 
between Virginia Avenue and C Street NW., Washington, DC. Comments and 
suggestions are requested in writing no later than May 31, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and suggestions should be submitted to 
both:
    (1) Tiffany Prather, Office of Environmental Quality and 
Transboundary Issues, U.S. Department of State, by electronic mail at 
[email protected] with the subject line ``U.S.-Peru EAC/ECC 
Meeting''; and
    (2) Sarah Stewart, Office of Environment and Natural Resources, 
Office of the United States Trade Representative, by electronic mail at 
[email protected] with the subject line ``U.S.-Peru EAC/ECC 
Meeting''. If you have access to the Internet, you can view and comment 
on this notice by going to: http://www.regulations.gov/#!home and 
searching on docket number: DOS-.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tiffany Prather, Telephone (202) 647- 
4548 or Sarah Stewart, Telephone (202) 395-3858.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PTPA entered into force on February 1, 
2009. Article 18.6 of the PTPA establishes an Environmental Affairs 
Council to discuss the implementation of, and progress under, Chapter 
18. The ECA entered into force on August 23, 2009. Article III of the 
ECA establishes an Environmental Cooperation Commission and makes the 
Commission responsible for developing a Work Program. Chapter 18 of the 
PTPA and Article VI of the ECA require that meetings of the Council and 
Commission respectively include a public session, unless the Parties 
otherwise agree.

    Dated: May 23, 2013.
John Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Environmental Quality and Transboundary 
Issues, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-12870 Filed 5-29-13; 8:45 am]
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