[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8749-8750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03309]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 9038; Docket No. DOS-2015-10]
Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee
There will be a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee
April 8-10, 2015 at the U.S. 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 the Memorandum of Understanding Between the
Government of United States of America and the Government of the
Republic of Italy Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on
Categories of Archaeological Material Representing the Pre-Classical,
Classical, and Imperial Roman Periods of Italy (``Italy MOU'') [Docket
No. DOS-2015-10]. An open session to receive oral public comment on the
proposal to extend the Italy MOU will be held on Wednesday, April 8,
2015, beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT.
Also, during the closed portion of the meeting, the Committee will
conduct an interim review of the 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 the Prehispanic Cultures and Certain
Ethnological Material from the Colonial Period of Peru (``Peru MOU'').
Public comment, oral and written, will be invited at a time in the
future should the Peru MOU be proposed for extension.
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.; ``Act''). The text of the Act and MOUs, as
well as related information, may be found at http://culturalheritage.state.gov. If you wish to attend the open session on
April 8, 2015, you should notify the Cultural Heritage Center of the
Department of State at (202) 632-6301 no later than 5:00 p.m. (EST)
March 20, 2015, to arrange for admission. Seating is limited. When
calling, please specify if you need reasonable accommodation. The open
session will be held at 2200 C St. NW., Edward R. Murrow Conference
Room, Washington, DC 20037. Please plan to arrive 30 minutes before the
beginning of the open session.
If you wish to make an oral presentation at the open session, you
must request to be scheduled by the above-mentioned date and time, and
you must submit written comments, ensuring that they are received no
later than March 20 at 11:59 p.m. (EDT), via the eRulemaking Portal
(see below), to allow time for distribution to Committee members prior
to the meeting. Oral comments will be limited to five (5) minutes to
allow time for questions from members of the Committee. All oral and
written comments must relate specifically to the determinations under
19 U.S.C. 2602, pursuant to which the Committee must make findings.
If you do not wish to make oral comment but still wish to make your
views known, you may send written comments for the Committee to
consider. Your comments should relate specifically to the
determinations under 19 U.S.C. 2602. Submit all written materials
electronically through the eRulemaking Portal (see below), ensuring
that they are received no later than March 20, 2015 at 11:59 p.m.
(EDT). 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 that aims to reduce the State Department's
environmental footprint and reduce costs.
Please submit comments only once using one of these methods:
Electronic Delivery. To submit comments electronically, go
to the Federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov), enter
the Docket No. DOS-2015-10, and follow the prompts to submit a comment.
Comments submitted in electronic form are not private. They 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)).
Regular Mail or Delivery. If you wish to submit
information that you believe to be privileged or confidential in
confidence pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1), you may do so via regular
mail, commercial delivery, or personal hand delivery to the following
address: Cultural Heritage Center (ECA/P/C), SA-5, Floor C2, U.S.
Department of State, Washington, DC 20522-05C2. Only comments that you
believe to be privileged or confidential will be accepted via those
methods. Comments must be received by March 20, 2015.
Comments submitted by fax or email are not accepted. All comments
submitted electronically must be submitted via the eRulemaking Portal
only. All comments submitted electronically will be viewable by the
public, so do not include any information that you consider privileged
or confidential.
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.
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 sections 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 negotiating objectives or
bargaining positions on the negotiations of any agreement authorized by
this chapter.'' Pursuant to law, Executive Order, and Delegation of
Authority, I have made such a determination.
Personal information regarding attendees is requested pursuant to
Public Law 99-399 (Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of
1986), as amended; Public Law 107-56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and Executive
Order 13356. The purpose of the collection is to validate the identity
of individuals who enter Department facilities. The data will be
entered into the Visitor Access Control System (VACS-D) database.
Please see the Security Records System of Records Notice (State-36) at
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/103419.pdf for additional
information.
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Dated: February 9, 2015.
Evan Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S.
Department of State.
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