[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29145-29146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12234]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9138]


Meetings of the United States-Peru Environmental Affairs Council, 
Environmental Cooperation Commission, and Sub-Committee on Forest 
Sector Governance

ACTION: Notice of meetings of the United States-Peru Environmental 
Affairs Council, Environmental Cooperation Commission, and Sub-
Committee on Forest Sector Governance, 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 seventh meeting of the Sub-Committee on 
Forest Sector Governance (the ``Sub-Committee''), the fifth meeting of 
the Environmental Affairs Council (the ``Council''), and the third 
meeting of the Environmental Cooperation Commission (the 
``Commission'') on June 8-9, 2015. The public sessions for the Council, 
Commission and Sub-Committee will be held on June 9, at 3:00 p.m. All 
meetings will take place in Lima, Peru at the Ministry of Foreign Trade 
and Tourism (MINCETUR), Calle Uno Oeste N 050 Urb. Corpac, San Isidro, 
Lima, Conference Rooms 1&2.
    The purpose of the meetings is to review implementation of: Chapter 
18 (Environment) of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement 
(PTPA); the PTPA Annex on Forest Sector Governance (Annex 18.3.4); and 
the United States-Peru Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA). The 
United States and Peru will also approve a new 2015-2018 Environmental 
Cooperation Work Program under the ECA.
    The Department of State and USTR invite interested organizations 
and members of the public to attend the public session, and to submit 
written comments or suggestions regarding implementation of Chapter 18, 
Annex 18.3.4, and the ECA, and any issues that should be discussed at 
the meetings. If you would like to attend the public sessions, please 
notify Rachel Kastenberg and Laura Buffo 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, including Annex 18.3.4, https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/peru-tpa/final-text

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     the Final Environmental Review of the PTPA, https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/factsheets/Trade%20Topics/environment/Environmental%20Review%20FINAL%2020071101.pdf, and
     the ECA http://www.state.gov/e/oes/eqt/trade/peru/81638.htm.
    These and other useful documents are available at: http://www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/peru-tpa and at 
http://www.state.gov/e/oes/eqt/trade/peru/index.htm

DATES: The public sessions of the Council, Sub-Committee and Commission 
meetings will be held on June 9, 2015, beginning at 3:00 p.m., at the 
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR), Calle Uno Oeste N 050 
Urb. Corpac, San Isidro, Lima, Conference Rooms 1&2. Comments and 
suggestions are requested in writing no later than June 2, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and suggestions should be submitted to 
both:
    (1) Rachel Kastenberg, 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/Sub-
Committee Meetings''; and
    (2) Laura Buffo, 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/Sub-
Committee Meetings.''
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 
its Public Notice number: 7873.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Rachel Kastenberg, Telephone (202) 
736-7111 or Laura Buffo, Telephone (202) 395-9424.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PTPA entered into force on February 1, 
2009. Article 18.6 of the PTPA establishes an Environmental Affairs 
Council, which is required to meet at least once a year or as otherwise 
agreed by the Parties to discuss the implementation of Chapter 18. 
Annex 18.3.4 of the PTPA establishes a Sub-Committee on Forest Sector 
Governance. The Sub-Committee is a specific forum for the Parties to 
exchange views and share information on any matter arising under the 
PTPA Annex on Forest Sector Governance. 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. At its 
first meeting, the Sub-Committee on Forest Sector Governance committed 
to hold a public session after each Sub-Committee meeting.

    Dated: May 15, 2015.
Deborah Klepp,
Director, Office of Environmental Quality and Transboundary Issues, 
Department of State.
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