[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13441-13442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05671]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9459]
Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee
There will be a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee
(``the Committee'') May 24-26, 2016, at the United States Department of
State, Harry S Truman Building, 2201 C Street NW., and State Annex 5,
2200 C Street NW., Washington, DC. 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 Act''). A
portion of this meeting will be closed to the public
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pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h).
During the closed portion of the meeting, the Committee will review
the proposal to extend the Memorandum of Understanding between the
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the
Republic of Bolivia Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on
Archaeological Material from the Pre-Columbian Cultures and Certain
Ethnological Material from the Colonial and Republican Periods of
Bolivia (``Bolivia MOU'') [Docket No. DOS-2016-0008]. Also, during the
closed portion of the meeting, the Committee will review the proposal
to extend the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the
United States of America and the Government of the Hellenic Republic
Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of
Archaeological and Byzantine Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material
through the 15th Century A.D. of the Hellenic Republic (``Greece MOU'')
[Docket No. DOS-2016-0009].
An open portion of the meeting to receive oral public comments on
the proposals to extend the Bolivia MOU and the Greece MOU will be held
on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT. The text of the
Act and the MOUs, as well as related information, may be found at
http://culturalheritage.state.gov.
If you wish to attend the open portion of the meeting of the
Committee on May 24, 2016, please notify the Cultural Heritage Center
of the U.S. Department of State at (202) 632-6301 no later than 5:00
p.m. (EDT) May 9, 2016, to arrange for admission. Seating is limited.
When calling, please request reasonable accommodation if needed. The
open portion will be held at the U.S. Department of State, Harry S
Truman Building, 2201 C St. NW., Room 1107, Washington, DC 20037.
Please plan to arrive 30 minutes before the beginning of the open
session.
Personal information regarding attendees is requested pursuant to
the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as
amended (Pub. L. 99-399), the USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L.107-56), and
Executive Order 13356. The purpose of this collection is to validate
the identity of individuals who enter U.S. Department of State
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 https://foia.state.gov/_docs/SORN/State-36.pdf for additional information.
If you wish to make an oral presentation at the open portion of the
meeting, you must request to be scheduled by the above-mentioned date
and time, and you must submit a written summary of your oral
presentation, ensuring that it is received no later than May 9, 2016,
at 11:59 p.m. (EDT), via the eRulemaking Portal (see below), to allow
time for distribution to members of the Committee 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 comments must relate
specifically to matters referred to in 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1), with
respect to which the Committee makes its findings and recommendations.
If you do not wish to make oral comments but still wish to make
your views known, you may submit written comments for the Committee to
consider. Your written comments should relate specifically to the
matters referred to in 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1). Please submit written
comments electronically through the eRulemaking Portal (see below),
ensuring that they are received no later than May 9, 2016, at 11:59
p.m. (EDT). Our adoption of this procedure facilitates public
participation; implements Section 206 of the E-Government Act of 2002,
Pub. L. 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. The Department
requests that any party soliciting or aggregating written comments
received from other persons for submission to the Department inform
those persons that the Department will not edit their comments to
remove any identifying or contact information, and that they therefore
should not include any such information in their comments that they do
not want publicly disclosed.
Please submit written comments or a written summary of your oral
presentation only once using one of these methods:
Electronic Delivery. To submit written comments
electronically, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov), enter either Docket No. DOS-2016-0008 for Bolivia
or Docket No. DOS-2016-0009 for Greece, and follow the prompts to
submit comments. Written comments submitted in electronic form are not
private. They will be posted at http://www.regulations.gov. Because
written comments cannot be edited to remove any personally identifying
or contact information, the U.S. 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 are privileged or confidential within the
meaning of 19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1)). Written comments submitted by fax or
email are not accepted.
Regular Mail or Delivery. If you wish to submit
information that you believe to be privileged or confidential within
the meaning of 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, 2200 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20522-05C2. Only
written comments containing information that you believe to be
privileged or confidential will be accepted via regular mail or
delivery. Such comments must be received by May 9, 2016.
For further information, contact Isabella Strohmeyer, Program
Coordinator, at 202-632-6198.
Dated: March 2, 2016.
Evan Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S.
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-05671 Filed 3-11-16; 8:45 am]
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