[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 131 (Friday, July 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 44591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16178]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE705


International Whaling Commission; 66th Meeting; Nominations

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.

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SUMMARY: This notice is a call for nominees for the U.S. Delegation to 
the October 2016 International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting. The 
non-federal representative(s) selected as a result of this nomination 
process is (are) responsible for providing input and recommendations to 
the U.S. IWC Commissioner representing the positions of non-
governmental organizations.

DATES: The IWC is holding its 66th meeting from October 20-28, 2016, at 
the Convention Center of the Grand Hotel Bernardin in Portoro[zcaron], 
Slovenia. All written nominations for the U.S. Delegation to the IWC 
meeting must be received by August 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: All nominations for the U.S. Delegation to the IWC meeting 
should be addressed to Mr. Ryan Wulff, Deputy U.S. Commissioner to the 
IWC, and sent to Jordan Carduner via email: [email protected]; 
or via post: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of International 
Affairs and Seafood Inspection Program, 1315 East-West Highway, SSMC3 
Room 10651, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jordan Carduner at 
[email protected] or 301-427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of Commerce is responsible for 
discharging the domestic obligations of the United States under the 
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946. The U.S. 
IWC Commissioner has responsibility for the preparation and negotiation 
of U.S. positions on international issues concerning whaling and for 
all matters involving the IWC. The U.S. IWC Commissioner is staffed by 
the Department of Commerce and assisted by the Department of State, the 
Department of the Interior, the Marine Mammal Commission, and by other 
agencies. The non-federal representative(s) selected as a result of 
this nomination process is (are) responsible for providing input and 
recommendations to the U.S. IWC Commissioner representing the positions 
of non-governmental organizations. Generally, only one non-governmental 
position is selected for the U.S. Delegation.

    Dated: July 5, 2016.
John Henderschedt,
Director, Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection 
Program, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-16178 Filed 7-7-16; 8:45 am]
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