[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26174-26175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11679]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 10784]
Cultural Property Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
ACTION: Notice of a meeting.
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SUMMARY: We are issuing this notice to announce the location, date,
time, and agenda for the next meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory
Committee.
DATES: July 23-24, 2019, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EDT). The Cultural
Property Advisory Committee will hold an open session on July 23, 2019,
at 1:30 p.m. (EDT). It will last approximately one hour.
Participation: You may participate electronically by Zoom. To
participate, visit http://culturalheritage.state.gov for information on
how to access the meeting. Please submit any request for reasonable
accommodation not later than July 8, 2019, by contacting the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs at [email protected]. It may not be
possible to accommodate requests made after that date.
Comments: The Committee will review your written comment if it is
received by July 8, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. (EDT). You are not required to
submit a written comment in order to make an oral comment in the open
session.
ADDRESSES: The public will participate electronically by Zoom. The
members will meet at the U.S. Department of State, Annex 5, 2200 C St.
NW, Washington, DC.
Written Comments: You may submit written comments in two ways,
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depending on whether they contain privileged or confidential
information:
[ssquf] Electronic Comments: For ordinary comments, please use
http://www.regulations.gov, enter the docket [DOS-2019-0012] and follow
the prompts to submit your comments.
[ssquf] Paper Comments: For comments that contain privileged or
confidential information (within the meaning of 19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1)),
please send submissions to: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs--Cultural Heritage Center, SA-5 Floor
5, 2200 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20522-0505.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions concerning the
meeting, contact Andrew Cohen, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs--Cultural Heritage Center by phone, (202) 632-6301, or email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with Sec. 306(e)(2) of the
Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (5 U.S.C. 2601 et
seq.) (``the Act''), the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational
and Cultural Affairs calls a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory
Committee (``the Committee''). The Act describes the Committee's
responsibilities. A portion of this meeting will be closed to the
public pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605.
Meeting Agenda: During the closed session the Committee will review
the proposal to extend the cultural property agreement with El Salvador
and Department of State staff will also brief the Committee on the
threats to cultural property in Yemen. During the open session the
Committee will hear public comments on El Salvador.
Open Session Participation: The Committee will hold an open session
of the meeting to receive oral public comments on the El Salvador
cultural property agreement on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, from 1:30 p.m.
to approximately 2:30 p.m. (EDT). We have provided specific
instructions on how to participate or observe the open session at
http://culturalheritage.state.gov.
You do not need to register to observe the open session. You do not
have to submit written comments to make an oral comment in the open
session. But if you do wish to speak, you must request to be scheduled
by July 17, 2019, via email ([email protected]) in order to be assigned
a slot. Please submit your name and organizational affiliation in this
request. The open session will start with a brief presentation by the
Committee, after which you should be prepared to answer questions on
any written statements you may have submitted. Finally, you may provide
additional oral comments for up to five (5) minutes per participant.
Due to time constraints, it may not be possible to accommodate all who
wish to speak.
Written Comments: If you do not wish to participate in the open
session but still wish to make your views known, you may submit written
comments for the Committee's consideration. Submit non-privileged and
non-confidential information (within the meaning of 19 U.S.C.
2605(i)(1)) regarding the proposed extension for El Salvador using the
Regulations.gov website (listed in the ``COMMENTS'' section above) not
later than July 8, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. (EDT). For comments that contain
privileged or confidential information (within the meaning of 19 U.S.C.
2605(i)(1)), please send comments to: U.S. Department of State, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs--Cultural Heritage Center, SA-5
Floor 5, 2200 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20522-0505. In all cases, your
written comments should relate specifically to the determinations
specified in the Act at 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1). We request 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.
Written comments submitted in electronic form are not private. We will
post the comments at http://www.regulations .gov. Because written
comments cannot be edited to remove any personally identifying or
contact information, we caution against including any such information
in an electronic submission without appropriate permission to disclose
that information (including trade secrets and commercial or financial
information that are privileged or confidential within the meaning of
19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1)).
Marie Therese Porter Royce,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-11679 Filed 6-4-19; 8:45 am]
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