[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12646-12647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04327]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice:11057]


Cultural Property Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of 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: April 15, 2020, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST). The 
Cultural Property Advisory Committee will hold an open session on April 
15, 2020, at 2:30 p.m. (EST). It will last approximately one hour.
    Participation: You may participate in the open session 
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 April 1, 2020, 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 April 1, 2020, 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 
Committee 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, 
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-2020-0011] 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 Allison Davis, Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
Affairs--Cultural Heritage Center, by phone (202-632-6301), or email 
([email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Convention on 
Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 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'') (19 U.S.C. 2605(e)(2)). 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(h).
    Meeting Agenda: The Committee will review the request by the 
Government of the Republic of Costa Rica seeking import restrictions on 
archaeological material.
    Open Session Participation: The Committee will hold an open session 
of the meeting to receive oral public comments on the Costa Rica 
request on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, from 2:30 p.m. to approximately 
3:30 p.m. (EST). 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 April 8, 2020, 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 a 
maximum of five (5) minutes per participant, time permitting. 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 request from Costa Rica using the 
Regulations.gov website (listed in the ``COMMENTS'' section above) not 
later than April 1, 2020, 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

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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. 2020-04327 Filed 3-2-20; 8:45 am]
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