[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 162 (Thursday, August 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51542-51543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18262]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice:11187]


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:  The Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) will meet 
October 27-29, 2020, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EDT). CPAC will hold an 
open session on October 27, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. (EDT). It will last 
approximately one hour.
    Participation: You may participate in the open session by 
videoconference. 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 October 20, 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 October 13, 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 meeting will be held by videoconference.
    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-2020-0036] and follow 
the prompts to submit your comments.
    [ssquf] Email Comments: For comments that contain privileged or 
confidential information (within the meaning of 19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1)), 
please email submissions to [email protected]. Include ``Nigeria'' and/
or ``Greece'' in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions concerning the 
meeting, contact Allison Davis, Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
Affairs--Cultural Heritage Center, by phone

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(202-632-6305) 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 Federal Republic of Nigeria seeking import 
restrictions on archaeological and ethnological material. The Committee 
will review the proposed extension of the cultural property agreement 
with the Government of the Hellenic Republic.
    Open Session Participation: The Committee will hold an open session 
of the meeting to receive oral public comments on Nigeria's request for 
an agreement and the proposed extension of the agreement with Greece on 
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, from 2:00 p.m. to approximately 3:00 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. If you do wish to speak, however, you must request to be 
scheduled by October 20, 2020, via email ([email protected]). Please 
submit your name and any organizational affiliation in this request. 
The open session will start with a brief presentation by the CPAC, 
after which you should be prepared to answer questions on any written 
statements you may have submitted. Finally, you may be invited to 
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 proposed extensions of the agreements with 
Greece using the Regulations.gov website (listed in the ``COMMENTS'' 
section above) not later than October 13, 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 
[email protected]. Include ``Nigeria'' and/or ``Greece'' in the subject 
line. In all cases, your written comments should relate specifically to 
the determinations specified in the Act at 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1). 
Written comments submitted via regulations.gov are not private and are 
posted 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)). We request that any party soliciting or aggregating 
written comments from other persons 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.

Allison R. Davis,
Executive Director, CPAC, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-18262 Filed 8-19-20; 8:45 am]
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