[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 23 (Friday, February 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8474-8475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02371]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11345]


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 (``the Committee'') 
will meet March 17 and 19, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EDT) via 
videoconference. The Committee will hold an open session on March 17, 
2021, 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 March 10, 2021, 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 March 3, 2021, 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-2021-0003], 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 ``Albania'' and/
or ``Egypt'' in the subject line, as appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions concerning the 
meeting, contact Allison Davis or Andrew Cohen, Bureau of Educational 
and Cultural Affairs--Cultural Heritage Center, by phone (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 Republic of Albania seeking import restrictions on 
archaeological and ethnological material. The Committee will also 
review the proposed extension and amendment of the cultural property 
agreement with the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt. In 
addition, the Committee will undertake a continuing review of the 
effectiveness of other cultural property agreements and emergency 
actions currently in force.
    Open Session Participation: The Committee will hold an open session 
of the meeting to receive oral public comments on Albania's request for 
an agreement and the proposed extension and amendment of the agreement 
with Egypt on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 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 March 10, 2021, via email ([email protected]). Please 
include your name and any 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 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 new request from Albania and/or the proposed 
extension of the agreement with Egypt using the regulations.gov website 
(listed in the ``COMMENTS'' section above) not later than March 3, 
2021, 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 ``Albania'' and/or 
``Egypt'' 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

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that they do not want publicly disclosed.

Allison R. Davis,
Executive Director CPAC, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
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