[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 174 (Monday, September 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50930-50931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19670]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 11536]


Cultural Property Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State announces the location, date, time, 
and agenda for the next meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory 
Committee. The Cultural Property Advisory Committee (``the Committee'') 
will meet October 5, 6, and 8, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EDT) 
via videoconference. The Committee will hold an open session on October 
5, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. (EDT), which 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 September 28, 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 September 26, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. (EST). You are not 
required to submit a written comment in order to make an oral comment 
in the open session. 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-2021-0032 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 ``Cyprus'' and/
or ``Peru'' in the subject line, as appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  For general questions concerning the 
meeting, contact Allison Davis, Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
Affairs--Cultural Heritage Center, by phone (202-702-1166) 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 proposed extension 
and amendment of the cultural property agreement with the Government of 
the Republic of Cyprus, including a request to include additional 
categories of archaeological and ethnological material. The Committee 
will also review the proposed extension of the cultural property 
agreement with the Government of the Republic of Peru. In addition, the 
Committee will undertake a continuing review of the effectiveness of 
other cultural property agreements and emergency action currently in 
force.
    Open Session Participation: The Committee will hold an open session 
of the meeting to receive oral public comments on the proposed 
extension and amendment of the agreement with Cyprus and the proposed 
extension of the agreement with Peru on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, from 
2:00 p.m. to approximately 3:00 p.m. (EDT). The Department will provide 
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 September 28, 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 proposed extension and amendment of the 
agreement with Cyprus and/or the proposed extension of the agreement 
with Peru using the regulations.gov website (listed in the ``COMMENTS'' 
section above) not later than September 26, 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 ``Cyprus'' and/or ``Peru'' in the subject 
line. In all cases, your written comments should relate specifically to 
the determinations specified in the Act

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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 Davis,
Executive Director CPAC, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2021-19670 Filed 9-10-21; 8:45 am]
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