[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64412-64413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17427]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE167]


International Whaling Commission; 69th Meeting; Announcement of 
Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the date, time, and access information 
of the public meeting being held, in a virtual format, prior to the 
69th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The meeting 
is open to U.S. citizens only.

DATES: The public meeting will be held August 26, 2024, at 3 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in a virtual/online format. 
Attendees must register in advance to attend the public meeting at the 
following link: https://noaanmfs-meets.webex.com/weblink/register/r938f01ef8632b12ac92ef60c5ba811f2.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Madison Harris, 
[email protected] or (301) 427-8371.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of Commerce is responsible for 
implementing the domestic obligations of the United States under the 
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946. The U.S. 
IWC Commissioner has responsibility for the preparation and negotiation 
of U.S. positions on international issues concerning whaling and for 
all matters involving the IWC. The U.S. IWC Commissioner is staffed by 
the Department of Commerce and assisted by the Department of State, the 
Marine Mammal Commission, and other U.S. Government agencies.
    The IWC will hold its 69th meeting in Lima, Peru on September 23-
27, 2024. Additional information about the IWC meeting, including a 
draft agenda for the meeting, is posted on the IWC Secretariat's 
website at https://iwc.int/events-and-workshops/iwc69-2024.
    NOAA will hold a public meeting on August 26, 2024, to discuss the 
tentative U.S. positions for the September 2024 IWC meeting. Any U.S. 
citizen with an identifiable interest in U.S. whale conservation and 
management policy may participate, but NOAA reserves the authority to 
inquire about the interests of any person who appears at the meeting 
and determine the

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appropriateness of that person's participation. In particular, persons 
who represent foreign interests may not attend. Persons deemed by NOAA 
to be ineligible to attend will be asked to leave the meeting. These 
measures are necessary to limit statements to those conveying U.S. 
interests.
    The August 26 meeting will be held at 3 p.m. EDT in a virtual 
format. Meeting access and conferencing platform information will be 
sent to those who register. To participate, interested persons must 
register in advance via the following link: https://noaanmfsmeets.webex.com/weblink/register/r938f01ef8632b12ac92ef60c5ba811f.

Special Accommodations

    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Madison Harris, [email protected] or (301) 
427-8371, by August 12, 2024.

    Dated: August 2, 2024.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-17427 Filed 8-6-24; 8:45 am]
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