[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66483-66484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18237]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice:12492]
Cultural Property Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
SUMMARY: The Department of State announces the location, dates, times,
and agenda for the next meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory
Committee (``the Committee'').
DATES: The Committee will meet from September 24-25, 2024, from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EDT)
ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at 2200 C Street NW, Washington, DC
20520. The public will participate via videoconference.
Participation: The public may participate in, or observe, the
virtual open session on September 24, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(EDT). More information below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Davis, Cultural Heritage
Center, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs: (771) 204-4765;
([email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary of State for
Educational and Cultural Affairs calls a meeting of the Cultural
Property Advisory Committee (``the Committee'') in accordance with the
Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601-
2613) (``the Act''). 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 of
the agreement with the Government of the Republic of El Salvador, a
request from the Government of the Republic of Lebanon seeking import
restrictions on archaeological and ethnological materials, and a
request from the Government of Mongolia seeking import restrictions on
archaeological and ethnological materials.
The Open Session: The public can observe the virtual open session
on September 24, 2024. Registered participants may provide oral
comments for up to a maximum of five (5) minutes each. The Department
provides specific instructions on how to observe or provide oral
comments at the open session at https://eca.state.gov/cultural-property-advisory-committee-meeting-Sept-24-26-2-24.
Oral Comments: Register to speak at the open session by sending an
email with your name and organizational affiliation, as well as any
requests for reasonable accommodation, by September 16, 2024. Written
comments are not required to make an oral comment during the open
session.
Written Comments: The Committee will review written comments if
received by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on September 16, 2024. Written comments
may be submitted in two ways, depending on whether they contain
confidential information:
[ssquf] General Comments: For general comments, use https://www.regulations.gov, enter the docket [DOS-2024-0028], and follow the
prompts.
[ssquf] Confidential 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
``El Salvador,'' ``Lebanon,'' and/or ``Mongolia'' in the subject line.
[ssquf] Disclaimer: The Cultural Heritage Center website contains
additional information about each agenda item, including categories of
archaeological and ethnological material that may be included in import
restrictions: https://eca.state.gov/cultural-property-advisory-committee-meeting-Sept-24-26-2-24. 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 https://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
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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 Lehmann,
Executive Director, Cultural Property Advisory Committee, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-18237 Filed 8-14-24; 8:45 am]
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