81 FR 35809 - U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International Law: Public Meeting on Online Dispute Resolution

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 107 (June 3, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-13163

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 107 (Friday, June 3, 2016)

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9596]


U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law: Public Meeting on Online Dispute Resolution

    The Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International 
Law, Department of State, hereby gives notice that the Online Dispute 
Resolution (ODR) Study Group of the Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law (ACPIL) will hold a public meeting. The ACPIL ODR 
Study Group will meet to discuss the draft instrument entitled 
``Technical Notes on Online Dispute Resolution'' which has been 
submitted to the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) 
for consideration at its 2016 plenary session (June 27-July 15, 2016). 
This is not a meeting of the full Advisory Committee.
    At the July 2015 plenary session of UNCITRAL, the ODR Working Group 
was instructed to prepare a non-binding descriptive document reflecting 
elements of an ODR process, on which elements the Working Group had 
previously reached consensus, and excluding the question of the final 
stage of the ODR process (arbitration/nonarbitration). Report of the 
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, 48th Session (29 
June-16 July 2015), A/70/17, para. 352. The Working Group based its 
deliberations on a proposal for Technical Notes on Online Dispute 
Resolution submitted by Colombia and the United States. A/CN.9/WG.III/
XXXII/CRP.3. The proposal by Colombia and the United States, as well as 
the reports of the Working Group are available at the following link: 
http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/commission/working__groups/3Online_Dispute_Resolution.html. The draft Technical Notes on Online 
Dispute Resolution are available at http://undocs.org/A/CN.9/888.
    Time and Place: The meeting of the ACPIL ODR Study Group will take 
place on Thursday June 16 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon EST at 2430 E Street 
NW., South Building (SA 4S) State Department Annex 4A (Navy Hill), Room 
356. Participants should arrive at Navy Hill before 9:45 a.m. for 
visitor screening. Participants will be met at the Navy Hill gate at 
23rd and D Streets NW., for visitor screening and will be escorted to 
the South Building. Persons arriving later will need to make 
arrangements for entry using the contact information provided below. If 
you are unable to attend the public meeting and would like to 
participate from a remote location, teleconferencing will be available.
    Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public, subject 
to the capacity of the meeting room. Access to the building is strictly 
controlled. For pre-clearance purposes, those planning to attend should 
email [email protected] providing full name, address, date of birth, 
citizenship, driver's license or passport number, and email address. 
This information will greatly facilitate entry into the building. A 
member of the public needing reasonable accommodation should email 
[email protected] not later than June 10th. Requests made after that date 
will be considered, but might not be able to be fulfilled. If you would 
like to participate by telephone, please email [email protected] to obtain 
the call-in number and other information.
    Data from the public is requested pursuant to Public Law 99-399 
(Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as 
amended; Public Law 107-56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and E.O. 13356. The 
purpose of the collection is to validate the identity of individuals 
who enter Department facilities.
    The data will be entered into the Visitor Access Control System 
(VACS-D) database. Please see the Security Records System of Records 
Notice (State-36) at https://foia.state.gov/_docs/SORN/State-36.pdf for 
additional information.

    Dated: May 25, 2016.
Michael J. Dennis,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Office of the 
Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State.
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inviting the public to submit written Group are available at the following Dated: May 25, 2016.
comments to the Committee. This link: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/ Michael J. Dennis,
Sunshine Act notice is being issued commission/working__groups/3Online_ Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private
because a quorum of the Commission Dispute_Resolution.html. The draft International Law, Office of the Legal Adviser,
may attend the meeting. Technical Notes on Online Dispute U.S. Department of State.
The agenda for the meeting includes: Resolution are available at http:// [FR Doc. 2016–13163 Filed 6–2–16; 8:45 am]
A discussion of Market Structure undocs.org/A/CN.9/888. BILLING CODE 7410–08–P
subcommittee recommendations to
enhance information for bond market Time and Place: The meeting of the
investors; and a discussion regarding ACPIL ODR Study Group will take place
on Thursday June 16 from 10 a.m. to 12 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
the Commission’s concept release on
business and financial disclosure noon EST at 2430 E Street NW., South [Docket No. FD 36002]
required by Regulation S–K (which may Building (SA 4S) State Department
include a recommendation of the Annex 4A (Navy Hill), Room 356. WRL, LLC—Modified Rail Certificate of
Investor as Owner subcommittee). Participants should arrive at Navy Hill Public Convenience and Necessity—
before 9:45 a.m. for visitor screening. Adams and Grant Counties, Wash.
For further information, please contact the
Office of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. Participants will be met at the Navy Hill WRL, LLC (WRL), a noncarrier, filed
Dated: May 31, 2016. gate at 23rd and D Streets NW., for a notice for a modified certificate of
Brent J. Fields, visitor screening and will be escorted to public convenience and necessity under
Secretary. the South Building. Persons arriving 49 CFR Part 1150 subpart C—Modified
[FR Doc. 2016–13213 Filed 6–1–16; 11:15 am] later will need to make arrangements for Certificate of Public Convenience and
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
entry using the contact information Necessity, to lease and operate a line of
provided below. If you are unable to railroad (the Line) owned by the Port of
attend the public meeting and would Royal Slope (Port), a Washington State
DEPARTMENT OF STATE like to participate from a remote municipal corporation. The total
location, teleconferencing will be distance of the Line is approximately 26
[Public Notice 9596] available. miles: (1) Originating at milepost
1989.06, near Othello, Adams County,
U.S. Department of State Advisory Public Participation: This meeting is
Wash., and continuing west for 20.44
Committee on Private International open to the public, subject to the
miles to milepost 2009, at Royal City
Law: Public Meeting on Online Dispute capacity of the meeting room. Access to
Junction, Grant County, Wash.; and then
Resolution the building is strictly controlled. For (2) proceeding north a distance of 5.2
pre-clearance purposes, those planning miles, terminating at an industrial
The Office of the Assistant Legal
to attend should email pil@state.gov siding at milepost 5.2 near Royal City,
Adviser for Private International Law,
Department of State, hereby gives notice providing full name, address, date of Grant County, Wash.1
that the Online Dispute Resolution birth, citizenship, driver’s license or WRL states that the Line was
(ODR) Study Group of the Advisory passport number, and email address. authorized for abandonment by a
Committee on Private International Law This information will greatly facilitate decision of the Interstate Commerce
(ACPIL) will hold a public meeting. The entry into the building. A member of the Commission in Docket No. AB 7 (Sub-
ACPIL ODR Study Group will meet to public needing reasonable No. 86) served on January 30, 1980,
discuss the draft instrument entitled accommodation should email pil@ though the abandonment of the Line
‘‘Technical Notes on Online Dispute state.gov not later than June 10th. was never consummated. WRL states
Resolution’’ which has been submitted Requests made after that date will be that the Line was acquired by the Port
to the UN Commission on International considered, but might not be able to be in 1982, ‘‘came under the control’’ of
Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for fulfilled. If you would like to participate Sunfresh, Inc., in 1992,2 was purchased
consideration at its 2016 plenary session by telephone, please email pil@state.gov by the Washington State Department of
(June 27-July 15, 2016). This is not a to obtain the call-in number and other Transportation in 1993, and was
meeting of the full Advisory Committee. information. reacquired by the Port in 2015.
At the July 2015 plenary session of Pursuant to an Operating Lease
Data from the public is requested
UNCITRAL, the ODR Working Group Agreement, WRL, as lessee, and the
pursuant to Public Law 99–399 Port, as owner, have agreed that WRL
was instructed to prepare a non-binding
descriptive document reflecting (Omnibus Diplomatic Security and will commence freight rail operation
elements of an ODR process, on which Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as amended; upon this exemption taking effect on or
elements the Working Group had Public Law 107–56 (USA PATRIOT after June 5, 2016, for an initial term of
previously reached consensus, and Act); and E.O. 13356. The purpose of five years, which may be extended upon
excluding the question of the final stage the collection is to validate the identity the agreement of both parties for
of the ODR process (arbitration/ of individuals who enter Department additional five-year terms. WRL states
nonarbitration). Report of the United facilities. that the Line’s only interline connection
Nations Commission on International The data will be entered into the
Trade Law, 48th Session (29 June–16 Visitor Access Control System (VACS–
1 This proceeding is related to Paul Didelius—

July 2015), A/70/17, para. 352. The Continuance in Control Exemption—WRL, LLC,
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D) database. Please see the Security Docket No. FD 36003, in which Paul Didelius filed
Working Group based its deliberations Records System of Records Notice an exemption to continue in control of WRL upon
on a proposal for Technical Notes on (State-36) at https://foia.state.gov/_docs/ WRL’s becoming a Class III rail carrier. Notice of
Online Dispute Resolution submitted by SORN/State-36.pdf for additional the continuance in control exemption was served
Colombia and the United States. A/ and published in the Federal Register on May 20,
information. 2016 (81 FR 32,004).
CN.9/WG.III/XXXII/CRP.3. The proposal 2 According to WRL, Sunfresh, Inc., was the
by Colombia and the United States, as guarantor of a Federal Railroad Administration loan
well as the reports of the Working upon which the Port defaulted in 1992.

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