81 FR 52943 - Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 154 (August 10, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52943-52944]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19018]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9654]


Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

    There will be a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee 
(``the Committee'') October 25-27, 2016, at the United States 
Department of State, Harry S. Truman Building, 2201 C Street NW. 
(Marshall Center), and State Annex 5, 2200 C Street NW., Washington, 
DC. The Committee's responsibilities are

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carried out in accordance with provisions of the Convention on Cultural 
Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) (``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).
    During the closed portion of the meeting, the Committee will review 
the proposal to extend the Memorandum of Understanding between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Republic of Peru Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on 
Archaeological Material from the Prehispanic Cultures and Certain 
Ethnological Material from the Colonial Period of Peru (``Peru MOU''), 
Docket No. DOS-2016-0053. Also, during the closed portion of the 
meeting, the Committee will review the proposal to extend the 
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus Concerning the 
Imposition of Import Restrictions on Pre-Classical and Classical 
Archaeological Objects and Byzantine and Post Byzantine Period 
Ecclesiastical and Ritual Ethnological Materials (``Cyprus MOU''), 
Docket No. DOS-2016-0054.
    An open portion of the meeting to receive oral public comments on 
the proposals to extend the Peru MOU and the Cyprus MOU will be held on 
Tuesday, October 25, 2016, beginning at 9:15 a.m. EDT. The text of the 
Act and the MOUs, as well as related information, may be found at 
http://culturalheritage.state.gov.
    If you wish to attend the open portion of the meeting of the 
Committee on October 25, 2016, registration is required. Please notify 
the Cultural Heritage Center of the U.S. Department of State at (202) 
632-6301 no later than 5:00 p.m. (EDT) September 30, 2016 to arrange 
for admission. Seating is limited. When calling, please request 
reasonable accommodation if needed. The open portion will be held at 
the U.S. Department of State, Harry S. Truman Building, 2201 C St. NW., 
Room 1499 in the Marshall Center, Washington, DC 20037. Please enter 
using the 21st Street entrance, and plan to present a valid photo ID 
and arrive 30 minutes before the beginning of the open session.
    Personal information regarding attendees is requested pursuant to 
the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as 
amended (Pub. L. 99-399), the USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L.107-56), and 
Executive Order 13356. The purpose of this collection is to validate 
the identity of individuals who enter U.S. Department of State 
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.
    If you wish to make an oral presentation at the open portion of the 
meeting, you must request to be scheduled by the above-mentioned date 
and time, and you must submit a written summary of your oral 
presentation, ensuring that it is received no later than September 30, 
2016, at 11:59 p.m. (EDT), via the eRulemaking Portal (see below), to 
allow time for distribution to members of the Committee prior to the 
meeting. Oral comments will be limited to five (5) minutes to allow 
time for questions from members of the Committee. All oral comments 
must relate specifically to matters referred to in 19 U.S.C. 
2602(a)(1), with respect to which the Committee makes its findings and 
recommendations.
    If you do not wish to make oral comments but still wish to make 
your views known, you may submit written comments for the Committee to 
consider. Your written comments should relate specifically to the 
matters referred to in 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1). Please submit written 
comments electronically through the eRulemaking Portal (see below), 
ensuring that they are received no later than September 30, 2016, at 
11:59 p.m. (EDT). Our adoption of this procedure facilitates public 
participation; implements Section 206 of the E-Government Act of 2002, 
Pub. L. 107-347, 116 Stat. 2915; and supports the Department of State's 
``Greening Diplomacy'' initiative that aims to reduce the State 
Department's environmental footprint and reduce costs. The Department 
requests that any party soliciting or aggregating written comments 
received from other persons for submission to the Department 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.
    Please submit written comments or a written summary of your oral 
presentation only once using one of these methods:
     Electronic Delivery. To submit written comments 
electronically, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov), enter either Docket No. DOS-2016-0053 for Peru or 
Docket No. DOS-2016-0054 for Cyprus, and follow the prompts to submit 
comments. Written comments submitted in electronic form are not 
private. They will be posted at http://www.regulations.gov. Because 
written comments cannot be edited to remove any personally identifying 
or contact information, the U.S. Department of State cautions against 
including any information in an electronic submission that one does not 
want publicly disclosed (including trade secrets and commercial or 
financial information that are privileged or confidential within the 
meaning of 19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1)). Written comments submitted by fax or 
email are not accepted.
     Regular Mail or Delivery. If you wish to submit 
information that you believe to be privileged or confidential within 
the meaning of 19 U.S.C. 2605(i)(1), you may do so via regular mail, 
commercial delivery, or personal hand delivery to the following 
address: Cultural Heritage Center (ECA/P/C), SA-5, Floor C2, U.S. 
Department of State, 2200 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20522-05C2. Only 
written comments containing information that you believe to be 
privileged or confidential will be accepted via regular mail or 
delivery. Such comments must be received by September 30, 2016.
    For further information, contact Isabella Strohmeyer, Program 
Coordinator, at 202-632-6198.

    Dated: July 27, 2016.
Evan Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-19018 Filed 8-9-16; 8:45 am]
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