81 FR 65667 - Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Seventeenth Regular Meeting; Tentative U.S. Negotiating Positions for Agenda Items and Species Proposals Submitted by Foreign Governments and the CITES Secretariat
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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 185 (September 23, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 65667-65668] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-23008] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2014-0018; 96300-1671-0000-R4] Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Seventeenth Regular Meeting; Tentative U.S. Negotiating Positions for Agenda Items and Species Proposals Submitted by Foreign Governments and the CITES Secretariat AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The United States, as a Party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), will attend the seventeenth regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP17) in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 24 to October 5, 2016. This notice announces the availability of tentative U.S. negotiating positions on amendments to the CITES Appendices (species proposals), draft resolutions and decisions, and agenda items submitted by other countries and the CITES Secretariat for consideration at CoP17. ADDRESSES: Copies of tentative U.S. negotiating positions on amendments to the CITES Appendices (species proposals), draft resolutions and decisions, and agenda items submitted by other countries and the CITES Secretariat for consideration at CoP17 are available:Electronically at: http://www.regulations.gov in Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2014-0018, or on our Web site at http://www.fws.gov/international/cites/cop17; By email request to: [email protected]; or By postal mail or in person, by appointment, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, at: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, Division of Management Authority, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; telephone 703-358-2095. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information pertaining to resolutions, decisions, and other agenda items, contact Craig Hoover, Chief, Division of Management Authority; telephone: 703-358-2095; email: [email protected]; facsimile: 703-358-2298. For information pertaining to species proposals, contact Rosemarie Gnam, Chief, Division of Scientific Authority; telephone: 703-358-1708; email: [email protected]; facsimile: 703-358-2276. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, hereinafter referred to as CITES or the Convention, is an international treaty designed to control and regulate international trade in certain animal and plant species that are now or potentially may become threatened with extinction. These species are listed in Appendices to CITES, which are available on the CITES Secretariat's Web site at http://www.cites.org/eng/app/index.php. Currently 182 countries and the European Union have ratified, accepted, approved, or acceded to CITES; these 183 entities are known as Parties. The Convention calls for regular biennial meetings of the Conference of the Parties, unless the Conference of the Parties decides otherwise. At these meetings, the Parties review the implementation of CITES, make provisions enabling the CITES Secretariat in Switzerland to carry out its functions, consider amendments to the lists of species in Appendices I and II, consider reports presented by the Secretariat and the permanent CITES committees (Standing, Animals, and Plants Committees), and make recommendations for the improved effectiveness of CITES. Any country that is a Party to CITES may propose amendments to Appendices I and II, resolutions, decisions, and other agenda items for consideration by all of the Parties at the meetings. Accredited nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) may participate in the meeting as approved observers and may speak during sessions when recognized by the meeting Chairman, but they may not vote or submit proposals. This is our sixth in a series of Federal Register notices on the development of U.S. submissions and tentative negotiating positions for CoP17. In this notice, we announce the availability of tentative U.S. negotiating positions on species proposals, draft resolutions and decisions, and agenda items submitted by other Parties and the Secretariat for consideration at CoP17. The ADDRESSES section, above, explains how to obtain a copy of all of this information. We published our first CoP17-related Federal Register notice on June 27, 2014 (79 FR 36550), in which we requested information and recommendations on species proposals for the United States to consider submitting for consideration at CoP17. In that notice, we also described the U.S. approach to preparations for CoP17. We published our second such Federal Register notice on May 11, 2015 (80 FR 26948), in which we requested information and recommendations on proposed resolutions, decisions, and other agenda items for the United States to consider submitting for consideration at CoP17, and provided preliminary information on how to request approved observer status for nongovernmental organizations that wish to attend the meeting. In our third CoP17-related Federal Register notice, published on August 26, 2015 (80 FR 51830), we requested public comments and information on species proposals that the United States is considering submitting for consideration at CoP17, and in our fourth such notice, published on December 4, 2015 (80 FR 75873), we requested public comments and information on proposed resolutions, decisions, and other agenda items that the United States was considering submitting for consideration at CoP17, and provided more information on how to request approved observer status for nongovernmental organizations that wish to attend the meeting. In our fifth Federal Register notice, published on June 23, 2016 (81 FR 40900), we announced the provisional agenda for CoP17, solicited comments on the items on the provisional agenda, and announced a public meeting for July 19, 2016. A link to the complete list of those Federal Register notices, along with [[Page 65668]] information on U.S. preparations for CoP17, can be found at http://www.fws.gov/international/cites/cop17. The notices and public comments received can be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov in Docket No. FWS- HQ-IA-2014-0018. You may obtain additional information on those Federal Register notices from the following sources: For information on proposed resolutions, decisions, and other agenda items, contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS-IA, Falls Church, VA 22041; and for information on species proposals, contact the Division of Scientific Authority, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS-IA, Falls Church, VA 22041. Our regulations governing this public process are found in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 23.87. Pursuant to 50 CFR 23.87(a)(3)(iii), with this notice we are posting on http://www.regulations.gov (see Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA- 2014-0018) and on our Web site (http://www.fws.gov/international/publications-and-media/federal-register-notices.html) a summary of our proposed negotiating positions on the items included in the CoP17 agenda and proposed amendments to the Appendices, and the reasons for our proposed positions. Announcement of Provisional Agenda for CoP17 The provisional agenda for CoP17 is currently available on the CITES Secretariat's Web site at http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/17/doc/index.php. The working documents associated with the items on the provisional agenda, including proposed resolutions, proposed decisions, and discussion documents, are also available on the Secretariat's Web site. To view the working document associated with a particular agenda item, access the provisional agenda at the above Web site, locate the particular agenda item, and click on the document link for that agenda item in the column entitled ``Document.'' Finally, the species proposals that will be considered at CoP17 are also available on the Secretariat's Web site. Proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II can be accessed at the web address given above. Tentative Negotiating Positions On http://www.regulations.gov (see Docket No. FWS-R9-IA-2014-0018) and on our Web site (http://www.fws.gov/international/publications-and-media/federal-register-notices.html), we summarize the tentative U.S. negotiating positions on proposals to amend the Appendices (species proposals), draft resolutions and decisions, and agenda items that have been submitted by other countries and the CITES Secretariat. Documents submitted by the United States either alone or as a co-proponent for consideration by the Parties at CoP17 can be found on the Secretariat's Web site at: http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/17/doc/index.php. Those documents are: CoP17 Docs. 18.1, 27, 40, and 52, and (co-sponsored with South Africa) Doc. 20. The United States, either alone or as a co- proponent, submitted the following proposals to amend Appendices I and II: CoP17 Props. 9-12, 19, 27, 36, 44, 48, 52, 60, and 62. We will not provide any additional explanation of the U.S. negotiating positions for documents and proposals that the United States submitted. The introduction in the text of each of the documents the United States submitted contains a discussion of the background of the issue and the rationale for submitting the document. Available Information on CoP17 Information concerning the results of CoP17 will be available after the close of the meeting on the Secretariat's Web site at http://www.cites.org, or upon request from the Division of Management Authority (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, above), or on our Web site (http://www.fws.gov/international/cites/cop17). Author The primary author of this notice is Clifton A. Horton, Division of Management Authority. Authority This notice is issued under the authority of the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Dated: September 15, 2016. Stephen Guertin, Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2016-23008 Filed 9-22-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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personal physical safety • By email request to: during sessions when recognized by the
Reasons: Extensive deterioration managementauthority@fws.gov; or meeting Chairman, but they may not
Colorado • By postal mail or in person, by vote or submit proposals.
appointment, between 8 a.m. and 4 This is our sixth in a series of Federal
59 Acre Portion of the Denver
Federal Center; Intersection of p.m., Monday through Friday, except Register notices on the development of
Union Blvd. & W. 4th Ave. Federal holidays, at: U.S. Fish and U.S. submissions and tentative
Lakewood CO 80225 Wildlife Service Headquarters, Division negotiating positions for CoP17. In this
Landholding Agency: GSA of Management Authority, 5275 notice, we announce the availability of
Property Number: 54201630010 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– tentative U.S. negotiating positions on
Status: Surplus 3803; telephone 703–358–2095. species proposals, draft resolutions and
GSA Number: 7–G–CO–0441–21–AJ decisions, and agenda items submitted
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Comments: hazardous constituents at by other Parties and the Secretariat for
concentrations exceeding residential/ information pertaining to resolutions,
decisions, and other agenda items, consideration at CoP17. The ADDRESSES
unrestricted use levels; clear threat to section, above, explains how to obtain a
personal physical safety contact Craig Hoover, Chief, Division of
Reasons: Contamination Management Authority; telephone: 703– copy of all of this information.
We published our first CoP17-related
[FR Doc. 2016–22584 Filed 9–22–16; 8:45 am] 358–2095; email:
Federal Register notice on June 27, 2014
managementauthority@fws.gov;
BILLING CODE 4210–67–P (79 FR 36550), in which we requested
facsimile: 703–358–2298. For
information and recommendations on
information pertaining to species
species proposals for the United States
proposals, contact Rosemarie Gnam,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR to consider submitting for consideration
Chief, Division of Scientific Authority;
at CoP17. In that notice, we also
Fish and Wildlife Service telephone: 703–358–1708; email: described the U.S. approach to
scientificauthority@fws.gov; facsimile: preparations for CoP17. We published
[Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2014–0018; 703–358–2276.
96300–1671–0000–R4] our second such Federal Register notice
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: on May 11, 2015 (80 FR 26948), in
Conference of the Parties to the Background which we requested information and
Convention on International Trade in recommendations on proposed
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna The Convention on International resolutions, decisions, and other agenda
and Flora (CITES); Seventeenth Trade in Endangered Species of Wild items for the United States to consider
Regular Meeting; Tentative U.S. Fauna and Flora, hereinafter referred to submitting for consideration at CoP17,
Negotiating Positions for Agenda as CITES or the Convention, is an and provided preliminary information
Items and Species Proposals international treaty designed to control on how to request approved observer
Submitted by Foreign Governments and regulate international trade in status for nongovernmental
and the CITES Secretariat certain animal and plant species that are organizations that wish to attend the
now or potentially may become meeting. In our third CoP17-related
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, threatened with extinction. These Federal Register notice, published on
Interior. species are listed in Appendices to August 26, 2015 (80 FR 51830), we
ACTION: Notice. CITES, which are available on the requested public comments and
CITES Secretariat’s Web site at http:// information on species proposals that
SUMMARY: The United States, as a Party www.cites.org/eng/app/index.php. the United States is considering
to the Convention on International Currently 182 countries and the submitting for consideration at CoP17,
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild European Union have ratified, accepted, and in our fourth such notice, published
Fauna and Flora (CITES), will attend the approved, or acceded to CITES; these on December 4, 2015 (80 FR 75873), we
seventeenth regular meeting of the 183 entities are known as Parties. The requested public comments and
Conference of the Parties to CITES Convention calls for regular biennial information on proposed resolutions,
(CoP17) in Johannesburg, South Africa, meetings of the Conference of the decisions, and other agenda items that
September 24 to October 5, 2016. This Parties, unless the Conference of the the United States was considering
notice announces the availability of Parties decides otherwise. At these submitting for consideration at CoP17,
tentative U.S. negotiating positions on meetings, the Parties review the and provided more information on how
amendments to the CITES Appendices implementation of CITES, make to request approved observer status for
(species proposals), draft resolutions provisions enabling the CITES nongovernmental organizations that
and decisions, and agenda items Secretariat in Switzerland to carry out wish to attend the meeting. In our fifth
submitted by other countries and the its functions, consider amendments to Federal Register notice, published on
CITES Secretariat for consideration at the lists of species in Appendices I and
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June 23, 2016 (81 FR 40900), we
CoP17. II, consider reports presented by the announced the provisional agenda for
ADDRESSES: Copies of tentative U.S. Secretariat and the permanent CITES CoP17, solicited comments on the items
negotiating positions on amendments to committees (Standing, Animals, and on the provisional agenda, and
the CITES Appendices (species Plants Committees), and make announced a public meeting for July 19,
proposals), draft resolutions and recommendations for the improved 2016.
decisions, and agenda items submitted effectiveness of CITES. Any country that A link to the complete list of those
by other countries and the CITES is a Party to CITES may propose Federal Register notices, along with
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information on U.S. preparations for proposals to amend the Appendices SUMMARY: In accordance with the
CoP17, can be found at http:// (species proposals), draft resolutions Federal Land Policy and Management
www.fws.gov/international/cites/cop17. and decisions, and agenda items that Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
The notices and public comments have been submitted by other countries Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
received can be viewed at http:// and the CITES Secretariat. Documents Department of the Interior, Bureau of
www.regulations.gov in Docket No. submitted by the United States either Land Management (BLM) Western
FWS–HQ–IA–2014–0018. You may alone or as a co-proponent for Montana Resource Advisory Council
obtain additional information on those consideration by the Parties at CoP17 (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
Federal Register notices from the can be found on the Secretariat’s Web
following sources: For information on site at: http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/17/ DATES: The Western Montana Resource
proposed resolutions, decisions, and doc/index.php. Those documents are: Advisory Council meeting will be held
other agenda items, contact the U.S. CoP17 Docs. 18.1, 27, 40, and 52, and October 13–14, 2016 in Missoula,
Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of (co-sponsored with South Africa) Doc. Montana. The October 13 meeting will
Management Authority, 5275 Leesburg 20. The United States, either alone or as begin at 9:00 a.m. in the Missoula Field
Pike, MS–IA, Falls Church, VA 22041; a co-proponent, submitted the following Office conference room, with a 30-
and for information on species proposals to amend Appendices I and II: minute public comment period starting
proposals, contact the Division of CoP17 Props. 9–12, 19, 27, 36, 44, 48, at 11:30 a.m., and will adjourn at 3:00
Scientific Authority, 5275 Leesburg 52, 60, and 62. We will not provide any p.m. The second day of the meeting,
Pike, MS–IA, Falls Church, VA 22041. additional explanation of the U.S. October 14, will consist of a field trip
Our regulations governing this public negotiating positions for documents and to various points of interest within the
process are found in the Code of Federal proposals that the United States Missoula Field Office’s jurisdiction.
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 23.87. submitted. The introduction in the text
Pursuant to 50 CFR 23.87(a)(3)(iii), with of each of the documents the United ADDRESSES: BLM’s Missoula Field
this notice we are posting on http:// States submitted contains a discussion Office, 3255 Fort Missoula Road,
www.regulations.gov (see Docket No. of the background of the issue and the Missoula, MT.
FWS–HQ–IA–2014–0018) and on our rationale for submitting the document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Web site (http://www.fws.gov/
international/publications-and-media/ Available Information on CoP17 David Abrams, Western Montana
federal-register-notices.html) a summary Resource Advisory Council Coordinator,
Information concerning the results of
of our proposed negotiating positions on CoP17 will be available after the close Butte Field Office, 106 North Parkmont,
the items included in the CoP17 agenda of the meeting on the Secretariat’s Web Butte, MT 59701, 406–533–7617,
and proposed amendments to the site at http://www.cites.org, or upon dabrams@blm.gov. Persons who use a
Appendices, and the reasons for our request from the Division of telecommunications device for the deaf
proposed positions. Management Authority (see FOR (TDD) may call the Federal Information
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, above), Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
Announcement of Provisional Agenda
for CoP17 or on our Web site (http://www.fws.gov/ to contact the above individual during
international/cites/cop17). normal business hours. The FIRS is
The provisional agenda for CoP17 is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
currently available on the CITES Author to leave a message or question with the
Secretariat’s Web site at http:// The primary author of this notice is above individual. You will receive a
www.cites.org/eng/cop/17/doc/ Clifton A. Horton, Division of reply during normal business hours.
index.php. The working documents Management Authority.
associated with the items on the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15-
provisional agenda, including proposed Authority member council advises the Secretary of
resolutions, proposed decisions, and This notice is issued under the the Interior through the BLM on a
discussion documents, are also available authority of the U.S. Endangered variety of management issues associated
on the Secretariat’s Web site. To view Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 with public land management in
the working document associated with a U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Montana. During this meeting the
particular agenda item, access the council will discuss several topics,
provisional agenda at the above Web Dated: September 15, 2016.
Stephen Guertin, including updates from the BLM’s
site, locate the particular agenda item, Butte, Missoula and Dillon field offices.
and click on the document link for that Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
All RAC meetings are open to the
agenda item in the column entitled [FR Doc. 2016–23008 Filed 9–22–16; 8:45 am]
public. The public may present written
‘‘Document.’’ Finally, the species BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
comments to the RAC. Each formal RAC
proposals that will be considered at
meeting will also have time allocated for
CoP17 are also available on the
Secretariat’s Web site. Proposals for DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR hearing public comments. Depending on
amendment of Appendices I and II can the number of persons wishing to
be accessed at the web address given Bureau of Land Management comment and time available, the time
above. for individual oral comments may be
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Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2.
On http://www.regulations.gov (see
Docket No. FWS–R9–IA–2014–0018) Notice of Public Meeting; Western Richard M. Hotaling,
and on our Web site (http:// Montana Resource Advisory Council District Manager, Western Montana District.
www.fws.gov/international/ AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, [FR Doc. 2016–22840 Filed 9–22–16; 8:45 am]
publications-and-media/federal-register- Interior. BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P
notices.html), we summarize the
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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| Contact | For information pertaining to resolutions, decisions, and other agenda items, contact Craig Hoover, Chief, Division of Management Authority; telephone: 703-358-2095; email: [email protected]; facsimile: 703-358-2298. For information pertaining to species proposals, contact Rosemarie Gnam, Chief, Division of Scientific Authority; telephone: 703-358-1708; email: [email protected]; facsimile: 703-358-2276. | |
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