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Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora (CITES); Sixteenth Regular
Meeting; Tentative U.S. Negotiating
Positions for Agenda Items and
Species Proposals Submitted by
Foreign Governments and the CITES
Secretariat
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
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Notice.
We, the United States, as a
Party to the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES), will attend the
sixteenth regular meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to CITES
(CoP16) in Bangkok, Thailand, during
March 3–14, 2013. 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
CoP16.
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 CoP16
are available:
• Electronically at: http//
www.regulations.gov at Docket No.
FWS–R9–IA–2011–0087, or on our Web
site at https://www.fws.gov/international/
cites/cop16/;
• By email request to:
managementauthority@fws.gov; or
• By postal mail or in person, by
appointment, at: Division of
Management Authority, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information pertaining to resolutions,
decisions, and agenda items contact:
Robert R. Gabel, Chief, Division of
Management Authority; telephone, 703–
358–2095; email,
managementauthority@fws.gov. For
information pertaining to species
proposals contact: Dr. Rosemarie Gnam,
Chief, Division of Scientific Authority;
telephone, 703–358–1708; email,
scientificauthority@fws.gov.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Background
The Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora, referred to here 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 https://
www.cites.org/eng/app/index.php.
Currently (as of January 29, 2013), 177
countries, including the United States,
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are Parties to CITES. The Convention
calls for a meeting of the Conference of
the Parties at least once every 2 years to
review its implementation, make
provisions enabling the CITES
Secretariat to carry out its functions,
consider amendments to the lists of
species in Appendices I and II, consider
reports presented by the Secretariat, 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, and draft resolutions, decisions,
and agenda items for consideration by
all the Parties. 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 seventh in a series of
Federal Register notices on the
development of U.S. submissions and
tentative negotiating positions for
CoP16. 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 CoP16.
The ADDRESSES section, above, explains
how to obtain a copy of all of this
information. We published our first
CoP16-related Federal Register notice
on June 14, 2011 (76 FR 34746), and
with it we requested information and
recommendations on species proposals
for the United States to consider for
submission to CoP16, and we also
outlined our approach for the meeting.
We published our second CoP16-related
Federal Register notice on November 7,
2011 (76 FR 68778), and with it we
requested information and
recommendations on resolutions,
decisions, and agenda items for the
United States to consider submitting for
consideration at CoP16. We published
our third such Federal Register notice
on April 11, 2012 (77 FR 21798), and
with it we announced taxa that the
United States was considering
submitting for consideration at CoP16.
In our fourth Federal Register notice,
published on June 21, 2012 (77 FR
37433), we informed the public of
proposed resolutions, decisions, and
agenda items that we were considering
for submission for CoP16. This notice
took into account all public comments
received in response to the Federal
Register notice published on November
7, 2011. In our fifth Federal Register
notice, published on November 9, 2012
(77 FR 67390), we announced the
provisional agenda for CoP16, solicited
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comments on the items on the
provisional agenda, and announced a
public meeting for December 5, 2012. In
our sixth Federal Register notice,
published on November 28, 2012 (77 FR
71012), we announced a revised date for
the public meeting: December 13, 2012.
You may obtain information on the
above Federal Register notices from the
following sources. For information on
draft resolutions and decisions, and
agenda items, contact the Division of
Management Authority (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, above);
and for information on species
proposals, contact the Division of
Scientific Authority, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service; 4401 North Fairfax
Drive; Room 110; Arlington, VA 22203;
telephone 703–358–1708; email,
scientificauthority@fws.gov. Our
regulations governing this public
process are found in 50 CFR 23.87.
Pursuant to 50 CFR 23.87(a)(3)(iii), with
this notice we are posting on https://
www.regulations.gov (see Docket No.
FWS–R9–IA–2011–0087) and on our
Web site (https://www.fws.gov/
international/publications-and-media/
federal-register-notices.html) a summary
of our proposed negotiating positions on
the items included in the CoP16 agenda
and proposed amendments to the
Appendices, and the reasons for our
proposed positions.
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On https://www.regulations.gov (see
Docket No. FWS–R9–IA–2011–0087)
and on our Web site (https://
www.fws.gov/international/
publications-and-media/federal-registernotices.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 CoP16
can be found on the Secretariat’s Web
site at: https://www.cites.org/eng/cop/16/
doc/index.php. Those documents are:
CoP16 Doc. 40 and (co-sponsored with
Botswana and South Africa) Doc. 52.
The United States, either alone or as a
co-proponent, submitted the following
proposals to amend Appendices I and II:
CoP16 Props. 3, 28–32, 36–38, 42, 53,
and 57. 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
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Available Information on CoP16
Information concerning the results of
CoP16 will be available after the close
of the meeting on the Secretariat’s Web
site at https://www.cites.org; or upon
request from the Division of
Management Authority (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, above);
or on our Web site (https://www.fws.gov/
international/cites/cop16/).
Author
This notice was prepared by Bruce J.
Weissgold, Division of Management
Authority.
Authority
This notice is published under the
authority of the U.S. Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: February 21, 2013.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Sixteenth
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.
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SUMMARY: We, the United States, as a Party to the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES), will attend the sixteenth regular meeting of the Conference of
the Parties to CITES (CoP16) in Bangkok, Thailand, during March 3-14,
2013. 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
CoP16.
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 CoP16 are available:
Electronically at: http//www.regulations.gov at Docket No.
FWS-R9-IA-2011-0087, or on our Web site at https://www.fws.gov/international/cites/cop16/;
By email request to: managementauthority@fws.gov; or
By postal mail or in person, by appointment, at: Division
of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information pertaining to
resolutions, decisions, and agenda items contact: Robert R. Gabel,
Chief, Division of Management Authority; telephone, 703-358-2095;
email, managementauthority@fws.gov. For information pertaining to
species proposals contact: Dr. Rosemarie Gnam, Chief, Division of
Scientific Authority; telephone, 703-358-1708; email,
scientificauthority@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora, referred to here 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 https://www.cites.org/eng/app/index.php. Currently (as of
January 29, 2013), 177 countries, including the United States, are
Parties to CITES. The Convention calls for a meeting of the Conference
of the Parties at least once every 2 years to review its
implementation, make provisions enabling the CITES Secretariat to carry
out its functions, consider amendments to the lists of species in
Appendices I and II, consider reports presented by the Secretariat, 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, and draft resolutions, decisions, and agenda items for
consideration by all the Parties. 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 seventh in a series of Federal Register notices on the
development of U.S. submissions and tentative negotiating positions for
CoP16. 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 CoP16. The ADDRESSES section, above,
explains how to obtain a copy of all of this information. We published
our first CoP16-related Federal Register notice on June 14, 2011 (76 FR
34746), and with it we requested information and recommendations on
species proposals for the United States to consider for submission to
CoP16, and we also outlined our approach for the meeting. We published
our second CoP16-related Federal Register notice on November 7, 2011
(76 FR 68778), and with it we requested information and recommendations
on resolutions, decisions, and agenda items for the United States to
consider submitting for consideration at CoP16. We published our third
such Federal Register notice on April 11, 2012 (77 FR 21798), and with
it we announced taxa that the United States was considering submitting
for consideration at CoP16. In our fourth Federal Register notice,
published on June 21, 2012 (77 FR 37433), we informed the public of
proposed resolutions, decisions, and agenda items that we were
considering for submission for CoP16. This notice took into account all
public comments received in response to the Federal Register notice
published on November 7, 2011. In our fifth Federal Register notice,
published on November 9, 2012 (77 FR 67390), we announced the
provisional agenda for CoP16, solicited
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comments on the items on the provisional agenda, and announced a public
meeting for December 5, 2012. In our sixth Federal Register notice,
published on November 28, 2012 (77 FR 71012), we announced a revised
date for the public meeting: December 13, 2012.
You may obtain information on the above Federal Register notices
from the following sources. For information on draft resolutions and
decisions, and agenda items, contact the Division of Management
Authority (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, above); and for
information on species proposals, contact the Division of Scientific
Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 North Fairfax Drive;
Room 110; Arlington, VA 22203; telephone 703-358-1708; email,
scientificauthority@fws.gov. Our regulations governing this public
process are found in 50 CFR 23.87. Pursuant to 50 CFR 23.87(a)(3)(iii),
with this notice we are posting on https://www.regulations.gov (see
Docket No. FWS-R9-IA-2011-0087) and on our Web site (https://www.fws.gov/international/publications-and-media/federal-register-notices.html) a summary of our proposed negotiating positions on the
items included in the CoP16 agenda and proposed amendments to the
Appendices, and the reasons for our proposed positions.
Tentative Negotiating Positions
On https://www.regulations.gov (see Docket No. FWS-R9-IA-2011-0087)
and on our Web site (https://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 CoP16 can be found on the Secretariat's
Web site at: https://www.cites.org/eng/cop/16/doc/index.php. Those
documents are: CoP16 Doc. 40 and (co-sponsored with Botswana and South
Africa) Doc. 52. The United States, either alone or as a co-proponent,
submitted the following proposals to amend Appendices I and II: CoP16
Props. 3, 28-32, 36-38, 42, 53, and 57. 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 CoP16
Information concerning the results of CoP16 will be available after
the close of the meeting on the Secretariat's Web site at https://www.cites.org; or upon request from the Division of Management
Authority (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, above); or on our Web
site (https://www.fws.gov/international/cites/cop16/).
Author
This notice was prepared by Bruce J. Weissgold, Division of
Management Authority.
Authority
This notice is published under the authority of the U.S. Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: February 21, 2013.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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