Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee, 59081-59082 [2013-23373]

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59081-59082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23373]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8480; Docket No. DOS-2013-0020]


Notice of Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

    There will be a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee 
October 30 to November 1, 2013 at the U.S. Department of State, Annex 
5, 2200 C Street NW., Washington, DC Portions of this meeting will be 
closed to the public, as discussed below.
    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 Honduras Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions 
on Archaeological Material from the Pre-Columbian Cultures of Honduras 
(``MOU'') [Docket No. DOS-2013-0020]. Additionally, the Government of 
Honduras has asked that the MOU be amended to include material 
representing the Colonial and Republican periods of its cultural 
heritage. An open session to receive oral public comment on the 
proposal to extend and amend the MOU with Honduras will be held on 
Wednesday, October 30, 2013, beginning at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
    Also, during the closed portion of the meeting, the Committee will 
conduct an interim review of the Memorandum of Understanding Between 
the Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
the Republic of El Salvador Concerning the Imposition of Import 
Restrictions on Certain Categories of Archaeological Material from the 
Pre-Hispanic Cultures of the Republic of El Salvador. Public comment, 
oral and written, will be invited at a time in the future should this 
Memorandum of Understanding be proposed for extension.
    The Committee's responsibilities are carried out in accordance with 
provisions of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act 
(19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.; ``Act''). The text of the Act and MOUs, as 
well as related information, may be found at https://eca.state.gov/cultural-heritage-center. If you wish to attend the open session on 
October 30, 2013, you should notify the Cultural Heritage Center of the 
Department of State at (202) 632-6301 no later than 5:00 p.m. (EDT) 
October 17, 2013, to arrange for admission. Seating is limited. When 
calling, please specify if you need reasonable accommodation. The open 
session will be held at 2200 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20037. Please 
plan to arrive 15 minutes before the beginning of the open session.
    If you wish to make an oral presentation at the open session you 
must request to be scheduled by the above-mentioned date and time, and 
you must submit written comments, ensuring that they are received no 
later than October 17, 2013, at11:59 p.m. (EDT), via the eRulemaking 
Portal (see below), to allow time for distribution to Committee members 
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 and 
written comments must relate specifically to the determinations under 
19 U.S.C. 2602 of the Act, pursuant to which the Committee must make 
findings. This statute can be found at the Web site noted above.
    If you do not wish to make oral comment but still wish to make your 
views known, you may send written comments for the Committee to 
consider. Again, your comments must relate specifically to the 
determinations under 19 U.S.C. 2602 of the Act. Submit all written 
materials electronically through the eRulemaking Portal (see below), 
ensuring that they are received no later than October 17, 2013 at 11:59 
p.m. (EDT). Our adoption of this procedure facilitates public 
participation, implements Sec.  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 which aims to reduce the State 
Department's environmental footprint and reduce costs.
    Please submit comments only once using one of these methods:
     Electronic Delivery. To submit comments electronically, go 
to the Federal eRulemaking Portal (https://www.regulations.gov), enter 
the Docket No. DOS-2013-0020, and follow the prompts to submit a 
comment. Comments submitted in electronic form are not private. They 
will be posted on the site https://www.regulations.gov. Because the 
comments cannot be edited to remove any identifying or contact 
information, the 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 is privileged or confidential pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 
2605(i)(1)).
     Regular Mail or Delivery. If you wish to submit 
information that you believe to be privileged or confidential, and 
submitted in confidence pursuant to 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, Fifth 
Floor, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC 20522-0505. Only 
comments that you believe to be privileged or confidential will be 
accepted via those methods. Comments must be postmarked by October 17, 
2013.
    As a general reminder, comments submitted by fax or email are not 
accepted. In the past, twenty copies of texts over five pages in length 
were requested. Please note that this is no longer necessary; all 
comments, other than comments that you consider privileged or 
confidential, should now be submitted via the eRulemaking Portal only.
    The Department of State requests that any party soliciting or 
aggregating comments received from other persons for submission to the 
Department of State inform those persons that the Department of State 
will not edit their comments to remove any identifying or contact 
information, and that they therefore should not include any information 
in their comments that they do not want publicly disclosed.
    As noted above, portions of the meeting will be closed pursuant to 
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h), the latter of which 
stipulates that ``The provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
shall apply to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee except that the 
requirements

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of subsections (a) and (b) of sections 10 and 11 of such Act (relating 
to open meetings, public notice, public participation, and public 
availability of documents) shall not apply to the Committee, whenever 
and to the extent it is determined by the President or his designee 
that the disclosure of matters involved in the Committee's proceedings 
would compromise the government's negotiation objectives or bargaining 
positions on the negotiations of any agreement authorized by this 
title.'' Pursuant to law, executive order, and delegation of authority, 
I have made such a determination.
    Personal information regarding attendees is requested pursuant to 
Public Law99-399 (Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 
1986), as amended; Public Law107-56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and Executive 
Order 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://www.state.gov/documents/organization/103419.pdf for additional 
information.

    Dated: September 16, 2013.
William J. Burns,
Deputy Secretary of State, Department of State.
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