[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-21751]
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[Federal Register: September 1, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; Public Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: With this notice the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)
announces a public meeting to discuss the provisional agenda items,
proposed resolutions, and proposed amendments to the appendices for the
upcoming ninth regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP9)
to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES).
DATES: The public meeting will be held on September 14, 1994, from 9:30
A.M. to 1:00 P.M. The Service will consider information and comments
from the public on the provisional agenda for COP9.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in the Buffet Room adjacent
to the cafeteria of the Department of the Interior, 18th and C Streets,
N.W., Washington, D.C. Requests for information concerning the
proposals and comments should be sent to the Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, c/o Office of Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax
Drive, Room 420-C, Arlington, CA 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marshall P. Jones or Susan S.
Lieberman, Office of Management Authority, at the above address;
telephone 703/358-2093.
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 international trade in
certain animal and plant species which are or may become threatened
with extinction, and are listed in Appendices to the treaty. Currently,
123 countries, including the United States, are CITES Parties. CITES
calls for biennial meetings of the Conference of the Parties which
review its implementation, make provisions enabling the CITES
Secretariat (in Switzerland) to carry out its functions, consider
amending the list of species in Appendices I and II, consider reports
presented by the Secretariat, and make recommendations for the improved
effectiveness of the Convention.
This is part of a series of notices which, together with public
meetings, provide the public with an opportunity to participate in the
development of the U.S. positions for the ninth regular meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to CITES (COP9) to CITES, which the U.S. will
be hosting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from November 7 to 18, 1994. A
Federal Register notice published on July 15, 1993 (58 FR 38112),
requested information and comments from the public on animal or plant
species the United States might consider as possible amendments to the
Appendices. A Federal Register notice published on November 18, 1993
(59 FR 60873), requested public comments on possible revisions to the
criteria for listing species in the CITES Appendices. A Federal
Register notice published on January 27, 1994 (59 FR 3832), requested
additional comments from the public on animal or plant species the
United States was considering submitting as amendments to the
Appendices. A Federal Register notice published on January 28, 1994 (59
FR 4096) published the time, place, and provisional agenda for COP9,
announced a public meeting, and requested information and comments from
the public. Two more Federal Register notices will be published prior
to the September 14 public meeting; one describing proposed U.S.
positions on proposals to amend the CITES Appendices, and the other
describing proposed U.S. positions on all other agenda items and
resolutions to be taken up at the meeting. Information concerning the
proposals will be available at the meeting. For those unable to attend,
information may be obtained from the contact noted above. The Service's
regulations governing this public process are found in Title 50 of the
Code of Federal Regulations Secs. 23.31-23.39.
Author: This notice was prepared by Mark R. Albert, Office of
Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (703/358-2095;
FAX 703/358-2280).
Dated: August 29, 1994.
Mollie H. Beattie,
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 94-21751 Filed 8-31-94; 8:45 am]
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