Notice2021-19060
Notification of the Fourteenth CAFTA-DR Environmental Affairs Council Meeting
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September 3, 2021
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The Department of State and the Office of the United States Trade Representative are providing notice that the parties to CAFTA-DR intend to hold the fourteenth meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council (the Council) established under Chapter 17 (Environment Chapter) of that agreement in a virtual meeting on October 14, 2021, hosted by Costa Rica. The Department of State and Office of the United States Trade Representative also invite written comments or suggestions regarding topics to be discussed at the Council meeting to be submitted no later than September 23, 2021. When preparing comments, we encourage submitters to refer to Chapter 17 of the CAFTA-DR and to the CAFTA-DR Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA) (documents available at https://www.state.gov/key-topics-office-of-environmental-quality-and- transboundary-issues/current-trade-agreements-with-environmental- chapters/#cafta-dr and https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/environment/ bilateral-and-regional-trade-agreements). Instructions on how to submit comments are under the heading ADDRESSES.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 169 (Friday, September 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49590-49591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19060]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 11525]
Notification of the Fourteenth CAFTA-DR Environmental Affairs
Council Meeting
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice of the fourteenth Dominican Republic-Central America-
United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) Environmental Affairs
Council meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State and the Office of the United States
Trade Representative are providing notice that the parties to CAFTA-DR
intend to hold the fourteenth meeting of the Environmental Affairs
Council (the Council) established under Chapter 17 (Environment
Chapter) of that agreement in a virtual meeting on October 14, 2021,
hosted by Costa Rica. The Department of State and Office of the United
States Trade Representative also invite written comments or suggestions
regarding topics to be discussed at the Council meeting to be submitted
no later than September 23, 2021. When preparing comments, we encourage
submitters to refer to Chapter 17 of the CAFTA-DR and to the CAFTA-DR
Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA) (documents available at
<a href="https://www.state.gov/key-topics-office-of-environmental-quality-and-transboundary-issues/current-trade-agreements-with-environmental-chapters/#cafta-dr">https://www.state.gov/key-topics-office-of-environmental-quality-and-transboundary-issues/current-trade-agreements-with-environmental-chapters/#cafta-dr</a> and <a href="https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/environment/bilateral-and-regional-trade-agreements">https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/environment/bilateral-and-regional-trade-agreements</a>). Instructions on how to submit
comments are under the heading ADDRESSES.
DATES: The public session of the Council will be held on October 14,
2021, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. EDT. Please contact Anel Gonzalez-
Ruiz and Sigrid Simpson to request a link to this meeting. We request
comments and suggestions in writing no later than September 23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments or suggestions should be submitted to both:
(1) Anel Gonzalez-Ruiz, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans
and International Environmental and
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Scientific Affairs, Office of Environmental Quality, by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#feb99190849f929b84d3ac8b9784bfbe8d8a9f8a9bd0999188"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="64230b0a1e0508011e4936110d1e252417100510014a030b12">[email protected]</span></a> with the subject line ``CAFTA-DR EAC
Meeting''; and
(2) Sigrid Simpson, Director for Environment and Natural Resources,
Office of the United States Trade Representative by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e3b08a84918a87cda2cdb08a8e93908c8da396909791cd868c93cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="44172d23362d206a056a172d2934372b2a04313730366a212b346a232b32">[email protected]</span></a> with the subject line ``CAFTA-DR EAC
Meeting''.
If you have access to the internet you can view and comment on this
notice by going to: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!home">http://www.regulations.gov/#!home</a> and searching for
docket number DOS-2021-0029.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anel Gonzalez-Ruiz, (202) 705-5282, or
Sigrid Simpson, (202) 881-6592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 14, the Council will meet in a
closed government-to-government session to (1) review implementation of
the Environment chapter and discuss how parties are meeting their
environment chapter obligations, including by highlighting increased
levels of environmental protection, environmental enforcement, and
related achievements in the past year; (2) discuss the most pressing
trade-related environmental challenges facing the parties and identify
key actions that the parties can take under CAFTA-DR to address them;
(3) receive a report from the CAFTA-DR Secretariat for Environmental
Matters on the status of public submissions; and (4) highlight the
achievements of the CAFTA-DR Environmental Cooperation Program on its
fifteenth anniversary and review ongoing work under that program.
The Council invites all interested persons to attend a virtual
public session on Chapter 17 implementation, beginning at 4:00 p.m. EDT
on October 14. At the session, the Council will welcome questions,
input, and information about challenges and achievements in
implementation of the Environment chapter obligations and the related
ECA. If you would like to connect to the public session, please notify
Anel Gonzalez-Ruiz and Sigrid Simpson at the email addresses listed
under the heading ADDRESSES. Please include your full name and identify
any organization or group you represent.
Article 17.5 of the CAFTA-DR establishes an Environmental Affairs
Council (the Council) and provides that, unless the CAFTA-DR parties
otherwise agree, the Council will meet annually to oversee the
implementation of, and review progress under, Chapter 17, and to
consider the status of cooperation activities developed under the ECA.
Article 17.5 further requires that, unless the parties otherwise agree,
each meeting of the Council include a session in which members of the
Council have an opportunity to meet with the public to discuss matters
relating to the implementation of Chapter 17.
In preparing comments, we encourage submitters to refer to:
<bullet> Chapter 17 of the CAFTA-DR and
<bullet> The ECA
These documents are available at: <a href="https://www.state.gov/key-topics-office-of-environmental-quality-and-transboundary-issues/current-trade-agreements-with-environmental-chapters/#cafta-dr">https://www.state.gov/key-topics-office-of-environmental-quality-and-transboundary-issues/current-trade-agreements-with-environmental-chapters/#cafta-dr</a> and <a href="https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/environment/bilateral-and-regional-trade-agreements">https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/environment/bilateral-and-regional-trade-agreements</a>. Visit
the State website at <a href="http://www.state.gov">www.state.gov</a> and the USTR website at <a href="http://www.ustr.gov">www.ustr.gov</a>
for more information.
Raffi V. Balian,
Acting Director, Office of Environmental Quality, U.S. Department of
State.
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