Notice2024-22467
Meeting of the United States-Chile Environmental Affairs Council and Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation
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October 1, 2024
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The Department of State and the Office of the United States Trade Representative are providing notice that the parties to the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) intend to hold the tenth meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council (Council) established under Chapter 19 of the FTA, as well as the eighth meeting of the United States-Chile Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Commission) established under the United States-Chile Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA), on October 29, 2024. The Council will review implementation of Chapter 19 (Environment) of the FTA, and the Commission will review implementation of the ECA. During the Council and Commission meetings, Members will discuss the progress made in implementing Chapter 19 obligations and the impacts of environmental cooperation. The Commission will also review activities completed under the Environmental Cooperation Work Program for 2021-2024 and approve the Environmental Cooperation Work Program for 2025-2028. More information on the Council and Commission is included below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80006-80007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22467]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12556]
Meeting of the United States-Chile Environmental Affairs Council
and Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation
ACTION: Notice of the upcoming United States-Chile Environmental
Affairs Council and Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation
meetings and request for comments; invitation to public session.
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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 the
United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) intend to hold the tenth
meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council (Council) established
under Chapter 19 of the FTA, as well as the eighth meeting of the
United States-Chile Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation
(Commission) established under the United States-Chile Environmental
Cooperation Agreement (ECA), on October 29, 2024. The Council will
review implementation of Chapter 19 (Environment) of the FTA, and the
Commission will review implementation of the ECA. During the Council
and Commission meetings, Members will discuss the progress made in
implementing Chapter 19 obligations and the impacts of environmental
cooperation. The Commission will also review activities completed under
the Environmental Cooperation Work Program for 2021-2024 and approve
the Environmental Cooperation Work Program for 2025-2028. More
information on the Council and Commission is included below under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The public session of the Council and Commission will be held on
October 30, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Chile Standard Time
(9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time). Please contact Bradley
Blecker and Tia Potskhverashvili for the location of this meeting and
connection information for virtual participation. We request RSVPs and
any written comments no later than October 21, 2024, in order to
facilitate consideration.
ADDRESSES: Written comments or questions should use ``United States-
Chile EAC/JCEC Meetings'' as the subject line and be submitted to both:
(1) Bradley Blecker, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of
Environmental Quality, by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cc8ea0a9afa7a9be8e988cbfb8adb8a9e2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="185a747d7b737d6a5a4c586b6c796c7d367f776e">[email protected]</span></a> and
(2) Tia Potskhverashvili, Office of Environment and Natural
Resources, Office of the United States Trade Representative, by email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f2b363e2f302b2c1f2a2c2b2d713a302f71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f2b363e2f302b2c1f2a2c2b2d713a302f71383029">[email protected]</span></a>.
In your email, please include your full name and organization.
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-2024-0037.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bradley Blecker, (202) 394-3316,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f9bb959c9a929c8bbbadb98a8d988d9cd79e968f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97d5fbf2f4fcf2e5d5c3d7e4e3f6e3f2b9f0f8e1">[email protected]</span></a> or Tia Potskhverashvili, (202) 395-5414,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c38252d3c23383f0c393f383e6229233c622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c08151d0c13080f3c090f080e5219130c521b130a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States and Chile negotiated the
United States-Chile FTA and United States-Chile ECA in concert, signing
the FTA on June 6, 2003, in Miami, USA and the ECA on June 17, 2003, in
Santiago, Chile. Article 19.3 of the FTA establishes an Environment
Affairs Council (Council). The Council discusses implementation of
Chapter 19 of the FTA, and its meetings include a public session. The
Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Commission) was
established in Article II of the ECA. The Commission evaluates
cooperative activities under the ECA, recommends options for improving
cooperation, and establishes work programs that reflect national
priorities and that identify the scope and focus of environmental
cooperation activities. Commission meetings also include a public
session.
The Council and Commission last met in August 2022 in Washington,
DC, USA. The Council reviewed the implementation of the Environment
Chapter of the FTA. The Commission approved the 2021-2024 Work Program,
which built on previous successes and identified activities to achieve
the long-term goals of: (1) strengthening effective implementation and
enforcement of environmental laws and regulations; (2) encouraging
development and adoption of sound environmental practices and
technologies, particularly in business enterprises; (3) promoting
sustainable development and management of environmental resources,
including wild fauna and flora, protected wild areas, and other
ecologically important ecosystems; and (4) encouraging civil society
participation in the environmental decision-making process and
environmental education.
If you would like to attend the public session, please notify
Bradley Blecker and Tia Potskhverashvili at the email addresses listed
above under the heading ADDRESSES and RSVP. Please include your full
name and identify any organization or group you represent. In preparing
comments, we encourage submitters to refer to:
<bullet> Chapter 19 of the FTA 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/#chile">https://www.state.gov/key-topics-office-of-environmental-quality-and-transboundary-issues/current-trade-agreements-with-environmental-chapters/#chile</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
<a href="http://www.state.gov">http://www.state.gov</a> and the USTR website at <a href="http://www.ustr.gov">www.ustr.gov</a> for more
information.
All interested persons are invited to attend the Council and
Commission joint public session in person beginning at 10:00 a.m. Chile
Standard Time (9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time) on October 30, 2024, in
Santiago, Chile. There will also be a link provided for those that
would like to participate virtually. Attendees will have the
opportunity to ask questions and discuss implementation of Chapter 19
and the ECA with Council and Commission Members and environmental
cooperation implementers. At the public session, the Council will
receive input from the public on current
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environmental issues and ideas for future cooperation. The Department
of State and Office of the United States Trade Representative invite
written comments or suggestions regarding topics to be discussed at the
meeting. In preparing comments, we encourage submitters to refer to
Chapter 19 of the FTA and the ECA (available at <a href="https://www.state.gov/key-topics-office-of-environmental-quality-and-transboundary-issues/current-trade-agreements-with-environmental-chapters/#chile">https://www.state.gov/key-topics-office-of-environmental-quality-and-transboundary-issues/current-trade-agreements-with-environmental-chapters/#chile</a>).
Instructions on how to submit comments are under the heading ADDRESSES
and RSVP.
Robert D. Wing,
Acting Director, Office of Environmental Quality, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-22467 Filed 9-30-24; 8:45 am]
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