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with the foreign owner or custodian. I 

also determine that the exhibition or 

display of the exhibit object at the 

Museum of Biblical Art, New York, NY, 

from on or about February 19 until on 

or about May 30, 2010, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. Public Notice of these 

Determinations is ordered to be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. 

Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: 202/632–6473). The address 

is U.S. Department of State, SA–5, L/PD, 

Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20522– 

0505. 

Dated: January 19, 2010. 

Maura M. Pally, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1594 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice Number 6867] 

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public 

Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting 

The U.S. Advisory Commission on 

Public Diplomacy will hold a public 

meeting on February 11, 2010, in the 

conference room of the International 

Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), 

located at 1850 K Street, NW., Fifth 

Floor, Washington, DC 20006. The 

meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m. The Commissioners will 

discuss public diplomacy issues, 

including interagency collaboration in 

advancing U.S. government public 

diplomacy efforts. 

The Advisory Commission was 

originally established under Section 604 

of the United States Information and 

Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 

U.S.C. 1469) and Section 8 of 

Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 

1977. It was reauthorized pursuant to 

Public Law 111–70 (2009), 22 U.S.C. 

6553. 

The Advisory Commission is a 

bipartisan panel created by Congress to 

assess public diplomacy policies and 

programs of the U.S. government and 

publicly funded nongovernmental 

organizations. The Commission reports 

its findings and recommendations to the 

President, the Congress and the 

Secretary of State and the American 

people. Current Commission members 

include William Hybl of Colorado, who 

serves as Chairman; Jay Snyder of New 

York; Penne Korth Peacock of Texas; 

Lyndon Olson of Texas; John Osborn of 

Pennsylvania; and Lezlee Westine of 

Virginia. 

Seating at this meeting is limited. To 

attend and for more information, please 

contact Carl Chan at (202) 632–2823. 

E-mail: chanck@state.gov. 

Dated: January 12, 2010. 

Carl Chan, 

Executive Director, ACPD, Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1597 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6882] 

U.S. Department of State Advisory 

Committee on Private International 

Law: Organization of American States 

(OAS) Specialized Conference on 

Private International Law (CIDIP) Study 

Group 

The OAS CIDIP Study Group will 

hold another public meeting to continue 

the discussion that began at the 

December 15, 2009 meeting and 

continued at the January 15, 2010 

meeting. This is not a meeting of the full 

Advisory Committee. 

In the context of the Seventh InterAmerican Specialized Conference on 

Private International Law (CIDIP–VII), 

the Committee on Juridical and Political 

Affairs (CJAP) of the Permanent Council 

of the OAS is carrying out work on 

consumer rights as part of its program 

on private international law. Three 

proposals have been put forward: A 

revised Brazilian draft convention on 

applicable law that has recently been 

expanded to include jurisdiction, a 

Canadian draft model law on applicable 

law and jurisdiction, and a United 

States proposal (with several 

components) for legislative guidelines/ 

model laws/rules to promote consumer 

redress mechanisms such as small 

claims tribunals, collective procedures, 

on-line dispute resolution, and 

government actions. The U.S. is 

considering the possibility of expanding 

its existing proposal. 

The United States is also considering 

whether to pursue ratification of the 

Inter-American Convention on the Law 

Applicable to International Contracts 

(known as the Mexico City Convention), 

which was adopted at the Fifth InterAmerican Specialized Conference on 

Private International Law (CIDIP–V). 

The United States is exploring the 

process for obtaining official corrections 

to the English text of the Convention to 

conform to the Spanish version. Copies 

of proposed corrections to the English 

text can be obtained through the contact 

points listed below. Other developments 

which may be relevant to work at the 

OAS include the proposal at UNCITRAL 

for future work on on-line dispute 

resolution and the establishment by the 

Permanent Bureau of the Hague 

Conference on Private International Law 

of an experts group to consider 

development of a non-binding 

instrument on choice of law in 

international commercial contracts. 

Time and Place: The public meeting 

of the Study Group will take place at the 

Federal Trade Commission, 600 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Room H–481, 

Washington, DC on February 1, 2010, 

from 1 p.m. EST to 3 p.m. EST. If you 

are unable to attend the public meeting 

and would like to participate from a 

remote location, teleconferencing will 

be available. 

Public Participation: Advisory 

Committee Study Group meetings are 

open to the public. Persons wishing to 

attend must contact Trisha Smeltzer at 

smeltzertk@state.gov or 202–776–8423 

and provide their name, e-mail address, 

and affiliation(s) if any. Please contact 

Ms. Smeltzer for additional meeting 

information, any of the documents 

referenced above, or dial-in information 

on the conference call. A member of the 

public needing reasonable 

accommodation should advise those 

same contacts not later than January 8th. 

Requests made after that date will be 

considered, but might not be able to be 

fulfilled. Persons who cannot attend or 

participate by conference call but who 

wish to comment on any of the topics 

referred to above are welcome to do so 

by e-mail to Michael Dennis at 

DennisMJ@state.gov or Hugh Stevenson 

at hstevenson@ftc.gov. 

Dated: January 21, 2010. 

Michael Dennis, 

Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private 

International Law, Office of the Legal Adviser, 

Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6885] 

Meeting of the Working group on 

Environmental Cooperation Pursuant 

to the United States-Morocco Joint 

Statement on Environmental 

Cooperation 

ACTION: Notice. 


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SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

providing notice that the U.S. and 

Morocco will hold a meeting of the 

Working Group on Environmental 

Cooperation (‘‘Working Group’’) in 

Rabat, Morocco on February 9, 2010, at 

a venue to be announced. Meetings of 

the Working Group were forecast in 

paragraph five of the United StatesMorocco Joint Statement on 

Environmental Cooperation (‘‘Joint 

Statement’’), signed on June 1, 2004. 

During the meeting, the U.S. and 

Morocco will review cooperative 

environmental work they have 

undertaken and will outline plans for 

future activities pursuant to the Joint 

Statement. In addition, the U.S. and 

Morocco will formally review and adopt 

a new 2010–2012 Plan of Action for 

implementing environmental 

cooperation consistent with the Joint 

Statement. The entire meeting will be 

open to the public with simultaneous 

interpretation in English and French. 

Time will be allocated for question and 

answer sessions. See below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional details on the background 

and purpose of the meeting. 

DATES: To be assured of timely 

consideration, all written comments or 

suggestions are requested no later than 

February 3, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

suggestions should be e-mailed 

(WingRD@state.gov) or faxed ((202) 647– 

1052) to Robert Wing, U.S. Department 

of State, Bureau of Oceans, 

Environment, and Science, Office of 

Environmental Policy, with the subject 

line ‘‘Meeting of the U.S.-Morocco 

Working Group on Environmental 

Cooperation.’’ For those with access to 

the Internet, comments may be 

submitted at the following address: 

http://www.regulations.gov/search/ 

Regs/home.html#home. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Wing, telephone (202) 647–6780. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

paragraph five of the U.S.-Morocco Joint 

Statement on Environmental 

Cooperation, the United States and 

Morocco announced the establishment 

of a Working Group on Environmental 

Cooperation intended to meet regularly. 

The mandate of the Working Group is to 

advance environmental protection in 

Morocco by developing cooperative 

environmental activities that take into 

account environmental priorities and 

that are agreed to by the two 

Governments. The Working Group will 

develop a Plan of Action towards 

meeting this goal. 

The 2005–2007 Plan of Action 

focused on a set of mutually identified 

goals which will advance environmental 

protection in Morocco and will assist 

Morocco in meeting its obligations 

under the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade 

Agreement. These goals were: (1) 

Strengthening the capacity to develop, 

implement and enforce environmental 

laws and regulations, (2) encouraging 

the development of incentives and 

voluntary mechanisms to contribute to 

the achievement and maintenance of 

high levels of environmental protection, 

(3) promoting opportunities for public 

participation in environmental 

protection efforts and improving public 

access to information and access to 

justice on environmental issues, (4) 

protecting coastal environmental zones 

and estuaries and preventing the overexploitation of fisheries resources, (5) 

safeguarding important natural 

resources, such as water, and protected 

areas in Morocco, and (6) promoting the 

growth of the environmental-technology 

business sector. Some indicative actions 

undertaken in these areas have included 

workshops on environmental impact 

assessment and the use of economic 

incentives for environmental decision 

making. Ongoing work includes: 

Assistance to Morocco on enhanced 

compliance with the Convention on 

International Trade in Endangered 

Species of Wild Flora and Fauna 

(CITES) through legislation; technical 

assistance for a plan to enforce 

environmental rules in the textile sector; 

and development of a plan to manage 

waste from olive oil factories. The 

United States Agency for International 

Development, the Department of the 

Interior, the Department of Commerce, 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

the Department of Agriculture and the 

Trade and Development Agency and 

others have been involved in 

implementing these activities. Officials 

from U.S. and Moroccan agencies will 

present and discuss their activities at 

the Working Group meeting. The 2010– 

2012 Plan of Action will seek to build 

upon the progress made in the previous 

Plan of Action and will detail 

cooperative activities in four main 

priority areas: Institutional and policy 

strengthening; biodiversity conservation 

and improved management of protected 

areas; improved private sector 

environmental performance; and 

environmental education, transparency, 

and public participation in 

environmental decision-making and 

enforcement. 

For more information, interested 

parties are encouraged to refer to: (1) 

The U.S.-Morocco Joint Statement on 

Environmental Cooperation, (2) the 

2005–2007 Plan of Action, (3) Chapter 

17 of the Free Trade Agreement between 

the United States and Morocco, (4) the 

2004 Final Environmental Review of the 

U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement, 

and (5) the Web site of the Moroccan 

Ministry of the Environment (French 

and Arabic) which are all available or 

linked at: http://www.state.gov/g/oes/ 

env/trade/morocco. 

Dated: January 22, 2010. 

Willem H. Brakel, 

Acting Director, Office of Environmental 

Policy, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Applications for Modification 

of Special Permit 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of Applications for 

Modification of Special Permits. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart 

B), notice is hereby given that the Office 

of Hazardous Materials Safety has 

received the applications described 

herein. This notice is abbreviated to 

expedite docketing and public notice. 

Because the sections affected, modes of 

transportation, and the nature of 

application have been shown in earlier 

Federal Register publications, they are 

not repeated here. Requests for 

modification of special permits (e.g. to 

provide for additional hazardous 

materials, packaging design changes, 

additional mode of transportation, etc.) 

are described in footnotes to the 

application number. Application 

numbers with the suffix ‘‘M’’ denote a 

modification request. These 

applications have been separated from 

the new application for special permits 

to facilitate processing. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 11, 2010. 

Address Comments to: Record Center, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials, 

Safety Administration, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, Washington, DC 

20590. 

Comments should refer to the 

application number and be submitted in 

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of 


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