5854 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 18 / Monday, January 28, 2013 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8164] 

Notification of the First Meetings of the 

U.S.-Korea FTA Environmental Affairs 

Council and ECA Environmental 

Cooperation Commission and Request 

for Comments on the Meeting Agendas 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of the first meetings of 

the Environmental Affairs Council 

established pursuant to the U.S.-Korea 

Free Trade Agreement and the 

Environmental Cooperation 

Commission established under the U.S.- 

Korea Environmental Cooperation 

Agreement and request for comments on 

the meetings’ agendas. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State and 

the Office of the United States Trade 

Representative (‘‘USTR’’) are providing 

notice that the United States and the 

Republic of Korea (hereinafter ‘‘Korea’’) 

intend to hold the first meetings of the 

Environmental Affairs Council (the 

‘‘Council’’ or ‘‘EAC’’) and of the 

Environmental Cooperation 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’ or 

‘‘ECC’’) in Washington, DC, on February 

14, 2013. The United States and Korea 

established the Council pursuant to 

Chapter 20 (Environment) of the United 

States-Korea Free Trade Agreement 

(‘‘FTA’’) and the Commission pursuant 

to Article 3 of the United States-Korea 

Environmental Cooperation Agreement 

(‘‘ECA’’). 

During the Council meeting, the 

United States and Korea (collectively 

the ‘‘Parties’’) will discuss their 

respective implementation of and 

progress under the Environment 

Chapter (Chapter 20) of the U.S.-Korea 

Free Trade Agreement. During the 

Commission meeting, the Parties will 

discuss plans for ongoing and future 

environmental cooperation and will 

develop an environmental cooperation 

Work Program for the 2012–2015 

period. All interested persons are 

invited to attend a public session where 

they will have the opportunity to ask 

questions and discuss implementation 

of Chapter 20 and U.S.-Korea 

environmental cooperation with 

Council and Commission Members. The 

public session will be held at 2:00 p.m., 

February 14, 2013, at the Department of 

State in room 1105 of the Harry S. 

Truman Building, 2201 C Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20520. To attend the 

public session, please contact Deborah 

Grout for pre-clearance procedures. For 

further information please contact 

Deborah Grout or Leslie Yang (contact 

information below). 

The Department of State and USTR 

also invite interested agencies, 

organizations, and members of the 

public to submit written comments or 

suggestions regarding the meeting 

agendas. In preparing comments or 

suggestions, we encourage submitters to 

refer to: (1) The United States-Korea 

Environmental Cooperation Agreement; 

(2) Chapter 20 (Environment) of the 

United States-Korea Free Trade 

Agreement; and (3) the Environmental 

Review of the United States-Korea Free 

Trade Agreement. These documents are 

available at http://www.state.gov/e/oes/ 

env/trade/c49687.htm. 

DATES: The Council and Commission 

meetings will be held February 14, 2013 

in Washington, DC. To be assured of 

timely consideration, all written 

comments or suggestions for the agenda 

are requested no later than February 6, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

suggestions should be submitted to 

both: (1) Deborah Grout, International 

Relations Officer, U.S. Department of 

State, Bureau of Oceans and 

International Environmental and 

Scientific Affairs, Office of 

Environmental Quality and 

Transboundary Issues by email to 

GroutDZ@state.gov with the subject line 

‘‘U.S.-Korea EAC/ECC Meetings’’ or fax 

to 202–647–5947; and (2) Leslie Yang, 

Director for International Environmental 

Policy, Office of the United States Trade 

Representative by email to 

Leslie_Yang@ustr.eop.gov with the 

subject line ‘‘U.S-Korea EAC/ECC 

Meetings’’ or by fax to (202) 395–9517. 

If you have access to the Internet you 

can view and comment on this notice by 

going to: http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!home and searching on docket 

number DOS–2013–0002. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Grout, International Relations 

Officer, (202) 647–6777 or Leslie Yang, 

Director for International Environmental 

Policy, (202) 395–3167. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 

20.6.1 of the United States-Korea FTA 

establishes an Environmental Affairs 

Council (the ‘‘Council’’), which oversees 

implementation of Chapter 20 

(Environment). Article 20.6.2 further 

provides that meetings of the Council 

shall include a public session, unless 

the Parties otherwise agree. 

The United States and Korea 

established the U.S.-Korea 

Environmental Cooperation 

Commission when they signed the U.S.- 

Korea ECA, negotiated in concert with 

the FTA, on January 23, 2012. In 

Articles 3 and 4 of the ECA, the 

Governments state that they plan to 

meet to develop and update, as 

appropriate, a Work Program for 

Environmental Cooperation. The Work 

Program will identify and outline 

environmental cooperation priorities, 

on-going efforts, and possibilities for 

future cooperation. 

Please refer to the Department of State 

Web site at http://www.state.gov/e/oes/ 

env/trade/index.htm and the USTR Web 

site at www.ustr.gov for more 

information. 

Disclaimer: This Public Notice is a 

request for comments and suggestions, 

and is not a request for applications. No 

granting of money is directly associated 

with this request for suggestions for the 

meeting agendas. There is no 

expectation of resources or funding 

associated with any comments or 

suggestions for the agendas. 

Dated: January 18, 2013. 

George N. Sibley, 

Director, Office of Environmental Quality and 

Transboundary Issues, Department of State. 

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