30684 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 102 / Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8746] 

Meeting on United States-Oman Free 

Trade Agreement Environment Chapter 

Implementation, Joint Forum on 

Environmental Cooperation, and 

Public Session 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Announcement of meetings; 

solicitation of suggestions; invitation to 

public session. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State and 

the Office of the United States Trade 

Representative (USTR) are providing 

notice that the governments of the 

United States and Oman intend to hold 

a meeting to review implementation of 

the Environment Chapter of the United 

States-Oman Free Trade Agreement 

(FTA), the United States-Oman Joint 

Forum on Environmental Cooperation 

(Joint Forum), and a public session in 

Muscat, Oman, on June 4 and 5, 2014, 

at a venue to be announced. 

The governments of the United States 

and Oman (the governments) created the 

Joint Forum pursuant to the United 

States-Oman Memorandum of 

Understanding on Environmental 

Cooperation (MOU), signed on February 

20, 2006. During the Joint Forum 

meeting, the governments will discuss 

how the United States and Oman can 

strengthen Oman’s capacity to protect 

and conserve its environment, highlight 

past bilateral environmental 

cooperation, review activities under the 

2011–2014 Plan of Action, and commit 

to a 2014–2017 Plan of Action. The 

Department of State and USTR invite 

the members of the public to submit 

written suggestions on items to include 

on the meeting agenda or in the 2014– 

2017 Plan of Action. 

The Department of State and USTR 

also invite interested persons to attend 

a public session where the public will 

have the opportunity to ask about 

implementation of both the MOU and 

the Environment Chapter of the United 

States-Oman FTA. 

DATES: The public session will be held 

on June 5, 2014, in Muscat, Oman at a 

venue to be announced. Suggestions on 

the Joint Forum meeting agenda and/or 

the 2014–2017 Plan of Action should be 

provided no later than June 2, 2014, to 

facilitate consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Those interested in 

attending the public session should 

email Geoff Finger at FingerGT@

state.gov to find out the time and place 

of the session. Suggestions on the Joint 

Forum meeting agenda and/or the 2014– 

2017 Plan of Action should be emailed 

to FingerGT@state.gov or faxed to Geoff 

Finger at (202) 647–5947, with the 

subject line ‘‘United States-Oman 

Environmental Cooperation.’’ Those 

with access to the internet can view and 

comment on this notice by going to: 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!home and 

searching on docket number DOS– 

2014–0011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Geoff Finger, (202) 647–4828. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

MOU, the governments (1) recognize 

‘‘the importance of strengthening 

capacity to protect the environment 

while promoting sustainable 

development in concert with the 

expanded bilateral trade relationship 

that will accompany the United StatesOman Free Trade Agreement (FTA)’’ 

and (2) indicate their intent ‘‘to 

cooperate in the field of environmental 

and natural resource protection and 

sustainable development.’’ In the 

Environment Chapter of the United 

States-Oman FTA, the governments 

likewise ‘‘recognize the importance of 

strengthening capacity to protect the 

environment and to promote sustainable 

development in concert with 

strengthening bilateral trade and 

investment relations.’’ The governments 

express their commitment to 

undertaking cooperative environmental 

activities pursuant to the MOU. In 

Section 2 of the MOU, the governments 

establish the Joint Forum to coordinate 

and review environmental cooperation 

activities. As envisioned in the MOU, 

the Joint Forum will ‘‘develop a Plan of 

Action; review and assess cooperative 

environmental activities undertaken 

pursuant to the Plan of Action; 

recommend ways to improve 

cooperation; and undertake such other 

activities as the Governments may deem 

to be appropriate.’’ The Plan of Action 

is a tool to establish goals, objectives, 

and areas for cooperation, including 

short-, medium-, and long-term bilateral 

and/or regional projects and activities. 

Through this notice, the United States is 

soliciting the views of the public with 

respect to the Plan of Action. 

In January 2012, the governments 

established the 2011–2014 Plan of 

Action for environmental cooperation 

with the following primary areas of 

cooperation: (1) Strengthening 

Environmental Laws, Including Natural 

Resource-Related Laws; (2) Disaster 

Preparedness; (3) Biodiversity 

Conservation and Improved 

Management of Protected Areas, and 

Other Ecologically Important 

Ecosystems; (4) Cleaner Production and 

Environmental Technology; and (5) 

Environmental Education and Public 

Participation in Environmental Issues. 

The United States anticipates the 2014– 

2017 Plan of Action will build upon the 

cooperative work initiated in the 2011– 

2014 Plan of Action. 

Members of the public, including 

NGOs, educational institutions, private 

sector enterprises, and all other 

interested persons, are invited to submit 

written suggestions regarding items for 

inclusion in the meeting agendas or in 

the new Plan of Action. Please include 

your full name and identify any 

organization or group you represent. We 

encourage submitters to refer to: 

• United States-Oman Memorandum 

of Understanding on Environmental 

Cooperation, 

• 2011–2014 Plan of Action Pursuant 

to the United States-Oman 

Memorandum of Understanding on 

Environmental Cooperation, 

• Chapter 17 of the United StatesOman Free Trade Agreement, 

• Final Environmental Review of the 

United States–Oman Free Trade 

Agreement. 

These documents are available at: 

http://www.state.gov/e/oes/eqt/trade/

oman/index.htm. 

Dated: May 21, 2014. 

Deborah Klepp, 

Director, Office of Environmental Quality 

and, Transboundary Issues, U.S. Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12347 Filed 5–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2014–32] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of the FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before June 17, 2014. 


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