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the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6469). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: January 16, 2015. 

Kelly Keiderling, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 9012] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: 

‘‘Ireland: Crossroads of Art and 

Design, 1690–1840’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 

(and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 

hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Ireland: 

Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690– 

1840,’’ imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, are of cultural significance. The 

objects are imported pursuant to loan 

agreements with the foreign owners or 

custodians. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at the Art Institute of Chicago, 

Chicago, Illinois, from on or about 

March 17, 2015, until on or about July 

7, 2015, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

I have ordered that Public Notice of 

these Determinations be published in 

the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the imported objects, contact Paul W. 

Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6469). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: January 16, 2015. 

Kelly Keiderling, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 9014] 

Culturally Significant Object Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Sword 

Pommel’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 

(and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 

hereby determine that the object to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Sword 

Pommel,’’ imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, is of cultural significance. The 

object is imported pursuant to a loan 

agreement with the foreign owner or 

custodian. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

object at the Metropolitan Museum of 

Art, New York, New York, from on or 

about February 1, 2015, until on or 

about February 1, 2020, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these Determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a 

description of the imported object, 

contact Paul W. Manning, AttorneyAdviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, 

U.S. Department of State (telephone: 

202–632–6469). The mailing address is 

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

Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: January 16, 2015. 

Kelly Keiderling, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 9011] 

Texas-New Mexico Regional Meeting of 

the Binational Bridges and Border 

Crossings Group 

SUMMARY: Delegates from the United 

States and Mexican Governments, the 

states of Texas and New Mexico, and 

the Mexican states of Chihuahua, 

Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas 

will participate in the Texas-New 

Mexico Regional meeting of the U.S.- 

Mexico Binational Bridges and Border 

Crossings Group on February 5, 2015, in 

Austin Texas. The purpose of this 

meeting is to discuss operational 

matters involving existing and proposed 

international bridges and border 

crossings and their related 

infrastructure, and to exchange views on 

policy as well as technical information. 

This meeting includes a public session 

on Thursday, February 5, 2015, from 

8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. This session 

allows proponents of proposed bridges 

and border crossings and related 

projects to make presentations to the 

delegations and members of the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on the meeting and 

to attend the public session, please 

contact the Mexico Desk’s Border 

Affairs Unit, via email at WHABorderAffairs@state.gov, by phone at 

202–647–9894, or by mail at Office of 

Mexican Affairs—Room 3924, 

Department of State, 2201 C St. NW., 

Washington, DC 20520. 

Rachel M. Poynter, 

Deputy Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, 

Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Delegation of Authority No. 381] 

Membership on the Review Committee 

Established by Executive Order 13567 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

me as Secretary of State, including 

Section 1 of the State Department Basic 

Authorities Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 

2651a), and Executive Order 13567 of 

March 7, 2011 (the Executive Order), I 

hereby delegate to the Special Envoy for 

Guantanamo Closure the authority to 

serve as a member of the Review 

Committee described in Section 3(d) of 

the Executive Order for the review of 

file reviews only, together with any 

authority necessary to carry out such 

function. 


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Any act, executive order, regulation, 

or procedure subject to, or affected by, 

this delegation shall be deemed to be 

such act, executive order, regulation, or 

procedure as amended from time to 

time. 

Notwithstanding this delegation of 

authority, the Secretary, the Deputy 

Secretary, and the Deputy Secretary for 

Management and Resources may at any 

time exercise any authority or function 

delegated by this delegation of 

authority. 

This delegation of authority shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: January 7, 2015. 

John F. Kerry, 

Secretary of State. 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Comments on Iceland’s 

Participation in the Environmental 

Goods Agreement Negotiations 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: On March 21, 2014, the 

United States Trade Representative 

notified Congress of the 

Administration’s intention to enter into 

negotiations for a World Trade 

Organization (WTO) Environmental 

Goods Agreement (EGA) with an initial 

group of 13 trading partners. The United 

States Trade Representative has since 

notified Congress of the 

Administration’s intent to join a 

consensus among EGA participants to 

invite the Government of Iceland to join 

the EGA negotiations. The Office of the 

U.S. Trade Representative, on behalf of 

the Trade Policy Staff Committee 

(TPSC), is seeking public comment 

regarding U.S. interests and priorities 

with respect to this initiative to invite 

Iceland to join the EGA negotiations. 

DATES: Written comments are due by 

midnight, March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments from the public 

should be submitted electronically at 

www.regulations.gov. If you are unable 

to provide submissions at 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Yvonne Jamison, Trade Policy 

Coordination Assistant, at (202) 395– 

3475, to arrange for an alternative 

method of transmission. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning written 

comments, please contact Yvonne 

Jamison, Trade Policy Coordination 

Assistant, at the above number. All 

other questions regarding this notice 

should be directed to Bill McElnea, 

Director for Environment and Natural 

Resources, at (202) 395–7320. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 21, 2014, the United States 

Trade Representative notified Congress 

of the Administration’s intention to 

enter into the EGA negotiations. This 

notification states that the EGA 

negotiations ‘‘are open to all WTO 

Members that are prepared to eliminate 

tariffs on a set of environmental goods, 

building on the list of 54 goods 

endorsed by APEC Leaders as the 

starting point.’’ A copy of the 

notification is available at 

www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/

03212014-Letter-to-Congress.pdf. USTR 

solicited public comments on this 

initiative through a notification 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 28, 2014 (Document number: 

2014–06831). Comments received 

through that process may be reviewed at 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

docket number USTR–2014–0004. 

On July 8, 2014, the United States and 

13 other WTO members, accounting for 

86 percent of global trade in 

environmental goods, launched the EGA 

negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. In 

addition to the United States, Australia, 

Canada, China, Costa Rica, the European 

Union, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Korea, 

New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, 

Switzerland and Chinese Taipei are 

participating in the negotiations. The 

EGA aims to eliminate tariffs on a set of 

environmental technologies such as 

wind turbines, water treatment filters, 

and solar water heaters. WTO members 

apply tariffs as high as 35 percent on 

environmental goods. 

The Government of Iceland notified 

EGA participants of their interest in 

joining these negotiations on November 

12, 2014. Following this notification of 

interest, EGA participants agreed to 

begin any relevant domestic procedures 

so as to allow Iceland to join the EGA 

negotiations. On December 12, 2014, the 

United States Trade Representative 

notified Congress of the 

Administration’s intent to join a 

consensus among EGA participants to 

invite the Government of Iceland to join 

the EGA negotiations. 

The Chair of the TPSC invites 

interested persons to provide written 

comments that will assist USTR in 

assessing Iceland’s potential 

participation in the EGA negotiations. 

The TPSC Chair invites comments on all 

relevant matters, and, in particular, with 

regard to those environmental goods of 

which Iceland is a significant producer 

and consumer, as well as current market 

conditions for environmental 

technologies in Iceland. 

USTR is observing the relevant 

procedures of the Bipartisan Trade 

Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 

U.S.C. 3804) with respect to notifying 

and consulting with Congress on the 

invitation of new members to these 

negotiations. 

Requirements for Submissions 

Persons submitting comments must 

do so in English and must identify (on 

the first page of the submission) 

‘‘Environmental Goods Agreement— 

New Participant: Iceland’’. In order to be 

assured of consideration, comments 

should be submitted by 11:59 p.m., 

March 6, 2015. In order to ensure the 

timely receipt and consideration of 

comments, USTR strongly encourages 

commenters to make on-line 

submissions using the 

www.regulations.gov Web site. To 

submit comments via 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2015–0002 on the home 

page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will 

provide a search-results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find a reference to this notice and click 

on the link entitled ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 

(For further information on using the 

www.regulations.gov Web site, please 

consult the resources provided on the 

Web site by clicking on ‘‘How to Use 

This Site’’ on the left side of the home 

page). 

The www.regulations.gov Web site 

allows users to provide comments by 

filling in a ‘‘Type Comment’’ field, or by 

attaching a document using an ‘‘Upload 

File’’ field. USTR prefers that comments 

be provided in an attached document. If 

a document is attached, it is sufficient 

to type ‘‘See attached’’ in the ‘‘Type 

Comment’’ field. USTR prefers 

submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or 

Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If the submission 

is in an application other than those 

two, please indicate the name of the 

application in the ‘‘Type Comment’’ 

field. For any comments submitted 

electronically containing business 

confidential information, the file name 

of the business confidential version 

should begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. 

Any page containing business 

confidential information must be clearly 

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ 

on the top of that page. Filers of 

submissions containing business 

confidential information must also 

submit a public version of their 

comments. The file name of the public 

version should begin with the character 

‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ should be 


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