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Trade Agreement; and (3) the 

Environmental Review of the U.S.— 

Korea Free Trade Agreement. These 

documents are available at: http:// 

www.state.gov/e/oes/env/trade/ 

c49687.htm. 

DATES: To be assured of timely 

consideration, all written comments or 

suggestions are requested no later than 

July 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

suggestions should be emailed to 

(MartirTorresMC@state.gov) or faxed 

((202) 647–5947) to Maina MartirTorres, Office of Environmental Policy, 

Bureau of Oceans and International 

Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 

U.S. Department of State, with the 

subject line ‘‘U.S.-Korea Environmental 

Cooperation.’’ 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– 

2012–0040. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: 

Maina Martir-Torres, telephone (202) 

647–4750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

U.S.-Korea Environmental Cooperation 

Agreement 

The United States—Korea 

Environmental Cooperation Agreement 

(ECA) entered into force on March 15, 

2012. The United States and Korea 

negotiated the ECA in parallel with the 

U.S.—Korea Free Trade Agreement. The 

ECA establishes a framework to promote 

cooperation on environmental 

protection, sustainable management of 

natural resources, conservation and 

protection of biodiversity, and 

strengthening of environmental law 

enforcement. Article 3 of the ECA 

establishes the Environmental 

Cooperation Commission (ECC), which 

is responsible for developing programs 

of work that reflect the parties’ priorities 

for cooperative environmental activities. 

We are requesting suggestions for 

cooperative environmental activities to 

consider for inclusion in the first Work 

Program. For additional information, 

please visit: http://www.state.gov/e/oes/ 

env/trade/c49687.htm. 

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 

Work Program and Plan of Action. 

There is no expectation of resources or 

funding associated with any comments 

or suggestions for the Work Program or 

the Plan of Action. 

Dated: June 22, 2012. 

George Sibley, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7943] 

Suggestions for Environmental 

Cooperation Pursuant to the United 

States-Singapore Memorandum of 

Intent on Environmental Cooperation 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of preparation of and 

request for comments regarding the 

2013–2014 United States—Singapore 

Plan of Action for Environmental 

Cooperation. 

SUMMARY: The Department invites the 

public, including NGOs, educational 

institutions, private sector enterprises 

and other interested persons, to submit 

written comments or suggestions 

regarding items for inclusion in the next 

Plan of Action for implementing the 

U.S.–Singapore Memorandum of Intent 

on Cooperation in Environmental 

Matters (MOI), signed on June 13, 2003. 

In preparing such comments or 

suggestions, we encourage submitters to 

refer to: (1) The U.S.–Singapore MOI, (2) 

the U.S.–Singapore 2011–2012 Plan of 

Action on Environmental Cooperation, 

(3) the U.S.–Singapore FTA 

Environment Chapter, and (4) the 

Environmental Review of the FTA. 

These documents are available at: 

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

singapore/index.htm. 

DATES: To be assured of timely 

consideration, all written comments or 

suggestions are requested no later than 

July 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

suggestions should be emailed to 

(MartirTorresMC@state.gov) or faxed 

(202) 647–5947) to Maina Martir-Torres, 

Office of Environmental Policy, Bureau 

of Oceans and International 

Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 

U.S. Department of State, with the 

subject line ‘‘U.S.–Singapore 

Environmental Cooperation.’’ 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–2012–0042. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maina Martir-Torres, telephone (202) 

647–4750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

U.S.-Singapore Memorandum of Intent 

on Cooperation in Environmental 

Matters 

The United States and Singapore 

signed the MOI on Cooperation in 

Environmental Matters, on June 13, 

2003. The United States and Singapore 

negotiated the MOI in parallel with the 

U.S.–Singapore Free Trade Agreement. 

In Section 3 of the MOI, the 

Governments state that they plan to 

meet at least biennially to review the 

status of cooperation and to develop and 

update, as appropriate, a Plan of Action 

for Environmental Cooperation. The 

Plan of Action is a tool which identifies 

and outlines agreed upon environmental 

cooperation priorities, on-going efforts, 

and possibilities for future cooperation. 

The mutually identified goals of 

cooperation under the 2011–2012 Plan 

of Action are: (1) Encouraging the 

bilateral and regional use of innovative 

and climate friendly environmental 

technology and pollution management 

techniques; (2) participating in regional 

initiatives on environmentally 

sustainable cities and sustainable 

management and trade in sustainably 

managed resources; and (3) further 

improving capacity to implement and 

enforce environmental laws, including 

further enhancing efforts of countries in 

the region to combat illegal trade in 

environmentally sensitive goods 

through bilateral and regional 

cooperative activities. 

For the 2013–2014 Plan of Action, we 

anticipate building upon cooperative 

work initiated under previous Plans of 

Action. We are requesting suggestions 

that may be considered for inclusion in 

the next Plan of Action. 

For additional information, please 

visit: http://www.state.gov/e/oes/env/ 

trade/singapore/index.htm. 

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 

Work Program and Plan of Action. 

There is no expectation of resources or 

funding associated with any comments 

or suggestions for the Work Program or 

the Plan of Action. 

Dated: June 22, 2012. 

George Sibley, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy, 

Department of State. 

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