Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service
This notice announces the provisional agenda for the twelfth regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The description of each agenda item is followed by a brief explanation of the tentative U.S. negotiating position for that item. Proposals submitted by the United States are only covered in this notice to a limited extent. This notice contains primarily summaries of the tentative U.S. negotiating positions on agenda items, resolutions, and species proposals submitted by other countries and the CITES Secretariat for COP12. We are also extending the comment period on these issues, which was announced in our Federal Register notice of August 20, 2002 (67 FR 53962).
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period. SUMMARY: This notice announces the provisional agenda for the twelfth regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The description of each agenda item is followed by a brief explanation of the tentative U.S. negotiating position for that item. Proposals submitted by the United States are only covered in this notice to a limited extent. This notice contains primarily summaries of the tentative U.S. negotiating positions on agenda items, resolutions, and species proposals submitted by other countries and the CITES Secretariat for COP12. We are also extending the comment period on these issues, which was announced in our Federal Register notice of August 20, 2002 ( 67 FR 53962 ). DATES: In developing U.S. negotiating positions on these issues, we will now consider information and comments that you submit if we receive them by October 31, 2002. Our previous comment period was announced (August 20, 2002 ( 67 FR 53962 )) to run through October 4, 2002. This extension is being made in order to give the public every opportunity to provide comments in development of our tentative negotiating positions. ADDRESSES: Comments: You should send comments pertaining to resolutions and agenda items to the Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fis…
Citation: 67 FR 66464
