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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 39 / Tuesday, March 2, 2021 / Notices
1 Electronically: Using the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http
www.regulations.gov, search for FWS
HQIA20210008, which is the docket number for this notice.
2 U.S. mail: Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWSHQIA2021
0008; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: PRB JAO/3W, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041
3803.
We will not accept email or faxes.
Comments and materials we receive, as well as supporting documentation, will be available for public inspection on http www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information pertaining to species proposals, contact Rosemarie Gnam, Chief, Division of Scientific Authority, 7033581708 phone; 7033582276
fax; or scientificauthority@fws.gov email. For information pertaining to resolutions, decisions, and agenda items, contact Pamela Scruggs, Chief, Division of Management Authority, at 7033582493 phone; or managementauthority@fws.gov email.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf TDD, call the Federal Relay Service FRS at 8008778339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

consideration by all the Parties at the meeting.
This is our first in a series of Federal Register notices that, together with at least one public meeting time and location to be announced, provide you with an opportunity to provide input into the development of the U.S.
submissions to, and negotiating positions for, CoP19. We intend to announce tentative species proposals and tentative documents related to resolutions, decisions, and agenda items that the United States is considering submitting for CoP19, and solicit further information and comments on them, when we publish our next CoP19related Federal Register notice. Our regulations guiding this public process can be found in title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations CFR at 23.87.

Background
Priorities for U.S. submissions to CoP19 continue to be consistent with the overall objective of U.S.
participation in the Convention: To maximize the effectiveness of the Convention in the conservation and sustainable use of species subject to international trade. With this in mind, we plan to consider the following factors in determining what issues to submit for inclusion in the agenda at CoP19:
1 Does the proposed action address a serious wildlife or plant trade issue that the United States is experiencing as a range country for species in trade?
Since our primary responsibility is the conservation of our domestic wildlife resources, we will give native species the highest priority. We will place particular emphasis on terrestrial and freshwater species with the majority of their range in the United States and its territories that are or may be traded in significant numbers; marine species that occur in U.S. waters or for which the United States is a major trader; and threatened and endangered species for which we and other Federal and State agencies already have statutory responsibility for protection and recovery. We also consider CITES
listings as a proactive measure to monitor and manage trade in native species to preclude the need for the
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, hereinafter referred to as CITES or the Convention, is an international treaty aimed at ensuring that international trade in listed animal and plant species does not threaten their survival. Species are included in the Appendices to CITES, which are available on the CITES Secretariats website at http www.cites.org/eng/
disc/species.php.
Currently there are 183 Parties to CITES, 182 countries, including the United States, and one regional economic integration organization, the European Union. The Convention calls for regular meetings of the Conference of the Parties, and the Conference of the Parties has decided that these meetings should be held every 23 years. At the meetings, the Parties review the implementation of CITES, make decisions regarding the financing and function of the CITES Secretariat in Switzerland to enable it to carry out its functions, consider amendments to Appendices I and II, consider reports presented by the Secretariat, and adopt recommendations for the improved effectiveness of CITES. Any Party to CITES may propose amendments to Appendices I and II, resolutions, decisions, and agenda items for
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Announcement of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties We hereby notify all interested entities of the convening of CoP19, which is tentatively scheduled to be held in Costa Rica on March 314, 2022, at a location to be determined.
U.S. Approach for CoP19
What are the priorities for U.S.
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application of stricter measures, such as listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq., or inclusion in CITES Appendix I.
2 Does the proposed action address a serious wildlife or plant trade issue for species not native to the United States?
As a major importer of wildlife, plants, and their products, the United States has taken responsibility, by working in close consultation with range countries, for addressing cases of potential overexploitation of foreign species in the wild. In some cases, the United States may not be a range country or a significant trading country for a species, but we will work closely with other countries to conserve species being threatened by unsustainable exploitation for international trade. We will consider CITES listings for species not native to the United States if they will assist in addressing cases of known or potential over-exploitation of foreign species in the wild, and in preventing illegal, unregulated trade, especially if the United States is a major importer.
These species will be prioritized based on the extent of trade and status of the species, and also the role the species play in the ecosystem, with emphasis on those species for which a CITES listing would provide the greatest conservation benefits to the species, associated species, and their habitats.
3 Does the proposed action provide additional conservation benefit for a species already covered by another international agreement? The United States will consider the inclusion of such a species under CITES when it would enhance the conservation of the species by ensuring that international trade is effectively regulated and not detrimental to the survival of the species.
Request for Information and Recommendations for Amending Appendices I or II
Through this notice, we solicit information and recommendations that will help us identify species that the United States could propose for addition to, removal from, or reclassification in the CITES
Appendices, or to identify issues warranting attention by the CITES
specialists on zoological and botanical nomenclature. This request is not limited to species occurring in the United States. We encourage the submission of information on any species for possible inclusion in, transfer between, or removal from the Appendices, including if these species are subject to international trade that is, or may become, detrimental to the
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