Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; Notice of Meeting

Citation84 FR 10476
Record Number2019-05345
Published date21 March 2019
SectionNotices
CourtAgency For International Development
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Notices Federal Register
10476
Vol. 84, No. 55
Thursday, March 21, 2019
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development; Notice of
Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, notice is hereby given of
the public meeting of the Board for
International Food and Agricultural
Development (BIFAD). The meeting will
be held from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT
on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 via livestream
online at http://www.aplu.org/projects-
and-initiatives/international-programs/
bifad/bifad-meetings.html.
The Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development (BIFAD), an
advisory committee to the U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID),
will convene a virtual public meeting on
April 9 2019 to solicit feedback from the
U.S. university community on their
experiences implementing the
regulations that govern USAID funded
Exchange Visitors (EVs) and Participant
Training (PT), as per the Automated
Directives System (ADS) 252 and ADS
253. The ADS contains the organization
and functions of USAID, along with the
policies and procedures that guide the
Agency’s programs and operations.
For questions about registration,
please contact Devin Furguson at
dferguson@aplu.org or (202) 478–6030.
For questions about BIFAD, please
contact Clara Cohen, Designated Federal
Officer for BIFAD in the Bureau for
Food Security at USAID. Interested
persons may write to her in care of the
U.S. Agency for International
Development, Ronald Reagan Building,
Bureau for Food Security, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20523–2110 or telephone her at
(202) 712–0119.
Clara Cohen,
Supervisory Agricultural Development
Specialist, Bureau for Food Security, U.S.
Agency for International Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
DATE
: March 18, 2018.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding (1) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by April 22, 2019
will be considered. Written comments
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), New
Executive Office Building, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20502.
Commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may
be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR 1778, Emergency and
Imminent Community Water Assistance
Grants.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0110.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) is authorized
under Section 306A of the Consolidated
Farm and rural Development Act, 7
U.S.C. 1926(a) to provide grants to rural
areas and small communities to secure
adequate quantities of safe water. There
are two levels of grant limits—$500,000
and $150,000. Grants made under this
program shall be made for 100 percent
of the project’s cost, can serve rural
areas with population not in excess of
5,000, and household income should
not exceed 100 percent of a State’s non-
metropolitan median household
income. Grants under this program may
be made to public bodies and private
nonprofit corporations serving rural
areas.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS will collect the information from
applicants applying for grants under 7
CFR 1778. The information is unique to
each borrower and emergency situation.
Applicants must demonstrate that there
is an imminent emergency or that a
decline occurred within 2 years of the
date the application was filed with
Rural Development.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local or Tribal Government; Not-for-
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 52.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 3,273.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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