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Vol. 69, No. 193

Wednesday, October 6, 2004

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Advisory Committee on Voluntary 

Foreign Aid; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, notice is hereby given of 

a meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA). 

Date: October 27, 2004 (9:15 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m.). 

Location: The National Press Club, 

529 14th Street, NW., 13th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20045. 

The meeting’s morning session will 

feature discussions on the humanitarian 

crisis in Darfur by USAID and PVO 

officials and a presentation by 

Ambassador Carlos Pascual on the new 

Office of the Coordinator for 

Reconstruction and Stabilization in the 

U.S. Department of State. The afternoon 

session will feature a discussion on the 

Global Development Alliance, 

highlighting success stories and lessons 

learned. The meeting will close with an 

update on the Millennium Challenge 

Account. 

The meeting is free and open to the 

public. Persons wishing to attend the 

meeting can register online at 

www.ACVFA.com or e-mail their name 

to Margaret Hill at 

Margaret.Hill@triumph-tech.com or 

Jocelyn Rowe at jrowe@usaid.gov.

Dated: September 30, 2004. 

Jocelyn M. Rowe, 

Executive Director, Advisory Committee on 

Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA).

[FR Doc. 04–22397 Filed 10–5–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal And Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. 04–100–1] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

regulations governing the introduction 

of certain genetically engineered 

organisms and products.

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before December 

6, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• EDOCKET: Go to http://

www.epa.gov/feddocket to submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once you have 

entered EDOCKET, click on the ‘‘View 

Open APHIS Dockets’’ link to locate this 

document. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send four copies of your 

comment (an original and three copies) 

to Docket No. 04–100–1, Regulatory 

Analysis and Development, PPD, 

APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700 River Road 

Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Please state that your comment refers to 

Docket No. 04–100–1. 

• E-mail: Address your comment to 

regulations@aphis.usda.gov. Your 

comment must be contained in the body 

of your message; do not send attached 

files. Please include your name and 

address in your message and ‘‘Docket 

No. 04–100–1’’ on the subject line. 

• Agency Web Site: Go to http://

www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/

cominst.html for a form you can use to 

submit an e-mail comment through the 

APHIS Web site. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 of the 

USDA South Building, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: You may view 

APHIS documents published in the 

Federal Register and related 

information, including the names of 

groups and individuals who have 

commented on APHIS dockets, on the 

Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

ppd/rad/webrepor.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the regulations 

governing the introduction of 

genetically engineered organisms and 

products, contact Mr. Steven M. 

Bennett, Management Analyst, 

Biotechnology Regulatory Services, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 147, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–5672. 

For copies of more detailed information 

on the information collection, contact 

Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ 

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 734–7477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 7 CFR Part 340; Introduction of 

Organisms and Products Altered or 

Produced Through Genetic Engineering. 

OMB Number: 0579–0085. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Plant Protection 

Act (7 U.S.C. 7701–7772), the Secretary 

of Agriculture may prohibit or restrict 

the importation, entry, or movement in 

interstate commerce of any plant, plant 

product, biological control organism, 

noxious weed, article, or means of 

conveyance, if the Secretary determines 

that the prohibition or restriction is 

necessary to prevent the introduction or 

the dissemination of a plant pest into 

the United States. 

Under that authority, the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

of the United States Department of 

Agriculture administers regulations in 7 

CFR part 340, ‘‘Introduction of 

Organisms and Products Altered or 

Produced Through Genetic Engineering 

Which Are Plant Pests or Which There 

Is Reason to Believe Are Plant Pests.’’ 

The regulations require that persons 

who wish to introduce organisms or