20006 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 64 / Tuesday, April 3, 2012 / Notices 

Competitive, Special and Facilities 

Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i)); Pest 

Management Alternatives Program 

(PMAP)—(Section 2(c)(1)(A) of the 

Competitive, Special, and Facilities 

Research Grant Act, (Pub. L. No. 89– 

106), as amended (7 U.S.C. 

450i(c)(1)(A)); Regional IPM 

Competitive Grants Program (RIPM)— 

(Section 2(c)(1)(B) of the Competitive, 

Special, and Facilities Research Grant 

Act (Pub. L. No. 89–106, as amended (7 

U.S.C. 450i(c)(1)(B)) and Section 3(d) of 

the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(d)); 

Extension Integrated Pest Management 

Coordination and Support (EIPM–CS)— 

(Section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 

U.S.C. 343(d) as amended by Section 

7403 of the FCEA) (Pub. L. 110–246), 

and the Regional IPM Centers—(Section 

406 of the Agricultural Research, 

Extension, and Education Reform Act of 

1998 (AREERA) (7 U.S.C. 7626), as 

reauthorized by Section 7306 of the 

FCEA of 2008) (Pub. L. 110–246)). The 

Crop Protection Program, as proposed, 

would be authorized under Section 406 

of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 

and Education Reform Act of 1998 

(AREERA) (7 U.S.C. 7626), as 

reauthorized by Section 7306 of the 

FCEA) (Pub. L. 110–246). This funding 

authority will allow eligibility for fouryear degree granting institutions and 

provide for the recovery of indirect 

costs. The intent of the listening 

sessions is to gather stakeholder input 

on program focus, function and design. 

Additional detail can be found in the 

explanatory notes to the President’s 

budget, found at http:// 

www.obpa.usda.gov/ 

17nifa2013notes.pdf. USDA–NIFA 

suggests the following questions be 

addressed in drafting comments on the 

program. Prior to the listening session, 

National Program Leaders presented 

stakeholders with the following 

questions: 

1. What conceptual elements are 

needed in the new CPP to address 

research education and extension in 

pest management to ensure global food 

security and other major societal 

challenges are addressed? 

2. Is regionalization a sound concept 

for coordination of IPM programs? Why 

or why not? 

3. What administrative functions are 

needed to adequately manage elements 

of the new program? 

4. Should the program be delivered 

through a state, regional, or national 

structure or should there be a blend of 

elements to address regional and 

national interests? 

5. How should resources be 

apportioned across the functional areas 

and across regions if regionalization is 

an element of the program? 

6. If regional program delivery is a 

part of the concept, what critical 

benefits does this approach provide? 

7. If a regional structure is deployed, 

what should it look like? 

8. Should the CPP be limited to shortterm projects or should longer-term 

ongoing programs also be supported? 

9. What size should the awards be for 

research, education or extension? What 

scope should projects encompass? 

10. What portion of the Crop 

Protection Program budget should be 

dedicated to each of the five IPM 

program areas: (a) Plant Protection 

Tactics and Tools; (b) Diversified IPM 

Systems; (c) Enhancing Agricultural 

Biosecurity; (d) IPM for a Sustainable 

Society; and (e) Development of the 

Next Generation of IPM Scientists. 

The March, April and May 2012, 

Listening Sessions are scheduled to 

assist NIFA leadership in more fully 

addressing stakeholder needs and 

assuring that the CPP has influence on 

the discovery of new IPM knowledge, 

IPM principles are adopted, and end 

users are best served. 

Implementation Plans 

NIFA plans to consider stakeholder 

input received from these public 

meetings as well as other written 

comments in developing the FY 2013 

program guidelines, dependent on 

Congressional appropriation. NIFA 

anticipates releasing the proposed FY 

2013 RFA(s) by winter 2012–13. 

Dated: Done at Washington, DC, this 23rd 

day of March 2012. 

Chavonda Jacobs-Young, 

Acting Director, National Institute of Food 

and Agriculture. 

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