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27178 

Vol. 78, No. 90 

Thursday, May 9, 2013 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of May 17 President’s Global 

Development Council Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Agency for 

International Development. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the 

President’s Global Development Council 

(GDC). 

Date: Friday, May 17, 2013. 

Time: TBD. 

Location: Eisenhower Executive 

Office Building, South Court 

Auditorium, Pennsylvania Avenue and 

17th Street NW. 

Because of the exceptional 

circumstances of coordinating highlevel schedules and other logistics this 

notice is being provided less than 15 

days prior pursuant to 5 CFR 102– 

3.150(b). 

Agenda 

I. Opening Remarks: Vision for the GDC 

II. Overview of the GDC’s Role & Efforts 

III. Presentations on Key Issues 

IV. Request for Feedback and Q&A 

Stakeholders 

The meeting is free and open to the 

public. Persons wishing to attend 

should RSVP to 

Interest_GDC@who.eop.gov. Please note 

that capacity is limited. Additional 

information on web streaming will be 

forthcoming on www.whitehouse.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jayne Thomisee, 202–712–5506. 

Dated: May 3, 2013. 

Jayne Thomisee, 

Executive Director & Policy Advisor, U.S. 

Agency for International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11025 Filed 5–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

May 3, 2013. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 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. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

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: RUS Form 444, ‘‘Wholesale 

Power Contracts’’. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0089. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Electrification Act of 1936 (RE Act) as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), 

authorizes the Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS) to make and guarantee loans that 

will enable rural consumers to obtain 

electric power. Rural consumers formed 

non-profit electric distribution 

cooperatives, groups of these 

distribution cooperatives banded 

together to form Generation and 

Transmission cooperatives (G&T’s) that 

generate or purchase power and 

transmit the power to the distribution 

systems. All RUS and G&T borrowers 

will enter into a Wholesale Power 

Contract with their distribution 

members by using RUS Form 444, as 

adapted to meet the needs of the 

borrower. 

Need and Use of the Information: To 

fulfill the purposes of the RE Act RUS 

will collect information to improve the 

credit quality and credit worthiness of 

loans and loan guarantees to G&T 

borrowers. RUS works closely with 

lending institutions that provide 

supplemental loan funds to borrowers. 

Description of Respondents: Not-for 

profit institutions; Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 20. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

At time of request for a loan or loan 

guarantee. 

Total Burden Hours: 120. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10960 Filed 5–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–13–0002] 

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) 

Inviting Applications for the Specialty 

Crop Block Grant Program-Farm Bill 

(SCBGP–FB) 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) announces the 

availability of approximately $52 

million in grant funds, less USDA 

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