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Vol. 79, No. 12 

Friday, January 17, 2014 

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 8:30 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. on 

Thursday, January, 30 2014 at the 

Ronald Reagan Building’s Horizon 

Ballroom located at 1300 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The central 

theme of this year’s meeting will be 

‘‘Higher Education and US University 

Student Engagement.’’ 

Dr. Brady Deaton, BIFAD Chairman, 

will preside over the meeting. The 

public business session will begin 

promptly at 8:30 a.m. with opening 

remarks by BIFAD Chair Brady Deaton. 

The Board will address both old and 

new business during this time and will 

hear from USAID, the university 

community and other experts on 

progress and mechanisms for advancing 

programming in agricultural research 

and capacity development. During the 

business session the BIFAD will host a 

panel of key authors who will discuss 

trends in funding for Higher 

Education—Strategy, Partnerships and 

Programs, moderated by BIFAD member 

Harold Martin. During this session the 

BIFAD will receive updates from USAID 

on its Feed the Future Innovation Labs 

and the Higher Education Solutions 

Network as well as a report on African 

Higher Education. 

Starting at 10:15 a.m., BIFAD member 

Marty McVey will chair a panel on 

‘‘Updates from USAID.’’ The purpose 

shall be to learn about any new or 

ongoing activities related to higher 

education and U.S. university student 

engagement from the Bureau for Food 

Security’s senior leadership. 

The final panel session, which will be 

again chaired by BIFAD Chairman Dr. 

Brady Deaton will focus on ‘‘U.S. 

University Engagement in Global Food 

Security.’’ This panel will have 

significant representation from the U.S. 

university community to address these 

issues. 

Between 11:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. 

time for public questions and comments 

will be allowed, followed quickly by the 

BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence 

in a Title XII Innovation Lab. Finally, 

closing remarks will occur from 

12:35pm to 12:45pm by BIFAD 

Chairman Brady Deaton. 

Those wishing to attend the meeting 

or obtain additional information about 

BIFAD should contact Susan Owens, 

Executive Director and Designated 

Federal Officer for BIFAD. 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., Room 2.09– 

067, Washington, DC 20523–2110 or 

telephone her at (202) 712–0218. 

Susan Owens, 

USAID Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD, 

Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for 

International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00829 Filed 1–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0090] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

U.S. Origin Health Certificate 

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 

the export of animals and animal 

products from the United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before March 18, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0090- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0090, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0090 or 

in our reading room, which 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) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the export of animals 

and animal products from the United 

States, contact Dr. Jacek Taniewski, 

Assistant Director, Live Animal Export, 

NIES, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 

39, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851– 

3300. For copies of more detailed 

information on the information 

collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles, 

APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: U.S. Origin Health Certificate. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0020. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The export of agricultural 

commodities, including animals and 

animal products, is a major business in 

the United States and contributes to a 

favorable balance of trade. Within the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 

(USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary 

Services (VS) maintains information 

regarding the import health 

requirements of other countries for 

animals and animal products exported 

from the United States, as most 

countries require a certification that our 

animals are free from specific diseases 

and show no clinical evidence of 


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disease. This certification must carry the 

USDA seal and be endorsed by an 

APHIS veterinarian, APHIS-accredited 

veterinarian, or State veterinarian. VS 

Forms 17–140/17–140A–B (U.S. Origin 

Health Certificate/Continuation Sheet) 

and VS Form 17–145 (U.S. Origin 

Health Certificate for the Export of 

Horses from the United States to 

Canada) are used to meet the 

certification requirements of other 

countries. In addition, the export of 

animals and animal products from the 

United States may involve other 

information collection activities, 

including environmental certification 

for export facilities, notarized 

statements, documentation of undue 

hardship for animals departing from a 

specific export location, requests 

regarding approval or withdrawal of 

approval of export facilities, and 

recordkeeping for modification of rail 

stanchions on vessels. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.24205 hours per response. 

Respondents: Owners of and facility 

operators for cattle, sheep, goats, and 

horses; accredited veterinarians; State 

veterinarians; live animal exporters; and 

owners or masters of ocean vessels used 

to export livestock from the United 

States. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 780. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 93.27. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 72,755. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 17,611 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of 

January 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00881 Filed 1–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—The Special 

Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 

Nutrition Education Study 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on the 

proposed collection of data for the WIC 

Nutrition Education Study. This is a 

NEW information collection. The 

Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants, and 

Children (WIC) is administered at the 

Federal level by the Food and Nutrition 

Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture. Through Federal grants to 

States, WIC provides supplemental 

foods, health care referrals, and 

nutrition education to low-income 

pregnant, breastfeeding, and nonbreastfeeding postpartum women and to 

infants and children who are found to 

be at nutritional risk. The Healthy 

Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 

111–296, Sec. 305) mandates programs 

under its authorization, including WIC, 

to cooperate with USDA program 

research and evaluation activities. WIC’s 

mission is to safeguard the health of 

low-income women, infants, and 

children up to age 5 who are at 

nutritional risk by providing nutritious 

foods to supplement diets, information 

on healthy eating, and referrals to health 

care. 

Nutrition education is the program 

feature often viewed as pivotal to WIC’s 

success in achieving its mission to 

safeguard the health of low-income 

women, infants, and children. By 

Federal directive, all participants have 

the opportunity to participate in 

nutrition education at least two times 

during a 6-month period of eligibility or 

quarterly for a 12-month period. State 

and local WIC agencies have significant 

flexibility to design nutrition education 

appropriate for the demographics of 

their participants within established 

goals. This flexibility has yielded a 

range of messages, delivery systems and 

approaches, qualifications and training 

for educators, and quality. 

The WIC Nutrition Education Study 

will provide a nationally representative 

description of how nutrition education 

is currently being provided to WIC 

recipients across the country. It will also 

conduct a pilot study of the impact of 

nutrition education on WIC recipients’ 

nutrition and physical activity 

behaviors. This study will provide FNS 

with a better understanding of nutrition 

education practices and methods used 

by WIC and of the effectiveness of 

current WIC nutrition education 

services. The study will document how 

nutrition education is being provided 

subsequent to several program changes, 

including the 2009 food package 

changes, the implementation of the 

initiative to Revitalize Quality Nutrition 

Services (RQNS), and the use of new 

technology, among a racially and 

ethnically diverse population. 

Understanding optimal educational 

topics and methods, how to maximize 

participant engagement, the best 

approaches for delivery and 

reinforcement of messages, and how to 

effectively prepare and support WIC 

nutrition educators is key to informing 

WIC nutrition education improvements. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before March 18, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments are 

invited on (a) whether the proposed 

data collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information has practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions that were used; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 


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