### 69517 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 223 / Tuesday, November 19, 2013 / Notices

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Notice is hereby given that as a result of the President’s major disaster declaration on 10/31/2013, Private Non-Profit organizations that provide essential services of governmental nature may file disaster loan applications at the address listed above or other locally announced locations.

The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster: Primary Counties: Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux, Slope. The Interest Rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage: Non-Profit Organizations With

Credit Available Elsewhere 2.875 Non-Profit Organizations

Without Credit Available Elsewhere .......................... 2.875 For Economic Injury: Non-Profit Organizations

Without Credit Available Elsewhere .......................... 2.875

The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 13814B and for economic injury is 13815B. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008)

James E. Rivera, Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2013–27643 Filed 11–18–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 8025–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice: 8526]**

**U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting** 

**DATES :**  Time and Date: Monday, December 2, 2013, 2 p.m.–4 p.m.

Place: Capitol Visitor’s Center, Room SVC203–02, First St. SE., Washington, DC 20515

Status: Commission Meeting—Open to the Public.

The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy will hold a public meeting from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 2, 2013 in Room SVC203–02 of the Capitol Visitor’s Center at First St. SE., Washington, DC
20515.

The meeting’s topic will be on ‘‘The State of Public Diplomacy in 2014’’ and will include representatives from the audit and research community to review the main challenges and opportunities for public diplomacy in the coming year. The Commission will also introduce its work plan for 2014.

This meeting is open to the public, Members and staff of Congress, the State Department, Defense Department, the media, and other governmental and non-governmental organizations. To attend or request further information, including any requests for reasonable accommodation, contact Katherine Brown at BrownKA4@state.gov by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Please arrive for the meeting by 1:45 p.m. to allow for a prompt meeting
start.

The United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy appraises U.S. Government activities intended to understand, inform, and influence foreign publics. The Advisory Commission may conduct studies, inquiries, and meetings, as it deems necessary. It may assemble and disseminate information and issue reports and other publications, subject to the approval of the Chairperson, in consultation with the Executive Director. The Advisory Commission may undertake foreign travel in pursuit of its studies and coordinate, sponsor, or oversee projects, studies, events, or other activities that it deems desirable and necessary in fulfilling its functions.

The Commission consists of seven members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The members of the Commission shall represent the public interest and shall be selected from a cross section of educational, communications, cultural, scientific, technical, public service, labor, business, and professional backgrounds. Not more than four members shall be from any one political party. The President designates a member to chair the Commission.

The current members of the Commission are: Mr. William Hybl of Colorado, Chairman; Ambassador Lyndon Olson of Texas, Vice Chairman; Mr. Sim Farar of California, ViceChairman; Ambassador Penne KorthPeacock of Texas; Ms. Lezlee Westine of Virginia; and Anne Terman Wedner of Illinois. One seat on the Commission is currently vacant.

The following individual has been nominated to the Commission but awaits Senate confirmation as of this writing: Alfredo Balsera of Florida.

This announcement might appear in the Federal Register less than 15 days prior to the meeting. The Department of State finds an exceptional circumstance in that this advisory committee meeting must be held on December 2, 2013, to accommodate the schedules of the Commission members and to introduce the 2014 work plan prior to the start of the holiday season, when travel arrangements and scheduling might be challenging.

Dated: November 14, 2013. Katherine Brown, Executive Director, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013–27816 Filed 11–18–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4710–11–P**

**SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION** 

**Commission Meeting**

**AGENCY :**  Susquehanna River Basin Commission.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will hold its regular business meeting on December 12, 2013, in Annapolis, Maryland. Details concerning the matters to be addressed at the business meeting are contained in the **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION** section of this notice.

**DATES :**  December 12, 2013, at 8:30 a.m.

**ADDRESSES :**  Lowe House Office Building, House of Delegates, Prince George’s Delegation (Room #150), 6 Bladen Street, Annapolis, Md. 21401. (The recommended parking and transportation option is to park at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and take the Annapolis Transit Trolley Shuttle from there—for all available parking options, see http:// www.downtownannapolis.org/

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**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Richard A. Cairo, General Counsel, telephone: (717) 238–0423, ext. 1306; fax: (717) 238–2436. Opportunity To Appear and Comment

Interested parties are invited to attend the business meeting and encouraged to review the Commission’s Public Meeting Rules of Conduct, which are posted on the Commission’s Web site, www.srbc.net. As identified in the public hearing notice referenced below, written comments on the Regulatory Program projects that were the subject of the public hearing, and are listed for action at the business meeting, are subject to a comment deadline of November 25, 2013. The 2013 update of the Comprehensive Plan listed for Commission action was the subject of a public hearing conducted by the Commission on August 15, 2013, and as