### 70874 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 27, 2012 / Notices

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

• Title of Information Collection: Overseas Schools Grant Status Report.

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0033.

• Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.

• Originating Office: Bureau of Administration, A/OPR/OS.

• Form Number: DS–2028.

• Respondents: Overseas schools grantees.

• Estimated Number of Respondents:
196.

• Estimated Number of Responses:
196.

• Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 49 hours.

• Frequency: Annually.

• Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.

We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:

• Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper functions of the Department.

• Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used.

• Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected.

• Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your personal information, will be available for public review. Abstract of Proposed Collection

The Office of Overseas Schools of the Department of State (A/OPR/OS) is responsible for determining that adequate educational opportunities exist at Foreign Service Posts for dependents of U.S. Government personnel stationed abroad, and for assisting American-sponsored overseas schools to demonstrate U.S. educational philosophy and practice. The information gathered provides the technical and professional staff of A/OPR/OS the means by which obligations, expenditures and reimbursements of the grant funds are monitored to ensure the grantee is in compliance with the terms of the grant. Methodology

Information is collected via electronic and paper submission. Dated: November 16, 2012. William S. Amoroso, Executive Director, Bureau of Administration, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012–28771 Filed 11–26–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4710–24–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice: 8097]**

**Notice of Charter Renewal of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS**  **Relief (PEPFAR) Scientific Advisory Board** 

**SUMMARY :**  The Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (S/GAC) announces the charter renewal of the PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Board’’). This charter renewal will take place on December 5, 2012 and will expire after two years.

The meeting will be hosted by the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, and led by Ambassador Eric Goosby, who leads implementation of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (92), S/GAC is giving notice of the charter renewal for the PEPFAR SAB. The Board serves the Global AIDS Coordinator in a solely advisory capacity concerning scientific, implementation, and policy issues related to the global response to HIV/ AIDS. The Board is composed of 53 members representing academic institutions, research organizations, U.S. government agencies, multilateral organizations, and the private sector. The diversity of the Board ensures the requisite range of views and expertise necessary to discharge its responsibilities. Please see the SAB page of the PEPFAR Web site for information on the Board’s activities and membership (http://www.pepfar.gov/ sab/index.htm ). Please refer to the notice published in the Federal Register on October 1, 2010 (https:// federalregister.gov/a/2010-24691 ) for additional information about the SAB.

Please contact Amy Dubois, Acting Director of the Office of Research and Science, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator at (202) 663–2440 or DuboisA@state.gov

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Dated: November 6, 2012. Amy Dubois, Acting Director, Office of Research and Science, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012–28772 Filed 11–26–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4710–10–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE** 

**[Public Notice: 8095]**

**Notification of the Next Meetings of the U.S.-Chile FTA Environmental Affairs**  **Council and ECA Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation and**  **Request for Comments on the Meeting Agenda** 

**AGENCY :**  Department of State.

**ACTION :**  Notice of the next meeting of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement Environmental Affairs Council and Environmental Cooperation Agreement Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation and request for comments on the meeting agenda.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of State and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) are providing notice that the United States and Chile intend to hold the sixth meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council (the ‘‘Council’’) and the fourth meeting of the Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation (the ‘‘Commission’’) in Santiago, Chile, on January 9, 2013. The United States and Chile created the Council and Commission pursuant to Chapter 19 (Environment) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (‘‘FTA’’) and Article II of the United States-Chile Environmental Cooperation Agreement (‘‘ECA’’), respectively.

During the Council meeting, the United States and Chile (collectively the ‘‘Parties’’) will discuss their respective implementation of and progress under Chapter 19. During the Commission meeting, the Parties will provide an overview of environmental cooperation projects and the impact of those projects in their countries, and present and sign the new 2012–2014 Work Program for Environmental Cooperation. All interested persons are invited to attend a public session in the afternoon where they will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss implementation of Chapter 19 and environmental cooperation with Council and Commission Members. The time and location of the public session is still being determined; for more information please contact Rebecca Slocum and Leslie Yang (contact information below).

The Department of State and USTR also invite interested agencies, organizations, and members of the public to submit written comments or suggestions regarding the meeting agenda. In preparing comments, we encourage submitters to refer to: (1) The United States-Chile Environmental Cooperation Agreement; (2) the United States-Chile 2009–2011 Work Program for Environmental Cooperation; (3)