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Notices Federal Register

30095 

Vol. 83, No. 124 

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Document No. AMS–ST–18–0043] 

Plant Variety Protection Board; Open 

Teleconference Meeting 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is 

announcing a meeting of the Plant 

Variety Protection Board (Board). The 

meeting is being held to discuss a 

variety of topics including, but not 

limited to, work and outreach plans, 

subcommittee activities, and program 

activities. The meeting is open to the 

public. This notice sets forth the 

schedule and location for the meeting. 

DATES: Tuesday, August 14, 2018, 1 p.m. 

to 2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), Room 3543, South 

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC, 20250. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffery Haynes, Acting Commissioner, 

Plant Variety Protection Office, USDA, 

AMS, Science and Technology 

Programs, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: 

(202) 720–1066; Fax: (202) 260–8976, or 

Email: Jeffery.Haynes@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the provisions of section 10(a) of the 

FACA (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), this 

notice informs the public that the Plant 

Variety Protection Office (PVPO) is 

sponsoring a meeting of the Board on 

August 14, 2018. The Plant Variety 

Protection Act (PVPA) (7 U.S.C. 2321 et 

seq.) provides legal protection in the 

form of intellectual property rights to 

developers of new varieties of plants, 

which are reproduced sexually by seed 

or are tuber-propagated. A certificate of 

Plant Variety Protection is awarded to 

an owner of a crop variety after an 

examination shows that it is new, 

distinct from other varieties, genetically 

uniform and stable through successive 

generations. The term of protection is 20 

years for most crops and 25 years for 

trees, shrubs, and vines. The PVPA also 

provides for a statutory Board (7 U.S.C. 

2327). The Board is composed of 14 

individuals who are experts in various 

areas of development and represent the 

seed industry sector, academia and 

government. The duties of the Board are 

to: (1) Advise the Secretary concerning 

the adoption of rules and regulations to 

facilitate the proper administration of 

the FACA; (2) provide advisory counsel 

to the Secretary on appeals concerning 

decisions on applications by the PVP 

Office and on requests for emergency 

public-interest compulsory licenses; and 

(3) advise the Secretary on any other 

matters under the Regulations and Rules 

of Practice and on all questions under 

Section 44 of the FACA, ‘‘Public Interest 

in Wide Usage’’ (7 U.S.C. 2404). 

Meeting Agenda: The purpose of the 

meeting will be to discuss the PVPO 

2018 program activities, the electronic 

application system, and cooperation 

with other countries. The Board plans to 

discuss program activities that 

encourage the development of new 

plant varieties and address appeals to 

the Secretary. The meeting will be open 

to the public. Those wishing to 

participate are encouraged to preregister by August 3, 2018, by contacting 

Jeffery Haynes, acting commissioner, at 

Telephone: (202) 720–1066; Fax: (202) 

260–8976, or Email: Jeffery.Haynes@

ams.usda.gov. 

Meeting Accommodation: The 

meeting at USDA will provide 

reasonable accommodation to 

individuals with disabilities where 

appropriate. If you need reasonable 

accommodation to participate in this 

public meeting, please notify Jeffery 

Haynes at: Telephone: (202) 720–1066; 

Fax: (202) 260–8976, or Email: 

Jeffery.Haynes@ams.usda.gov. 

Determinations for reasonable 

accommodation will be made on a caseby-case basis. Minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review 30 

days following the meeting on the 

internet at http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

PVPO. 

Dated: June 21, 2018. 

Bruce Summers, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13751 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—School Nutrition 

and Meal Cost Study-II 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 

invites the general public and other 

public agencies to comment on this 

proposed information collection. This 

collection is a new collection for the 

School Nutrition and Meal Cost StudyII (SNMCS–II). The purpose of SNMCS– 

II is to provide a comprehensive picture 

of school food service operations and 

the nutritional quality, cost, and 

acceptability of meals served in the 

National School Lunch Program (NSLP) 

and School Breakfast Program (SBP). 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received on or before August 

27, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: 

John Endahl, Office of Policy Support, 

Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park 

Center Drive, Room 1004, Alexandria, 

VA 22302. Comments may also be 

submitted via fax to the attention of 

John Endahl at 703–305–2576 or via 

email to john.endahl@fns.usda.gov. 

Comments will also be accepted through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the office of the 

Food and Nutrition Service during 

regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 

Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 

22302. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 


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