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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 78, No. 41 

Friday, March 1, 2013 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of Public Information Collection 

Requirements Submitted to OMB for 

Review 

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International 

Development (USAID) has submitted 

the following information collection to 

OMB for review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 30 days of this 

notification. Comments should be 

addressed to: Desk Officer for USAID, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), Washington, DC 20503. 

Copies of submission may be obtained 

by calling (202) 712–5007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Number: OMB 0412–0549. 

Form Number: AID 302–3. 

Title: Offeror Information for Personal 

Services. 

Type of Submission: New Information 

Collection. 

Purpose: United States Agency for 

International Development must collect 

information for reporting purposes to 

Congress and Office of Acquisition and 

Assistance Contract Administration. 

This collection is to gather information 

from applicants applying for personal 

services contractor positions. This form 

will be utilized to collect information to 

determine the most qualified person for 

a position without gathering 

information which may lead to 

discrimination or bias information 

towards or gathered from applicant. 

Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 5000. 

Total annual responses: 10,000. 

Total annual hours requested: 10,000. 

Dated: February 22, 2013. 

Lynn P. Winston, 

Chief, Bureau for Management, Office of 

Management Services, Information and 

Records Division, U.S. Agency for 

International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04720 Filed 2–28–13; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of March 14 Advisory 

Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid 

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 

Advisory Committee on Voluntary 

Foreign Aid (ACVFA). 

Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013. 

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Location: Ronald Reagan Building, 

1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20523. 

Agenda 

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah will 

make opening remarks, followed by 

panel discussions among ACVFA 

members and USAID leadership, and an 

open Q&A. A draft agenda, room 

location, and additional information 

will be forthcoming on the ACVFA Web 

site at http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/advisory-committee. 

Stakeholders 

The meeting is free and open to the 

public. Persons wishing to attend 

should register online at http:// 

www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/ 

organization/advisory-committee/getinvolved. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandy Stonesifer, 202–712–4372. 

Dated: February 22, 2013. 

Sandy Stonesifer, 

Executive Director, Advisory Committee on 

Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA), U.S. Agency 

for International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04640 Filed 2–28–13; 8:45 am] 

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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 12:30 p.m. on 

March 15, 2013 at the University of 

Missouri Reynolds Journalism Institute, 

S. 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201. The 

central theme of this meeting will center 

on ‘‘Globalization of agriculture and 

food research at land-grant universities: 

BIFAD public meeting at University of 

Missouri.’’ 

Dr. Brady Deaton, BIFAD Chair and 

Chancellor of the University of Missouri 

at Columbia, will preside over the 

meeting. 

The public meeting will begin 

promptly at 8:00 a.m. with opening 

remarks by BIFAD Chair Brady Deaton. 

The Board will address both old and 

new business during this time and hear 

updates from USAID, including reports 

on outreach visits by three BIFAD 

members. USAID will provide updates 

on the Higher Education Solutions 

Network and the Bureau for Food 

Security Feed the Future Food Security 

Innovation Center. This will be followed 

by a panel on global research priorities 

related to Sustainable Intensification 

and Integrated Pest Management as 

related to refinement of current USAID/ 

BFS research focus areas and 

programmatic choices. A second panel 

will focus on agricultural research at 

U.S. universities in the context of global 

challenges. Time will then be allowed 

for public comment. Following this 

period, the Chair will adjourn the 

meeting. 

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 2.10– 

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214, Washington, DC 20523–2110 or 

telephone her at (202) 712–0218. 

Susan Owens, 

USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, 

Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for 

International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04746 Filed 2–28–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 25, 2013. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to 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 

(OMB), 

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) 720–8958. 

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. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Determining Eligibility for Free 

and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk, 

7 CFR Part 245. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0026. 

Summary of Collection: The Richard 

B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

(NSLA), as amended, authorizes the 

National School Lunch Program (NSLP). 

Section 9, Paragraph 9(b) of the NSLA 

provides that the income guidelines for 

determining eligibility for free school 

meals shall be 130 percent, and reduced 

price school meals shall be 185 percent, 

of the applicable family size income 

level contained in the non-farm income 

poverty guidelines proscribed by the 

Office of Management and Budget, as 

adjusted annually. 7 CFR Part 245, 

Determining Eligibility for Free and 

Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in 

Schools, sets forth policies and 

procedures for implementing these 

provisions. These federal regulations 

requires schools operating the NSLP to 

determine children’s eligibility for free 

and reduced-price meals on the basis of 

each child’s household income and size, 

and to establish operating procedures 

that will prevent physical segregation, 

or other discrimination against, or overt 

identification of children unable to pay 

the full price for meals or milk. Section 

104 of the Child Nutrition and WIC 

Reauthorization Act of 2004 added 

section 9(b)(4) to the NSAL (42 U.S.C. 

1758(b)(4)) to require local education 

agencies to directly certify, without 

further application, any child who is a 

member of a household receiving 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP) benefits. 

Need and Use of the Information: FNS 

will collect information to determine 

eligibility of children for free and 

reduced price meals and for free milk 

using form FNS–742, and assure that 

there is no physical segregation of, or 

other discrimination against, or overt 

identification of children unable to pay 

the full price for meals or milk. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or household; State, Local, 

or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 8,303,871. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: Other (3 

times a year); Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 965,582. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer . 

[FR Doc. 2013–04789 Filed 2–28–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Notice of Petitions by Firms for 

Determination of Eligibility To Apply 

for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and Opportunity for 

Public Comment. 

Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade 

Act 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341 

et seq.), the Economic Development 

Administration (EDA) has received 

petitions for certification of eligibility to 

apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

from the firms listed below. 

Accordingly, EDA has initiated 

investigations to determine whether 

increased imports into the United States 

of articles like or directly competitive 

with those produced by each of these 

firms contributed importantly to the 

total or partial separation of the firm’s 

workers, or threat thereof, and to a 

decrease in sales or production of each 

petitioning firm. 

LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

[2/1/2013 through 2/22/2013] 

Firm name Firm address 

Date accepted 

for 

investigation 

Product(s) 

Eilers Machine & Welding, Inc. ...... 600 E. Commerce Road, Lexington, NE 68850.2/21/2013 Company’s articles are made from metals, using 

metal fabrication processes: Cutting, bending, 

welding, and other. Components are then used by 

other businesses to make final goods. 

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