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# Notices Federal Register 

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Vol. 78, No. 171

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

**AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT** 

**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: Wednesday, September 18,

2013. Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Location: Horizon Room, Ronald

Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW., Washington, DC 20523. Agenda

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah will make opening remarks, followed by the release of working group recommendations on the creation of a Feed the Future Civil Society Action Plan, and an opportunity for public comment. A draft agenda will be forthcoming on the ACVFA Web site at http://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/ 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: August 27, 2013. Sandy Stonesifer, Executive Director, Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA), U.S. Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. 2013–21451 Filed 9–3–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE** 

**Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request** 

August 28, 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.

Comments regarding this information collection received by October 4, 2013 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building, 725–17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: OIRA

_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 7602. 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. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Title: Importation of Mangoes from the Philippines OMB Control Number: 0579–0172 Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7711– 7714), the Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or in cooperation with the States, is authorized to carry out operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States or not know to be widely distributed throughout the United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) regulations on fruits and vegetables allow the importation of mangoes from Guimaras Island in the Republic of the Philippines into the United States under certain conditions. The regulations require the use of box marking to indicate the origin of the fruit, phytosanitary certificate to confirmed that the fruit has been grown and treated in accordance with the regulations and a trust fund agreement between the Republic of the Philippines Department of Agriculture and APHIS to cover the Agency’s participation in the treatment and inspection activities in the Philippines that are required for the importation of mangoes.

Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information from a variety of individuals who are involved in growing, packing, handling, transporting and exporting plants and plant products. The information APHIS collects serves as the supporting documentation for issuing PPQ forms and documents required to authorize release of restricted products, and allow movement of regulated products. The information APHIS collects is vital to helping ensure that injurious plant diseases and insect pest are not imported and do not spread into or within the United States.

Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; farms; Federal Government

Number of Respondents: 1,827 Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion

Total Burden Hours: 121 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Title: Importation of Artificially Dwarfed Plants

OMB Control Number: 0579–0176 Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701– 7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or restrict the