47364 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 24, 2021 / Notices 

1Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, 

which, according to WBRY, leases the Line to 

WBRY, has filed a verified notice of exemption to 

abandon the Line. See Terminal R.R. Ass’n of St. 

Louis—Aban. Exemption—in St. Louis Cnty., Mo., 

AB 122 (Sub-No. 2X) (STB served Aug. 16, 2021) 

(86 FR 45,796). 

2Persons interested in submitting an OFA to 

subsidize continued rail service must first file a 

formal expression of intent to file an offer, 

indicating the intent to file an OFA for subsidy and 

demonstrating that they are preliminarily 

financially responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)(i). 

Kristy Zamary at ZamaryKK@state.gov. 

Please send any request for reasonable 

accommodation no later than September 

8, 2021. Requests received after that 

date will be considered but might not be 

possible to fulfill. Attendees should 

plan to enter the web conference 

waiting room by 11:50 a.m. to allow for 

a prompt start. 

Since 1948, the ACPD has been 

charged with appraising activities 

intended to understand, inform, and 

influence foreign publics and to 

increase the understanding of, and 

support for, these same activities. The 

ACPD conducts research that provides 

honest assessments of public diplomacy 

efforts, and disseminates findings 

through reports, white papers, and other 

publications. It also holds public 

symposiums that generate informed 

discussions on public diplomacy issues 

and events. The Commission reports to 

the President, Secretary of State, and 

Congress and is supported by the Office 

of the Under Secretary of State for 

Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. 

For more information on the U.S. 

Advisory Commission on Public 

Diplomacy, please visit https://

www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/undersecretary-for-public-diplomacy-andpublic-affairs/united-states-advisorycommission-on-public-diplomacy/, or 

contact Executive Director Vivian S. 

Walker at WalkerVS@state.gov or Senior 

Advisor Deneyse Kirkpatrick at 

kirkpatrickda2@state.gov. 

Vivian S. Walker, 

Executive Director, U.S. Advisory 

Commission on Public Diplomacy, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18212 Filed 8–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–45–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11507] 

Title Bureau of International 

Organization Affairs Stakeholder 

Listening Session in Preparation for 

the September 2021 UN Food Systems 

Summit 

ACTION: Notice of listening session for 

the UN Food Systems Summit. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

State’s Bureau of International 

Organization Affairs (IO)—which is 

responsible for coordinating the U.S. 

government’s engagement in the UN 

Food Systems Summit in September 

2021—will hold an informal 

Stakeholder Listening Session, along 

with the U.S. Agency for International 

Development and the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, on Friday, September 3, 

2021, from 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET. 

The listening session will be held 

virtually, and the meeting link will be 

shared with registered participants prior 

to the session. 

DATES: The listening session will be 

held on Friday, September 3, 2021, from 

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

(ET). Please register by Thursday, 

August 26, 2021. Registration is 

required for the event. Please send your 

full name, email address, organization, 

and any requests for reasonable 

accommodation to UNFSS@state.gov to 

register. Please RSVP no later than 

Thursday, August 26, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact Claire Crites, Office 

Management Specialist, the Bureau of 

International Organization Affairs at 

telephone number 202–647–0154 or via 

email at UNFSS@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Stakeholder Listening Session will help 

U.S. departments and agencies prepare 

for the UN Food Systems Summit by 

taking full advantage of the knowledge, 

ideas, feedback, and suggestions from 

all communities interested in, and 

affected by, agenda items to be 

discussed at the UN Food Systems 

Summit. Your input will contribute to 

U.S. positions as we engage on food 

systems topics with our international 

colleagues. The listening session will be 

organized by agenda item, and 

participation is welcome from 

stakeholder communities, including: 

• Organizations with an interest in 

food systems and food security 

• State, local, and Tribal groups; 

• Private industry; 

• Academic and scientific 

organizations. 

Written comments are welcome and 

encouraged, even if you are planning on 

attending the virtual session. Please 

send written comments to the email 

address: UNFSS@state.gov. 

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656, 2651a; and 5 

U.S.C. 551 et seq.) 

Monique Nowicki, 

Food Systems Summit Coordinator, Office of 

Economic and Development Affairs, Bureau 

of International Organization Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17889 Filed 8–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–19–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 1318X)] 

West Belt Railway LLC— 

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in St. Louis County, Mo. 

West Belt Railway LLC (WBRY) has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 C.FR part 1152 subpart F— 

Exempt Abandonments and 

Discontinuances of Service to 

discontinue service over an 

approximately 0.1-mile segment of rail 

line between milepost 0.7 (near Bodine 

Industrial Drive crossing) and milepost 

0.8 (the end of the line) in St. Louis 

County, Mo. (the Line).1 The Line 

traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Code 

63114. 

WBRY has certified that: (1) It has 

moved no local traffic over the Line in 

at least two years; (2) any overhead 

traffic can be rerouted; (3) no formal 

complaint filed by a user of rail service 

on the Line (or a state or local 

government entity acting on behalf of 

such user) regarding cessation of service 

over the Line either is pending with the 

Surface Transportation Board or any 

U.S. District Court or has been decided 

in favor of a complainant within the 

two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication) and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

discontinuance of service shall be 

protected under Oregon Short Line 

Railroad—Abandonment Portion 

Goshen Branch Between Firth & 

Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville 

Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To 

address whether this condition 

adequately protects affected employees, 

a petition for partial revocation under 

49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) 2 to subsidize 

continued rail service has been 

received, this exemption will be 

effective on September 23, 2021, unless 

stayed pending reconsideration. 

Petitions to stay that do not involve 


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