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Coordinating Committee for Europe 

The Coordinating Committee for 

Europe (CCEURO) convened its 32nd 

Session virtually from May 16–18, 2022, 

with report adoption taking place on 

May 20, 2022. 

The Coordinating Committee 

discussed the following agenda items: 

• Matters arising from the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission and Codex 

subsidiary bodies 

• Food safety and quality in the region 

including current and emerging 

issues—country updates 

• Updates on FAO and WHO work of 

regional interest 

• Codex work relevant to the region 

• Implementation of the Codex Strategic 

Plan 2020–2025 

• Nomination of the Regional 

Coordinator 

Responsible Party: USDA/TFAA/ 

USCO. 

U.S. Participation: Yes (as an 

observer). 

Coordinating Committee for Latin 

America and the Caribbean 

The Coordinating Committee for Latin 

America and the Caribbean (CCLAC) did 

not meet in 2021. The 22nd Session of 

CCLAC is scheduled to convene 

virtually October 24–28, 2022. The 

agenda is not yet available, and it is not 

possible to determine whether any texts 

will be forwarded for consideration by 

CAC45. 

Responsible Party: USDA/TFAA/ 

USCO. 

U.S. Participation: Yes (as an 

observer). 

Coordinating Committee for North 

America and the South West Pacific 

The Coordinating Committee for 

North America and the South West 

Pacific (CCNASWP) did not meet in 

2021, nor does it plan to in 2022. The 

16th Session of the CCNASWP is 

scheduled to convene from January 30– 

February 3, 2023. The meeting agenda is 

not currently available. 

The Committee is expected to 

continue working on: 

• Draft regional standard for fermented 

noni fruit juice 

Responsible Party: USDA/TFAA/ 

USCO. 

U.S. Participation: Yes. 

Coordinating Committee for the Near 

East 

The Coordinating Committee for the 

Near East (CCNE) did not meet in 2021, 

nor does it plan to in 2022. The next 

CCNE meeting is planned for 2023. 

Responsible Party: USDA/TFAA/ 

USCO. 

U.S. Participation: Yes (as an 

observer). 

Contact Information 

U.S. Codex Office, United States 

Department of Agriculture, Room 4861, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700, Phone: +1 

(202) 205–7760, Email: uscodex@

usda.gov. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

[Docket ID: NRCS–2022–0006] 

Urban Agriculture and Innovative 

Production Advisory Committee Virtual 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS) is holding 

its second public meeting of the Urban 

Agriculture and Innovative Production 

Advisory Committee (UAIPAC). 

UAIPAC was established to advise the 

Secretary on the development of 

policies and outreach relating to urban, 

indoor, and other emerging agricultural 

production practices, and other matters. 

UAIPAC will also develop 

recommendations and advise on 

policies, initiatives, and outreach 

administered by the Office of Urban 

Agriculture and Innovative Production 

(OUAIP); evaluate ongoing research and 

extension activities related to urban, 

indoor, and other innovative 

agricultural practices; identify new and 

existing barriers to successful urban, 

indoor, and other emerging agricultural 

production practices; and provide 

additional assistance and advice to 

OUAIP as appropriate. 

DATES:

Virtual Meeting: UAIPAC will meet 

via webinar on Friday, August 5, 2022, 

from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time (ET). 

Registration: To attend the meeting, 

you can register by Thursday, August 4, 

2022. 

Comments: The deadline to submit 

written comments for the UAIPAC to 

review before the meeting is Friday, July 

29, 2022. 

ADDRESSES:

Comments: We invite you to submit 

comments for the UAIPAC meeting. You 

may submit comments through the: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: go to 

https://www.regulations.gov docket ID 

NRCS–2022–0006 and follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

UAIPAC Website: The meeting 

webinar can be accessed via either the 

internet or phone; detailed access 

information will be available on the 

UAIPAC website prior to the meeting: 

http://www.farmers.gov/urban. 

Registration: The public can register 

to attend the UAIPAC meeting at: 

https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/

register/WN_kYuDvpVLRlCXONt

1bQedMA. 

Comments will be available for 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov. 

Comments received will be posted 

without change, including any personal 

information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tammy Willis; telephone: (315) 456– 

9024; email: UrbanAgricultureFederal

AdvisoryCommittee@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

UAIPAC Purpose 

Section 222 of the Department of 

Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, 

as amended by section 12302 of the 

2018 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 115–334), 

directs the Secretary of the USDA to 

establish an ‘‘Urban Agriculture and 

Innovative Production Advisory 

Committee’’ to advise the Secretary on 

any aspect of section 222, including the 

development of policies and outreach 

relating to urban, indoor, and other 

emerging agricultural production 

practices. 

In addition, UAIPAC will advise the 

Director of the OUAIP on policies, 

initiatives, and outreach administered 

by that office. UAIPAC will evaluate 

and review ongoing research and 

extension activities relating to urban, 

indoor, and other innovative 

agricultural practices; identify new and 

existing barriers to successful urban, 

indoor, and other emerging agricultural 

production practices; and provide 

additional assistance and provide 

advice to the Director as appropriate. 

UAIPAC Webinar 

The UAIPAC will hold the second 

public meeting on Friday, August 5, 

2022. The virtual meeting will be open 

to the public and will provide an 

opportunity for stakeholders to listen to 

the UAIPAC’s current activities. 

The agenda will include, but is not 

limited to: 

• Discussions of the potential 

UAIPAC subcommittees and their focus 


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priorities; the USDA’s Equity 

Commission Designated Federal Officer 

will share an overview of the Equity 

Commission’s priorities; and 

• The Farm Service Agency (FSA) 

will give an operational overview of the 

17 Urban County Committees; and 

OUAIP’s staff will give an overview of 

new urban conservation practices. 

Please check the UAIPAC website for 

the agenda 24 to 48 hours prior to 

Friday, August 5, 2022, via http://

www.farmers.gov/urban. 

Submitting Written Comments 

Comments should focus on specific 

topics pertaining to urban agriculture, 

innovative production, and associated 

USDA programs and services. Written 

public comments will be accepted on or 

before 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, July 29, 

2022, via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: go to https://www.regulation.gov 

and follow the instructions for 

submitting comments. UAIPAC will not 

have adequate time to consider any 

comments submitted after Friday, July 

29, 2022, prior to the meeting. 

In addition, outside of this meeting 

we welcome your comments to the 

UAIPAC email box at UrbanAgriculture

FederalAdvisoryCommittee@usda.gov at 

any time. 

Meeting Accommodation Request 

Instructions for registering for this 

meeting can be obtained by contacting 

Ms. Willis by or before the deadline. 

If you are a person requiring 

reasonable accommodation, please make 

requests in advance for sign language 

interpretation, assistive listening 

devices, or other reasonable 

accommodation, to Ms. Willis as 

identified above. Determinations for 

reasonable accommodation will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

Date: June 27, 2022. 

Cikena Reid, 

Committee Management Officer, USDA. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Rural Housing Service 

Rural Utilities Service 

[Docket No. RBS–22–COOP–0016] 

Notice of Funds Availability for the 

Rural Placemaking Innovation 

Challenge (RPIC) for Fiscal Year 2022 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service (RBCS), Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS), Rural Housing Service (RHS), 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of funds availability. 

SUMMARY: The Under Secretary for Rural 

Development (RD) is seeking 

applications, for the Rural Development 

Cooperative Agreement Program, herein 

referred to as the Rural Placemaking 

Innovation Challenge (RPIC), from 

eligible entities to provide technical 

assistance and training to rural 

communities for placemaking planning 

and implementation. This funding 

opportunity will be administered by the 

USDA Rural Development Innovation 

Center and is authorized by the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, 

to provide up to $4 million in 

competitive cooperative agreement 

funds. This announcement lists the 

information needed to submit an 

application. 

DATES: Applications for RPIC 

cooperative agreement(s) must be 

submitted electronically through 

Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time by August 15, 2022. 

Applications received after 11:59 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time on August 15, 

2022 will not be considered. 

ADDRESSES: Application Submission: 

The application system for electronic 

submissions will be available at https:// 

www.grants.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USDA Rural Development, Innovation 

Center, via email at: RD.RPIC@usda.gov, 

or via phone at: Gregory Dale (202) 568– 

9558 or Sherri McCarter (615) 982–2078. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

should contact the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) Target Center at 

(202) 720–2600 (voice). The last day for 

accepting questions on this notice will 

be August 12, 2022. Questions 

submitted after this deadline cannot be 

guaranteed a timely answer in advance 

of the closing date of this notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: This solicitation is 

authorized pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

2204b(b)(4); Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2022. 

Overview 

Federal Agency: Rural BusinessCooperative Service (RBCS), Rural 

Utilities Service (RUS), and Rural 

Housing Service (RHS), (USDA). 

Funding Opportunity Title: Rural 

Placemaking Innovation Challenge 

(RPIC). 

Announcement Type: Notice of Funds 

Availability (NOFA). 

Assistance Listing Number: Rural 

Development Cooperative Agreement 

Program—10.890. 

Due Date for Applications: 

Applications for RPIC cooperative 

agreement(s) must be received by 11:59 

p.m. on August 15, 2022. Applications 

received after 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time on August 15, 2022 will 

not be considered. 

Rural Development: Key Priorities 

The Agency encourages applicants to 

consider projects that will advance the 

following key priorities (more details 

available at https://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

priority-points) 

• Assisting rural communities recover 

economically from the impacts of the 

COVID–19 pandemic, particularly 

disadvantaged communities; 

• Ensuring all rural residents have 

equitable access to RD programs and 

benefits from RD funded projects; and 

• Reducing climate pollution and 

increasing resilience to the impacts of 

climate change through economic 

support to rural communities. 

For further information, visit https:// 

www.rd.usda.gov/priority-points. 

Items in Supplementary Information 

I. Program Overview 

II. Federal Award Information 

III. Definitions 

IV. Eligibility Information 

V. Application and Submission Information 

VI. Application Review Information 

VII. Federal Award Administration 

Information 

VIII. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

IX. Other Information 

I. Program Overview 

A. Background 

The Rural Placemaking Innovation 

Challenge (RPIC) provides planning 

support, technical assistance, and 

training to communities to foster 

placemaking activities in rural 

communities. Funds can help enhance 

capacity for broadband access, preserve 

cultural and historic structures, and 

support the development of 

transportation, housing, and 

recreational spaces. Applicants must 

demonstrate existing and proposed 

partnerships with public, private, 

philanthropic, Tribal and community 

partners to provide assistance in 

implementing the placemaking plan. 

This funding announcement supports 

the delivery of technical assistance and 

training in visioning, planning, and 

assisting communities to implement 

placemaking efforts in rural 

communities under the Rural 

Placemaking Innovation Challenge. 


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