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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development
One Hundred and Forty-Third Meeting;
Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, notice is hereby given of
the one hundred and forty-third meeting
of the Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The
meeting will be held from 8 a.m. to 1
p.m. on February 3rd, 2005 at the
National Association of State
Universities and Land Grant Colleges
(NASULGC), 1307 New York Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC (13th & H St.).
The BIFAD will address an agenda
focusing on future directions of
international agriculture development
programs, priorities for implementing
and monitoring USAID’s new
Agricultural Strategy, better linkages
with the private sector, items dealing
with the Collaborative Research Support
Programs (CRSPs), better integration of
Title XII Legislation within programs,
and other items of general interest.
The meeting is free and open to the
public. Those wishing to attend the
meeting or obtain additional
information about BIFAD should
contact John Swanson, the Designated
Federal Officer for BIFAD. Write him in
care of the U.S. Agency for International
Development, Ronald Reagan Building,
Office of Agriculture and Food Security,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room
2.11–06, Washington, DC 20523–2110 or
telephone him at (202) 712–5602 or fax
(202) 216–3010.
Dated: January 13, 2005.
John Swanson,
USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD,
Office of Agriculture and Food Security,
Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture &
Trade.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. # FV–05–326]
Notice of Request for New Information
Collection
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice
announces the intention of the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to
request a new information collection in
support of the Regulations Governing
Inspection and Certification of
Processed Fruits and Vegetables and
Related Products.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on
or before March 25, 2005.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:
Contact Terry B. Bane, Processed
Products Branch, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Agricultural Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
STOP 0247, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–0247; fax
(202) 690–1527; or e-mail
terry.bane@usda.gov.
The
‘‘Domestic Origin Verification System’’
(DOVS) audit program is a user-fee
service, available to suppliers,
processors, and any financially
interested party. It is designed to
provide validation of the applicant’s
domestic origin verification system
prior to bidding on contracts to supply
food products to the Department of
Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Domestic
Feeding programs, and/or may be
conducted after a contract is awarded.
DOVS was established to evaluate
prospective applicants’ systems for
assurance that only domestic products
are delivered under USDA contracts,
and to establish procedures for
applicant system evaluations as well as
acceptance and rejection criteria.
Title: ‘‘Regulations Governing
Inspection and Certification of
Processed Fruits and Vegetables and
Related Products—7 CFR 52.’’
OMB Number: To be assigned.
Expiration Date of Approval: To be
announced.
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Type of Request: New information
collection.
Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-et seq.)
(AMA) directs and authorizes the
Department to develop standards of
quality, grades, grading programs, and
other services to facilitate trading of
agricultural products and assure
consumers of quality products, which
are graded and identified under USDA
programs. Section 203(h) of the AMA
specifically directs and authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to inspect,
certify, and identify the grade, class,
quality, quantity, and condition of
agricultural products under such rules
and regulations as the Secretary may
prescribe, including assessment and
collection of fees for the cost of the
service. The regulations for such
services for processed fruits and
vegetables and related products may be
found at 7 CFR Part 52. AMS also
provides other types of voluntary
services under the same regulations,
e.g., contract and specification
acceptance services, facility assessment
services, and certifications of quantity
and quality. Grading services are
available on a resident basis or a lot-fee
basis. Respondents may request resident
service on a continuous basis or on an
as-needed basis. The user (user-fee) pays
for the service. The AMA and these
regulations do not mandate the use of
these services; they are provided only to
those entities that request or apply for
a specific service. In order for the
Agency to satisfy those requests for
service, the Agency must request certain
information from those who apply for
service. The information collected is
used only by Agency personnel and is
used to administer services requested by
the respondents. Affected public may
include any partnership, association,
business trust, corporation, organized
group, and state, county, or municipal
government, and any authorized agent
that has a financial interest in the
commodity involved and requests
service.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2.25 hours per
response (225 total hours divided by
100 total annual responses).
Respondents: Applicants who are
applying for grading and inspection
services.
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delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Board for International Food and Agricultural Development
One Hundred and Forty-Third Meeting; Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby
given of the one hundred and forty-third meeting of the Board for
International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting
will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on February 3rd, 2005 at the
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
(NASULGC), 1307 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC (13th & H St.).
The BIFAD will address an agenda focusing on future directions of
international agriculture development programs, priorities for
implementing and monitoring USAID's new Agricultural Strategy, better
linkages with the private sector, items dealing with the Collaborative
Research Support Programs (CRSPs), better integration of Title XII
Legislation within programs, and other items of general interest.
The meeting is free and open to the public. Those wishing to attend
the meeting or obtain additional information about BIFAD should contact
John Swanson, the Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD. Write him in
care of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Ronald Reagan
Building, Office of Agriculture and Food Security, 1300 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Room 2.11-06, Washington, DC 20523-2110 or telephone him
at (202) 712-5602 or fax (202) 216-3010.
Dated: January 13, 2005.
John Swanson,
USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, Office of Agriculture and
Food Security, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture & Trade.
[FR Doc. 05-1241 Filed 1-21-05; 8:45 am]
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