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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessica Klein, acvfa@usaid.gov.
Jessica Klein,
Acting Executive Director, U.S. Agency for
International Development.
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DEVELOPMENT
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Notice of July 19, 2017 Advisory
Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid
Meeting
United States Agency for
International Development.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
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, July 19, 2017.
Time: 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Location: Horizon Ballroom, The Ronald
Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004.
SUMMARY:
Purpose
The Advisory Committee on
Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) brings
together USAID and private voluntary
organization officials, representatives
from universities, international
nongovernment organizations, U.S.
businesses, and government,
multilateral, and private organizations
to foster understanding,
communication, and cooperation in the
area of foreign aid.
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Agenda
USAID leadership will make opening
remarks, followed by a panel discussion
to explore possible approaches to
reforming U.S. foreign assistance. The
full meeting agenda will be forthcoming
on the ACVFA Web site at https://
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 https://
www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/
organization/advisory-committee.
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Availability of a Final Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for the Field Release
of Genetically Engineered
Diamondback Moths
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) has
prepared a final environmental
assessment and finding of no significant
impact and will issue a permit for the
field release of diamondback moths that
have been genetically engineered for
repressible female lethality, also known
as female autocide. Based on its finding
of no significant impact, APHIS has
determined that an environmental
impact statement need not be prepared.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Chessa Huff-Woodard, Esq., Policy,
Program and International Collaboration
Chief, Biotechnology Regulatory
Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit
147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301)
851–3943, email: chessa.d.huffwoodard@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April
19, 2017, we published in the Federal
Register (82 FR 18416–18417, Docket
No. APHIS–2014–0056) a notice 1 in
which we announced the availability,
for public review and comment, of an
environmental assessment (EA) that
examined the potential environmental
impacts associated with the proposed
field release of diamondback moths that
have been genetically engineered for
SUMMARY:
1 To view the notice, environmental assessment,
finding of no significant impact, and the comments
we received, go to https://www.regulations.gov/
docket?D=APHIS-2014-0056.
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repressible female lethality, also known
as female autocide.
We solicited comments on the EA for
30 days ending May 19, 2017. We
received 670 comments by that date.
Written responses to the comments we
received on the EA can be found in the
finding of no significant impact
(FONSI).
In this document, we are advising the
public of our finding of no significant
impact regarding the field release of
genetically engineered diamondback
moths into the continental United
States. The finding, which is based on
the EA, reflects our determination that
release of the genetically engineered
diamondback moths will not have a
significant impact on the quality of the
human environment. Concurrent with
this announcement, APHIS will issue a
permit for the field release of the
genetically engineered diamondback
moth.
The EA and FONSI may be viewed on
the Regulations.gov Web site (see
footnote 1). Copies of the EA and FONSI
are also available for public inspection
at USDA, Room 1141, South Building,
14th Street and Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except holidays. Persons wishing to
inspect copies are requested to call
ahead on (202) 799–7039 to facilitate
entry into the reading room. In addition,
copies may be obtained by calling or
writing to the individual listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
The EA and FONSI have been
prepared in accordance with: (1) The
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.); (2) regulations of the
Council on Environmental Quality for
implementing the procedural provisions
of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508); (3)
USDA regulations implementing NEPA
(7 CFR part 1b); and (4) APHIS’ NEPA
Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part
372).
Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of
June 2017.
Jere L. Dick,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
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
Notice of July 19, 2017 Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign
Aid Meeting
AGENCY: United States Agency for International Development.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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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, July 19, 2017.
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Horizon Ballroom, The Ronald Reagan Building, 1300
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004.
Purpose
The Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) brings
together USAID and private voluntary organization officials,
representatives from universities, international nongovernment
organizations, U.S. businesses, and government, multilateral, and
private organizations to foster understanding, communication, and
cooperation in the area of foreign aid.
Agenda
USAID leadership will make opening remarks, followed by a panel
discussion to explore possible approaches to reforming U.S. foreign
assistance. The full meeting agenda will be forthcoming on the ACVFA
Web site at https://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 https://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/advisory-committee.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Klein, acvfa@usaid.gov.
Jessica Klein,
Acting Executive Director, U.S. Agency for International Development.
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