Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; Notice of Meeting, 16823-16824 [2018-07966]

Download as PDF 16823 Notices Federal Register Vol. 83, No. 74 Tuesday, April 17, 2018 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. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; Notice of Meeting Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of the public meeting of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at the Rotunda, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Participants may attend in person or join via livestream. The link to the global live stream as well as registration information can be found on BIFAD’s home page: https://www.usaid.gov/bifad. The central theme of this public meeting will be Resilience Measurement and Analysis. Dr. Brady Deaton, Acting BIFAD Chair, will preside over the public business meeting, which will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. ET with opening remarks. At this meeting, the Board will address old and new business, including the presentation of the BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in an Innovation Lab. The purpose of this meeting is to share knowledge about theoretical and applied frameworks for resilience measurement and analysis and to identify opportunities to leverage U.S. university research capabilities to support resilience measurement and analysis. This event responds to priorities identified during the BIFAD meeting at the 2017 World Food Prize and the 2017 USAID Resilience Evidence Summit. The meeting will be chaired by Dr. Brady Deaton, Acting BIFAD Chair and Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Missouri. The meeting will feature thought leaders on resilience measurement and analysis from USAID, academia and the practitioner VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:20 Apr 16, 2018 Jkt 244001 community. Speakers include Dr. Greg Collins, Director of USAID’s Center for Resilience and Dr. Mark Constas, Associate Professor at Cornell University, and Chair of the Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Measurement Technical Working Group. At 4:00 p.m. ET, Acting Chairman Deaton will moderate a half-hour public comment period. At 5:00 p.m., Dr. Deaton will make closing remarks and adjourn the public meeting. Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional information about BIFAD should contact Clara Cohen, Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD in the Bureau for Food Security at USAID. Interested persons may write to her in care of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Ronald Reagan Building, Bureau for Food Security, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20523–2110 or telephone her at (202) 712–0119. Clara Cohen, Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development. [FR Doc. 2018–07968 Filed 4–16–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; Notice of Meeting Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of the public meeting of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at the Rotunda, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Participants may attend in person or join via livestream. The link to the global live stream as well as registration information can be found on BIFAD’s home page: https://www.usaid.gov/bifad. The central theme of this public meeting will be Building an Evidence Base on Rural Youth Employment and Livelihoods. Dr. Brady Deaton, Acting BIFAD Chair, will preside over the public business meeting, which will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. ET with opening remarks. At this meeting, the PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Board will address old and new business and hear updates from USAID and the university community. The purpose of the meeting is to develop a shared understanding of rural labor markets and youth-specific constraints, discuss the evidence base on programs that aim to improve rural youth employment and livelihoods, outline cross-sectoral opportunities to support and empower youth to take advantage of agricultural system market opportunities, and identify knowledge gaps on which U.S. university research partners can generate evidence to address. Following the opening remarks, the meeting will feature experts as well as panel discussions on the following topics: • A Conceptual Framework on Youth and Agricultural Transformation; • Framing the Evidence Base on Rural Youth Employment and Livelihoods; • Youth Perspectives: Challenges and Opportunities in the Agricultural and Food Sectors; • Youth Productivity: Technology, Mechanization, and Global Value Chains; • Gender Considerations and Youth Employment; • Research, Learning and USAID Programming: The Role of U.S. University Research Partners in Generating Evidence. The meeting will be chaired by Dr. Brady Deaton, Acting BIFAD Chair and Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Missouri. Expert speakers include Dr. Louise Fox, USAID Chief Economist and Dr. David Tschirley, Food Security Group Co-Director, Michigan State University. At 4:15 p.m. ET, Acting Chairman Deaton will moderate a half-hour public comment period. At 5:00 p.m., Dr. Deaton will make closing remarks and adjourn the public meeting. Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional information about BIFAD should contact Clara Cohen, Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD in the Bureau for Food Security at USAID. Interested persons may write to her in care of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Ronald Reagan Building, Bureau for Food Security, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, E:\FR\FM\17APN1.SGM 17APN1 16824 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 74 / Tuesday, April 17, 2018 / Notices DC, 20523–2110 or telephone her at (202) 712–0119. requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. Clara Cohen, Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development. Mojdeh Bahar, Assistant Administrator. [FR Doc. 2018–07977 Filed 4–16–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–03–P [FR Doc. 2018–07966 Filed 4–16–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Notice of Settlement Pursuant to CERCLA; Libby Asbestos Site, Lincoln County, MT Agricultural Research Service Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License AGENCY: ACTION: Agricultural Research Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of intent. Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Koppert B.V. of The Netherlands, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 14/ 854,120, ‘‘STABLE FUNGAL BLASTOSPORES AND METHODS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION, STABILIZATION AND USE’’, filed on September 15, 2015. SUMMARY: Comments must be received on or before May 17, 2018. DATES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. 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The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within thirty (30) days from the date of this published Notice, the Agricultural Research Service receives written evidence and argument which establishes that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:20 Apr 16, 2018 Jkt 244001 Forest Service, USDA. Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA), notice is hereby given of an administrative settlement with W.R. Grace & Co. Conn. and the Kootenai Development Company (Grace) for the recovery of past response costs concerning Operable Unit 3 (OU3) of the Libby Asbestos Site, Lincoln County, Montana (the Site). DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 17, 2018. ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection at the Libby Ranger District, Canoe Gulch Ranger Station, 12557 MT Hwy. 37, Libby, MT 59923, and at the offices of the USDA Forest Service, Northern Region, 26 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, MT 59804. A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from Jeff Johnson at (208) 765–7313, Pamela Baltz (406) 283–7597, or from Babak Rastgoufard, USDA Office of the General Counsel at (406) 329–3061. Comments should reference the Libby Asbestos Site OU3, and should be addressed to Babak Rastgoufard, USDA Office of the General Counsel, 26 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, MT 59804. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information, contact Jeff Johnson, USDA Forest Service Northern Region, 3815 N Schreiber Way, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815; phone (208) 765– 7313 or Pamela Baltz, Kootenai National Forest, 12557 Hwy. 37, Libby, MT 59923; phone (406) 283–7597. For legal information, contact Babak Rastgoufard, USDA Office of the General Counsel, 26 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, MT 59804; phone (406) 329–3061. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), the settlement agreement resolves, in part, response costs incurred by the Forest Service at OU3. Under the settlement, Grace has SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 agreed to pay the USDA Forest Service, Northern Region, $219,308 to reimburse it for certain response actions the USDA Forest Service, Northern Region, has undertaken at the Site. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue Grace for certain past costs pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), with regard to the Site. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the United States will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The United States will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The United States response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the Libby Ranger District, Canoe Gulch Ranger Station, 12557 MT Hwy. 37, Libby, MT 59923, and at the offices of the USDA Forest Service, Northern Region, 26 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, MT 59804. Dated: March 14, 2018. Chris French, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System. [FR Doc. 2018–07933 Filed 4–16–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411–15–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Information Collection; Forest Products Removal Permits and Contracts Forest Service, USDA. Notice; request for comment. 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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16823-16824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07966]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; Notice 
of Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby 
given of the public meeting of the Board for International Food and 
Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting will be held from 9:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at the Rotunda, Ronald 
Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW, Washington, DC. Participants may attend in person or join via 
livestream. The link to the global live stream as well as registration 
information can be found on BIFAD's home page: https://www.usaid.gov/bifad.
    The central theme of this public meeting will be Building an 
Evidence Base on Rural Youth Employment and Livelihoods. Dr. Brady 
Deaton, Acting BIFAD Chair, will preside over the public business 
meeting, which will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. ET with opening 
remarks. At this meeting, the Board will address old and new business 
and hear updates from USAID and the university community. The purpose 
of the meeting is to develop a shared understanding of rural labor 
markets and youth-specific constraints, discuss the evidence base on 
programs that aim to improve rural youth employment and livelihoods, 
outline cross-sectoral opportunities to support and empower youth to 
take advantage of agricultural system market opportunities, and 
identify knowledge gaps on which U.S. university research partners can 
generate evidence to address.
    Following the opening remarks, the meeting will feature experts as 
well as panel discussions on the following topics:
     A Conceptual Framework on Youth and Agricultural 
Transformation;
     Framing the Evidence Base on Rural Youth Employment and 
Livelihoods;
     Youth Perspectives: Challenges and Opportunities in the 
Agricultural and Food Sectors;
     Youth Productivity: Technology, Mechanization, and Global 
Value Chains;
     Gender Considerations and Youth Employment;
     Research, Learning and USAID Programming: The Role of U.S. 
University Research Partners in Generating Evidence.
    The meeting will be chaired by Dr. Brady Deaton, Acting BIFAD Chair 
and Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Missouri. Expert speakers 
include Dr. Louise Fox, USAID Chief Economist and Dr. David Tschirley, 
Food Security Group Co-Director, Michigan State University.
    At 4:15 p.m. ET, Acting Chairman Deaton will moderate a half-hour 
public comment period. At 5:00 p.m., Dr. Deaton will make closing 
remarks and adjourn the public meeting.
    Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional 
information about BIFAD should contact Clara Cohen, Designated Federal 
Officer for BIFAD in the Bureau for Food Security at USAID. Interested 
persons may write to her in care of the U.S. Agency for International 
Development, Ronald Reagan Building, Bureau for Food Security, 1300 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,

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DC, 20523-2110 or telephone her at (202) 712-0119.

Clara Cohen,
Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. 
Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. 2018-07966 Filed 4-16-18; 8:45 am]
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