Notice of Meeting; Partnership for Peace Fund Advisory Board, 62782-62783 [2022-22409]

Download as PDF 62782 Notices Federal Register Vol. 87, No. 199 Monday, October 17, 2022 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 Notice of Meeting; Partnership for Peace Fund Advisory Board United States Agency for International Development. ACTION: Request for public comment and notice of public meeting. AGENCY: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announces a public meeting, co-hosted with the U.S. Institute for Peace, and requests public comment for the second meeting of the Partnership for Peace Fund (PPF) Advisory Board to (1) review progress following the first year of PPF programming; (2) discuss approaches to programming in the next fiscal year; and (3) discuss plans to engage the international donor community in peacebuilding work. DATES: 1. Written comments and information are requested on or before October 20, 2022, at 5 p.m. EDT. 2. The public meeting will take place on Thursday, October 27, 2022, from 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT via the Zoom platform (https://usaid.zoomgov.com/ webinar/register/WN_ 9L05MuZsT5imiGiRDn6fdw). 3. The meeting does not require preregistration. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments regarding the work of the PPF Advisory Board by email to MEPPA@usaid.gov. Include ‘‘Public Comment, PPF Advisory Board Meeting, October 27’’ in the subject line. All public comments and questions will be included in the official record of the meeting and posted publicly on the USAID website. Please email MEPPA@usaid.gov to request reasonable accommodations for the public meeting. Include ‘‘Request for Reasonable Accommodation, PPF Advisory Board Meeting, October 27’’ in the subject line. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:35 Oct 14, 2022 Jkt 259001 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan McDonald, 202–712–4938, meppa@ usaid.gov. In December 2020, Congress passed the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act, or MEPPA, with bipartisan support. The Act directs USAID and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), in coordination with the Department of State, to program $250 million over five years to build the foundation for peaceful coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians through a new PPF, managed by USAID, and a Joint Investment Initiative, managed by the DFC. MEPPA serves as a recognition that economic, social, and political connections between Israelis and Palestinians are the best way to foster mutual understanding and provide the strongest basis for a sustainable, twostate solution. USAID’s Middle East Bureau has been working with Congress, interagency colleagues, and partners in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza to implement the Act. MEPPA also calls for the establishment of a board to advise USAID on the strategic direction of the PPF. Composed of up to 15 members, the PPF Advisory Board includes development experts, private sector leaders and faith-based leaders who are appointed by members of Congress and the USAID Administrator. As stated in its charter, the Board’s role is to: 1. To consult with, provide information to and advise USAID, and other U.S. agencies, as appropriate, on matters and issues relating to the PPF, including on: • the efficacy of United States and international support for grassroots, people-to-people efforts aimed at fostering tolerance, countering extremist propaganda and incitement in the State of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza; • strengthening engagement between Palestinians and Israelis, including through people-to-people peacebuilding programs to increase the bonds of friendship and understanding; and • investing in cooperation that develops the Palestinian economy and results in joint economic ventures; 2. To make recommendations on the types of projects USAID should seek to further the purposes of the People-toPeople PPF; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 3. To make recommendations on partnerships with foreign governments and international organizations to leverage the impact of the PPF; and 4. To inform USAID’s required reporting to the appropriate Congressional committees. The following are the current members of the Advisory Board: • Chair: The Honorable George R. Salem • The Honorable Elliott Abrams • Rabbi Angela Buchdahl • Rabbi Michael M. Cohen • Sander Gerber • Ambassador Mark Green (ret.) • Hiba Husseini • Heather Johnston • Harley Lippman • The Honorable Nita M. Lowey • Dina Powell McCormick • Jen Stewart • The Honorable Robert Wexler PPF Advisory Board meetings are held twice a year and are public. More information about how USAID is implementing MEPPA to increase people-to-people partnerships between Israelis and Palestinians is available at: https://www.usaid.gov/west-bank-andgaza/meppa. The purpose of this meeting is for the Advisory Board to gain a better understanding of the progress so far to program funds under the PPF to bring Israelis and Palestinians together to increase understanding and advance the goal of a two-state solution. During this meeting, the Board will (1) review progress following the first year of PPF programming; (2) discuss options for approaches to programming in the next fiscal year; and (3) discuss plans to engage the international donor community in peacebuilding work. Request for Public Comment To inform the direction and advice of the Board, USAID invites written comments from the public on areas for focus and strategies for people-to-people peacebuilding under the PPF. Written comments and information are requested on or before Thursday, October 20, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Include ‘‘Public Comment, PPF Advisory Board Meeting, October 27’’ in the subject line. Please submit comments and information as a Word or PDF attachment to your email. You are encouraged to submit written comments even if you plan to attend the public meeting. All public comments and E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 199 / Monday, October 17, 2022 / Notices questions will be included in the official record of the meeting and posted publicly on the USAID website. Public Meeting A public meeting will take place Thursday, October 27, 2022, from 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT. This meeting is free and open to the public. Persons wishing to attend the meeting should use the following link: (https:// usaid.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/ WN_9L05MuZsT5imiGiRDn6fdw). American Sign Language interpretation will be provided during the public meeting. Requests for reasonable accommodations should be directed to Daniel McDonald at MEPPA@usaid.gov. Please include ‘‘Request for Reasonable Accommodation, PPF Advisory Board Meeting, October 27’’ in the subject line. Megan Doherty, USAID Designated Federal Officer for the PPF Advisory Board, Bureau for the Middle East, U.S. Agency for International Development. [FR Doc. 2022–22409 Filed 10–14–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6116–01–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service [Docket No. APHIS–2021–0078] Notice of Proposed Revision to Requirements for the Importation of Grapes From Chile Into the United States Background Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk assessment (PRA) and a commodity import evaluation document (CIED) relative to the importation into the United States of fresh table grapes from regions of Chile where European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana, EGVM) is either absent or at very low prevalence. Chile grapes are currently subject to methyl bromide fumigation for EGVM and Chilean false red mite (Brevipalpus chilensis). Based on the PRA and the findings of the CIED, we are also proposing to authorize the importation of grapes from Chile under a systems approach or irradiation for EGVM and B. chilensis; current mitigation measures for Ceratitis capitata, or Medfly, would remain unchanged. We are making the PRA and CIED available to the public for review and comment. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:35 Oct 14, 2022 Jkt 259001 We will consider all comments that we receive on or before December 16, 2022. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 2021–0078 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab, then select the Comment button in the list of documents. • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS–2021–0078, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at www.regulations.gov or in our reading room, which is located in room 1620 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, please call (202) 799–7039 before coming. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, RCC, IRM, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 851– 2353; Claudia.Ferguson@usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DATES: Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart L– Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– 1 through 319.56–12, referred to below as the regulations), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) prohibits or restricts the importation of fruits and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the world to prevent plant pests from being introduced into or disseminated within the United States. Section 319.56–4 of the regulations provides the requirements for authorizing the importation of fruits and vegetables into the United States, as well as revising existing requirements for the importation of fruits and vegetables. Paragraph (c) of that section provides that the name and origin of all fruits and vegetables authorized importation into the United States, as well as the requirements for their importation, are listed on the internet at https://epermits.aphis.usda.gov/ manual; this address provides access to the Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements database, or ACIR.1 It also 1 This address had previously provided access to the Fruit and Vegetable Import Requirements PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 62783 provides that, if the Administrator of APHIS determines that any of the phytosanitary measures required for the importation of a particular fruit or vegetable are no longer necessary to reasonably mitigate the plant pest risk posed by the fruit or vegetable, APHIS will publish a notice in the Federal Register making its pest risk documentation and determination available for public comment. Chile table grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) are currently listed in ACIR as authorized for importation into the United States subject to methyl bromide fumigation. This requirement was first adopted in 1960 as a risk mitigation measure against the Chilean false red mite (Brevipalpus chilensis), subsequently revised to apply only if quarantine pests were intercepted, and, following frequent pest interceptions, reinstated in 1996 for all shipments. Chile table grapes from areas of Chile under quarantine for Medfly (Ceratitis capitata) are subject to additional pest mitigation measures, which we are not proposing to change.2 On August 27, 2008, we published in the Federal Register (73 FR 50577– 50582, Docket No. APHIS–2007–0152) a proposed rule 3 to allow the importation of fresh table grapes from Chile into the continental United States under a systems approach. Following an outbreak of European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana, EGVM) in Chile that same year, and subsequent public comments on the proposed rule regarding the outbreak, APHIS elected not to finalize the proposed rule, as the proposed systems approach did not include EGVM-specific measures. Since that time, we have continued to require that table grapes imported from Chile receive methyl bromide fumigation, which also mitigates the risk of EGVM. The national plant protection organization (NPPO) of Chile has requested that APHIS revise the import requirements for grapes from Chile to the United States to allow the export of table grapes from areas of Chile where EGVM is either absent or at very low prevalence (the Arica and Parinacota, Tarapaca´, Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, and Valparaı´so regions of Chile) under a systems approach or irradiation. database, or FAVIR. However, on September 30, 2022, the FAVIR database was replaced by the ACIR database. 2 We would, however, clarify that irradiation is an approved phytosanitary treatment for Medfly. This is specified in our PPQ Treatment Manual, but not currently reflected in ACIR. 3 To view the proposed rule, go to https:// www.regulations.gov/document/APHIS-2007-01520001. E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1

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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Notice of Meeting; Partnership for Peace Fund Advisory Board

AGENCY: United States Agency for International Development.

ACTION: Request for public comment and notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 
announces a public meeting, co-hosted with the U.S. Institute for 
Peace, and requests public comment for the second meeting of the 
Partnership for Peace Fund (PPF) Advisory Board to (1) review progress 
following the first year of PPF programming; (2) discuss approaches to 
programming in the next fiscal year; and (3) discuss plans to engage 
the international donor community in peacebuilding work.

DATES: 
    1. Written comments and information are requested on or before 
October 20, 2022, at 5 p.m. EDT.
    2. The public meeting will take place on Thursday, October 27, 
2022, from 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT via the Zoom platform (https://usaid.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_9L05MuZsT5imiGiRDn6fdw).
    3. The meeting does not require pre-registration.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments regarding the work of the PPF 
Advisory Board by email to [email protected]. Include ``Public Comment, 
PPF Advisory Board Meeting, October 27'' in the subject line. All 
public comments and questions will be included in the official record 
of the meeting and posted publicly on the USAID website.
    Please email [email protected] to request reasonable accommodations 
for the public meeting. Include ``Request for Reasonable Accommodation, 
PPF Advisory Board Meeting, October 27'' in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan McDonald, 202-712-4938, 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In December 2020, Congress passed the Nita 
M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act, or MEPPA, with 
bipartisan support. The Act directs USAID and the U.S. International 
Development Finance Corporation (DFC), in coordination with the 
Department of State, to program $250 million over five years to build 
the foundation for peaceful coexistence between Israelis and 
Palestinians through a new PPF, managed by USAID, and a Joint 
Investment Initiative, managed by the DFC.
    MEPPA serves as a recognition that economic, social, and political 
connections between Israelis and Palestinians are the best way to 
foster mutual understanding and provide the strongest basis for a 
sustainable, two-state solution. USAID's Middle East Bureau has been 
working with Congress, interagency colleagues, and partners in Israel, 
the West Bank, and Gaza to implement the Act. MEPPA also calls for the 
establishment of a board to advise USAID on the strategic direction of 
the PPF.
    Composed of up to 15 members, the PPF Advisory Board includes 
development experts, private sector leaders and faith-based leaders who 
are appointed by members of Congress and the USAID Administrator. As 
stated in its charter, the Board's role is to:
    1. To consult with, provide information to and advise USAID, and 
other U.S. agencies, as appropriate, on matters and issues relating to 
the PPF, including on:
     the efficacy of United States and international support 
for grassroots, people-to-people efforts aimed at fostering tolerance, 
countering extremist propaganda and incitement in the State of Israel, 
the West Bank, and Gaza;
     strengthening engagement between Palestinians and 
Israelis, including through people-to-people peace-building programs to 
increase the bonds of friendship and understanding; and
     investing in cooperation that develops the Palestinian 
economy and results in joint economic ventures;
    2. To make recommendations on the types of projects USAID should 
seek to further the purposes of the People-to-People PPF;
    3. To make recommendations on partnerships with foreign governments 
and international organizations to leverage the impact of the PPF; and
    4. To inform USAID's required reporting to the appropriate 
Congressional committees.
    The following are the current members of the Advisory Board:

 Chair: The Honorable George R. Salem
 The Honorable Elliott Abrams
 Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
 Rabbi Michael M. Cohen
 Sander Gerber
 Ambassador Mark Green (ret.)
 Hiba Husseini
 Heather Johnston
 Harley Lippman
 The Honorable Nita M. Lowey
 Dina Powell McCormick
 Jen Stewart
 The Honorable Robert Wexler

    PPF Advisory Board meetings are held twice a year and are public. 
More information about how USAID is implementing MEPPA to increase 
people-to-people partnerships between Israelis and Palestinians is 
available at: https://www.usaid.gov/west-bank-and-gaza/meppa.
    The purpose of this meeting is for the Advisory Board to gain a 
better understanding of the progress so far to program funds under the 
PPF to bring Israelis and Palestinians together to increase 
understanding and advance the goal of a two-state solution.
    During this meeting, the Board will (1) review progress following 
the first year of PPF programming; (2) discuss options for approaches 
to programming in the next fiscal year; and (3) discuss plans to engage 
the international donor community in peacebuilding work.

Request for Public Comment

    To inform the direction and advice of the Board, USAID invites 
written comments from the public on areas for focus and strategies for 
people-to-people peacebuilding under the PPF.
    Written comments and information are requested on or before 
Thursday, October 20, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Include ``Public Comment, 
PPF Advisory Board Meeting, October 27'' in the subject line. Please 
submit comments and information as a Word or PDF attachment to your 
email. You are encouraged to submit written comments even if you plan 
to attend the public meeting. All public comments and

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questions will be included in the official record of the meeting and 
posted publicly on the USAID website.

Public Meeting

    A public meeting will take place Thursday, October 27, 2022, from 
1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT. This meeting is free and open to the 
public. Persons wishing to attend the meeting should use the following 
link: (https://usaid.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_9L05MuZsT5imiGiRDn6fdw).
    American Sign Language interpretation will be provided during the 
public meeting. Requests for reasonable accommodations should be 
directed to Daniel McDonald at [email protected]. Please include 
``Request for Reasonable Accommodation, PPF Advisory Board Meeting, 
October 27'' in the subject line.

Megan Doherty,
USAID Designated Federal Officer for the PPF Advisory Board, Bureau for 
the Middle East, U.S. Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. 2022-22409 Filed 10-14-22; 8:45 am]
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