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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.
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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;
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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
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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
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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