Meeting Notice of the Agricultural Research Service-Animal Handling and Welfare Review Panel, 36962 [2015-15895]

Download as PDF 36962 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 124 / Monday, June 29, 2015 / Notices and quality control program. If the information were not collected, it would cripple the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ability to regulate and prevent the importation or spread of plant pests and diseases from entering the United States. Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Federal Government. Number of Respondents: 36. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 4,554. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 17:13 Jun 26, 2015 Jkt 235001 Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2015–15897 Filed 6–26–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–34–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Office of the Secretary Meeting Notice of the Agricultural Research Service—Animal Handling and Welfare Review Panel Research, Education, and Economics, USDA. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. In accordance with section 1409(e) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3124a(e)), Federal-State Partnership and Coordination, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces an open meeting of the Agricultural Research Service—Animal Handling and Welfare Review Panel (ARS–AHWR) to discuss the report and recommendations on the Phase II review of the agency-wide research animal care and well-being policies, procedures, and standards for agricultural livestock in ARS research. DATES: The ARS–AHWR will meet virtually on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place virtually at the AT&T Meeting Room below. Please follow the pre-registration instructions to ensure your participation in the meeting. Call-In instructions for Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Web Preregistration: Participants may preregister for this teleconference at https://emsp.intellor.com?p=420376&do =register&t=8. Once the participant registers, a confirmation page will display dial-in numbers and a unique PIN, and the participant will also receive an email confirmation of this information. You may submit written comments to: REE Advisory Board Office, Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 332A, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250, or via email at ahwrpanel@usda.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Esch, Executive Director, REE Advisory Board Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture; telephone: (202) 720– 3684; fax: (202) 720–6199; or email: ahwrpanel@usda.gov. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time a virtual meeting will be conducted for any interested stakeholders and/or interested parties to hear the summary of findings and recommendations of the Phase II review of the agency-wide research animal care and well-being policies, procedures, and standards for agricultural livestock in ARS research. The Review Panel plans to hear stakeholder input received from this meeting as well as other written comments. The report will be available at www.ree.usda.gov on July 6, 2015. This meeting is open to the public and any interested individuals wishing to attend. Opportunity for verbal public comment will be offered on the day of the meeting. Written comments by attendees or other interested stakeholders will be welcomed for the public record before and up to the day of the meeting (by close of business on Tuesday, July 14, 2015). All statements will become a part of the official record of the REE Mission Area and will be kept on file for public review in the REE Advisory Board Office. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Title: Movement of Plants and Plant Products from Hawaii and the Territories (formerly, Revision of Hawaii and the Territories Fruits and Vegetables Regulations). OMB Control Number: 0579–0346. Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or restrict the importation, entry, or movement of fruits, vegetables, plants, and plant pests to prevent the introduction of pests or diseases into the United States, or dissemination of pests and diseases within the United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), is responsible for implementing this Act and does so through the enforcement of its Hawaiian and territorial quarantine regulations contained in Part 318 of Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations. Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following forms and activities to collect information: PPQ 530, PPQ 586, PPQ 519, PPQ 540, Labeling of Boxes for Pest Free Areas, Inspection and Certification, Trapping and Surveillance, Contingency Plans approved by APHIS, Updated Mapping Identifying Places Where Horticultural or Other Crops are Grown, Written Request for Facility Approval—and Recertification, Recordkeeping, and Decertification of Pest Free Areas—and Reinstatement. If APHIS did not collect this information or if APHIS collected this information less frequently, the spread of dangerous plant diseases and pests could cause millions of dollars in damage to U.S. agriculture. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; State, Local or Tribal Government. Number of Respondents: 178. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. VerDate Sep<11>2014 Total Burden Hours: 7,660. Done at Washington, DC, this 23 day of June 2015. Ann Bartuska, Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics. [FR Doc. 2015–15895 Filed 6–26–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–03–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Foreign Agricultural Service WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger Levels Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. ACTION: Notice of product coverage and trigger levels for safeguard measures provided for in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture. AGENCY: This notice lists the updated quantity-based trigger levels for products which may be subject to additional import duties under the safeguard provisions of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. This notice also includes the relevant period applicable for the trigger levels on each of the listed products. DATES: June 29, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Safeguard Staff, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, Office of Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\29JNN1.SGM 29JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 36962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15895]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


Meeting Notice of the Agricultural Research Service--Animal 
Handling and Welfare Review Panel

AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 1409(e) of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3124a(e)), Federal-State Partnership and Coordination, the 
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces an open 
meeting of the Agricultural Research Service--Animal Handling and 
Welfare Review Panel (ARS-AHWR) to discuss the report and 
recommendations on the Phase II review of the agency-wide research 
animal care and well-being policies, procedures, and standards for 
agricultural livestock in ARS research.

DATES: The ARS-AHWR will meet virtually on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at 
1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place virtually at the AT&T Meeting 
Room below. Please follow the pre-registration instructions to ensure 
your participation in the meeting.
    Call-In instructions for Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time
    Web Preregistration: Participants may preregister for this 
teleconference at https://emsp.intellor.com?p=420376&do=register&t=8. 
Once the participant registers, a confirmation page will display dial-
in numbers and a unique PIN, and the participant will also receive an 
email confirmation of this information.
    You may submit written comments to: REE Advisory Board Office, 
Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 332A, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20250, or via email at ahwrpanel@usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Esch, Executive Director, REE 
Advisory Board Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture; telephone: (202) 
720-3684; fax: (202) 720-6199; or email: ahwrpanel@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time a virtual meeting will be conducted for any 
interested stakeholders and/or interested parties to hear the summary 
of findings and recommendations of the Phase II review of the agency-
wide research animal care and well-being policies, procedures, and 
standards for agricultural livestock in ARS research. The Review Panel 
plans to hear stakeholder input received from this meeting as well as 
other written comments. The report will be available at 
www.ree.usda.gov on July 6, 2015.
    This meeting is open to the public and any interested individuals 
wishing to attend.
    Opportunity for verbal public comment will be offered on the day of 
the meeting. Written comments by attendees or other interested 
stakeholders will be welcomed for the public record before and up to 
the day of the meeting (by close of business on Tuesday, July 14, 
2015). All statements will become a part of the official record of the 
REE Mission Area and will be kept on file for public review in the REE 
Advisory Board Office.

    Done at Washington, DC, this 23 day of June 2015.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2015-15895 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3410-03-P
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