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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
January 25, 2005.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments
regarding (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
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(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
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clarity of the information to be
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burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Pamela_Beverly_OIRA_
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(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service
[Docket No. 04–027N]
Title: Children, Youth, and Families
at Risk (CYFAR) Year EndReport.
OMB Control Number: 0524–NEW.
Summary of Collection: The Children,
Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR)
funding program supports communitybased programs serving children, youth,
and families in at risk environments.
CYFAR funds are intended to support
the development of high quality,
effective programs based on research
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programs on intended audiences. The
CYFAR Year End Report collects
demographic and impact data from each
community site, which is used by the
Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service (CSREES).
Funding for the CYFAR is authorized
under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever
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and other relevant authorizing
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and operation of extension educational
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effectiveness. If this information were
not collected CSREES would not be able
to verify if CYFAR programs are
reaching at risk, low-income audiences.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 50.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 16,100.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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Food Safety and Inspection Service
FSIS Policy on Delinquent Payments
for Voluntary Reimbursable Inspection
Services
Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) is providing
notice that it will not provide
reimbursable voluntary inspection,
certification, and identification services
to persons who have delinquent
accounts. FSIS charges fees for a variety
of voluntary reimbursable inspection,
certification, and identification services
that it provides to official
establishments and plants and nonofficial establishments, e.g., warehouses,
importers, and exporters. FSIS is
required to recover the costs of the
voluntary inspection, certification, and
identification services it provides. FSIS
will pursue the collection of debts owed
to it for such services.
DATES: This notice is effective March 2,
2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Teresa
Ramsey, Deputy Director, Financial
Management Division, Office of
Management, FSIS, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue,
Mail Drop 5262 Beltsville, MD 20705,
(301) 504–5885.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FSIS is providing notice of the actions
it will take in regard to its provision of
voluntary reimbursable inspection,
certification, and identification services
to persons who are delinquent in paying
for such services. FSIS is authorized to
charge fees for the voluntary inspection,
certification, and identification services
it provides pursuant to the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1621, et seq.). The regulations
that currently authorize the charging of
these fees are set forth in Title 9 of the
Code of Federal Regulations in sections
350.7, 351.8, 351.9, 352.5, 354.100
through 354.110, 355.11, 355.12, 362.5,
and part 592.
FSIS provides monthly bills to
recipients of inspection, certification,
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and identification services. Those bills
indicate when payment is due.
Payments not received when due are
delinquent, thus resulting in the
recipient of the services having a
delinquent account.
As of the effective date of this notice,
if payment for voluntary reimbursable
inspection, certification, and
identification services, including
payment of interest, penalty, and
administrative charges, is delinquent,
the Agency will take the following
actions:
• FSIS will send the recipient of the
service a dated ‘‘dunning notice.’’
• FSIS will send a certified letter,
along with a second dunning notice, to
the recipient of the services if the
requested payment in full is not
received within 30 days of the date of
the initial dunning notice. If payment in
full is not received by FSIS within 14
days from the date the certified letter
and second dunning notice are received,
no further voluntary inspection,
certification, and identification services
will be provided until payment in full
of the delinquent debt, including any
interest, penalty, and administrative
charges assessed, is received.
• If a debtor either fails to make
payment in full of a delinquent debt or
does not enter into a written repayment
agreement with FSIS, the Agency will
transfer the delinquent debt to the U.S.
Department of the Treasury for crossservicing in accordance with the Debt
Collection Improvement Act of 1996, as
amended. At the discretion of the
Secretary of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury, referral of a delinquent nontax debt may be made to (A) any
executive department or agency
operating a debt collection center for
collection action; (B) a private collection
contractor operating under a contract for
servicing or collection action; or (C) the
U.S. Department of Justice for litigation.
This notice applies to the provision of
reimbursable voluntary inspection,
certification, and identification services
provided pursuant to the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1621, et seq.) and regulations
enacted thereunder.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of
rulemaking and policy development is
important. Consequently, in an effort to
ensure that the public and in particular
minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities, are aware of this notice,
FSIS will announce it on-line through
the FSIS Web page located at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov.
FSIS also will make copies of this
Federal Register publication available
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through the FSIS Constituent Update,
which is used to provide information
regarding FSIS policies, procedures,
regulations, Federal Register notices,
FSIS public meetings, recalls, and other
types of matters that could affect or
would be of interest to our constituents
and stakeholders. The update is
communicated via Listserv, a free e-mail
subscription service consisting of
industry, trade, and farm groups,
consumer interest groups, allied health
professionals, scientific professionals,
and other individuals who have
requested to be included.
The update also is available on the
FSIS Web page. Through Listserv and
the Web page, FSIS is able to provide
information to a much broader, more
diverse audience.
In addition, FSIS offers an email
subscription service which provides an
automatic and customized notification
when popular pages are updated,
including Federal Register publications
and related documents. This service is
available at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/
news_and_events/email_subscription/
and allows FSIS customers to sign up
for subscription options across eight
categories. Options range from recalls to
export information to regulations,
directives and notices. Customers can
add or delete subscriptions themselves
and have the option to password protect
their account.
Done at Washington, DC, on: January 25,
2005.
Barbara J. Masters,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05–1703 Filed 1–28–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
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of the Codex Committee on Fats and
Oils (CCFO) of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission (Codex). The 19th Session
of the CCFO will be held in London,
United Kingdom, February 21–25, 2005.
The Under Secretary and FDA recognize
the importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain
background information on the agenda
items that will be discussed at this
forthcoming session of the CCFL.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for Tuesday, February 1, 2005 from 10
a.m. to 12 noon.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held in the Room 1A–002, Harvey W.
Wiley Federal Building, 5100 Paint
Branch Parkway, College Park, MD.
Documents related to the 19th Session
of the CCFO will be accessible via the
World Wide Web at the following
address: https://
www.codexalimentarius.net/
current.asp.
FSIS invites interested persons to
submit comments on this notice.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
• Mail, including floppy disks or CD–
ROMs, and hand-or courier-delivered
items: Send to the FSIS Docket Clerk,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food
Safety and Inspection Service, 300 12th
Street, SW., Room 102, Cotton Annex,
Washington DC 20250–3700. All
Comments received must include the
Agency name and docket number 04–
046N.
All comments submitted in response
to this notice, will be available for
public inspection in the FSIS Docket
Room at the address listed above
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday. The comments
also will be posted on the Agency’s Web
site at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/
regulations/2005_Notices_Index/.
[Docket No. 04–046N]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
19TH SESSION OF THE CCFO CONTACT: U.S.
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Nineteenth Session of the Codex
Committee on Fats and Oils
Delegate, Mr. Charles W. Cooper,
Director, International Activities Staff,
Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition, Food and Drug
Administration (HFS–585), Harvey W.
Wiley Federal Building, 5100 Paint
Branch Parkway, College Park, MD
20740–3835, Phone: (301) 436–1714,
Fax: (301) 436–2618, Email:
Charles.Cooper@cfsan.fda.gov.
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting,
request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of the Under
Secretary for Food Safety, United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and
the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), United States Department of
Health and Human Services, are
sponsoring a public meeting on
February 1, 2005, to provide
information and receive public
comments on all agenda items that will
be discussed at the Nineteenth Session
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Syed Amjad
Ali, International Issues Analyst, U.S.
Codex Office, FSIS, Room 4861, South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–3700,
Phone: (202) 205–7760, Fax: (202) 720–
3157. Persons requiring a sign language
interpreter or other special
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 04-027N]
FSIS Policy on Delinquent Payments for Voluntary Reimbursable
Inspection Services
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is providing
notice that it will not provide reimbursable voluntary inspection,
certification, and identification services to persons who have
delinquent accounts. FSIS charges fees for a variety of voluntary
reimbursable inspection, certification, and identification services
that it provides to official establishments and plants and non-official
establishments, e.g., warehouses, importers, and exporters. FSIS is
required to recover the costs of the voluntary inspection,
certification, and identification services it provides. FSIS will
pursue the collection of debts owed to it for such services.
DATES: This notice is effective March 2, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Teresa
Ramsey, Deputy Director, Financial Management Division, Office of
Management, FSIS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 5601 Sunnyside
Avenue, Mail Drop 5262 Beltsville, MD 20705, (301) 504-5885.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FSIS is providing notice of the actions it will take in regard to
its provision of voluntary reimbursable inspection, certification, and
identification services to persons who are delinquent in paying for
such services. FSIS is authorized to charge fees for the voluntary
inspection, certification, and identification services it provides
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1621, et seq.). The regulations that currently authorize the
charging of these fees are set forth in Title 9 of the Code of Federal
Regulations in sections 350.7, 351.8, 351.9, 352.5, 354.100 through
354.110, 355.11, 355.12, 362.5, and part 592.
FSIS provides monthly bills to recipients of inspection,
certification,
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and identification services. Those bills indicate when payment is due.
Payments not received when due are delinquent, thus resulting in the
recipient of the services having a delinquent account.
As of the effective date of this notice, if payment for voluntary
reimbursable inspection, certification, and identification services,
including payment of interest, penalty, and administrative charges, is
delinquent, the Agency will take the following actions:
FSIS will send the recipient of the service a dated
``dunning notice.''
FSIS will send a certified letter, along with a second
dunning notice, to the recipient of the services if the requested
payment in full is not received within 30 days of the date of the
initial dunning notice. If payment in full is not received by FSIS
within 14 days from the date the certified letter and second dunning
notice are received, no further voluntary inspection, certification,
and identification services will be provided until payment in full of
the delinquent debt, including any interest, penalty, and
administrative charges assessed, is received.
If a debtor either fails to make payment in full of a
delinquent debt or does not enter into a written repayment agreement
with FSIS, the Agency will transfer the delinquent debt to the U.S.
Department of the Treasury for cross-servicing in accordance with the
Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, as amended. At the discretion
of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, referral of a
delinquent non-tax debt may be made to (A) any executive department or
agency operating a debt collection center for collection action; (B) a
private collection contractor operating under a contract for servicing
or collection action; or (C) the U.S. Department of Justice for
litigation.
This notice applies to the provision of reimbursable voluntary
inspection, certification, and identification services provided
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1621, et seq.) and regulations enacted thereunder.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, in an effort to ensure that the
public and in particular minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities, are aware of this notice, FSIS will announce it on-line
through the FSIS Web page located at https://www.fsis.usda.gov.
FSIS also will make copies of this Federal Register publication
available through the FSIS Constituent Update, which is used to provide
information regarding FSIS policies, procedures, regulations, Federal
Register notices, FSIS public meetings, recalls, and other types of
matters that could affect or would be of interest to our constituents
and stakeholders. The update is communicated via Listserv, a free e-
mail subscription service consisting of industry, trade, and farm
groups, consumer interest groups, allied health professionals,
scientific professionals, and other individuals who have requested to
be included.
The update also is available on the FSIS Web page. Through Listserv
and the Web page, FSIS is able to provide information to a much
broader, more diverse audience.
In addition, FSIS offers an email subscription service which
provides an automatic and customized notification when popular pages
are updated, including Federal Register publications and related
documents. This service is available at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news_
and_events/email_subscription/ and allows FSIS customers to sign up
for subscription options across eight categories. Options range from
recalls to export information to regulations, directives and notices.
Customers can add or delete subscriptions themselves and have the
option to password protect their account.
Done at Washington, DC, on: January 25, 2005.
Barbara J. Masters,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05-1703 Filed 1-28-05; 8:45 am]
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