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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. FV–06–337]
United States Standards for Grades of
Canned Fruits for Salad, and United
States Standards for Grades of Canned
Fruit Cocktail
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The United States Standards
for Grades of Canned Fruits for Salad,
and United States Standards for Grades
of Canned Fruit Cocktail are revised to
reflect the change in the character
classification for Grade ‘‘B’’ canned
pears made previously in the United
States Standards for Grades of Canned
Pears.
DATES:
United States Standards for Grades of
Canned Fruits for Salad and United
States Standards for Grades of Canned
Fruit Cocktail is changed by adding the
statement ‘‘the units are reasonably
tender or tenderness may be variable
within the unit.’’ This change will affect
section 52.3843 Character(c)(3) of the
Canned Fruits for Salads and section
52.1063 Character (c)(2) of the Canned
Fruit Cocktail.
Revised copies of the U.S. grade
standards are located on the Web site at
https://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/ppb.html
and are available from Inspection and
Standardization Section, Processed
Products Branch, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Agricultural Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room
0709, South Building; STOP 0247,
Washington, DC 20250; telephone: (202)
720–5021 or fax (202) 690–1527.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen L. Kaufman, (202) 720–5021, or email karen.kaufman@usda.gov.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627.
Dated: March 17, 2006.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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Amendment for Character
Classification
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
A Notice was published in the
Federal Register, (69 FR 63612) dated
October 29, 2004, revising the United
States Standards for Grades of Canned
Pears, issued under the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–
1627) effective November 29, 2004. This
change affected the character
classification for Grade ‘‘B’’ slices and
diced for canned pears to read ‘‘the
units are reasonably tender or
tenderness may be variable within the
unit.’’ A conforming change to the
United States Standard for Grades of
Canned Fruits for Salad and the United
States Standards for Grades of Canned
Fruit Cocktail should have been
changed in this regard.
Accordingly, the Notice published in
the Federal Register on October 29,
2004, at 69 FR 63612 is corrected by
adding a conforming change to provide
that the Grade ‘‘B’’ character
classification of canned pears for the
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Notice of Meeting of the National
Organic Standards Board
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, the Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) is announcing a
forthcoming meeting of the National
Organic Standards Board (NOSB).
DATES: The meeting dates are
Wednesday, April 19, 2006, 1 p.m. to 5
p.m.; and Thursday, April 20, 2006, 8
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Requests from
individuals and organizations wishing
to make an oral presentation at the
meeting are due by the close of business
on April 7, 2006.
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The meeting will take place
at the Ramada Conference Center, 1450
South Atherton Street, State College,
PA. Requests for copies of the NOSB
meeting agenda, requests to make an
oral presentation at the meeting, or
written comments may be sent to Ms.
Katherine Benham at USDA–AMS–
TMD–NOP, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 4008-So., Ag Stop
0268, Washington, DC 20250–0200.
Requests to make an oral presentation at
the meeting may also be sent via
facsimile to Ms. Katherine Benham at
(202) 205–7808 or electronically to Ms.
Katherine Benham at
Katherine.benham@usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katherine E. Benham, Advisory Board
Specialist, National Organic Program,
(202) 205–7806.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
2119 (7 U.S.C. 6518) of the Organic
Foods Production Act of 1990 (OFPA),
as amended (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.)
requires the establishment of the NOSB.
The purpose of the NOSB is to make
recommendations about whether a
substance should be allowed or
prohibited in organic production or
handling, to assist in the development
of standards for substances to be used in
organic production, and to advise the
Secretary on other aspects of the
implementation of the OFPA. The
NOSB met for the first time in
Washington, DC, in March 1992, and
currently has six committees working
on various aspects of the organic
program. The committees are:
Compliance, Accreditation, and
Certification; Crops; Livestock;
Materials; Handling; and Policy
Development.
In August of 1994, the NOSB
provided its initial recommendations for
the National Organic Program (NOP) to
the Secretary of Agriculture. Since that
time, the NOSB has submitted 99
addenda to its recommendations and
reviewed more than 269 substances for
inclusion on the National List of
Allowed and Prohibited Substances.
The last meeting of the NOSB was held
on November 16–17, 2005, in
Washington, DC.
The Department of Agriculture
(USDA) published its final National
Organic Program regulation in the
Federal Register on December 21, 2000,
(65 FR 80548). The rule became
effective April 21, 2001.
ADDRESSES:
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The principal purposes of the meeting
are to provide an opportunity for the
NOSB to receive an update from the
USDA/NOP and hear progress reports
from NOSB committees regarding work
plan items and proposed action items.
The NOSB will receive presentations
from the Aquaculture Working Group
and Pet Food Task Force. The NOSB
subcommittees (Crops, Livestock, and
Handling Committees) will also present
for, full NOSB consideration,
recommendations concerning the
continued use or prohibition of 29
substances being reviewed under the
OFPA’s sunset provisions for the
National List. The NOSB will vote on
these recommendations.
The OFPA authorized a National List
of Allowed and Prohibited Substances.
The Act also provides that no allowed
or prohibited substance would remain
on the National List for a period
exceeding 5 years unless the exemption
or prohibition is reviewed and
recommended for renewal by the NOSB
and adopted by the Secretary of
Agriculture. This expiration is
commonly referred to as sunset of the
National List. The National List was
implemented on October 21, 2002, and
contained over 170 substances. This
first sunset of the National List triggers
a review process that must be concluded
no later than October 21, 2007. If
renewal is not concluded by that date,
the use or prohibition of hundreds of
materials will no longer be valid for the
organic industry, causing most if not all
of the organic industry to be in
noncompliance with the National
Organic Standards. Because this first
sunset process involves Federal
rulemaking, the NOSB and the NOP has
issued guidance and begun work on the
National List Sunset process in order to
avoid expiration of the National List on
October 21, 2007. At its November 16–
17, 2005, meeting in Washington, DC,
the NOSB recommended that the
Secretary continue the use of 143
substances in organic crop and livestock
production and handling. The NOSB
recommended not renewing the listing
of one substance, potassium tartrate
made from tartaric acid. The substance
appears twice on the Nation List, with
two different names. The NOSB
recommended removing it because of
redundancy.
The Handling Committee will discuss
its continued work on determining
when a product is agricultural versus
nonagricultural. The Materials and
Handling Committees will discuss NOP
feedback regarding guidance for making
determinations on whether a substance
is synthetic or non-synthetic. Finally,
the Policy Development and Handling
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Committees will present, for full NOSB
consideration, a recommendation for
facilitating determinations regarding the
commercial availability of organic
agricultural ingredients.
For further information, see https://
www.ams.usda.gov/nop. Copies of the
NOSB meeting agenda can be requested
from Ms. Katherine Benham by
telephone at (202) 205–7806; or by
accessing the NOP Web site at https://
www.ams.usda.gov/nop.
The Meeting is Open to the Public.
The NOSB has scheduled time for
public input for Wednesday, April 19,
2006, from 2 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., and
Thursday, April 20, 2006, from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Individuals and organizations
wishing to make an oral presentation at
the meeting may forward their request
by mail, facsimile, or e-mail to
Katherine Benham at addresses listed in
ADDRESSES above. Individuals or
organizations will be given
approximately 5 minutes to present
their views. All persons making an oral
presentation are requested to provide
their comments in writing. Written
submissions may contain information
other than that presented at the oral
presentation.
Written comments may also be
submitted at the meeting. Persons
submitting written comments at the
meeting are asked to provide 30 copies.
Interested persons may visit the
NOSB portion of the NOP Web site
https://www.ams.usda.gov/nop to view
available documents prior to the
meeting. Approximately 6 weeks
following the meeting interested
persons will be able to visit the NOSB
portion of the NOP Web site to view
documents from the meeting.
Dated: March 17, 2006.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Fishel Vegetation and Transportation
Management Project; ChequamegonNicolet National Forest, Vilas and
Forest Counties, WI
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Authority: The National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42
U.S.C. 4321–4346); Council on
Environmental quality Regulations, title 40,
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Code of Federal Regulations, parts 1500–1508
(40 CFR parts 1500–1508); and U.S.
Department of Agriculture NEPA
Regulations, part 1b (7 CFR part 1b).
SUMMARY: The Forest Service will
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to document the
analysis and disclose the environmental
impacts of proposed actions to harvest
trees and associated transportation
management activities.
The purpose and need identified for
the Fishel project area is to: Improve
structural diversity (age/size class) and
species diversity in the northern
hardwood interior block habitats and
maintain forest composition while
improving riparian habitat, contributing
toward satisfying demand for timber
products, and to provide an efficient
road system that will meet long-term
transportation needs to move the Fishel
project area towards the desired
conditions as described in the 2004
Forest Plan.
Actions are proposed to meet or move
towards meeting Forest Plan goals 1.1,
1.2, 1.4, 2.5, 3.1, as well as meet Forest
Plan objectives through design features
and treatment mitigation.
The project area is located on public
lands administered by the Eagle RiverFlorence Ranger District approximately
30 miles northeast of Rhinelander,
Wisconsin. It is located approximately
10 miles northeast of Eagle River,
bordered on the west and north by Big
Sand Lake and the Michigan border, on
the east by State highway 55 and on the
south by State Highway 70.
No Action is one alternative that will
be considered. Additional alternatives
will be formulated based on public
issues, and response analysis. The
proposed action involves harvesting
approximately 16.9 MMBF (million
board feet) of green trees from
approximately 5,517 acres within an
analysis area of about 35,200 acres.
Harvest of trees would be by ground
based (tractor) methods during the
winter months. Most harvested areas
would be open to natural regeneration
with some areas planted to longer lived
white pine near trout streams, and jack
pine for age class diversity.
Road work would include
construction of 2.1 miles of new road
and 23.7 miles of road reconstruction to
access harvest activity stands. The
transportation management proposal
includes construction of 2.1 miles of
new road, 23.7 miles of road
reconstruction and 44.6 miles of road
decommissioning to move towards the
road densities identified in the Forest
Plan. After the project is completed,
approximately 107 miles of existing
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. TM-06-07]
Notice of Meeting of the National Organic Standards Board
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing a
forthcoming meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB).
DATES: The meeting dates are Wednesday, April 19, 2006, 1 p.m. to 5
p.m.; and Thursday, April 20, 2006, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Requests from
individuals and organizations wishing to make an oral presentation at
the meeting are due by the close of business on April 7, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Ramada Conference Center,
1450 South Atherton Street, State College, PA. Requests for copies of
the NOSB meeting agenda, requests to make an oral presentation at the
meeting, or written comments may be sent to Ms. Katherine Benham at
USDA-AMS-TMD-NOP, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 4008-So., Ag Stop
0268, Washington, DC 20250-0200. Requests to make an oral presentation
at the meeting may also be sent via facsimile to Ms. Katherine Benham
at (202) 205-7808 or electronically to Ms. Katherine Benham at
Katherine.benham@usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine E. Benham, Advisory Board
Specialist, National Organic Program, (202) 205-7806.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2119 (7 U.S.C. 6518) of the Organic
Foods Production Act of 1990 (OFPA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.)
requires the establishment of the NOSB. The purpose of the NOSB is to
make recommendations about whether a substance should be allowed or
prohibited in organic production or handling, to assist in the
development of standards for substances to be used in organic
production, and to advise the Secretary on other aspects of the
implementation of the OFPA. The NOSB met for the first time in
Washington, DC, in March 1992, and currently has six committees working
on various aspects of the organic program. The committees are:
Compliance, Accreditation, and Certification; Crops; Livestock;
Materials; Handling; and Policy Development.
In August of 1994, the NOSB provided its initial recommendations
for the National Organic Program (NOP) to the Secretary of Agriculture.
Since that time, the NOSB has submitted 99 addenda to its
recommendations and reviewed more than 269 substances for inclusion on
the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances. The last
meeting of the NOSB was held on November 16-17, 2005, in Washington,
DC.
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its final National
Organic Program regulation in the Federal Register on December 21,
2000, (65 FR 80548). The rule became effective April 21, 2001.
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The principal purposes of the meeting are to provide an opportunity
for the NOSB to receive an update from the USDA/NOP and hear progress
reports from NOSB committees regarding work plan items and proposed
action items. The NOSB will receive presentations from the Aquaculture
Working Group and Pet Food Task Force. The NOSB subcommittees (Crops,
Livestock, and Handling Committees) will also present for, full NOSB
consideration, recommendations concerning the continued use or
prohibition of 29 substances being reviewed under the OFPA's sunset
provisions for the National List. The NOSB will vote on these
recommendations.
The OFPA authorized a National List of Allowed and Prohibited
Substances. The Act also provides that no allowed or prohibited
substance would remain on the National List for a period exceeding 5
years unless the exemption or prohibition is reviewed and recommended
for renewal by the NOSB and adopted by the Secretary of Agriculture.
This expiration is commonly referred to as sunset of the National List.
The National List was implemented on October 21, 2002, and contained
over 170 substances. This first sunset of the National List triggers a
review process that must be concluded no later than October 21, 2007.
If renewal is not concluded by that date, the use or prohibition of
hundreds of materials will no longer be valid for the organic industry,
causing most if not all of the organic industry to be in noncompliance
with the National Organic Standards. Because this first sunset process
involves Federal rulemaking, the NOSB and the NOP has issued guidance
and begun work on the National List Sunset process in order to avoid
expiration of the National List on October 21, 2007. At its November
16-17, 2005, meeting in Washington, DC, the NOSB recommended that the
Secretary continue the use of 143 substances in organic crop and
livestock production and handling. The NOSB recommended not renewing
the listing of one substance, potassium tartrate made from tartaric
acid. The substance appears twice on the Nation List, with two
different names. The NOSB recommended removing it because of
redundancy.
The Handling Committee will discuss its continued work on
determining when a product is agricultural versus nonagricultural. The
Materials and Handling Committees will discuss NOP feedback regarding
guidance for making determinations on whether a substance is synthetic
or non-synthetic. Finally, the Policy Development and Handling
Committees will present, for full NOSB consideration, a recommendation
for facilitating determinations regarding the commercial availability
of organic agricultural ingredients.
For further information, see https://www.ams.usda.gov/nop. Copies of
the NOSB meeting agenda can be requested from Ms. Katherine Benham by
telephone at (202) 205-7806; or by accessing the NOP Web site at http:/
/www.ams.usda.gov/nop.
The Meeting is Open to the Public. The NOSB has scheduled time for
public input for Wednesday, April 19, 2006, from 2 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.,
and Thursday, April 20, 2006, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Individuals and
organizations wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting may
forward their request by mail, facsimile, or e-mail to Katherine Benham
at addresses listed in ADDRESSES above. Individuals or organizations
will be given approximately 5 minutes to present their views. All
persons making an oral presentation are requested to provide their
comments in writing. Written submissions may contain information other
than that presented at the oral presentation.
Written comments may also be submitted at the meeting. Persons
submitting written comments at the meeting are asked to provide 30
copies.
Interested persons may visit the NOSB portion of the NOP Web site
https://www.ams.usda.gov/nop to view available documents prior to the
meeting. Approximately 6 weeks following the meeting interested persons
will be able to visit the NOSB portion of the NOP Web site to view
documents from the meeting.
Dated: March 17, 2006.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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