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to provide consumers with voluntary
Federal meat grading and certification
services that facilitate the marketing of
meat and meat products. These services
are provided under the authority of 7
CFR part 54—Meats, Prepared Meats,
and Meat Products (Grading,
Certification, and Standards). The
customer service survey is used to
gather information from its customers to
determine the quality of service
provided. Once an applicant request
services, there is no way to determine
the quality of service that is provided.
Need and Use of the Information:
Agricultural Marketing Service will
collect information to evaluate services
and assist in planning and managing the
program. The information from the
survey is strictly voluntary and will be
used to continually improve the
services.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other-for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 12.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Farmers Market Promotion
Program (FMPP).
OMB Control Number: 0581–0235.
Summary of Collection: The purposes
of the Farmers Market Promotion
Program (FMPP) are to increase
domestic consumption of agricultural
commodities by improving and
expanding, assisting in the
improvement and expansion, and to
develop or aid in the development of
new domestic farmers’ markets,
roadside stands, community-supported
agriculture programs, and other direct
producer-to-consumer infrastructure.
The Farmer-to-Consumer Marketing Act
of 1976 (Act) directs USDA to encourage
the direct marketing of agricultural
commodities from farmers to
consumers, and to promote the
development and expansion of direct
marketing of agricultural commodities
from farmers to consumers. The recently
authorized Farmer’s Market Promotion
Program (FMPP) (7 U.S.C. 3005), section
6 of 7 U.S.C. 3004 directs the Secretary
of Agriculture to ‘‘carry out a program
to make grants to eligible entities for
projects to establish, expand, and
promote farmers’ markets.’’
Need and Use of the Information:
Grant application information will
establish eligibility, requirements,
review and approval process and grant
administration procedures for the
FMPP.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 415.
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Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
One time.
Total Burden Hours: 3,208.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
June 6, 2006.
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
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) ways to minimize the
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), oira_submission@omb.eop.gov
or fax (202) 395–5806 and to
Departmental Clearance Office, USDA,
OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC
20250–7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8681.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR Part 1717 Subpart D,
Mergers and Consolidations of Electric
Borrowers.
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OMB Control Number: 0572–0114.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) is a credit agency
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It
makes mortgage loans and loan
guarantees to finance electric,
telecommunications, water and waste
and water facilities in rural areas. Loan
programs are managed in accordance
with the Rural Electrification Act (RE
Act) of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., as
amended and as prescribed by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Circular A–129, Policies for
Federal Credit Programs and Non-tax
Receivable, states that agencies must
base on a review of a loan application
determine that an applicant complies
with statutory, regulatory, and
administrative eligibility requirements
for loan assistance.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS will collect information to
streamline procedures and allow
borrowers the flexibility to meet new
business challenges and opportunities.
The information is necessary for RUS to
conduct business with successor entity
while protecting the security of
Government loans and avoiding defaults
and to grant merger approval when
required.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 12.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 170.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FDMS Docket No. FSIS–2006–0004]
International Standard-Setting
Activities
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
• SUMMARY: This is an attachment
that was inadvertently left out of the
notice that published on June 6, 2006.
(71 FR 32504). For the readers
convenience this goes with Attachment
1.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: F.
Edward Scarbrough, PhD, United States
Manager for Codex, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Office of the Under
Secretary for Food Safety, Room 4861,
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South Agriculture Building, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–3700; (202) 205–
7760. For information pertaining to
particular committees, the delegate of
that committee may be contacted. (A
complete list of U.S. delegates and
alternate delegates can be found in
Attachment 2 to this notice.)
• General Standard for Food
Additives: Draft Food. Additive
Provisions (in Tables 1, 2, and 3)
• International Numbering System.
• Specifications for the Identity and
Purity of Food Additives.
• Inventory of Processing Aids.
Done in Washington, DC: June 6, 2006.
Mary Ann Riley,
FSIS, Liaison Officer.
To be consideredat Step 8:
• Maximum Level for Lead of 0.3 mg/
kg in Fish.
• Maximum Levels for Cadmium in
polished rice of 0.4 mg/kg, and in
marine bivalve mollusks (excluding
oysters and scallops) and in
cephalopods (without viscera) of 2 mg/
kg.
To be consideredat Step 5/8:
• Proposed Amendment to the
Preamble of the Codex General Standard
for Contaminants and Toxins in Foods
(GSCTF).
• Proposed Draft Appendix to the
Codex Code of Practice for the
Prevention and Reduction of Aflatoxin
Contamination in Tree Nuts to address
additional measures for the prevention
and reduction of aflatoxin in Brazil
nuts.
• Proposed Draft Code of Practice for
the Prevention and Reduction of Dioxin
and Dioxin-like PCB Contamination in
Foods and Feeds.
• Proposed Draft Guidelines Levels
for Radionuclides in Foods
Contaminated Following a Nuclear or
Radiological Emergency for Use in
International Trade.
To be consideredat Step 5:
• Proposed Draft Maximum Level for
Aflatoxin in ready-to-eat almonds,
hazelnuts and pistachios.
• Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for
Tin of 250 mg/kg in canned foods other
than beverages, and 150 mg/kg in
canned beverages.
To be consideredfor New Work:
• To revise the Preamble of the
GSCTF to remove the procedural
provisions; to include them in the
Procedural Manual; to amend the
complementary food categorization
system for the GCSFT; to align the
language of the Preamble with the
definitions contained in the Procedural
Manual; to update the provision in the
Procedural Manual regarding toxins.
• Elaboration of a Code of Practice for
the Reduction of Acrylamide in Food.
• Elaboration of a Code of Practice for
the Reduction of Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons in Food.
• Elaboration of a Code of Practice for
the Prevention and Control of
Ochratoxin A Contamination in Wine.
The Committee is continuing work
on:
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Codex Committee on Food Additives
and Contaminants
The Codex Committee on Food
Additives and Contaminants (CCFAC)
(a) establishes or endorses permitted
maximum or guideline levels for
individual food additives,
contaminants, and naturally occurring
toxicants in food and animal feed; (b)
prepares priority lists of food additives
and contaminants for toxicological
evaluation by the Joint FAO/WHO
Expert Committee on Food Additives
(JECFA); (c) recommends specifications
of identity and purity for food additives
for adoption by the Commission; (d)
considers methods of analysis for food
additive and contaminants; and (e)
considers and elaborates standards and
codes for related subjects such as
labeling of food additives when sold as
such and food irradiation. The following
matters are under consideration by the
Commission at its 29th Session in July
2006. The relevant document is
ALINORM 6/29/12.
• Revised Terms of Reference on the
Codex Committee on Food Additives
and Contaminants.
Food Additives
To be considered at Step 8:
• General Standard for Food
Additives (GSFA): Draft Food Additive
Provisions in Tables 1 and 2.
• Draft Revised Preamble to the
GSFA.
To be considered at Step 5/8:
• General Standard for Food
Additives: Proposed Draft Food
Additive Provisions in Tables 1, 2 and
3.
• Advisory Specifications for the
Identity and Purity of Food Additives.
• Proposed Draft Revisions to the
Codex International Numbering System
for Food Additives.
To be considered for Revocation and
Discontinuation of work:
• Proposed Draft and Draft Food
Additive Provisions in the GSFA.
To be considered for New Work:
• Guidelines for the use of flavoring
agents.
The Committee is continuing work
on:
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• Maximum levels for aflatoxin in
almonds, hazelnuts, and pistachios for
further processing.
• Discussion Paper of Aflatoxin
Contamination in Brazil Nuts.
• Proposed draft sampling plan for
Aflatoxin Contamination in Almonds,
Brazil nuts, Hazelnuts and Pistachios.
• Discussion paper on
Deoxynivalenol (DON).
• Discussion paper on Ochratoxin A
Contamination in Coffee.
• Discussion paper on Ochratoxin A
Contamination in Cocoa.
• Proposed Draft maximum levels for
3-monochloropropanediol (3–MCPD) in
liquid condiment containing HVPs.
• Proposed Draft Code of Practice for
the Reduction of Chloropropanols
during the Production of Acid
Hydrolized Vegetable Protein (HVP) and
Products that Contain Acid HVP.
• Discussion paper on
Methylmercury in Fish.
• Discussion paper on Aflatoxins in
Dried Figs.
General Issues
• Priority List of Food Additives,
Contaminants and Naturally Occurring
Toxicants Proposed for Evaluation by
JECFA.
Responsible Agency: HHS/FDA.
U.S. Participation: Yes.
[FR Doc. E6–9050 Filed 6–8–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Siskiyou County Resource Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Siskiyou County
Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
will meet in Yreka, California, June 19,
2006. The meeting will include routine
business, and two presentations from
the Salmon River Restoration Council
and the Siskiyou Fire Safe Council on
previously funded RAC grants.
DATES: The meeting will be held June
19, 2006, from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Yreka High School Library, Preece
Way, Yreka, California.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lorenda Cianci, Grants & Agreements
Specialist, Klamath National Forest,
(530) 841–4402 or electronically at
lcianci@fs.fed.us.
The
meeting is open to the public. Public
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FDMS Docket No. FSIS-2006-0004]
International Standard-Setting Activities
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This is an attachment that was inadvertently left
out of the notice that published on June 6, 2006. (71 FR 32504). For
the readers convenience this goes with Attachment 1.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: F. Edward Scarbrough, PhD, United
States Manager for Codex, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the
Under Secretary for Food Safety, Room 4861,
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South Agriculture Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20250-3700; (202) 205-7760. For information pertaining to particular
committees, the delegate of that committee may be contacted. (A
complete list of U.S. delegates and alternate delegates can be found in
Attachment 2 to this notice.)
Done in Washington, DC: June 6, 2006.
Mary Ann Riley,
FSIS, Liaison Officer.
Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants
The Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (CCFAC) (a)
establishes or endorses permitted maximum or guideline levels for
individual food additives, contaminants, and naturally occurring
toxicants in food and animal feed; (b) prepares priority lists of food
additives and contaminants for toxicological evaluation by the Joint
FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA); (c) recommends
specifications of identity and purity for food additives for adoption
by the Commission; (d) considers methods of analysis for food additive
and contaminants; and (e) considers and elaborates standards and codes
for related subjects such as labeling of food additives when sold as
such and food irradiation. The following matters are under
consideration by the Commission at its 29th Session in July 2006. The
relevant document is ALINORM 6/29/12.
Revised Terms of Reference on the Codex Committee on Food
Additives and Contaminants.
Food Additives
To be considered at Step 8:
General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA): Draft Food
Additive Provisions in Tables 1 and 2.
Draft Revised Preamble to the GSFA.
To be considered at Step 5/8:
General Standard for Food Additives: Proposed Draft Food
Additive Provisions in Tables 1, 2 and 3.
Advisory Specifications for the Identity and Purity of
Food Additives.
Proposed Draft Revisions to the Codex International
Numbering System for Food Additives.
To be considered for Revocation and Discontinuation of work:
Proposed Draft and Draft Food Additive Provisions in the
GSFA.
To be considered for New Work:
Guidelines for the use of flavoring agents.
The Committee is continuing work on:
General Standard for Food Additives: Draft Food. Additive
Provisions (in Tables 1, 2, and 3)
International Numbering System.
Specifications for the Identity and Purity of Food
Additives.
Inventory of Processing Aids.
Contaminants
To be consideredat Step 8:
Maximum Level for Lead of 0.3 mg/kg in Fish.
Maximum Levels for Cadmium in polished rice of 0.4 mg/kg,
and in marine bivalve mollusks (excluding oysters and scallops) and in
cephalopods (without viscera) of 2 mg/kg.
To be consideredat Step 5/8:
Proposed Amendment to the Preamble of the Codex General
Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Foods (GSCTF).
Proposed Draft Appendix to the Codex Code of Practice for
the Prevention and Reduction of Aflatoxin Contamination in Tree Nuts to
address additional measures for the prevention and reduction of
aflatoxin in Brazil nuts.
Proposed Draft Code of Practice for the Prevention and
Reduction of Dioxin and Dioxin-like PCB Contamination in Foods and
Feeds.
Proposed Draft Guidelines Levels for Radionuclides in
Foods Contaminated Following a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency for
Use in International Trade.
To be consideredat Step 5:
Proposed Draft Maximum Level for Aflatoxin in ready-to-eat
almonds, hazelnuts and pistachios.
Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Tin of 250 mg/kg in
canned foods other than beverages, and 150 mg/kg in canned beverages.
To be consideredfor New Work:
To revise the Preamble of the GSCTF to remove the
procedural provisions; to include them in the Procedural Manual; to
amend the complementary food categorization system for the GCSFT; to
align the language of the Preamble with the definitions contained in
the Procedural Manual; to update the provision in the Procedural Manual
regarding toxins.
Elaboration of a Code of Practice for the Reduction of
Acrylamide in Food.
Elaboration of a Code of Practice for the Reduction of
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Food.
Elaboration of a Code of Practice for the Prevention and
Control of Ochratoxin A Contamination in Wine.
The Committee is continuing work on:
Maximum levels for aflatoxin in almonds, hazelnuts, and
pistachios for further processing.
Discussion Paper of Aflatoxin Contamination in Brazil
Nuts.
Proposed draft sampling plan for Aflatoxin Contamination
in Almonds, Brazil nuts, Hazelnuts and Pistachios.
Discussion paper on Deoxynivalenol (DON).
Discussion paper on Ochratoxin A Contamination in Coffee.
Discussion paper on Ochratoxin A Contamination in Cocoa.
Proposed Draft maximum levels for 3-monochloropropanediol
(3-MCPD) in liquid condiment containing HVPs.
Proposed Draft Code of Practice for the Reduction of
Chloropropanols during the Production of Acid Hydrolized Vegetable
Protein (HVP) and Products that Contain Acid HVP.
Discussion paper on Methylmercury in Fish.
Discussion paper on Aflatoxins in Dried Figs.
General Issues
Priority List of Food Additives, Contaminants and
Naturally Occurring Toxicants Proposed for Evaluation by JECFA.
Responsible Agency: HHS/FDA.
U.S. Participation: Yes.
[FR Doc. E6-9050 Filed 6-8-06; 8:45 am]
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