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the Cattle Working Group and the
Equine Species Working Group had
provided performance standards for
APHIS to employ when approving
devices for use in the NAIS, so the
standards included only the
recommendations of those groups. Since
then, the Swine Working Group and the
Sheep and Goat Working Group have
also provided recommendations, and in
October 2007, we updated the Program
Standards and Technical Reference
document to include information
specific to those species and made some
other changes. We are, therefore, now
making available to the public for
review and comment this newly
updated version of the Program
Standards and Technical Reference
document. We will continue to solicit
public comments and stakeholder
feedback on the document through the
NAIS Web site.
Updates to the document include the
following: (1) Adjustments to
performance standards for identification
eartags; (2) adjustments to printing
standards for individual animal
identification eartags; (3) the addition of
printing standards for slaughter swine
premises identification; and (4) the
adjustment of our performance
standards for radio frequency
identification (RFID) injectable
transponders to allow for the potential
use of alternate International
Organization for Standardization (ISO)
or U.S.-based technology standards.
These updates are discussed in more
detail below.
Performance Standards for
Identification Eartags
In the February 2007 Program
Standards and Technical Reference
document, we included a table outlining
performance standards for identification
eartags. These standards focused on
cattle, since the Cattle Working Group
had provided performance standards
and since cattle were the primary
species using NAIS identification at that
time. We have now updated the
performance standards for ‘‘Readability’’
and ‘‘Tag loss rates’’ to include
information specific to sheep and goats
and swine. For readability, we have
added a note indicating that, for swine,
the premises identification number
(PIN) must also be easily and reliably
readable. For tag loss rates, we have
specified separate performance
requirements for cattle (noting that the
requirements for cattle should be used
for all other species not specified in the
table), sheep and goats, and swine. Due
to the addition of eartag identification
performance standards for species other
than cattle, we have also changed the
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title of the table from ‘‘Identification
Eartag’’ to ‘‘Performance Standards for
Identification Eartags for all Species that
use Eartags.’’
Printing Standards for Eartags
In the February 2007 Program
Standards and Technical Reference
document, we included a table
containing printing standards for
identification eartags. As with the
performance standards discussed above,
the printing standards focused on cattle,
since the Cattle Working Group had
provided standards and since cattle
were the primary species using NAIS
identification at that time. We have now
updated those standards to address the
needs for unique, individual animal
identification for sheep and goats and
swine. Specifically, we have provided
for the following options: (1) The use of
smaller print sizes for the U.S. Shield,
numbers, and letters, if needed, on tags
for sheep and goats; (2) the inclusion of
an eight-character series in the National
Uniform Eartagging System, in addition
to the current nine-character series, to
accommodate the need for smaller
eartags in smaller species such as swine
and sheep; (3) the continuing use of a
PIN plus an individual animal number
unique to the premises for swine as an
alternative to the animal identification
number (AIN); and (4) the use of a
number issued by the scrapie program
consisting of a flock identification
number (FIN) plus an individual animal
number unique to the flock for sheep
and goats as an alternative to the AIN.
We have also changed the title of the
table from ‘‘Printing Standards for
Eartags’’ to ‘‘Printing Standards for
Individual Animal ID Eartags’’ to
differentiate these standards for
‘‘individual animal identification’’
eartags from the standards for ‘‘premises
identification’’ eartags for slaughter
swine. Slaughter swine do not require
unique, individual animal
identification.
Printing Standards for Slaughter Swine
Premises Identification
The Swine Working Group recently
provided recommendations related to
printing standards necessary for official
identification for slaughter swine
premises identification. This updated
October 2007 Program Standards and
Technical Reference document now
provides a table, directly following the
‘‘Printing Standards for Individual
Animal ID Eartags’’ table described
above, outlining the printing standards
for slaughter swine premises
identification eartags. The February
2007 document did not have such a
table.
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Adjustment to Performance
Requirements for RFID Injectable
Transponders
The February 2007 Program Standards
and Technical Reference document
included a table outlining performance
requirements for RFID injectable
transponders, as recommended by the
Equine Species Working Group.
Continuing work with this group
resulted in an application to be used by
manufacturers of such devices to gain
approval by APHIS for use in the NAIS.
The application indicates that other ISO
or U.S.-based technology standards
might be approved for use by APHIS, so
the ‘‘ISO Compliant’’ standard has been
adjusted to read, ‘‘All transponders
must be certified by ICAR [International
Committee for Animal Recording] for
conformance with ISO 11784 and
11785, unless other ISO or U.S.-based
technology standards are applicable to
livestock and approved for use by
APHIS.’’
Comments about the revised Program
Standards and Technical Reference
document or other aspects of the NAIS
may be submitted to USDA through the
NAIS Web site e-mail address:
animalidcomments@aphis.usda.gov or
by mail to NAIS Program Staff, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 200,
Riverdale, MD 20737.
Done in Washington, DC, this 29th day of
November 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
Opportunity for Designation in
Maryland, New Jersey, and New York
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
applications.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers
and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
has received inquiries, letters, and
requests for official services in the
currently unassigned states of Maryland,
New Jersey, and New York. GIPSA plans
to designate one or more organizations
qualified to provide official services in
Maryland, New Jersey, and New York.
GIPSA is asking persons interested in
providing official services in all or part
of the unassigned areas of Maryland,
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New Jersey, and New York to submit an
application for designation.
DATES: Applications must be
postmarked or electronically dated on or
before January 4, 2008.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
applications and comments on this
notice. You may submit applications
and comments by any of the following
methods:
• To apply for designation, go to FGIS
online, Web page https://
fgis.gipsa.usda.gov/
default_home_FGIS.aspx. Select
Delegations/Designations and Export
Registrations (DDR). You need
e-authentication and a customer number
prior to applying.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver to
Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief,
Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA,
Room 1647–S, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
• Fax: Send by facsimile transmission
to (202) 690–2755, attention: Karen
Guagliardo.
• E-mail: Send via electronic mail to
Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
• Mail: Send hardcopy to Karen
Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief,
Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA,
STOP 3604, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
3604.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments and reading any comments
posted online.
Read Applications and Comments:
All applications and comments will be
available for public inspection at the
office above during regular business
hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Guagliardo at 202–720–7312,
e-mail Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Action has been reviewed and
determined not to be a rule or regulation
as defined in Executive Order 12866
and Departmental Regulation 1512–1;
therefore, the Executive Order and
Departmental Regulation do not apply
to this action.
Section 7(f)(1) of the United States
Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act),
authorizes GIPSA’s Administrator to
designate a qualified applicant to
provide official services in a specified
area after determining that the applicant
is better able than any other applicant
to provide such official services.
Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides
that designations of official agencies
shall not end later than triennially and
may be renewed according to the
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criteria and procedures prescribed in
section 7(f) of the Act.
GIPSA is asking for applicants to
provide official services in Maryland,
New Jersey, and New York. The areas
being considered for assignment to the
applicant or applicants selected for
designation, pursuant to section (7)(2) of
the Act, are as follows:
The entire state of Maryland, except
those export port locations within the
State which are served by GIPSA.
The entire state of New Jersey, except
those export port locations within the
State which are served by GIPSA.
The entire state of New York, except
those export port locations within the
State which are served by GIPSA.
Opportunity for designation.
Interested persons are hereby given the
opportunity to apply for designation to
provide official services in the
geographic areas specified above under
the provisions of section 7(f) of the Act
and section 800.196(d) of the
regulations issued thereunder.
Designation in the specified geographic
areas is for a period of no more than 3
years. To apply for designation, contact
the Compliance Division at the address
listed above for forms and information,
or obtain applications at the GIPSA Web
site, https://www.gipsa.usda.gov.
Applications, comments, and other
available information will be considered
in determining which applicant will be
designated.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k.
Alan Christian,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. E7–23530 Filed 12–4–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) an agency
delivering the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development
Utilities Programs invites comments on
this information collection for which
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) will be requested.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by February 4, 2008.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michele L. Brooks, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522,
Room 5159 South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522. FAX:
(202) 720–8435.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13) requires that interested
members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an
information collection that RUS is
submitting to OMB for extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed 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 the burden of
the proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (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. Comments may be sent to:
Michele L. Brooks, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis,
Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, STOP 1522, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20250–1522. FAX: (202) 720–8435.
Title: Electric Loan Application and
Related Reporting Burdens.
OMB Number: 0572–0032.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Rural Electrification Act
of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), as
amended (RE Act) authorizes and
empowers the Administrator of RUS to
make and guarantee loans to furnish and
improve electric service in rural areas.
These loans are amortized over a period
of up to 35 years and secured by the
borrower’s electric assets. In the interest
of protecting loan security, monitoring
compliance with debt covenants, and
ensuring that RUS loan funds are used
for purposes authorized by law, RUS
requires that borrowers prepare and
submit for RUS evaluation, certain
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Opportunity for Designation in Maryland, New Jersey, and New York
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for applications.
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SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA) has received inquiries, letters, and requests for official
services in the currently unassigned states of Maryland, New Jersey,
and New York. GIPSA plans to designate one or more organizations
qualified to provide official services in Maryland, New Jersey, and New
York. GIPSA is asking persons interested in providing official services
in all or part of the unassigned areas of Maryland,
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New Jersey, and New York to submit an application for designation.
DATES: Applications must be postmarked or electronically dated on or
before January 4, 2008.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit applications and comments on this
notice. You may submit applications and comments by any of the
following methods:
To apply for designation, go to FGIS online, Web page
https://fgis.gipsa.usda.gov/default_home_FGIS.aspx. Select
Delegations/Designations and Export Registrations (DDR). You need e-
authentication and a customer number prior to applying.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver to Karen Guagliardo,
Review Branch Chief, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647-S,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
Fax: Send by facsimile transmission to (202) 690-2755,
attention: Karen Guagliardo.
E-mail: Send via electronic mail to
Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
Mail: Send hardcopy to Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch
Chief, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments and reading any comments posted online.
Read Applications and Comments: All applications and comments will
be available for public inspection at the office above during regular
business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Guagliardo at 202-720-7312, e-
mail Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Action has been reviewed and determined
not to be a rule or regulation as defined in Executive Order 12866 and
Departmental Regulation 1512-1; therefore, the Executive Order and
Departmental Regulation do not apply to this action.
Section 7(f)(1) of the United States Grain Standards Act, as
amended (Act), authorizes GIPSA's Administrator to designate a
qualified applicant to provide official services in a specified area
after determining that the applicant is better able than any other
applicant to provide such official services.
Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official
agencies shall not end later than triennially and may be renewed
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in section 7(f) of
the Act.
GIPSA is asking for applicants to provide official services in
Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. The areas being considered for
assignment to the applicant or applicants selected for designation,
pursuant to section (7)(2) of the Act, are as follows:
The entire state of Maryland, except those export port locations
within the State which are served by GIPSA.
The entire state of New Jersey, except those export port locations
within the State which are served by GIPSA.
The entire state of New York, except those export port locations
within the State which are served by GIPSA.
Opportunity for designation. Interested persons are hereby given
the opportunity to apply for designation to provide official services
in the geographic areas specified above under the provisions of section
7(f) of the Act and section 800.196(d) of the regulations issued
thereunder. Designation in the specified geographic areas is for a
period of no more than 3 years. To apply for designation, contact the
Compliance Division at the address listed above for forms and
information, or obtain applications at the GIPSA Web site, https://
www.gipsa.usda.gov. Applications, comments, and other available
information will be considered in determining which applicant will be
designated.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.
Alan Christian,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-23530 Filed 12-4-07; 8:45 am]
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