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(employee) and emergency personnel
contacts, animals and owners, and
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January 2009.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Consultative Group to Eliminate the
Use of Child Labor and Forced Labor
in Imported Agricultural Products
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Request for Applications.
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) requests nominations of
individuals to serve as a nongovernment member of the Consultative
Group to Eliminate the Use of Child
Labor and Forced Labor in Imported
Agricultural Products (Consultative
Group). On June 18, 2008, the President
signed into law the Food, Conservation,
and Energy Act of 2008 (the Act), also
known as the 2008 Farm Bill. The Act
provides for the creation of the
Consultative Group.
DATES: Applications must be received
prior to 5 p.m. on March 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit
applications by any of the following
methods:
—USDA: Applications should be sent
by mail to the Office of Negotiations
and Agreements, Foreign Agricultural
Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Stop 1040, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20250; by hand (including DHL,
FedEx, UPS, etc.) to the Office of
Negotiations and Agreements, Foreign
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Room 4133–S, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20250; by e-mail to:
kathryn.ting@fas.usda.gov; or by fax
to (202) 720–0340.
—U.S. Department of Labor (DOL):
Applications should be sent by mail
or by hand (including DHL, FedEx,
UPS, etc.) to the Bureau of
International Labor Affairs, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave., NW., Room S–5317,
Washington, DC 20210; by e-mail to:
rigby.rachel@dol.gov or
castro.charita@dol.gov; or by fax to
(202) 693–4830.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Office of Negotiations and Agreements
by fax on (202) 720–0340; by email
addressed to kathryn.ting@fas.usda.gov;
or by mail addressed to the Office of
Negotiations and Agreements, Foreign
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Stop 1040, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use
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of Child Labor and Forced Labor in
Imported Agricultural Products was
established by section 3205 of the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
(Pub. L. 110–246). Interested parties are
invited to submit applications for
membership in the Consultative Group
to the USDA or DOL as specified in the
Submission of Applications paragraph
below.
Duties
The Consultative Group will develop
recommendations relating to a standard
set of practices for independent, thirdparty monitoring and verification for the
production, processing, and distribution
of agricultural products or commodities
to reduce the likelihood that agricultural
products or commodities imported into
the United States are produced with the
use of forced labor or child labor.
Recommendations developed by the
Consultative Group will be submitted to
the Secretary of Agriculture by June 18,
2010. Thereafter, the Consultative
Group will continue to advise the
Secretary as necessary.
Membership
The Consultative Group will be
composed of a total of 13 members,
including two officials from USDA, one
of whom will serve as the chairperson;
the Deputy Under Secretary for
International Affairs, DOL; and one
representative from the Department of
State. As required under section 3205(d)
of the Act, the Consultative Group will
also include:
• Three members to represent private
agriculture-related enterprises, which
may include retailers, food processors,
importers, and producers, of whom at
least one member shall be an importer,
food processor, or retailer who utilizes
independent, third-party supply chain
monitoring for forced labor or child
labor;
• Two members to represent
institutions of higher education and
research institutions, as determined
appropriate by the Bureau of
International Labor Affairs, DOL;
• One member to represent an
organization that provides independent,
third-party certification services for
labor standards for producers or
importers of agricultural commodities or
products; and
• Three members to represent
organizations described in section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 that have expertise on the issues
of international child labor and do not
possess a conflict of interest associated
with establishment of the guidelines
issued under section 3205(c)(2) of the
Act, as determined by the Bureau of
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Signed at Washington, DC on January 12,
2009.
Constance Jackson,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
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International Labor Affairs, DOL,
including representatives from
consumer organizations and trade
unions, if appropriate.
Terms of Service
• Members shall serve through
December 31, 2012;
• The Consultative Group shall meet
no fewer than four times per year in
person in Washington, DC or through
alternative media;
• The Consultative Group shall make
its recommendations to the Secretary of
Agriculture no later than June 18, 2010.
Thereafter, the Consultative Group will
continue to advise the Secretary as
necessary;
• Members of the Consultative Group
shall serve without compensation;
• Travel and lodging expenses will be
borne by each member; and
• Meetings of the Consultative Group
will be closed to the public.
Submission of Applications
• Membership in the Consultative
Group is open to all individuals without
regard to race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, age, mental or physical
handicap, marital status, or sexual
orientation.
• All applications must include the
following information:
(1) Brief summary explaining the
candidate’s qualifications to serve as a
member of the Consultative Group;
(2) Statement specifying the nongovernment membership category for
which the candidate is best qualified
(private agriculture-related enterprises,
higher education and research
institutions, etc.);
(3) Resume;
(4) Contact information of candidate;
and
(5) Completed copy of form AD–755,
‘‘Advisory Committee Membership
Background Information.’’
Applications from candidates of
private agriculture-related enterprises
and independent, third-party
certification services must be sent to the
USDA contact listed above.
Applications from candidates of higher
education, research institutions, and
501(c)(3) organizations must be sent to
the DOL contact listed above.
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Member Selection
The requested applications will assist
U.S. Government agencies in making
appointments to the Consultative
Group. Other qualified individuals may
be considered in addition to those who
submit applications in response to this
notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Shasta-Trinity National Forest,
California; Moosehead Vegetation and
Road Management Project
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Shasta-Trinity National
Forest proposes to thin forest stands and
reduce fuel loads on approximately
2,300 acres of National Forest System
Lands. Overstocked forest stands would
be thinned by removing primarily
understory and midstory trees to
achieve desired stocking. Trees to be
removed would generally be smaller in
size than trees that would be retained.
Some dominant and codominant trees
may be removed to attain desired
stocking. Forest stand treatments would
be accomplished primarily through
commercial harvest. Harvest operations
would yield sawtimber (logs) and
biomass (chips) products. After
commercial harvest, fuels would be
reduced by treating brush and small
diameter trees in the forest understory.
Road reconstruction, closure and
decommissioning are also proposed.
Approximately 22 miles of road would
be reconstructed to improve drainage
and reduce erosion. The existing open
road network would be reduced by
decommissioning 1⁄4 mile of road and
closing approximately 10 miles of road.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received no later
than 30 days after the publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected in July 2009 and the final
environmental impact statement is
expected in November 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:
District Ranger Priscila S. Franco, Mt.
Shasta Ranger Station, 204 W. Alma St.,
Mt. Shasta, California 96067. Send email comments to: commentspacificsouthwest-shasta-trinitymtshasta-mccloud@fs.fed.us.
Comments received in response to
this solicitation, including names and
addresses of those who comment, will
be part of the public record for this
proposed action. Comments submitted
anonymously will be accepted and
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considered; however, anonymous
comments will not provide the
respondent with standing to appeal the
subsequent decision.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Natvig, P.O. Box 688, Hot Springs, SD
57747, telephone (605) 745–3253, e-mail
jnatvig@fs.fed.us.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose of the proposed action is
to protect and enhance conditions in
late successional forest ecosystems. The
majority of the project area falls within
lands identified by the Shasta-Trinity
Land and Resource Management Plan as
Late Successional Reserve (LSR),
Managed Late Successional Area
(MLSA) and Riparian Reserve.
Protection includes reducing the risk of
large-scale disturbance such as standreplacing wildfires and epidemic forest
insect and disease outbreaks. Fire
exclusion over the last 100 years has
created dense forest conditions which
have a negative impact on tree vigor and
forest health. Overstocked stands are
stressed by competition for limited
resources and are at risk to high levels
of insect-caused mortality, especially
during periods of drought. The closed
canopy, mixed-conifer stands are
densely stocked with pole-sized trees in
the midstory and understory and
pockets of dead and down wood. The
combination of deadwood, understory
and midstory ladder fuels creates fuel
conditions that in the event of fire,
could result in high fire intensities
spreading fire from the understory into
the crowns of overstory conifer trees.
The stands are at risk of loss from standreplacing wildfire during weather
periods that support extreme fire
behavior. Treatments that decrease
surface, ladder and canopy fuels will
make the area more resistant to standreplacing wildfires.
A California-Oregon Transmission
Project high voltage powerline crosses
the project area. Interruption or loss of
service associated with this powerline
has the potential to impact a large
number of electric users. Vegetation and
fuel conditions in close proximity to the
powerline should be treated so ground
forces can control a wildfire under most
fire weather conditions.
Hardwoods and meadows are
important components of an ecosystem;
however, hardwoods and meadows
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use of Child Labor and Forced
Labor in Imported Agricultural Products
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Request for Applications.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) requests nominations of individuals to serve as a non-government
member of the Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use of Child Labor
and Forced Labor in Imported Agricultural Products (Consultative
Group). On June 18, 2008, the President signed into law the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the Act), also known as the 2008
Farm Bill. The Act provides for the creation of the Consultative Group.
DATES: Applications must be received prior to 5 p.m. on March 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit applications by any of the following methods:
--USDA: Applications should be sent by mail to the Office of
Negotiations and Agreements, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Stop 1040, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250; by hand (including DHL, FedEx, UPS, etc.) to the
Office of Negotiations and Agreements, Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 4133-S, 1400 Independence Ave.,
SW., Washington, DC 20250; by e-mail to: kathryn.ting@fas.usda.gov; or
by fax to (202) 720-0340.
--U.S. Department of Labor (DOL): Applications should be sent by mail
or by hand (including DHL, FedEx, UPS, etc.) to the Bureau of
International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave., NW., Room S-5317, Washington, DC 20210; by e-mail to:
rigby.rachel@dol.gov or castro.charita@dol.gov; or by fax to (202) 693-
4830.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Office of Negotiations and
Agreements by fax on (202) 720-0340; by email addressed to
kathryn.ting@fas.usda.gov; or by mail addressed to the Office of
Negotiations and Agreements, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Stop 1040, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use
of Child Labor and Forced Labor in Imported Agricultural Products was
established by section 3205 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act
of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-246). Interested parties are invited to submit
applications for membership in the Consultative Group to the USDA or
DOL as specified in the Submission of Applications paragraph below.
Duties
The Consultative Group will develop recommendations relating to a
standard set of practices for independent, third-party monitoring and
verification for the production, processing, and distribution of
agricultural products or commodities to reduce the likelihood that
agricultural products or commodities imported into the United States
are produced with the use of forced labor or child labor.
Recommendations developed by the Consultative Group will be submitted
to the Secretary of Agriculture by June 18, 2010. Thereafter, the
Consultative Group will continue to advise the Secretary as necessary.
Membership
The Consultative Group will be composed of a total of 13 members,
including two officials from USDA, one of whom will serve as the
chairperson; the Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs, DOL;
and one representative from the Department of State. As required under
section 3205(d) of the Act, the Consultative Group will also include:
Three members to represent private agriculture-related
enterprises, which may include retailers, food processors, importers,
and producers, of whom at least one member shall be an importer, food
processor, or retailer who utilizes independent, third-party supply
chain monitoring for forced labor or child labor;
Two members to represent institutions of higher education
and research institutions, as determined appropriate by the Bureau of
International Labor Affairs, DOL;
One member to represent an organization that provides
independent, third-party certification services for labor standards for
producers or importers of agricultural commodities or products; and
Three members to represent organizations described in
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that have
expertise on the issues of international child labor and do not possess
a conflict of interest associated with establishment of the guidelines
issued under section 3205(c)(2) of the Act, as determined by the Bureau
of
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International Labor Affairs, DOL, including representatives from
consumer organizations and trade unions, if appropriate.
Terms of Service
Members shall serve through December 31, 2012;
The Consultative Group shall meet no fewer than four times
per year in person in Washington, DC or through alternative media;
The Consultative Group shall make its recommendations to
the Secretary of Agriculture no later than June 18, 2010. Thereafter,
the Consultative Group will continue to advise the Secretary as
necessary;
Members of the Consultative Group shall serve without
compensation;
Travel and lodging expenses will be borne by each member;
and
Meetings of the Consultative Group will be closed to the
public.
Submission of Applications
Membership in the Consultative Group is open to all
individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national
origin, age, mental or physical handicap, marital status, or sexual
orientation.
All applications must include the following information:
(1) Brief summary explaining the candidate's qualifications to
serve as a member of the Consultative Group;
(2) Statement specifying the non-government membership category for
which the candidate is best qualified (private agriculture-related
enterprises, higher education and research institutions, etc.);
(3) Resume;
(4) Contact information of candidate; and
(5) Completed copy of form AD-755, ``Advisory Committee Membership
Background Information.''
Applications from candidates of private agriculture-related
enterprises and independent, third-party certification services must be
sent to the USDA contact listed above. Applications from candidates of
higher education, research institutions, and 501(c)(3) organizations
must be sent to the DOL contact listed above.
Member Selection
The requested applications will assist U.S. Government agencies in
making appointments to the Consultative Group. Other qualified
individuals may be considered in addition to those who submit
applications in response to this notice.
Signed at Washington, DC on January 12, 2009.
Constance Jackson,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. E9-1005 Filed 1-16-09; 8:45 am]
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