Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Utah Advisory Committee, 41799-41800 [2010-17532]
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compliance assistance program
designed to help regulated entities
develop and implement sound
management practices, thus enhancing
compliance with the regulatory
requirements for field trials and
movement of genetically engineered
organisms in 7 CFR part 340.
DATES: Letters of interest may be
submitted at any time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Edward Jhee, Chief, Compliance
Assistance Branch, Biotechnology
Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 91, Riverdale, MD 207371236; (301) 734-6356,
(edward.m.jhee@aphis.usda.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
APHIS regulates the introduction—
the importation, interstate movement,
and environmental release—of
genetically engineered (GE) organisms
that are, or may be, plant pests. It is
essential that applicants approved to
introduce regulated GE organisms
comply with all APHIS regulations and
permit conditions. To assist regulated
entities in achieving and maintaining
compliance with the regulatory
requirements for field trials and
movements of GE organisms in 7 CFR
part 340, APHIS has developed a
voluntary, audit-based compliance
assistance program known as the
Biotechnology Quality Management
System Program (BQMS Program). The
BQMS Program is designed to assist all
regulated entities—to include
universities, small businesses, and large
companies—develop sound
management practices through the
creation and implementation of a
customized biotechnology quality
management system (BQMS).
APHIS conducted a BQMS Program
pilot development project in 2009,
during which five entities participated
and assisted APHIS in evaluating a
BQMS draft audit standard, program
training sessions, and audit procedures.
APHIS selected the volunteer
participants for the pilot program after
soliciting letters of interest through a
notice1 published in the Federal
Register on September 2, 2008 (73 FR
51266-51267, Docket No. APHIS–2008–
0098). In addition, APHIS published a
notice in the Federal Register (74 FR
26831-26832, Docket No. APHIS-20080098) on June 4, 2009, soliciting
comments from the public on the BQMS
1 All notices mentioned in this docket, as well as
comments received and supporting and related
materials, can be viewed at (https://www.regulations.
gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=Docket
Detail&d=APHIS-2008-0098).
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draft audit standard. Comments on the
BQMS draft audit standard were to have
been received on or before August 3,
2009. APHIS subsequently published a
notice in the Federal Register on August
24, 2009 (74 FR 42644, Docket No.
APHIS-2008-0098), reopening the
comment period on the draft audit
standard until October 23, 2009.
Following the pilot development
project and after evaluating the
comments submitted on the BQMS draft
audit standard, APHIS made
adjustments to the BQMS Program and
to the BQMS audit standard. APHIS will
soon publish a notice in the Federal
Register announcing the availability of
our evaluation of the comments
received and the availability of a revised
BQMS audit standard.
APHIS is now soliciting letters of
interest from regulated entities
interested in participating in the BQMS
Program and the requisite training
sessions. APHIS anticipates scheduling
two training sessions during the
remainder of calendar year 2010, most
likely during summer and fall, and two
training sessions in 2011, most likely in
spring and fall. Regulated entities
interested in participating should
indicate their preference for the
scheduling of a training session. Exact
training session dates will be
determined following discussions with
interested entities. Each training session
will be limited to five or six entities
with approximately two or three
representatives from each entity.
Participants in the BQMS Program
will be expected to commit to the
following:
∑ Attend required APHIS training
sessions on the BQMS Program;
∑ Develop and implement a BQMS
within their organization;
∑ Establish methods and procedures
for monitoring critical processes and
procedures for the movement and field
testing of regulated GE organisms;
∑ Participate in evaluations after
completing training modules; and
∑ Submit to a third-party verification
audit in order to receive full Program
recognition.
Participating in the BQMS Program
will provide regulated entities with
concrete, practical compliance
assistance and will afford participants
an opportunity to demonstrate their
commitment to regulatory
accountability, increased transparency,
and the identification and
implementation of measures to
minimize the occurrence of compliance
infractions.
APHIS is interested in advancing the
BQMS Program in the next few months
and encourages interested entities to
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submit letters of interest as soon as
possible. APHIS will, however, accept
letters of interest at any time. Interested
entities may submit letters of interest by
mail or e-mail to the person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
APHIS will promptly contact all
regulated entities that submit letters of
interest to discuss their participation in
the BQMS Program and requisite
training sessions. A list of future
training dates will be posted on the
APHIS Web site at (https://www.aphis.
usda.gov/biotechnology/news_bqms.
shtml).
Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day
of July 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting
of the Utah Advisory Committee
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the rules and
regulations of the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights (Commission), and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), that a planning meeting of the
Utah Advisory Committee to the
Commission will convene by conference
call at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 5,
2010. The purpose of this meeting is to
provide a brief overview of recent
Commission and regional activities,
discuss civil rights issues in the state,
discussion regarding the Utah AntiDiscrimination Division Audit and next
steps, and plan future activities and
projects.
This meeting is available to the public
through the following toll-free call-in
and conference ID numbers: 1–(866)
364–8798; conference ID 88209392. Any
interested member of the public may
call this number and listen to the
meeting. Callers can expect to incur
charges for calls they initiate over
wireless lines, and the Commission will
not refund any incurred charges. Callers
will incur no charge for calls they
initiate over land-line connections to
the toll-free telephone number. Persons
with hearing impairments may also
follow the proceedings by first calling
the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977–
8339 and providing the Service with the
conference call number and conference
ID.
To ensure that the Commission
secures an appropriate number of lines
for the public, persons are asked to
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register by contacting Evelyn Bohor of
the Rocky Mountain Regional Office and
TTY/TDD (303) 866–1049 by noon on
August 2, 2010.
Members of the public are entitled to
submit written comments. The
comments must be received in the
regional office by September 5, 2010.
The address is: U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights, Rocky Mountain Regional
Office, 1961 Stout Street, Suite 240,
Denver, CO 80294. Comments may be emailed to ebohor@usccr.gov. Records
generated by this meeting may be
inspected and reproduced at the Rocky
Mountain Regional Office, as they
become available, both before and after
the meeting. Persons interested in the
work of this advisory committee are
advised to go to the Commission’s Web
site, https://www.usccr.gov, or to contact
the Rocky Mountain Regional Office at
the above e-mail or street address.
The meeting will be conducted
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the Commission and
FACA.
Dated in Washington, DC, July 14, 2010.
Peter Minarik,
Acting Chief, Regional Programs
Coordination Unit.
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Saint Louis University, et al.; Notice of
Consolidated Decision on Applications
for Duty-Free Entry of Electron
Microscopes
This is a decision consolidated
pursuant to Section 6(c) of the
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.
L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106–
36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).
Related records can be viewed between
8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 3720, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC.
Docket Number: 10–019.
Applicant: Saint Louis University, St.
Louis, MO 63103.
Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: FEI Co., Czech
Republic.
Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR
34096, June 16, 2010.
Docket Number: 10–021.
Applicant: South Dakota School of
Mines and Technology, St. Rapid City,
SD 57701.
Instrument: Electron Microscope.
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Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan.
Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR
34095, June 16, 2010.
Docket Number: 10–024.
Applicant: National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, MD 20892–0851.
Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: FEI Co., the
Netherlands.
Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR
34095, June 16, 2010.
Docket Number: 10–026.
Applicant: National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, MD 20892–0851.
Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: FEI Co., the
Netherlands.
Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR
34095, June 16, 2010.
Comments: None received.
Decision: Approved. No instrument of
equivalent scientific value to the foreign
instrument, for such purposes as these
instruments are intended to be used,
was being manufactured in the United
States at the time the instruments were
ordered.
Reasons: Each foreign instrument is
an electron microscope and is intended
for research or scientific educational
uses requiring an electron microscope.
We know of no electron microscope, or
any other instrument suited to these
purposes, which was being
manufactured in the United States at the
time of order of each instrument.
Dated: July 13, 2010.
Christopher Cassel,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office,
Import Administration.
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University of Minnesota, et al.; Notice
of Consolidated Decision on
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of
Scientific Instruments
This is a decision pursuant to Section
6(c) of the Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Materials Importation Act of
1966 (Pub. L. 89–651, as amended by
Pub. L. 106–36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR
part 301). Related records can be viewed
between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th and Constitution Ave, NW.,
Washington, DC.
Comments: None received.
Decision: Approved. We know of no
instruments of equivalent scientific
value to the foreign instruments
described below, for such purposes as
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this is intended to be used, that were
being manufactured in the United States
at the time of its order.
Docket Number: 10–025.
Applicant: University of Minnesota,
Department of Chemical Engineering
and Materials Science), Minneapolis,
MN 55455.
Instrument: High Pressure Oxygen
Sputtering System.
Manufacturer: Forschungszentrum
Juelich GmbH, Germany.
Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR
34095, June 16, 2010.
Reasons: A pertinent characteristic of
this instrument is that the special design
of the sputter sources and vacuum
chamber/pumping system allows it to
operate properly at pressures in excess
of 1 Torr. It also is designed to work in
pure oxygen and is capable us substrate
heating to over 900 C in a high pressure
such an environment. We know of no
instrument suited to these purposes,
which was being manufactured in the
United States at the time of order of this
instrument.
Docket Number: 10–027.
Applicant: Argonne National
Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439.
Instrument: MultiView 400 SPM/
NSOM/Confocal Multi Probe System
Probe and Sample Scanning Scan Head
Assembly.
Manufacturer: Nanonics Imaging Ltd.,
Israel.
Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR
34095, June 16, 2010.
Reasons: A unique characteristic of
this system is that it has dual scanning
probe heads that are independently
controlled, which enable illumination
and detection with sub-wavelength
spatial resolution. We know of no
instrument suited to these purposes,
which was being manufactured in the
United States at the time of order of this
instrument.
Docket Number: 10–028.
Applicant: Boston College, Chestnut
Hill, MA 02467.
Instrument: Infrared Mirror Furnace 4
Mirror Furnace.
Manufacturer: Crystal Systems Corp.,
Japan.
Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR
34095, June 16, 2010.
Reasons: A unique characteristic of
this furnace is that it can synthesize
extremely high quality crystals without
crucible contact during growth, which
prevents contamination. The instrument
also allows for visual monitoring of the
crystals during its growth and
nucleation and can achieve heating
gradients greater than 1500 Celsius per
centimeter. We know of no instrument
suited to these purposes, which was
being manufactured in the United States
at the time of order of this instrument.
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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Utah Advisory
Committee
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and
regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a planning meeting of
the Utah Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene by
conference call at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 5, 2010. The purpose of
this meeting is to provide a brief overview of recent Commission and
regional activities, discuss civil rights issues in the state,
discussion regarding the Utah Anti-Discrimination Division Audit and
next steps, and plan future activities and projects.
This meeting is available to the public through the following toll-
free call-in and conference ID numbers: 1-(866) 364-8798; conference ID
88209392. Any interested member of the public may call this number and
listen to the meeting. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls
they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund
any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they
initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free telephone number.
Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the proceedings by
first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-977-8339 and providing
the Service with the conference call number and conference ID.
To ensure that the Commission secures an appropriate number of
lines for the public, persons are asked to
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register by contacting Evelyn Bohor of the Rocky Mountain Regional
Office and TTY/TDD (303) 866-1049 by noon on August 2, 2010.
Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The
comments must be received in the regional office by September 5, 2010.
The address is: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Rocky Mountain
Regional Office, 1961 Stout Street, Suite 240, Denver, CO 80294.
Comments may be e-mailed to ebohor@usccr.gov. Records generated by this
meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Rocky Mountain Regional
Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting.
Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised
to go to the Commission's Web site, https://www.usccr.gov, or to contact
the Rocky Mountain Regional Office at the above e-mail or street
address.
The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the
rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.
Dated in Washington, DC, July 14, 2010.
Peter Minarik,
Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. 2010-17532 Filed 7-16-10; 8:45 am]
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