Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food, 48928-48929 [2010-20011]
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high risk (probability of ignition
occurring), high hazard (availability of
fuels to sustain a fire) wildland urban
intermix area, (3) increase the vigor and
health of mixed conifer stands and
plantations, and (4) prevent and control
the spread of noxious weeds.
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Proposed Action
The proposed action includes
vegetation treatment areas designed to
create SPLATs to reduce the intensity
and spread of wildland fire across the
landscape and near communities and
reduce inter tree competition to improve
tree vigor and increase stand resistance
to drought induced mortality, insect and
disease attack. To accomplish the goals
listed above, the Bass Lake Ranger
District is proposing a 5700 acre project
area with approximately 2,130 acres in
vegetation treatment. The proposed
action includes silvicultural and fuel
reduction treatments used to accelerate
the development of old forest
characteristics and improve the
resiliency of conifer stands and
plantations to natural disturbances. In
summary these treatments would
include:
• Commercial thinning from below
and mechanically treating
approximately 45–50 year old pine
plantations and 85–110 year old pine
and mixed conifer forests to remove fuel
ladders and reduce competition
between remaining trees to maintain or
improve forest resiliency and vigor.
• Mechanical treatment of brush/
shrub patches and failed plantations to
reduce wildland fire effects and to tie
treatment areas together.
• Re-establish conifers in areas
lacking appropriate stocking.
• Hand-pull noxious weeds, prior to
project implementation, in order to
minimize the likelihood of spread into
recently treated forests (invasive weeds
tend to spread opportunistically into
freshly disturbed areas).
Estimated acre accomplishment of the
gross vegetation treatment:
• Commercial thinning of
approximately 1,250 acres of pine
plantations (550+/¥acres), pine and
mixed conifer stands (700+/¥acres).
• Masticating brush fields and precommercially thinning non-commercial
size reproduction areas on
approximately 215 acres;
• Treating slash concentrations on
1,450 acres by a combination of tractor
and/or hand piling and burning. Of
these 1,450 acres 1,000 may be available
for under story burning.
• Prescribe burning approximately
200 acres.
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Possible Alternatives
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
To comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act, the Forest
Service will evaluate additional
alternatives to the proposed action
developed based on public comments. A
no action alternative to provide a
baseline for comparison to the action
alternatives will be included within the
EIS. Each alternative will be explored
and evaluated, or rationale will be given
for eliminating an alternative from
detailed study.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Responsible Official
The Responsible Official is Scott G.
Armentrout, Forest Supervisor, Sierra
National Forest, 1600 Tollhouse Road,
Clovis, CA 93612.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The Forest Supervisor will decide
whether to implement the proposed
action, take an alternative action that
meets the purpose and need or take no
action.
Scoping Process
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process, which guides the
development of the environmental
impact statement. The project is
included in the Sierra National Forest’s
quarterly schedule of proposed actions
(SOPA). Information on the proposed
action will also he posted on the Sierra
National Forests Web site, https://
www.fs.fed.us/r5/sierra/projects, and
will also be advertised in both the
Fresno Bee and the Oakhurst Sierra Star.
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process, which guides the
development of the environmental
impact statement. Comments submitted
during this scoping period should
writing and should be specific to the
proposed action. The comments should
describe as clearly and completely as
possible any issues the commenter has
with the proposal. It is important that
reviewers provide their comments at
such times and in such manner that
they are useful to the agency’s
preparation of the environmental impact
statement.
Dated: August 4, 2010.
Scott G. Armentout,
Forest Supervisor.
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Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food
Office of the Acting Under
Secretary for Food Safety, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Office of the Acting
Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), Center for Veterinary Medicine,
are sponsoring a public meeting on
August 16, 2010. The objective of the
public meeting is to provide information
and receive public comments on agenda
items and draft U.S. positions that will
be discussed at the 19th Session of the
Codex Committee on Residues of
Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF),
which will be held in Burlington,
Vermont, from August 30–September 3,
2010. The Acting Under Secretary for
Food Safety and the FDA recognize the
importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain
background information on the 19th
CCRVDF session and to address items
on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for August 16, 2010, from 1 p.m.–4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held at USDA, J.L. Whitten Building,
Room 107–A, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
Conference Call Information:
Call-In#: 1–866–692–3158.
Passcode: 5986642.
Documents related to the 19th Session
of the CCRVDF will be accessible via the
World Wide Web at the following
address: https://
www.codexalimentarius.net/
current.asp.
The U.S. Delegate to the 19th Session
of the CCRVDF, Dr. Kevin Greenlees,
and the FDA invite U.S. interested
parties to submit their comments
electronically to the following e-mail
address: Brandi.Robinson@fda.hhs.gov.
For further information about the 19th
session of the CCRVDF contact: Dr.
Kevin Greenlees, Senior Advisor for
Science & Policy, Office of New Animal
Drug Evaluation, HFV–100 USFDA
Center for Veterinary Medicine, 7520
Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855,
Telephone: (240) 276–8214, Fax: (240)
276–9538, e-mail:
Kevin.Greenlees@fda.hhs.gov
For further information about the
public meeting, contact: Ken Lowery,
SUMMARY:
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International Issues Analyst, USDA,
Food Safety and Inspection Service,
U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 4861, Washington,
DC 20250, Telephone: (202) 690–4042,
Fax: (202) 720–3157, e-mail:
Kenneth.Lowery@fsis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Codex was established in 1963 by two
United Nations organizations, the Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and
the World Health Organization (WHO).
Through adoption of food standards,
codes of practice, and other guidelines
developed by its committees, and by
promoting their adoption and
implementation by governments, Codex
seeks to protect the health of consumers
andensure fair practices in the food
trade.
The CCRVDF is responsible for
determining priorities for the
consideration of residues of veterinary
drugs in foods, recommending
maximum levels of such substances,
developing codes of practice as may be
required, and considering methods of
sampling and analysis for the
determination of veterinary drug
residues in foods.
The Committee is hosted by the
United States.
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Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items on the agenda for
the 19th Session of the CCRVDF will be
discussed during the public meeting:
• Matters referred by the Codex
Alimentarius Commission and other
Codex committees and task forces.
• Matters arising from FAO/WHO.
• Report of the World Organization
For Animal Health (OIE) activities,
including the harmonization of
technical requirements for registration
of veterinary medicinal products.
• Draft Maximum Residue Limits
(MRL) for veterinary drugs (at Step 7).
• Discussion paper on methods of
analysis for residues of veterinary drugs
in foods.
• Draft priority list of veterinary
drugs requiring evaluation or reevaluation by the Joint FAO/WHO
Expert Committee on Food Additives
(JECFA).
• Factors related to the establishment
of Acceptable Dietary Intake (ADI) and
the process of recommending MRLs.
• Risk management recommendations
for veterinary drugs for which no ADI
and MRL has been recommended by
JECFA.
• Discussion paper on veterinary
drugs in honey production.
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• Discussion paper on sampling plan
for residue control for aquatic animal
products and derived edible products of
aquatic origin.
Public Meeting
At the August 16, 2010, public
meeting, draft U.S. positions on the
agenda items will be described and
discussed, and attendees will have the
opportunity to pose questions and offer
comments. Written comments may be
offered at the meeting or sent to the U.S.
Delegate for the 19th Session of the
CCRVDF, Dr. Kevin Greenlees (see
ADDRESSES). Written comments should
state that they relate to activities of the
19th Session of the CCRVDF.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
USDA prohibits discrimination in all
its programs and activities on the basis
of race, color, national origin, gender,
religion, age, disability, political beliefs,
sexual orientation, and marital or family
status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to
all programs.) Persons with disabilities
who require alternative means for
communication of program information
(Braille, large print, or audiotape)
should contact USDA’s Target Center at
202–720–2600 (voice and TTY).
To file a written complaint of
discrimination, write USDA, Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call
202–720–5964 (voice and TTY). USDA
is an equal opportunity provider and
employer.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of
rulemaking and policy development is
important. Consequently, in an effort to
ensure that minorities, women, and
persons with disabilities are aware of
this notice, FSIS will announce it online
through the FSIS Web page located at
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/
2010_Notices_Index/. FSIS will also
make copies of this Federal Register
publication available through the FSIS
Constituent Update, which is used to
provide information regarding FSIS
policies, procedures, regulations,
Federal Register notices, FSIS public
meetings, and other types of information
that could affect or would be of interest
to constituents and stakeholders. The
Update is communicated via Listserv, a
free electronic mail subscription service
for industry, trade groups, consumer
interest groups, health professionals,
and other individuals who have asked
to be included. The Update is also
available on the FSIS Web page.
Through Listserv and the Web page,
FSIS is able to provide information to a
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much broader and more diverse
audience. In addition, FSIS offers an
electronic mail subscription service that
provides automatic and customized
access to selected food safety news and
information. This service is available at
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/
news_and_events/email_subscription/.
Options range from recalls to export
information to regulations, directives,
and notices. Customers can add or
delete subscriptions themselves, and
have the option to password protect
their accounts.
Done at Washington, DC on: August 10,
2010.
Karen Stuck,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Notice of Meeting of the Agricultural
Air Quality Task Force
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), United
States Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of meeting; correction.
AGENCY:
The Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) published
in the Federal Register of July 28, 2010,
Notice of a Meeting (75 FR 44214). This
document corrects the location of the
LPAES Workshop. The correct location
is on the campus of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Headquarters, Room C111 A–B–C,
located at 109 TW Alexander Drive,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711; (919) 541–5400.
The Agricultural Air Quality Task
Force (AAQTF) will meet to continue
discussions on air quality issues relating
to agriculture. Additionally, the
Livestock and Poultry Subcommittee of
the AAQTF will conduct a pre-meeting
Livestock and Poultry Air Emissions
Standardization (LPAES) Workshop
discussing livestock and poultry air
emissions monitoring data/research
obtained from the National Animal Air
Emissions Monitoring Study
(NAAEMS), and other published
research/data.
DATES: The LPAES workshop will
convene at 2 p.m. on Monday
September 27, 2010 and at 8 a.m. on
Tuesday September 28, 2010 and will
conclude at 6 p.m. September 27, 2010
and 5 p.m. September 28, 2010.
The AAQTF meeting will convene at
8 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2010-0024]
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food
AGENCY: Office of the Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), Center for Veterinary Medicine, are sponsoring a
public meeting on August 16, 2010. The objective of the public meeting
is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items
and draft U.S. positions that will be discussed at the 19th Session of
the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF),
which will be held in Burlington, Vermont, from August 30-September 3,
2010. The Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety and the FDA recognize
the importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to
obtain background information on the 19th CCRVDF session and to address
items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for August 16, 2010, from 1
p.m.-4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at USDA, J.L. Whitten
Building, Room 107-A, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20250.
Conference Call Information:
Call-In#: 1-866-692-3158.
Passcode: 5986642.
Documents related to the 19th Session of the CCRVDF will be
accessible via the World Wide Web at the following address: https://www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp.
The U.S. Delegate to the 19th Session of the CCRVDF, Dr. Kevin
Greenlees, and the FDA invite U.S. interested parties to submit their
comments electronically to the following e-mail address:
Brandi.Robinson@fda.hhs.gov.
For further information about the 19th session of the CCRVDF
contact: Dr. Kevin Greenlees, Senior Advisor for Science & Policy,
Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, HFV-100 USFDA Center for
Veterinary Medicine, 7520 Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855,
Telephone: (240) 276-8214, Fax: (240) 276-9538, e-mail:
Kevin.Greenlees@fda.hhs.gov
For further information about the public meeting, contact: Ken
Lowery,
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International Issues Analyst, USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service,
U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 4861,
Washington, DC 20250, Telephone: (202) 690-4042, Fax: (202) 720-3157,
e-mail: Kenneth.Lowery@fsis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Codex was established in 1963 by two United Nations organizations,
the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health
Organization (WHO). Through adoption of food standards, codes of
practice, and other guidelines developed by its committees, and by
promoting their adoption and implementation by governments, Codex seeks
to protect the health of consumers andensure fair practices in the food
trade.
The CCRVDF is responsible for determining priorities for the
consideration of residues of veterinary drugs in foods, recommending
maximum levels of such substances, developing codes of practice as may
be required, and considering methods of sampling and analysis for the
determination of veterinary drug residues in foods.
The Committee is hosted by the United States.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the agenda for the 19th Session of the
CCRVDF will be discussed during the public meeting:
Matters referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and
other Codex committees and task forces.
Matters arising from FAO/WHO.
Report of the World Organization For Animal Health (OIE)
activities, including the harmonization of technical requirements for
registration of veterinary medicinal products.
Draft Maximum Residue Limits (MRL) for veterinary drugs
(at Step 7).
Discussion paper on methods of analysis for residues of
veterinary drugs in foods.
Draft priority list of veterinary drugs requiring
evaluation or re-evaluation by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on
Food Additives (JECFA).
Factors related to the establishment of Acceptable Dietary
Intake (ADI) and the process of recommending MRLs.
Risk management recommendations for veterinary drugs for
which no ADI and MRL has been recommended by JECFA.
Discussion paper on veterinary drugs in honey production.
Discussion paper on sampling plan for residue control for
aquatic animal products and derived edible products of aquatic origin.
Public Meeting
At the August 16, 2010, public meeting, draft U.S. positions on the
agenda items will be described and discussed, and attendees will have
the opportunity to pose questions and offer comments. Written comments
may be offered at the meeting or sent to the U.S. Delegate for the 19th
Session of the CCRVDF, Dr. Kevin Greenlees (see ADDRESSES). Written
comments should state that they relate to activities of the 19th
Session of the CCRVDF.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
USDA prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on
the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age,
disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or
family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication of program information (Braille, large print, or
audiotape) should contact USDA's Target Center at 202-720-2600 (voice
and TTY).
To file a written complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964 (voice and TTY).
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, in an effort to ensure that
minorities, women, and persons with disabilities are aware of this
notice, FSIS will announce it online through the FSIS Web page located
at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/2010_Notices_Index/. FSIS
will also make copies of this Federal Register publication available
through the FSIS Constituent Update, which is used to provide
information regarding FSIS policies, procedures, regulations, Federal
Register notices, FSIS public meetings, and other types of information
that could affect or would be of interest to constituents and
stakeholders. The Update is communicated via Listserv, a free
electronic mail subscription service for industry, trade groups,
consumer interest groups, health professionals, and other individuals
who have asked to be included. The Update is also available on the FSIS
Web page. Through Listserv and the Web page, FSIS is able to provide
information to a much broader and more diverse audience. In addition,
FSIS offers an electronic mail subscription service that provides
automatic and customized access to selected food safety news and
information. This service is available at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/email_subscription/. Options range from recalls to
export information to regulations, directives, and notices. Customers
can add or delete subscriptions themselves, and have the option to
password protect their accounts.
Done at Washington, DC on: August 10, 2010.
Karen Stuck,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 2010-20011 Filed 8-10-10; 4:15 pm]
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