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agencies which have requested funds for
EBT implementation projects.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: The WIC State agencies
operating or implementing EBT systems
will be asked to provide an electronic
copy of their APL in the format
specified in the ANSI standard X.9.93
2008 part 2 whenever the contents of
the APL change. FNS estimates that
each State agency will modify their
respective APL’s no more than 3 times
per week which is equivalent to a
maximum of 156 responses per year.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
2,652 = 17 SA’s * 3 submissions/week
* 52 weeks/year.
Estimated Time per Response:
648.153 seconds (10.8 minutes or 0.180
hours). The estimated time per response
is comprised of the following three
components: 92.307 seconds (0.025641
hours) which represents a one-time
expenditure of 4 hours per State agency
per year to develop or maintain a
software application for use transmitting
the APL to FNS (amortized over 156
responses per year); 2 seconds (.000243
hours) per response to transmit each
APL file electronically; and 553.846
seconds (0.153846 hours) which
represents a recurring expenditure of 24
hours per State agency per year to
correct or troubleshoot failed APL
transmissions (amortized over 156
responses per year).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 28,641.6 minutes (477.36
hours). The table below provides an
estimated total annual burden for each
type of respondent.
REPORTING BURDEN
Estimated
number
respondent
Respondent
Responses
annually per
respondent
Total annual
responses
Estimated avg.
number of
hours per
response
Estimated total
hours
WIC State agencies operating EBT systems. .....................
WIC State agencies implementing EBT systems ................
WIC State agencies requesting implementation funds .......
10
3
4
156
156
156
1560
468
624
0.180
0.180
0.180
280.80
84.24
112.32
Total Reporting Burden ................................................
17
........................
2652
........................
477.36
Dated: September 12, 2011.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
background information on the 43rd
Session of the CCFH and to address
items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for November 15, 2011, from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held in the Jamie L. Whitten Building,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Room 107–A, Washington, DC
20250.
Documents related to the 43rd Session
of the CCFH will be accessible via the
World Wide Web at the following
address: https://
www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp
Jenny Scott, U.S. Delegate to the
CCFH, invites U.S. interested parties to
submit their comments electronically to
the following e-mail address
Jenny.Scott@fda.hhs.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2011–0017]
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Hygiene
Office of the Under Secretary
for Food Safety, U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Office of the Under
Secretary for Food Safety, (USDA), and
the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), are sponsoring
a public meeting on November 15, 2011.
The objective of the public meeting is to
provide information and receive public
comments on agenda items and draft
United States (U.S.) positions that will
be discussed at the 43rd Session of the
Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
(CCFH) of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission (Codex), which will be
held in Miami, Florida, from December
5–9, 2011. The Under Secretary for Food
Safety and the FDA recognize the
importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain
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Call-In Number
If you wish to participate in the
public meeting for the 43rd Session of
the CCFH by conference call, please use
the call-in number and participant code
listed below.
Call-in Number: 1–888–858–2144.
Participant Code: 6208658.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
43RD SESSION OF THE CCFH CONTACT:
Jenny Scott, Senior Advisor, Office of
Food Safety, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition, FDA, 5100 Paint
Branch Parkway, HFS–300, Room
3B–014, College Park, MD 20740–3835,
telephone: (240) 402–2166, fax: (202)
436–2632, e-mail:
Jenny.Scott@fda.hhs.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Barbara
McNiff, U.S. Codex Office, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Room
4861, Washington, DC 20250, telephone:
(202) 690–4719, fax: (202) 720–3157,
e-mail: Barbara.McNiff@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
and ensure that fair practices are used
in the food trade.
The CCFH is responsible for:
(a) Drafting basic provisions on food
hygiene applicable to all food;
(b) Considering, amending if
necessary, and endorsing provisions on
hygiene prepared by Codex commodity
committees and contained in Codex
commodity standards;
(c) Drafting provisions on hygiene
applicable to specific food items or food
groups, whether coming within the
terms of reference of a Codex
commodity committee or not;
(d) Considering specific hygiene
problems assigned to it by Codex;
(e) Suggesting and prioritizing areas
where there is a need for
microbiological risk assessment at the
international level and to develop
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questions to be addressed by the risk
assessors;
(f) Considering microbiological risk
management matters in relation to food
hygiene, including food irradiation, and
in relation to the risk assessment of
FAO/WHO.
The CCFH 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 43rd Session of the CCFH will be
discussed during the public meeting:
• Matters Referred by Codex and/or
Other Codex Committees to the Food
Hygiene Committee.
• Matters arising from the work of
FAO, WHO, and other International
Intergovernmental Organizations: (a)
Progress Report on the Joint FAO/WHO
Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk
Assessment (JEMRA) and Related
Matters; (b) Information from the World
Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
• Proposed Draft Guidelines on the
Application of General Principles of
Food Hygiene to the Control of Viruses
in Food at Step 4.
• Proposed Draft Revision of the
Principles for the Establishment and
Application of Microbiological Criteria
for Foods at Step 4.
• Proposed Draft Guidelines for
Control of Specific Zoonotic Parasites in
Meat: Trichinella spiralis and
Cysticercus bovis at Step 3.
• Proposed Draft Annex on Melons to
the Code of Hygienic Practice for Fresh
Fruits and Vegetables at Step 3.
• Discussion Paper on the Review of
the Risk Analysis Principles and
Procedures Applied by the CCFH.
• CCFH Work Priorities.
Each issue listed will be fully
described in documents distributed, or
to be distributed, by the Codex
Secretariat prior to the CCFH meeting.
Members of the public may access
copies of these documents (see
ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the November 15, 2011, 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 43rd Session of the
CCFH, Jenny Scott (see ADDRESSES).
Written comments should state that they
relate to activities of the 43rd Session of
the CCFH.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
USDA prohibits discrimination in all
its programs and activities on the basis
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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, audiotape, etc.) 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 the public and in particular
minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities, are aware of this notice,
FSIS will announce it on-line through
the FSIS Web page located at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/
regulations_&_policies/
Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp.
FSIS also will 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 our constituents and
stakeholders. The Update is
communicated via Listserv, a free e-mail
subscription service consisting of
industry, trade, and farm groups,
consumer interest groups, allied health
professionals, scientific professionals,
and other individuals who have
requested to be included. The Update
also is available on the FSIS Web page.
Through Listserv and the Web page,
FSIS is able to provide information to a
much broader, more diverse audience.
In addition, FSIS offers an e-mail
subscription service which provides
automatic and customized access to
selected food safety news and
information. This service is available at
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/
News_&_Events/Email_Subscription/.
Options range from recalls, export
information, regulations, directives, and
notices. Customers can add or delete
subscriptions themselves, and have the
option to password protect their
accounts.
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Karen Stuck,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Notice of Proposed Change to Section
IV of the Virginia State Technical Guide
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of availability of
proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS
State Technical Guide for review and
comment.
AGENCY:
It has been determined by the
NRCS State Conservationist for Virginia
that changes must be made in the NRCS
State Technical Guide specifically in the
following practice standards: #315,
Herbaceous Weed Control, #338,
Prescribed Burning, #340, Cover Crop,
#342, Critical Area Planting, #382,
Fence, #400, Bivalve, #422, Hedgerow
Planting, #484, Mulching, #511, Forage
Harvest Management, #657, Wetland
Restoration, #658, Wetland Creation,
and #659, Wetland Enhancement. These
practices will be used to plan and install
conservation practices.
DATES: Comments will be received for a
30-day period commencing with this
date of publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
A. Bricker, State Conservationist,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS), 1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite
209, Richmond, Virginia 23229–5014;
Telephone number (804) 287–1691; Fax
number (804) 287–1737. Copies of the
practice standards will be made
available upon written request to the
address shown above or on the Virginia
NRCS Web site: https://
www.va.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/
draftstandards.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
343 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
states that revisions made after
enactment of the law to NRCS State
technical guides used to carry out
highly erodible land and wetland
provisions of the law shall be made
available for public review and
comment. For the next 30 days, the
NRCS in Virginia will receive comments
relative to the proposed changes.
Following that period, a determination
will be made by the NRCS in Virginia
regarding disposition of those comments
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2011-0017]
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Hygiene
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, (USDA), and
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), are sponsoring a public meeting on November 15,
2011. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information and
receive public comments on agenda items and draft United States (U.S.)
positions that will be discussed at the 43rd Session of the Codex
Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
(Codex), which will be held in Miami, Florida, from December 5-9, 2011.
The Under Secretary for Food Safety and the FDA recognize the
importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain
background information on the 43rd Session of the CCFH and to address
items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for November 15, 2011, from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in the Jamie L. Whitten
Building, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 107-A, Washington,
DC 20250.
Documents related to the 43rd Session of the CCFH will be
accessible via the World Wide Web at the following address: https://www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp
Jenny Scott, U.S. Delegate to the CCFH, invites U.S. interested
parties to submit their comments electronically to the following e-mail
address Jenny.Scott@fda.hhs.gov.
Call-In Number
If you wish to participate in the public meeting for the 43rd
Session of the CCFH by conference call, please use the call-in number
and participant code listed below.
Call-in Number: 1-888-858-2144.
Participant Code: 6208658.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE 43rd SESSION OF THE CCFH CONTACT:
Jenny Scott, Senior Advisor, Office of Food Safety, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, HFS-300,
Room 3B-014, College Park, MD 20740-3835, telephone: (240) 402-2166,
fax: (202) 436-2632, e-mail: Jenny.Scott@fda.hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Barbara
McNiff, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 4861,
Washington, DC 20250, telephone: (202) 690-4719, fax: (202) 720-3157,
e-mail: Barbara.McNiff@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 and ensure that fair practices are
used in the food trade.
The CCFH is responsible for:
(a) Drafting basic provisions on food hygiene applicable to all
food;
(b) Considering, amending if necessary, and endorsing provisions on
hygiene prepared by Codex commodity committees and contained in Codex
commodity standards;
(c) Drafting provisions on hygiene applicable to specific food
items or food groups, whether coming within the terms of reference of a
Codex commodity committee or not;
(d) Considering specific hygiene problems assigned to it by Codex;
(e) Suggesting and prioritizing areas where there is a need for
microbiological risk assessment at the international level and to
develop
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questions to be addressed by the risk assessors;
(f) Considering microbiological risk management matters in relation
to food hygiene, including food irradiation, and in relation to the
risk assessment of FAO/WHO.
The CCFH is hosted by the United States.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the agenda for the 43rd Session of the CCFH
will be discussed during the public meeting:
Matters Referred by Codex and/or Other Codex Committees to
the Food Hygiene Committee.
Matters arising from the work of FAO, WHO, and other
International Intergovernmental Organizations: (a) Progress Report on
the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment
(JEMRA) and Related Matters; (b) Information from the World
Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
Proposed Draft Guidelines on the Application of General
Principles of Food Hygiene to the Control of Viruses in Food at Step 4.
Proposed Draft Revision of the Principles for the
Establishment and Application of Microbiological Criteria for Foods at
Step 4.
Proposed Draft Guidelines for Control of Specific Zoonotic
Parasites in Meat: Trichinella spiralis and Cysticercus bovis at Step
3.
Proposed Draft Annex on Melons to the Code of Hygienic
Practice for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables at Step 3.
Discussion Paper on the Review of the Risk Analysis
Principles and Procedures Applied by the CCFH.
CCFH Work Priorities.
Each issue listed will be fully described in documents distributed,
or to be distributed, by the Codex Secretariat prior to the CCFH
meeting. Members of the public may access copies of these documents
(see ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the November 15, 2011, 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 43rd Session of the CCFH, Jenny Scott (see ADDRESSES). Written
comments should state that they relate to activities of the 43rd
Session of the CCFH.
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, audiotape,
etc.) 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 the
public and in particular minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities, are aware of this notice, FSIS will announce it on-line
through the FSIS Web page located at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp.
FSIS also will 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 our constituents and
stakeholders. The Update is communicated via Listserv, a free e-mail
subscription service consisting of industry, trade, and farm groups,
consumer interest groups, allied health professionals, scientific
professionals, and other individuals who have requested to be included.
The Update also is available on the FSIS Web page. Through Listserv and
the Web page, FSIS is able to provide information to a much broader,
more diverse audience. In addition, FSIS offers an e-mail subscription
service which provides automatic and customized access to selected food
safety news and information. This service is available at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Email_Subscription/. Options range
from recalls, export information, regulations, directives, and notices.
Customers can add or delete subscriptions themselves, and have the
option to password protect their accounts.
September 19, 2011.
Karen Stuck,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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