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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection, Volunteer
Program
Farm Service Agency, USDA.
Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is
requesting comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on an
extension with a revision of a currently
approved information collection
associated with the Volunteer Program.
DATES: We will consider comments that
we receive by June 20, 2014.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. In your
comment, include volume, date and
page number of this issue of the Federal
Register. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Ms. Shannon Logan, USDA,
FSA, Human Resources Division,
HCSPIB, 355 E Street SW., 12th Floor,
Washington, DC 20024.
You may also send comments to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the
information collection may be requested
by contacting Shannon Logan at the
above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Shannon Logan; (202) 401–0165.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Volunteer Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560–0232.
Expiration Date for Approval:
September 30, 2014.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision.
Abstract: Section 1526 of the Food
and Agriculture Act of 1981 (7 U.S.C.
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2272) permits the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish a program (‘‘the
Volunteer Program’’) to use volunteers
to perform a wide range of activities to
carry out the programs of, or supported
by, the Department of Agriculture. In
addition, 5 U.S.C. 3111 grants agencies
the authority to establish programs
designed to provide educationallyrelated work assignments for students in
non-pay status. For FSA’s volunteer
program, each volunteer must follow the
same responsibilities and guidelines for
conduct that Federal government
employees are expected to follow. The
volunteers, who are mainly students
participating in the sponsored volunteer
program, must complete a service
agreement, attendance records, and
other forms, and provide the required
supporting documents. This collected
information will allow FSA to
effectively recruit, train, and accept
volunteers to carry out programs
supported by the Department of
Agriculture, therefore benefitting
volunteers, the Department of
Agriculture, and the general public.
Without the collected information,
FSA will be unable to document the
services provided by the volunteers.
FSA will report the collected
information to offices within the
Department of Agriculture and the
Office of Personnel Management that
request information on the Volunteer
Program.
This information collection will
continue to use the volunteer
attendance record (Form AD–2025) and
travel times. Also, the three service
agreement forms (Forms AD–2022, AD–
2023, and AD–2024) are being replaced
with Form OF301a, the Volunteer
Service Agreement. Together, the
remaining forms will provide the
information FSA requires.
Consequently, burden hours are being
reduced in this request.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this information collection is
estimated to average 15 minutes per
response. The average travel time to a
USDA Service Center office to complete
the forms is included in the total annual
burden, and is estimated to be 1 hour
per respondent.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
30.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual of Reponses:
30.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
hours: 15.
We are requesting comments on all
aspects of this information collection to
help us to:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of FSA,
including whether the information will
have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA’s
estimate of burden, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) 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.
All responses to this notice, including
names and addresses when provided,
will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Signed on April 15, 2014.
Juan M. Garcia,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
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BILLING CODE 3410–05–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2014–0009]
Notice of Request for a New
Information Collection: Meat Slaughter
Industry Survey
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
its intention to request a new
information collection for a survey of
the meat slaughter industry.
DATES: May 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested
persons to submit comments on this
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proposed rule. Comments may be
submitted by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This
Web site provides the ability to type
short comments directly into the
comment field on this Web page or
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go
to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions at that site for
submitting comments.
• Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.:
Send to Docket Room Manager, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, Patriots Plaza 3,
1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Mailstop 3782, Room 8–163B,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
• Hand- or courier-delivered
submittals: Deliver to Patriots Plaza 3,
355 E. Street SW., Room 8–163B,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
Instructions: All items submitted by
mail or electronic mail must include the
Agency name and docket number FSIS–
2014–0009. Comments received in
response to this docket will be made
available for public inspection and
posted without change, including any
personal information, to https://
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to background
documents or comments received, go to
the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza
3, 355 E. Street SW., Room 8–164,
Washington, DC 20250–3700 between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina
Kouba, Paperwork Reduction Act
Coordinator, Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Room 6067, South
Building, Washington, DC 20250;
Telephone: (202) 690–6510.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Meat Slaughter Industry Survey.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the
authority to exercise the functions of the
Secretary of Agriculture (7 CFR 2.18,
2.53) as specified in the Federal Meat
Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et
seq.). FSIS protects the public by
verifying that meat and poultry products
are wholesome, not adulterated, and
properly marked, labeled, and packaged.
FSIS plans to request a new
information collection to conduct a new
survey of the meat slaughter industry. In
2004, FSIS conducted a survey of the
meat slaughter industry to collect
information on food safety practices and
technologies. This was part of a broader
FSIS effort to survey poultry slaughter,
meat and poultry processing, and egg
products industries from 2003 to 2006.
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FSIS needs to survey the meat industry
again so that the Agency has current
information on industry practices for
conducting regulatory impact analyses
as required by OMB.
In this currently planned survey of
meat slaughter establishments, FSIS will
collect data to provide the most
accurate, up-to-date information on
industry practices and use of
technologies. The information gathered
through the meat slaughter industry
survey will provide FSIS with reliable
and valid information regarding food
safety practices in FSIS-regulated
establishments; the Agency will use this
information to estimate costs in
regulatory impact analyses. FSIS also
will use the survey data to evaluate the
effectiveness of its meat inspection
program and to conduct analyses to
assess the industry’s food safety
technologies, sanitation practices,
microbiological testing practices, and
recall readiness. The results will also be
used in conjunction with the results of
the 2004 meat slaughter industry survey
to analyze trends in food safety
practices and technologies over time.
FSIS has made the following estimates
on the basis of an information collection
assessment.
Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates
that it will take each respondent 60
minutes and each non-respondent 12
minutes to participate in the survey.
Respondents: Official meat slaughter
establishments.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 417
respondents and 173 non-respondents.
Estimated No. of Annual Responses
per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 451.6 hours. Copies of this
information collection assessment can
be obtained from Gina Kouba,
Paperwork Reduction Act Coordinator,
Food Safety and Inspection Service,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Room 6077, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250; Telephone:
(202) 690–6510.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of FSIS’s functions, including whether
the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of FSIS’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, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
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techniques, or other forms of
information technology. Comments may
be sent to both FSIS, at the addresses
provided above, and the Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC 20253.
Responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Additional Public Notification
FSIS will announce this notice online
through the FSIS Web page located at
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/federalregister.
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. In
addition, FSIS offers an electronic 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/subscribe.
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.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
(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
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equal opportunity provider and
employer.
Done at Washington, DC, on April 15,
2014.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014–08961 Filed 4–18–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2013–0038]
Best Practices Guidance for
Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in
Retail Delicatessens
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for public comments.
AGENCY:
The Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
the availability of the ‘‘FSIS Best
Practices Guidance for Controlling
Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in Retail
Delicatessens.’’ The best-practices
guidance discusses steps that retailers
can take to prevent listeriosis associated
with the consumption of certain readyto-eat (RTE) foods that are prepared or
sliced in retail delicatessens (delis) and
consumed in the home, such as deli
meats and deli salads. FSIS encourages
retailers to review the guidance and
evaluate the effectiveness of their retail
practices and intervention strategies in
reducing the risk of listeriosis to
consumers from RTE meat and poultry
deli products. The Agency will consider
all comments submitted and will revise
the best-practices guidance as necessary.
DATES: Comments on the best-practices
guidance should be submitted on or
before June 20, 2014.
ADDRESSES: A downloadable version of
the compliance guide is available to
view and print at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/
topics/regulatory-compliance/
compliance-guides-index. No hard
copies of the best-practices guidance
have been published.
FSIS invites interested persons to
submit comments on the best-practices
guidance. Comments on the bestpractices guidance may be submitted by
either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This
Web site provides the ability to type
short comments directly into the
comment field on this Web page or
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go
to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
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the on-line instructions at that site for
submitting comments.
• Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.:
Send to Docket Room Manager, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, Patriots Plaza 3,
1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Mailstop 3782, Room 8–163B,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
• Hand-or courier-delivered
submittals: Send to Docket Room
Manager, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection
Service, Patriots Plaza 3, 355 E Street
SW., Room 8–163B, Washington, DC
20250–3700.
Instructions: All items submitted by
mail or electronic mail must include the
Agency name and docket number FSIS–
2013–0038. Comments received in
response to this notice will be made
available for public inspection and
posted without change, including any
personal information, to https://
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to background
documents or comments received, go to
the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza
3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8–164,
Washington, DC 20250–3700 between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel Edelstein, Assistant
Administrator, Office of Policy and
Program Development; Telephone: (202)
205–0495, or by Fax: (202) 720–2025.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Lm is a bacterium that is found in
moist environments, soil, and decaying
vegetation and can persist along the
food continuum. Transfer of the
bacterium from the environment (e.g.,
deli cases, slicers, and utensils),
employees, or contaminated food
products is a particular hazard of
concern in RTE foods, including meat
and poultry products, because they
generally receive no further processing
for food safety before consumption.
Listeriosis is a serious infection usually
caused by eating food contaminated
with Lm.
To help minimize the public health
burden of listeriosis, FSIS and the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
conducted an interagency risk
assessment to better understand the risk
of foodborne illness associated with
eating certain RTE foods prepared in
retail delis and developed
recommendations for changes in current
practices that may improve the safety of
those products. On May 13, 2013, FSIS
and FDA made their findings available
to the public in the draft ‘‘Interagency
Risk Assessment—Listeria
monocytogenes in Retail Delicatessens’’
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(Interagency Retail Lm Risk Assessment)
(78 FR 27939; May 13, 2013). FSIS and
FDA finalized the risk assessment in
September 2013, and the updated
document is available on FSIS’s Web
site at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/
portal/fsis/topics/science/riskassessments.
The key findings of the Interagency
Retail Lm Risk Assessment include the
following:
• Storage temperature. If all
refrigerated RTE foods are stored at 41
degrees Fahrenheit (5 °C) or below, as
the 2013 FDA Food Code (3–
501.16(A)(2)) recommends, at least nine
percent of predicted listeriosis illnesses
caused by contaminated deli products
prepared or sliced in the retail deli
could be prevented.
• Growth inhibitors. If all deli
products that support Lm growth were
reformulated to include a growth
inhibitor, 96 percent of predicted
listeriosis illnesses caused by RTE
products prepared or sliced in the retail
deli could be prevented.
• Control Cross-contamination. The
predicted risk of listeriosis dramatically
increases in retail delis as a result of
cross-contamination. Slicers, in
particular, are key sources of crosscontamination in retail delis.
Eliminating all points of crosscontamination in the deli (including
slicers) would decrease the predicted
risk of illness from the consumption of
RTE products prepared or sliced in the
retail deli by approximately 34 percent.
• Control Contamination at its
Source. Increased levels of Lm from
incoming products and the environment
(including potential niches), directly
increase the predicted risk of illness.
Therefore, elimination of environmental
niches in the deli area will reduce the
predicted risk of listeriosis from the
consumption of RTE products prepared
or sliced in the retail deli. Additionally,
if levels of Lm on RTE foods (including
foods that do not support the growth of
Lm) that the retail deli receives from
processing establishments were reduced
by half, approximately 22 percent of the
predicted listeriosis illnesses caused by
contaminated deli products could be
prevented.
• Continue Sanitation. Sanitation
practices that eliminate Lm from foodcontact surfaces reduce the predicted
Lm levels in the deli area. Employees
not wearing gloves while serving
customers increases the predicted risk
of listeriosis from the consumption of
RTE products prepared or sliced in the
retail deli by approximately five
percent.
Using these key findings along with
available scientific knowledge, the 2013
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2014-0009]
Notice of Request for a New Information Collection: Meat
Slaughter Industry Survey
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to request a new
information collection for a survey of the meat slaughter industry.
DATES: May 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this
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proposed rule. Comments may be submitted by one of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: This Web site provides the
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field on this
Web page or attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for
submitting comments.
Mail, including CD-ROMs, etc.: Send to Docket Room
Manager, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection
Service, Patriots Plaza 3, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Mailstop 3782,
Room 8-163B, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
Hand- or courier-delivered submittals: Deliver to Patriots
Plaza 3, 355 E. Street SW., Room 8-163B, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must
include the Agency name and docket number FSIS-2014-0009. Comments
received in response to this docket will be made available for public
inspection and posted without change, including any personal
information, to https://www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to background documents or comments received, go
to the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza 3, 355 E. Street SW., Room 8-
164, Washington, DC 20250-3700 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Kouba, Paperwork Reduction Act
Coordinator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Room 6067, South Building, Washington, DC
20250; Telephone: (202) 690-6510.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Meat Slaughter Industry Survey.
Type of Request: New information collection.
Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the authority to exercise the
functions of the Secretary of Agriculture (7 CFR 2.18, 2.53) as
specified in the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et
seq.). FSIS protects the public by verifying that meat and poultry
products are wholesome, not adulterated, and properly marked, labeled,
and packaged.
FSIS plans to request a new information collection to conduct a new
survey of the meat slaughter industry. In 2004, FSIS conducted a survey
of the meat slaughter industry to collect information on food safety
practices and technologies. This was part of a broader FSIS effort to
survey poultry slaughter, meat and poultry processing, and egg products
industries from 2003 to 2006. FSIS needs to survey the meat industry
again so that the Agency has current information on industry practices
for conducting regulatory impact analyses as required by OMB.
In this currently planned survey of meat slaughter establishments,
FSIS will collect data to provide the most accurate, up-to-date
information on industry practices and use of technologies. The
information gathered through the meat slaughter industry survey will
provide FSIS with reliable and valid information regarding food safety
practices in FSIS-regulated establishments; the Agency will use this
information to estimate costs in regulatory impact analyses. FSIS also
will use the survey data to evaluate the effectiveness of its meat
inspection program and to conduct analyses to assess the industry's
food safety technologies, sanitation practices, microbiological testing
practices, and recall readiness. The results will also be used in
conjunction with the results of the 2004 meat slaughter industry survey
to analyze trends in food safety practices and technologies over time.
FSIS has made the following estimates on the basis of an information
collection assessment.
Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates that it will take each
respondent 60 minutes and each non-respondent 12 minutes to participate
in the survey.
Respondents: Official meat slaughter establishments.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 417 respondents and 173 non-
respondents.
Estimated No. of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 451.6 hours. Copies
of this information collection assessment can be obtained from Gina
Kouba, Paperwork Reduction Act Coordinator, Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 6077, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250; Telephone: (202) 690-6510.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of FSIS's
functions, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of FSIS'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, 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 both FSIS, at the
addresses provided above, and the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20253.
Responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Additional Public Notification
FSIS will announce this notice online through the FSIS Web page
located at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.
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. In addition, FSIS offers an electronic 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/subscribe. 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.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (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
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equal opportunity provider and employer.
Done at Washington, DC, on April 15, 2014.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014-08961 Filed 4-18-14; 8:45 am]
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