Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection for Export Certificate Request Forms, 48287-48288 [2015-19327]
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JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE
UNITED STATES
Meeting of the Judicial Conference
Committee on Rules of Practice and
Procedure
Advisory Committee on Rules
of Criminal Procedure, Judicial
Conference of the United States.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
The Advisory Committee on
Rules of Criminal Procedure will hold a
two-day meeting. The meeting will be
open to public observation but not
participation.
SUMMARY:
September 28–29, 2015. Time:
8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: United States Court of
Appeals, William K. Nakamura
Courthouse, Sixth Floor Judges
Conference Room, 1010 Fifth Avenue,
Seattle WA 98104.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca A. Womeldorf, Rules
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DATES:
Dated: August 6, 2015.
Rebecca A. Womeldorf,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–DA–15–0028]
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection for Export Certificate
Request Forms
AGENCY:
Agricultural Marketing Service,
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Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice
announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service’s (AMS) intention to request
approval, from the Office of
Management and Budget, for an
extension of and revision to the
currently approved information
collection Export Certificate Request
Forms OMB No. 0581–0283.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by October 13, 2015 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to
Office of the Deputy Administrator,
USDA/AMS/Dairy Programs, Room
2968–S, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20090–6465 or
may be submitted at the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Comments should
reference the docket number and the
date and page of issue in the Federal
Register. All comments received will be
available for public inspection during
regular business hours at the above
address or at www.regulations.gov. The
identity of the individuals or entities
submitting comments will be made
public.
Additional information: Contact Dana
Coale, Office of the Deputy
Administrator, USDA/AMS/Dairy
Programs, Room 2968–S, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20090–6465; Tel: 202–
720–4392, Fax: 202–690–3410 or via
email at: dana.coale@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Export Certificate Request
Forms.
OMB Number: 0581–0283.
Expiration Date of Approval: January
31, 2016.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The dairy grading program
is a voluntary user fee program
authorized under the Agricultural
Marketing Act (AMA) of 1946 (7 U.S.C.
1621–1627). The regulations governing
inspection and grading services of
manufactured or processed dairy
products are contained in 7 CFR part 58.
International markets are increasing for
United States dairy products. Importing
countries are requiring certification as to
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production methods and sources of raw
ingredients for dairy products. USDA,
AMS, Dairy Grading Branch is the
designated agency for issuing sanitary
certificates for dairy products in the
United States. Exporters must request
export certificates from USDA, AMS,
Dairy Grading Branch if the importing
country requires them.
Need and Use of the Information: In
order for AMS to provide the required
information on the export sanitary
certificates it must collect the
information from the exporter. The
information required on the sanitary
certificates varies from country to
country requiring specific forms for
each country to collect the information.
Such information includes: Identity of
the importer and exporter, to describe
consignment specifics, and identify
border entry point at the country of
destination. There are currently 16
different export certificate request forms
with ongoing negotiations with at least
5 more countries on possible new
sanitary certificates. The information
gathered using these forms is only used
to create the export sanitary certificate.
There has been a change in the overall
burden of this submission. The number
of export certificate requests has
increased significantly since 2012.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.20 hours per
response.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
250.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
42,084.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 168.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 8,592 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
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the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Dana Coale,
Office of the Deputy Administrator,
USDA/AMS/Dairy Programs, Room
2968–S, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20090–6465; Tel:
202–720–4392, Fax: 202–690–3410 or
via email at: dana.coale@ams.usda.gov.
All comments received will be
available for public inspection during
regular business hours at the same
address.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: August 3, 2015.
Rex A. Barnes,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2015–0035]
National Advisory Committee on
Microbiological Criteria for Foods
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice is announcing
that the National Advisory Committee
on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
(NACMCF) will hold meetings of the
full Committee and subcommittees on
September 9–11, 2015. The Committee
will discuss: (1) Effective Salmonella
Control Strategies for Poultry and (2)
Virulence Factors and Attributes that
Define Foodborne Shiga Toxinproducing Escherichia coli (STEC) as
Severe Human Pathogens.
DATES: The full Committee will hold an
open meeting on Wednesday,
September 9, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. to
12:00 p.m. The Subcommittee on
Effective Salmonella Control Strategies
for Poultry and the Subcommittee on
Virulence Factors and Attributes that
Define Foodborne Shiga Toxinproducing Escherichia coli (STEC) as
Severe Human Pathogens will hold
concurrent open subcommittee meetings
on Wednesday, June 9, 2015 from 1 p.m.
to 5 p.m., Thursday, September 10, 2015
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Friday,
September 11, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
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The September 9, 2015, full
Committee meeting will be held at the
Residence Inn by Marriott, Washington
DC, 333 E Street SW., Washington, DC
20024. The subcommittee meetings will
be held at the Patriot’s Plaza III, 1st
Floor Auditorium and Conference
Rooms, 355 E. Street SW., Washington,
DC 20024. All documents related to the
full Committee meeting will be available
for public inspection in the FSIS Docket
Room, USDA, 355 E. Street SW., Patriots
Plaza 3, Room 8–164, Washington, DC
20250–3700, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, as soon
as they become available. The NACMCF
documents will also be available on the
Internet at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/
Regulations_&_Policies/Federal_
Register_Notices/index.asp.
FSIS will finalize an agenda on or
before the meeting dates and post it on
the FSIS Web page at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/News/Meetings_&_
Events/. Please note that the meeting
agenda is subject to change due to the
time required for Committee
discussions; thus, sessions could start or
end earlier or later than anticipated.
Please plan accordingly if you would
like to attend a particular session or
participate in a public comment period.
Also, the official transcript of the
September 9, 2015, full Committee
meeting, when it becomes available,
will be kept in the FSIS Docket Room
at the above address and will also be
posted on https://www.fsis.usda.gov/
About/NACMCF_Meetings/.
The mailing address for the contact
person is: Karen Thomas-Sharp, USDA,
FSIS, Office of Public Health Science,
1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Patriots Plaza 3, Mailstop 3777, Room
9–47, Washington, DC 20250.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Persons interested in making a
presentation, submitting technical
papers, or providing comments at the
September 1, plenary session should
contact Karen Thomas: Phone: (202)
690–6620; Fax (202) 690–6334; Email:
Karen.thomas-sharp@fsis.usda.gov or at
the mailing address above. Persons
requiring a sign language interpreter or
other special accommodations should
notify Ms. Thomas by September 1,
2015.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The NACMCF was established in
1988, in response to a recommendation
of the National Academy of Sciences for
an interagency approach to
microbiological criteria for foods, and in
response to a recommendation of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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Committee on Appropriations, as
expressed in the Rural Development,
Agriculture, and Related Agencies
Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988.
The charter for the NACMCF is
available for viewing on the FSIS
Internet Web page at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/About/NACMCF_
Charter/.
The NACMCF provides scientific
advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
on public health issues relative to the
safety and wholesomeness of the U.S.
food supply, including development of
microbiological criteria and review and
evaluation of epidemiological and risk
assessment data and methodologies for
assessing microbiological hazards in
foods. The Committee also provides
scientific advice and recommendations
to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Departments of
Commerce and Defense.
Mr. Brian Ronholm, Deputy Under
Secretary for Food Safety, USDA, is the
Committee Chair; Dr. Susan T. Mayne,
Director of the Food and Drug
Administration’s Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), is the
Vice-Chair; and Dr. James Rogers, FSIS,
is the Executive Secretary.
Documents Reviewed by NACMCF
FSIS will make all materials reviewed
and considered by NACMCF regarding
its deliberations available to the public.
Generally, these materials will be made
available as soon as possible after the
full Committee meeting. Further, FSIS
intends to make these materials
available in electronic format on the
FSIS Web page (www.fsis.usda.gov), as
well as in hard copy format in the FSIS
Docket Room. FSIS will try to make the
materials available at the start of the full
Committee meeting when sufficient
time is allowed in advance to do so.
Disclaimer: NACMCF documents and
comments posted on the FSIS Web site
are electronic conversions from a variety
of source formats. In some cases,
document conversion may result in
character translation or formatting
errors. The original document is the
official, legal copy.
In order to meet the electronic and
information technology accessibility
standards in Section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act, NACMCF may add
alternate text descriptors for non-text
elements (graphs, charts, tables,
multimedia, etc.). These modifications
only affect the Internet copies of the
documents.
Copyrighted documents will not be
posted on the FSIS Web site, but will be
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-DA-15-0028]
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection for Export Certificate Request Forms
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service's (AMS) intention to request approval, from the Office of
Management and Budget, for an extension of and revision to the
currently approved information collection Export Certificate Request
Forms OMB No. 0581-0283.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 13, 2015 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Office of the Deputy Administrator,
USDA/AMS/Dairy Programs, Room 2968-S, 1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20090-6465 or may be submitted at the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Comments should
reference the docket number and the date and page of issue in the
Federal Register. All comments received will be available for public
inspection during regular business hours at the above address or at
www.regulations.gov. The identity of the individuals or entities
submitting comments will be made public.
Additional information: Contact Dana Coale, Office of the Deputy
Administrator, USDA/AMS/Dairy Programs, Room 2968-S, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20090-6465; Tel: 202-720-4392, Fax: 202-690-
3410 or via email at: dana.coale@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Export Certificate Request Forms.
OMB Number: 0581-0283.
Expiration Date of Approval: January 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The dairy grading program is a voluntary user fee program
authorized under the Agricultural Marketing Act (AMA) of 1946 (7 U.S.C.
1621-1627). The regulations governing inspection and grading services
of manufactured or processed dairy products are contained in 7 CFR part
58. International markets are increasing for United States dairy
products. Importing countries are requiring certification as to
production methods and sources of raw ingredients for dairy products.
USDA, AMS, Dairy Grading Branch is the designated agency for issuing
sanitary certificates for dairy products in the United States.
Exporters must request export certificates from USDA, AMS, Dairy
Grading Branch if the importing country requires them.
Need and Use of the Information: In order for AMS to provide the
required information on the export sanitary certificates it must
collect the information from the exporter. The information required on
the sanitary certificates varies from country to country requiring
specific forms for each country to collect the information. Such
information includes: Identity of the importer and exporter, to
describe consignment specifics, and identify border entry point at the
country of destination. There are currently 16 different export
certificate request forms with ongoing negotiations with at least 5
more countries on possible new sanitary certificates. The information
gathered using these forms is only used to create the export sanitary
certificate. There has been a change in the overall burden of this
submission. The number of export certificate requests has increased
significantly since 2012.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.20 hours per response.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 250.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 42,084.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 168.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 8,592 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including
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the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology. Comments may be sent to Dana Coale, Office of the Deputy
Administrator, USDA/AMS/Dairy Programs, Room 2968-S, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20090-6465; Tel: 202-720-4392, Fax: 202-690-
3410 or via email at: dana.coale@ams.usda.gov.
All comments received will be available for public inspection
during regular business hours at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: August 3, 2015.
Rex A. Barnes,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-19327 Filed 8-11-15; 8:45 am]
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