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decrease and will be based on the
number of PT samples analyzed by the
laboratory throughout the year in order
to maintain its program status.
Form ST–212 (Alternate Payment
Form) is an option applicant/approved
laboratories may use to pay for
participation in AMS LAPs. Interested
parties can obtain a copy of the form
(ST–212) by calling or writing to the
point of contact listed above.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 10.94 hours per
response.
Respondents: Laboratories.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
56.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
380.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 7.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 4,157.30.
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 completion of analyses
related documentation; (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 the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Comments may
be sent to Grace Vaillant, Laboratory
Approval and Testing Division, Science
and Technology, Agricultural Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Stop
0272, Washington, DC 20250–0272;
Phone 202–690–0621, Fax 202–720–
4631. 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: March 30, 2017.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
March 30, 2017.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding (1) whether the
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 burden 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 through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by May 4, 2017 will
be considered. Written comments
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), New
Executive Office Building, 725—17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20502.
Commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may
be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Title: Sanitation SOP’s Pathogen
Reduction/Hazard Analysis and Critical
Control Point (HACCP).
OMB Control Number: 0583–0103.
Summary of Collection: The Food
Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has
been delegated the authority to exercise
the functions of the Secretary as
provided in the Federal Meat Inspection
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Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601) and the
Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA)
(21 U.S.C. 451). These statutes mandate
that FSIS protect the public by verifying
that meat and poultry products are safe,
wholesome, unadulterated, and
properly labeled and packaged. FSIS has
established requirements applicable to
meat and poultry establishments
designed to reduce the occurrence and
numbers of pathogenic microorganisms
on meat and poultry products, reduce
the incidence of foodborne illness
associated with the consumption of
those products, and provide a new
framework for modernization of the
current system of meat and poultry
inspection.
Need and Use of the Information:
FSIS will collect information to ensure
that (1) establishments have developed
and maintained an standard operating
plan for sanitation that is used by
inspection personnel in performing
monitoring regulations; (2)
establishments have developed written
procedures outlining specimen
collection and handling for E.coli
process control verification testing; (3)
establishments developed written
HAACP plans; (4) establishments will
keep records for measurements during
slaughter and processing, corrective
action, verification check results, and
related activities that contain the
identify of the product, the product
code or slaughter production lot, and
the date the record was made; (5)
establishments may have prerequisite
programs that are designed to provide
the basic environmental and operating
conditions necessary for the production
of safe, wholesome food; and (6)
establishment maintain and are able to
supply upon request the following
information concerning the suppliers of
source materials; the name, point of
contact, and phone number for the
establishment supplying the source
materials for the lot of ground beef
sampled; and the supplier lot numbers,
production dates, and other information
that would be useful to know about
suppliers.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 6,087.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Other (daily).
Total Burden Hours: 7,045,283.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Title: Procedures for the Notification
of New Technology.
OMB Control Number: 0583–0127.
Summary of Collection: The Food
Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has
been delegated the authority to exercise
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the functions of the Secretary as
provided in the Federal Meat Inspection
Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the
Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA)
(21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), and the Egg
Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (21
U.S.C. 1031 et seq.). These statutes
mandate that FSIS protect the public by
ensuring that meat and poultry products
are safe, wholesome, unadulterated, and
properly labeled and packaged. FSIS
established flexible procedures to
actively encourage the development and
use of new technologies in meat and
poultry establishments and egg products
plants. These procedures facilitate
notification to the Agency of any new
technology that is intended for use in
meat and poultry establishments and
egg products plants so that the Agency
can decide whether the new technology
requires a pre-use review. A pre-use
review often includes an in-plant trail.
Need and Use of the Information:
FSIS will collect information to
determine if a pre-use review is needed,
FSIS will request that the firm submit a
protocol for an in-plant trial of the new
technology. The firm then must submit
a protocol that is designed to collect
relevant data to support the use of the
new technology. To not collect this
information would reduce the
effectiveness of the meat, poultry, and
egg products inspection program.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 210.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 12,800.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0016]
Animal Disease Traceability System;
Public Meetings
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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AGENCY:
This is to inform the public of
upcoming meetings regarding the
Animal Disease Traceability (ADT)
system. These regional meetings will let
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service hear from the public,
particularly from the cattle and bison
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sectors, about the successes and
challenges of the current ADT
framework and provide a venue for the
exchange of ideas about ways to
overcome these challenges and fill gaps
in the existing system.
DATES: The meetings will be held on
April 11, 13, and 20 and May 2, 4, 11,
and 24, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(local time) each day. We will accept
written statements regarding the ADT
system until May 31, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be
held in the following locations:
• April 11: Tower Hotel Oklahoma
City, 3233 Northwest Expressway,
Oklahoma City, OK.
• April 13: USDA Center at Riverside,
4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD.
• April 20: Renaissance Nashville
Hotel, 611 Commerce Street, Nashville,
TN.
• May 2: Embassy Suites Minneapolis
Airport, 7901 34th Avenue South,
Bloomington, MN.
• May 4: Doubletree by Hilton
Denver, 3203 Quebec Street, Denver,
CO.
• May 11: Sacramento Marriott
Rancho Cordova, 11211 Point East
Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA.
• May 24: Hilton Garden Inn Billings,
2465 Grant Road, Billings, MT.
You may also submit written
statements using one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0016.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2017–0016, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Sunny Geiser-Novotny, Cattle Health
Staff/ADT Veterinarian, Surveillance,
Preparedness, and Response Services,
VS, APHIS, 2150 Centre Avenue,
Building B, Mailstop 3E13, Room 3E97,
Fort Collins, CO 80526, (970) 494–7372.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) plans to hold public
meetings to receive input, particularly
from the cattle and bison sectors, on
enhancing the current Animal Disease
Traceability (ADT) system. The original
ADT framework, as described in the
January 6, 2013, final rule 1 establishing
the program, provided specific
performance requirements for an
intentionally flexible ADT system. This
let States and individual producers use
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personally efficient methods to meet
requirements to move their livestock
between States.
These meetings will let APHIS hear
from the public about the successes and
challenges of the current ADT
framework and let attendees brainstorm
ideas about overcoming these challenges
and finding ways to fill gaps in the
existing system. Although APHIS is
especially interested during these
sessions to hear from cattle and bison
industry members, we welcome
participation from all members of the
public.
Each meeting will start with an
overview of the basic principles of ADT
and progress made to date given by
APHIS employees and a panel of State
and industry representatives. A
comment/question and answer session
will follow. After a break for lunch,
attendees will split off into breakout
sessions to discuss challenge areas and
come up with solutions. The entire
group will reconvene to receive the
highlights of the breakout sessions, and
the meeting will end after some
discussion of next steps and closing
remarks.
If you are planning to attend a
meeting, we ask that you register in
advance by visiting https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/animal-health/adtmeeting-registrations. Same-day
registration will also be available at each
meeting site. If you require special
accommodations, such as a sign
language interpreter, please call or write
the individual listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Written
statements about the current ADT
system may be filed at the meetings or
by using one of the methods described
under ADDRESSES above.
For the April 13, 2017, meeting in
Riverdale, MD, picture identification
will be required to gain access to the
USDA Center at Riverside. Free parking
is available next to the building. The
nearest Metro station is the College Park
station on the Green Line, which is
within walking distance (about 2⁄3 of a
mile). For the May 4, 2017, meeting in
Denver, CO, there will be a free hotel
shuttle to and from Denver International
Airport.
Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of
March 2017.
Jere L. Dick,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
March 30, 2017.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding (1) whether the 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 burden 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 through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by May 4,
2017 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building,
725--17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are encouraged
to submit their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8958.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Title: Sanitation SOP's Pathogen Reduction/Hazard Analysis and
Critical Control Point (HACCP).
OMB Control Number: 0583-0103.
Summary of Collection: The Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS) has been delegated the authority to exercise the functions of
the Secretary as provided in the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21
U.S.C. 601) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C.
451). These statutes mandate that FSIS protect the public by verifying
that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, unadulterated, and
properly labeled and packaged. FSIS has established requirements
applicable to meat and poultry establishments designed to reduce the
occurrence and numbers of pathogenic microorganisms on meat and poultry
products, reduce the incidence of foodborne illness associated with the
consumption of those products, and provide a new framework for
modernization of the current system of meat and poultry inspection.
Need and Use of the Information: FSIS will collect information to
ensure that (1) establishments have developed and maintained an
standard operating plan for sanitation that is used by inspection
personnel in performing monitoring regulations; (2) establishments have
developed written procedures outlining specimen collection and handling
for E.coli process control verification testing; (3) establishments
developed written HAACP plans; (4) establishments will keep records for
measurements during slaughter and processing, corrective action,
verification check results, and related activities that contain the
identify of the product, the product code or slaughter production lot,
and the date the record was made; (5) establishments may have
prerequisite programs that are designed to provide the basic
environmental and operating conditions necessary for the production of
safe, wholesome food; and (6) establishment maintain and are able to
supply upon request the following information concerning the suppliers
of source materials; the name, point of contact, and phone number for
the establishment supplying the source materials for the lot of ground
beef sampled; and the supplier lot numbers, production dates, and other
information that would be useful to know about suppliers.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 6,087.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Other (daily).
Total Burden Hours: 7,045,283.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Title: Procedures for the Notification of New Technology.
OMB Control Number: 0583-0127.
Summary of Collection: The Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS) has been delegated the authority to exercise
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the functions of the Secretary as provided in the Federal Meat
Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Poultry Products
Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), and the Egg Products
Inspection Act (EPIA) (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.). These statutes mandate
that FSIS protect the public by ensuring that meat and poultry products
are safe, wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged.
FSIS established flexible procedures to actively encourage the
development and use of new technologies in meat and poultry
establishments and egg products plants. These procedures facilitate
notification to the Agency of any new technology that is intended for
use in meat and poultry establishments and egg products plants so that
the Agency can decide whether the new technology requires a pre-use
review. A pre-use review often includes an in-plant trail.
Need and Use of the Information: FSIS will collect information to
determine if a pre-use review is needed, FSIS will request that the
firm submit a protocol for an in-plant trial of the new technology. The
firm then must submit a protocol that is designed to collect relevant
data to support the use of the new technology. To not collect this
information would reduce the effectiveness of the meat, poultry, and
egg products inspection program.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 210.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 12,800.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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