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households; State, Local or Tribal
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Total Burden Hours: 271.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Title: Stakeholder Input on Federal
outreach to Control Listeria
Monocytogenes at Retail.
OMB Control Number: 0583–New.
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 et seq.), the
Poultry Product 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
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wholesome, unadulterated, and
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and Drug Administration (FDA) and the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will conduct focus
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from industry, state and local public
health and agriculture departments, and
retail delicatessens. In the focus groups,
sample of stakeholders will be invited to
provide input on the awareness and
usefulness of existing outreach materials
and tools related to best practices for
controlling Lm in delicatessens, how
they currently receive this type of
information (e.g. from FSIS, FSA, CDC,
State Health department, Cooperative
Extension), and how those channels of
communication could be improved.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Individuals or
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Pesticide Residues
U.S. Codex Office, USDA.
Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S Codex Office is
sponsoring a public meeting on March
7, 2019. The objective of the public
meeting is to provide information and
receive public comments on agenda
items and draft United States (U.S.)
positions to be discussed at the 51st
Session of the Codex Committee on
Pesticide Residues (CCPR) of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission, in Macau
Special Administrative Region (SAR) of
the People’s Republic of China, April 8–
13, 2019. The U.S. Manager for Codex
Alimentarius and the Under Secretary
for Trade and Foreign Agricultural
Affairs recognize the importance of
providing interested parties the
opportunity to obtain background
information on the 51st Session of the
CCPR and to address items on the
agenda.
SUMMARY:
The public meeting is scheduled
for Thursday, March 7, 2019 from 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will
take place at the United States
Environmental Protection Agency,
Room PYS–4350, One Potomac Yard
South, 2777 South Crystal Drive,
Arlington, VA 22202. Documents
related to the 51st Session of the CCPR
will be accessible via the internet at the
following address: https://www.fao.org/
fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings/
en/.
Captain David Miller, U.S. Delegate to
the 51st Session of the CCPR invites
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U.S. interested parties to submit their
comments electronically to the
following email address: miller.davidj@
epa.gov.
Call-in-Number: If you wish to
participate in the public meeting for the
51st Session of the CCPR by conference
call, please use the call-in-number: 1–
888–844–9904 and participant code
5126092.
Registration: Attendees may register
to attend the public meeting by emailing
Marie.Maratos@osec.usda.gov by March
4, 2019. Early registration is encouraged
because it will expedite entry into the
building. The meeting will take place in
a Federal building. Attendees should
bring photo identification and plan for
adequate time to pass through the
security screening systems. Attendees
who are not able to attend the meeting
in person, but who wish to participate,
may do so by phone, as discussed
above.
For Further Information about the
51st Session of the CCPR Contact: U.S.
Delegate, Captain David Miller, Chief,
Chemistry and Exposure Branch and
Acting Chief, Toxicology and
Epidemiology Branch, Health Effects
Division, Ariel Rios Building, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20460. Telephone: (703) 305–5352,
Fax: (703) 305–5147, Email:
Miller.Davidj@epa.gov.
For Further Information about the
Public Meeting Contact: Marie Maratos,
U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Room 4861, South
Agriculture Building, Washington, DC
20250. Phone: (202) 690–4795, Fax:
(202) 720–3157, Email: Marie.Maratos@
osec.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 fair practices in the food
trade.
The Terms of Reference of the Codex
Committee on Pesticide Residues
(CCPR) are:
(a) To establish maximum limits for
pesticide residues in specific food items
or in groups of food;
(b) to establish maximum limits for
pesticide residues in certain animal
feeding stuffs moving in international
trade where this is justified for reasons
of protection of human health;
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(c) to prepare priority lists of
pesticides for evaluation by the Joint
FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide
Residues (JMPR);
(d) to consider methods of sampling
and analysis for the determination of
pesticide residues in food and feed;
(e) to consider other matters in
relation to the safety of food and feed
containing pesticide residues; and,
(f) to establish maximum limits for
environmental and industrial
contaminants showing chemical or
other similarity to pesticides, in specific
food items or groups of food.
The CCPR is hosted by China. The
United States attends CCPR as a member
country of Codex.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items on the Agenda
for the 51st Session of the CCPR will be
discussed during the public meeting:
• Adoption of the Agenda
• Appointment of Rapporteurs
• Matters referred to CCPR by CAC and/
or other subsidiary bodies
• Matters of interest arising from FAO
and WHO
• Matters of interest arising from other
international organizations
• Report on items of general
consideration by the 2018 JMPR—
Section 2 of the 2018 JMPR Report
• Report on 2018 JMPR responses to
specific concerns raised by CCPR—
Section 3 of the 2018 JMPR Report
• Proposed MRLs for pesticides in food
and feed (at Steps 7 and 4)
• Revision of the Classification of Food
and Feed (CXM 4/1989)
• Class C—Primary feed commodities;
Type 11: Primary feed commodities of
plant origin
Proposed:
D Group 050: Legume feed products
D Group 051: Cereal grains and grasses
D (including pseudocereals) feed
products
D Group 052: Miscellaneous feed
products
• Class D—Processed foods of plant
origin; All types in Class D
D Proposed groups in different types
• Transfer of commodities from Class D
to Class C
• Proposed table on examples of
representative commodities for
commodity groups in different types
under Class C and Class D (for
inclusion in the Principles and
Guidance for the Selection of
Representative Commodities for the
Extrapolation of MRLs for Pesticides
to Commodity Group (CXG 84–2012)
• Impact of the revised types in Class C
and Class D on CXLs
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• Any Class—Type on miscellaneous
commodities not meeting the criteria
for crop grouping
D Proposed groups (including any
possible impact of the new types on
CXLs)
• Class B—Primary food commodities
of animal origin
D Common definition of edible animal
tissues for the establishment of MRLs
of pesticides and veterinary drugs for
compounds with dual uses as
pesticides and veterinary drugs for
use by CCPR and CCRVDF
• Discussion paper on the opportunity
to revise the Guidelines on the use of
mass spectrometry for the
identification, confirmation and
quantitative determination of
pesticide residues (CXG 56–2005)
• Discussion paper on the review of the
International Estimate of Short Term
Intake (IESTI) equations
• Discussion paper on opportunities
and challenges for JMPR participation
in an international review of a new
compound
• Discussion paper on the development
of guidance for compounds of low
public health concerns that could be
exempted from the establishment of
CXLs
• Discussion paper on the management
of unsupported compounds
• Information on national registrations
of pesticides
• Establishment of Codex Schedules
and Priority Lists of Pesticides
• Other Business and Future Work
Public Meeting
At the March 7, 2019, 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 David Miller, U.S.
Delegate for the 51st Session of the
CCPR (see ADDRESSES). Written
comments should state that they relate
to activities of the 51st Session of the
CCPR.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of
rulemaking and policy development is
important. Consequently, the U.S.
Codex Office will announce this Federal
Register publication on-line through the
USDA web page located at: https://
www.usda.gov/codex/, a link that also
offers an email subscription service
providing access to information related
to Codex. Customers can add or delete
their subscription themselves and have
the option to password protect their
accounts.
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USDA shall, on the grounds of race,
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Done at Washington, DC, on February 5,
2019.
Mary Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice for request and
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) will be requested.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by April 26, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas P. Dickson, Regulatory Division
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Team 2, Rural Development Innovation
Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Ave. SW, Stop
1522, Washington, DC 20250. Phone:
202–690–4492. Cell: 202–689–9521.
Thomas.Dickson@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires
that interested members of the public
and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice
identifies an information collection that
RUS is submitting to OMB for
extension. Comments are invited on: (a)
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;
(b) 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; (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 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 may be sent to: Comments
may be sent to Thomas P. Dickson,
Regulatory Division Team 2, Rural
Development Innovation Center, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Stop 1522,
Washington, DC 20250. Phone: 202–
690–4492. Cell: 202–689–9521.
Thomas.Dickson@usda.gov.
Title: Request for Release of Lien and/
or Approval of Sale, RUS Form 793.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0041.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS) makes mortgage loans and loan
guarantees to electric and
telecommunications systems to provide
and improve electric and
telecommunications service in rural
areas pursuant to the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) (RE Act). All
current and future capital assets of RUS
borrowers are ordinarily mortgaged or
pledged to the Federal Government as
security for RUS loans. Assets include
tangible and intangible utility plant,
non-utility property, construction in
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progress, and materials, supplies, and
equipment normally used in a
telecommunications system. The RE Act
and the various security instruments,
e.g., the RUS mortgage, limit the rights
of a RUS borrower to dispose of capital
assets.
The RUS Form 793, Request for
Release of Lien and/or Approval of Sale,
allows telecommunications program
borrowers to seek agency permission to
sell some of its assets. The form collects
detailed information regarding the
proposed sale of a portion of the
borrower’s system. RUS
telecommunications borrowers fill out
the form to request RUS approval in
order to sell capital assets.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2.75 hours per
response.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
40.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 110.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal,
Regulatory Team 2, Rural Development
Innovation Center, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave.
SW, Stop 1522, Washington, DC 20250.
Telephone: (202) 720–7853. Email:
MaryPat Daskal@usda.gov.
All 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.
Dated: February 14, 2019.
Bette B. Brand,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Broadband Pilot Program—ReConnect
Program
Rural Utilities Service,
Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Establishment of application
deadlines, and clarification
AGENCY:
The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS) announced its general policy and
application procedures for funding
under the eConnectivity Pilot Program
(ReConnect Program) on December 14,
2018, in the Federal Register. The
Reconnect Program will provide loans,
grants, and loan/grant combinations to
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Pesticide Residues
AGENCY: U.S. Codex Office, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on March
7, 2019. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information
and receive public comments on agenda items and draft United States
(U.S.) positions to be discussed at the 51st Session of the Codex
Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission, in Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the
People's Republic of China, April 8-13, 2019. The U.S. Manager for
Codex Alimentarius and the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs recognize the importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 51st
Session of the CCPR and to address items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 7, 2019 from
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place at the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Room PYS-4350, One Potomac Yard South,
2777 South Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. Documents related to the
51st Session of the CCPR will be accessible via the internet at the
following address: https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings/en/.
Captain David Miller, U.S. Delegate to the 51st Session of the CCPR
invites
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U.S. interested parties to submit their comments electronically to the
following email address: miller.davidj@epa.gov.
Call-in-Number: If you wish to participate in the public meeting
for the 51st Session of the CCPR by conference call, please use the
call-in-number: 1-888-844-9904 and participant code 5126092.
Registration: Attendees may register to attend the public meeting
by emailing Marie.Maratos@osec.usda.gov by March 4, 2019. Early
registration is encouraged because it will expedite entry into the
building. The meeting will take place in a Federal building. Attendees
should bring photo identification and plan for adequate time to pass
through the security screening systems. Attendees who are not able to
attend the meeting in person, but who wish to participate, may do so by
phone, as discussed above.
For Further Information about the 51st Session of the CCPR Contact:
U.S. Delegate, Captain David Miller, Chief, Chemistry and Exposure
Branch and Acting Chief, Toxicology and Epidemiology Branch, Health
Effects Division, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: (703) 305-5352, Fax: (703) 305-5147,
Email: Miller.Davidj@epa.gov.
For Further Information about the Public Meeting Contact: Marie
Maratos, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 4861,
South Agriculture Building, Washington, DC 20250. Phone: (202) 690-
4795, Fax: (202) 720-3157, Email: Marie.Maratos@osec.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 fair practices in the
food trade.
The Terms of Reference of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
(CCPR) are:
(a) To establish maximum limits for pesticide residues in specific
food items or in groups of food;
(b) to establish maximum limits for pesticide residues in certain
animal feeding stuffs moving in international trade where this is
justified for reasons of protection of human health;
(c) to prepare priority lists of pesticides for evaluation by the
Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR);
(d) to consider methods of sampling and analysis for the
determination of pesticide residues in food and feed;
(e) to consider other matters in relation to the safety of food and
feed containing pesticide residues; and,
(f) to establish maximum limits for environmental and industrial
contaminants showing chemical or other similarity to pesticides, in
specific food items or groups of food.
The CCPR is hosted by China. The United States attends CCPR as a
member country of Codex.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the Agenda for the 51st Session of the CCPR
will be discussed during the public meeting:
Adoption of the Agenda
Appointment of Rapporteurs
Matters referred to CCPR by CAC and/or other subsidiary bodies
Matters of interest arising from FAO and WHO
Matters of interest arising from other international
organizations
Report on items of general consideration by the 2018 JMPR--
Section 2 of the 2018 JMPR Report
Report on 2018 JMPR responses to specific concerns raised by
CCPR--Section 3 of the 2018 JMPR Report
Proposed MRLs for pesticides in food and feed (at Steps 7 and
4)
Revision of the Classification of Food and Feed (CXM 4/1989)
Class C--Primary feed commodities; Type 11: Primary feed
commodities of plant origin
Proposed:
[ssquf] Group 050: Legume feed products
[ssquf] Group 051: Cereal grains and grasses
[ssquf] (including pseudocereals) feed products
[ssquf] Group 052: Miscellaneous feed products
Class D--Processed foods of plant origin; All types in Class D
[ssquf] Proposed groups in different types
Transfer of commodities from Class D to Class C
Proposed table on examples of representative commodities for
commodity groups in different types under Class C and Class D (for
inclusion in the Principles and Guidance for the Selection of
Representative Commodities for the Extrapolation of MRLs for Pesticides
to Commodity Group (CXG 84-2012)
Impact of the revised types in Class C and Class D on CXLs
Any Class--Type on miscellaneous commodities not meeting the
criteria for crop grouping
[ssquf] Proposed groups (including any possible impact of the new types
on CXLs)
Class B--Primary food commodities of animal origin
[ssquf] Common definition of edible animal tissues for the
establishment of MRLs of pesticides and veterinary drugs for compounds
with dual uses as pesticides and veterinary drugs for use by CCPR and
CCRVDF
Discussion paper on the opportunity to revise the Guidelines
on the use of mass spectrometry for the identification, confirmation
and quantitative determination of pesticide residues (CXG 56-2005)
Discussion paper on the review of the International Estimate
of Short Term Intake (IESTI) equations
Discussion paper on opportunities and challenges for JMPR
participation in an international review of a new compound
Discussion paper on the development of guidance for compounds
of low public health concerns that could be exempted from the
establishment of CXLs
Discussion paper on the management of unsupported compounds
Information on national registrations of pesticides
Establishment of Codex Schedules and Priority Lists of
Pesticides
Other Business and Future Work
Public Meeting
At the March 7, 2019, 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 David Miller, U.S. Delegate
for the 51st Session of the CCPR (see ADDRESSES). Written comments
should state that they relate to activities of the 51st Session of the
CCPR.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, the U.S. Codex Office will
announce this Federal Register publication on-line through the USDA web
page located at: https://www.usda.gov/codex/, a link that also offers an
email subscription service providing access to information related to
Codex. Customers can add or delete their subscription themselves and
have the option to password protect their accounts.
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USDA Non-Discrimination Statement
No agency, officer, or employee of the USDA shall, on the grounds
of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual
orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status,
income derived from a public assistance program, or political beliefs,
exclude from participation in, deny the benefits of, or subject to
discrimination any person in the United States under any program or
activity conducted by the USDA.
How To File a Complaint of Discrimination
To file a complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program
Discrimination Complaint Form, which may be accessed online at https://www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you or your
authorized representative. Send your completed complaint form or letter
to USDA by mail, fax, or email.
Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of
Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410.
Fax: (202) 690-7442, Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact
USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
Done at Washington, DC, on February 5, 2019.
Mary Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 2019-03176 Filed 2-22-19; 8:45 am]
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