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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2019–0021]
Notice of Request To Renew an
Approved Information Collection:
Specified Risk Materials
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 renew the approved
information collection regarding
specified risk materials in cattle. The
approval for this information collection
will expire on February 29, 2020. There
are no changes to the information
collection.
SUMMARY:
Submit comments on or before
November 12, 2019.
ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested
persons to submit comments on this
Federal Register notice. Comments may
be submitted by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This
website provides commenters the ability
to type short comments directly into the
comment field on the web page or to
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 Clerk, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Mailstop 3758, Room 6065,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
• Hand- or courier-delivered
submittals: Deliver to 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
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Instructions: All items submitted by
mail or electronic mail must include the
Agency name and docket number FSIS–
2019–0021. 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, call
(202) 720–5627 to schedule a time to
visit the FSIS Docket Room at 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina
Kouba, Office of Policy and Program
Development, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065,
South Building, Washington, DC 20250–
3700; (202) 720–5627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Specified Risk Materials.
OMB Control Number: 0583–0129.
Expiration Date: 2/29/2020.
Type of Request: Renewal of an
approved information collection.
Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the
authority to exercise the functions of the
Secretary (7 CFR 2.18, 2.53), as specified
in the Federal Meat Inspection Act
(FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et seq.) and the
Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA)
(21 U.S.C. 451, et seq.). FSIS protects
the public by verifying that meat and
poultry products are safe, wholesome,
not adulterated, and correctly labeled.
FSIS requires official establishments
that slaughter cattle or process carcasses
or parts of cattle to develop written
procedures for the removal, segregation,
and disposition of SRMs. The Agency
requires that these establishments
maintain daily records to document the
implementation and monitoring of their
procedures for the removal, segregation,
and disposition of SRMs, as well as any
corrective actions that they take to
ensure that the procedures are effective
(9 CFR 310.22).
FSIS also requires official slaughter
establishments that transport carcasses
or parts of cattle 30 months of age and
older and containing vertebral columns
to other federally inspected
establishments to maintain records
verifying that the receiving
establishments removed and properly
disposed of the portions of the vertebral
column designated as SRMs (9 CFR
310.22(g)).
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This monitoring and recordkeeping is
necessary for establishments to ensure,
in a manner that can be verified by
FSIS, that meat and meat products
distributed in commerce for use as
human food do not contain SRMs.
The approval for this information
collection will expire on February 29,
2020. There are no changes to the
existing information collection. FSIS
has made the following estimates for the
renewal information collection:
Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates
that it will take respondents an average
of approximately .116 hours per
response.
Respondents: Official establishments
that slaughter cattle or process parts of
cattle.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 3,512.
Estimated No. of Annual Responses
per Respondent: 303.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 123,916 hours.
Copies of this information collection
assessment can be obtained from Gina
Kouba, Office of Policy and Program
Development, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065,
South Building, Washington, DC 20250–
3700; (202) 720–5627.
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 method 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 (OMB),
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.
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Public awareness of all segments of
rulemaking and policy development is
important. Consequently, FSIS will
announce this Federal Register
publication on-line through the FSIS
web page located at: https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.
FSIS will also announce and provide
a link to this Federal Register
publication 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 Constituent Update is available on
the FSIS web page. Through the web
page, FSIS can provide information to a
much broader, more diverse audience.
In addition, FSIS offers an email
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, regulations, directives, and
notices. Customers can add or delete
subscriptions 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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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
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Fax: (202) 690–7442.
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should contact USDA’s TARGET Center
at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).
Carmen M. Rottenberg,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Ashley National Forest, Utah and
Wyoming; Revision of Ashley National
Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The USDA Forest Service is
revising the Land Management Plan
(Forest Plan) for the Ashley National
Forest and preparing an environmental
impact statement (EIS). This notice
describes the documents available for
review and how to obtain them;
summarizes the preliminary needs for
changing the existing forest plan;
summarizes the proposal to revise the
forest plan, provides information
concerning public participation and
collaboration, including the process for
submitting comments; provides an
estimated schedule for the planning
process, including the time available for
comments, and includes the names and
addresses of agency contacts who can
provide additional information.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by
November 8, 2019. The agency expects
to release a draft revised Forest Plan and
EIS by fall 2020 and a final revised
Forest Plan and EIS by summer 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Ashley National Forest, Attention: Plan
Revision, 355 North Vernal Avenue,
Vernal, Utah 84078–1703. Comments
may also be sent via email to
AshleyForestPlan@usda.gov, or via
facsimile to (435) 781–5142.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathleen Neelan, Forest Plan Revision
Team Leader, at (435) 781–5120.
Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8:00
a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard
Time, Monday through Friday. More
information on the planning process
may be found on the Ashley National
Forest’s Planning website at https://
www.fs.usda.gov/main/ashley/
landmanagement/planning.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action, Purpose and Need,
and Need To Change
The proposed action is to revise the
Forest Plan to address the identified
need to change the existing Forest Plan.
According to the National Forest
Management Act (NFMA), forest plans
are to be revised on a 10 to 15-year
cycle. The purpose and need for
revising the current Forest Plan is (1)
the Forest Plan is over 30 years old and
has been amended 24 times, (2) since
the Forest Plan was approved in 1986,
there have been changes in economic,
social, and ecological conditions, new
policies and priorities, and new
information based on monitoring and
scientific research, and (3) to address
the preliminary need to change to the
existing plan, which is summarized
below.
Extensive public and employee
involvement, along with science-based
evaluations, will help shape the
preliminary need to change the existing
Forest Plan, so a proposed plan can be
developed and analyzed in an EIS.
The Ashley National Forest planning
team has developed preliminary need to
change statements in the document
‘‘Preliminary Need to Change the
Ashley National Forest Land
Management Plan,’’ available for review
on the Ashley forest plan revision
website at https://www.fs.usda.gov/
main/ashley/landmanagement/
planning. This document was
developed based on public comments
on and information in the Ashley
National Forest Assessment. The
responsible official will use public
comments on the preliminary need to
change information to develop an
identified need to change that will
provide the basis for revising the Forest
Plan.
The preliminary need to change the
Forest Plan has been organized into five
focus topics. Focus topics make it easier
to ensure the purpose and need to revise
the Forest Plan are met. The focus topics
are as follows:
1. There is need for sustainable
recreation (balance recreation use with
ecological integrity, address population
increases and aging populations; and
address shifts in types of preferred
recreation.)
2. There is need for economic
resiliency (balancing local communities
and economies with ecosystem services
generated on the Ashley National
Forest) including municipal water,
recreation activities, employments and
tourism.
3. There is need to manage traditional
resource uses (conserve and encourage
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2019-0021]
Notice of Request To Renew an Approved Information Collection:
Specified Risk Materials
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 renew the
approved information collection regarding specified risk materials in
cattle. The approval for this information collection will expire on
February 29, 2020. There are no changes to the information collection.
DATES: Submit comments on or before November 12, 2019.
ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this
Federal Register notice. Comments may be submitted by one of the
following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides
commenters the ability to type short comments directly into the comment
field on the web page or to 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 Clerk, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 3758, Room 6065, Washington, DC 20250-
3700.
Hand- or courier-delivered submittals: Deliver to 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must
include the Agency name and docket number FSIS-2019-0021. 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,
call (202) 720-5627 to schedule a time to visit the FSIS Docket Room at
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Kouba, Office of Policy and
Program Development, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065, South Building, Washington, DC
20250-3700; (202) 720-5627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Specified Risk Materials.
OMB Control Number: 0583-0129.
Expiration Date: 2/29/2020.
Type of Request: Renewal of an approved information collection.
Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the authority to exercise the
functions of the Secretary (7 CFR 2.18, 2.53), as specified in the
Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et seq.) and the
Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451, et seq.). FSIS
protects the public by verifying that meat and poultry products are
safe, wholesome, not adulterated, and correctly labeled.
FSIS requires official establishments that slaughter cattle or
process carcasses or parts of cattle to develop written procedures for
the removal, segregation, and disposition of SRMs. The Agency requires
that these establishments maintain daily records to document the
implementation and monitoring of their procedures for the removal,
segregation, and disposition of SRMs, as well as any corrective actions
that they take to ensure that the procedures are effective (9 CFR
310.22).
FSIS also requires official slaughter establishments that transport
carcasses or parts of cattle 30 months of age and older and containing
vertebral columns to other federally inspected establishments to
maintain records verifying that the receiving establishments removed
and properly disposed of the portions of the vertebral column
designated as SRMs (9 CFR 310.22(g)).
This monitoring and recordkeeping is necessary for establishments
to ensure, in a manner that can be verified by FSIS, that meat and meat
products distributed in commerce for use as human food do not contain
SRMs.
The approval for this information collection will expire on
February 29, 2020. There are no changes to the existing information
collection. FSIS has made the following estimates for the renewal
information collection:
Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates that it will take respondents an
average of approximately .116 hours per response.
Respondents: Official establishments that slaughter cattle or
process parts of cattle.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 3,512.
Estimated No. of Annual Responses per Respondent: 303.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 123,916 hours.
Copies of this information collection assessment can be obtained
from Gina Kouba, Office of Policy and Program Development, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065,
South Building, Washington, DC 20250-3700; (202) 720-5627.
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
method 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
(OMB), 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.
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Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, FSIS will announce this Federal
Register publication on-line through the FSIS web page located at:
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.
FSIS will also announce and provide a link to this Federal Register
publication 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 Constituent Update is available on
the FSIS web page. Through the web page, FSIS can provide information
to a much broader, more diverse audience. In addition, FSIS offers an
email 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, regulations, directives, and notices.
Customers can add or delete subscriptions themselves and have the
option to password protect their accounts.
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: [email protected].
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).
Carmen M. Rottenberg,
Administrator.
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