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Thursday, March 5, 2020
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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March 2, 2020.
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 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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 April 6, 2020 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
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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: Small Meat Processor Survey.
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 (7 CFR
2.18, 2.53), as specified in the Federal
Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C.
601, et seq.). This statute mandates that
FSIS protect the public by verifying that
meat products are safe, wholesome,
unadulterated, and properly labeled and
packaged.
Need and Use of the Information:
FSIS will collect information using a
survey on small and very small meat
processing plants about a draft report
concerning FSIS resources available to
help them achieve and maintain
regulatory compliance. FSIS has entered
into a Cooperative Agreement with the
College of Agriculture at Oregon State
University, to conduct this review for
small and very small establishments.
Oregon State will develop a draft report
based on multiple data sources. This
draft report will then be distributed to
a wider audience of key stakeholders
that are small plant operators. Oregon
will ask those stakeholders to read the
draft report and fill out a short survey
to gather their feedback.
Description of Respondent: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 300.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 98.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Correction
March 2, 2020.
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,
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Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding; 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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 April 6, 2020 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.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: USDA Local and Regional Food
Aid Procurement Program.
OMB Control Number: 0551–0046.
Summary: The Department of
Agriculture published a document in
the Federal Register of February 28,
2020, pg. 11332, concerning a request
for comments on the information
collection ‘‘USDA Local and Regional
Food Aid Procurement Program’’ OMB
control number 0551–0046. The
document contained incorrect number
of respondents and burden hours. The
number of respondents should be 8 and
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the burden hours 31,372 not 22
respondents and 29,172 as published.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020–04522 Filed 3–4–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Import and Export Inspection and
Certification Systems
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
25, 2020. 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 25th
Session of the Codex Committee on
Food Import and Export Inspection and
Certification Systems (CCFICS) of the
Codex Alimentarius Commission, in
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, April 27–
May 1, 2020. The U.S. Manager for
Codex Alimentarius and the Under
Secretary, Office of Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs, recognize the
importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain
background information on the 25th
Session of the CCFICS and to address
items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for March 25, 2020, from 1:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will
take place in the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
South Building, Room 104–A, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20250. Documents related to the
25th Session of the CCFICS will be
accessible via the internet at the
following address: https://www.fao.org/
fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings/
detail/en/?meeting=CCFICS&
session=25. Mary Stanley, U.S. Delegate
to the 25th Session of the CCFICS,
invites U.S. interested parties to submit
their comments electronically to the
following email address: mary.stanley@
usda.gov.
Call in number: If you wish to
participate in the public meeting for the
25th Session of the CCFICS by
conference call, please register by March
18, 2020 by emailing kristen.hendricks@
usda.gov.
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Registration: Attendees can register to
attend the public meeting in person by
emailing kristen.hendricks@usda.gov by
March 18, 2020. 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 CONTACT: For
further information about the public
meeting please contact Kristen
Hendricks, U.S. Codex Office, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 4865,
South Building, Washington, DC 20250.
Phone: (202) 720–2137, Fax: (202) 720–
3157, Email: Kristen.Hendricks@
usda.gov.
For specific questions about the 25th
session of CCFICS, contact Mary
Stanley, Senior Advisor, Office of
International Coordination, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Room 3151, South
Agriculture Building, Washington, DC
20250, Phone: (202) 720–0287, Fax:
(202) 690–3856, Email: Mary.Stanley@
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 CCFICS is responsible for:
(a) Developing principles and
guidelines for food import and export
inspection and certification systems,
with a view to harmonizing methods
and procedures that protect the health
of consumers, ensure fair trading
practices, and facilitate international
trade in foodstuffs;
(b) Developing principles and
guidelines for the application of
measures by the competent authorities
of exporting and importing countries to
provide assurance, where necessary,
that foodstuffs comply with
requirements, especially statutory
health requirements;
(c) Developing guidelines for the
utilization, as and when appropriate, of
quality assurance systems to ensure that
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foodstuffs conform with requirements
and to promote the recognition of these
systems in facilitating trade in food
products under bilateral/multilateral
arrangements by countries;
(d) Developing guidelines and criteria
with respect to format, declarations and
language of such official certificates as
countries may require with a view
towards international harmonization;
(e) Making recommendations for
information exchange in relation to food
import/export control;
(f) Consulting as necessary with other
international groups working on matters
related to food inspection and
certification systems; and
(g) Considering other matters assigned
to it by the Commission in relation to
food inspection and certification
systems.
The CCFICS is hosted by Australia,
and the meeting is attended by the
United States as a member country of
the Codex Alimentarius.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items on the Agenda
for the 25th Session of the CCFICS will
be discussed during the public meeting:
• Adoption of the Agenda
• Matters arising from the Codex
Alimentarius Commission and its
subsidiary bodies
• Information on activities of FAO and
WHO and other International
Organizations relevant to the work of
CCFICS
• Draft Principles and guidelines for the
assessment and use of voluntary
Third Party Assurance (vTPA)
programmes
• Proposed draft Guidance on paperless
use of electronic certificates (revision
of the Guidelines for Design,
Production, Issuance and Use of
Generic Official Certificates—CXG
38–2001)
• Proposed draft guidelines on
recognition and maintenance of
equivalence of National Food Control
Systems (NFCS)
• Proposed draft consolidated Codex
Guidelines related to equivalence
• Discussion paper on role of CCFICS
with respect to tackling food fraud in
the context of food safety and fair
practices in food trade
• Review and update of Appendix A—
the list of emerging global emerging
issues
• Other Business
• Date and Place of Next Session
• Adoption of the Report
Each issue listed will be fully
described in documents distributed, or
to be distributed by the Codex
Secretariat before the Committee
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Correction
March 2, 2020.
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; 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; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 April 6,
2020 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: [email protected]
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.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: USDA Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Program.
OMB Control Number: 0551-0046.
Summary: The Department of Agriculture published a document in the
Federal Register of February 28, 2020, pg. 11332, concerning a request
for comments on the information collection ``USDA Local and Regional
Food Aid Procurement Program'' OMB control number 0551-0046. The
document contained incorrect number of respondents and burden hours.
The number of respondents should be 8 and
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the burden hours 31,372 not 22 respondents and 29,172 as published.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-04522 Filed 3-4-20; 8:45 am]
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