Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 71290-71291 [2022-25414]

Download as PDF 71290 Notices Federal Register Vol. 87, No. 224 Tuesday, November 22, 2022 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. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Notice of Advisory Committee Public Meeting Agency for International Development (USAID). ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee public meeting and request for public comment. AGENCY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), notice is hereby given of Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) public meeting on Friday December 2, 2022. 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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 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology Comments regarding these information collections are best assured of having their full effect if received by December 22, 2022. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. 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. Agricultural Marketing Service Title: Almonds Grown in California (7 CFR part 981). OMB Control Number: 0581–0242. Summary of Collection: Marketing Order No. 981 (7 CFR part 981) regulates the handling of almonds grown in California and emanates from the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, (Act) Secs. 1–19, 48 Stat. 31, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674) to provide the respondents the type of service they request, and to administer the California almond marketing order program. The board has developed forms as a means for persons to file required information with the board relating to the treatment of almonds to reduce the potential for Salmonella bacteria prior to shipment. Need and Use of the Information: The information collected is used only by authorized representatives of USDA, including AMS, Specialty Crops Program’s regional and headquarters’ staff, and authorized employees and agents of the Board. Authorized Board employees, agents, and the industry are the primary users of the information, and AMS is the secondary user. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 175. E:\FR\FM\22NON1.SGM 22NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 224 / Tuesday, November 22, 2022 / Notices Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually; On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 4,200. Levi S. Harrell, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2022–25414 Filed 11–21–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–18–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food Safety and Inspection Service [Docket No. FSIS–2022–0019] Use of a Non-Destructive Surface Sampling Device To Sample Domestic Beef Manufacturing Trimmings and Bench Trim Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: On February 1, 2023, FSIS intends to stop using the N60 excision sampling method to sample domestic beef manufacturing trimmings and bench trim for adulterant Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli (E. coli) (STEC) and Salmonella. FSIS intends to replace the N60 excision sampling method with a non-destructive surface sampling method that uses a cloth manual sampling device. FSIS has found that the cloth sampling method is as effective as the N60 excision sampling method at recovering organisms in beef manufacturing trimmings. Additionally, the cloth sampling method is faster and safer for FSIS inspection program personnel (IPP) to use because it does not require IPP to use hooks or knives to collect samples. Moreover, the cloth sampling method allows FSIS to sample without destroying product, which reduces food waste. DATES: FSIS will implement the cloth sampling on February 1, 2023, unless the Agency receives substantive comments that warrant further review. Submit comments on or before January 23, 2023. ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this 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 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:48 Nov 21, 2022 Jkt 259001 the on-line instructions at that site for submitting comments. • Mail: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 3758, Washington, DC 20250–3700. • Hand- or Courier-Delivered Submittals: Deliver to 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 350–E, DC 20250–3700. Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must include the Agency name and docket number FSIS– 2022–0019. 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) 205–0495 to schedule a time to visit the FSIS Docket Room at 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250–3700. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Edelstein, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development by telephone at (202) 205–0495. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), FSIS carries out an inspection program to ensure that carcasses, parts, and products of amenable species of livestock are wholesome, not adulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged. FSIS conducts microbiological sampling to verify that establishments maintain control of their production processes and meet regulatory requirements, including requirements under the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) regulations. Ongoing FSIS sampling and testing at official establishments allows FSIS to verify that establishments effectively address pathogens reasonably likely to occur in their products. The HACCP regulations (9 CFR part 417) require that establishments conduct a hazard analysis to determine the food safety hazards reasonably likely to occur in the production process and to identify the preventive measures an establishment can apply to control those hazards in the production of particular products. Currently, FSIS samples and tests for E. coli O157:H7, non-O157 STEC (O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, or O145), and Salmonella in raw beef manufacturing trimmings and E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in bench trim verification PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 71291 samples using the N60 excision sampling method, as described in FSIS Directive 10,010.1, Sampling Verification Activities for Shiga ToxinProducing Escherichia coli (STEC) in Raw Beef Products.1 The N60 excision sampling method is a destructive sampling method that requires inspection personnel to use knives or hooks to cut and collect at least 60 thin slices (approximately 3 inches long by 1 inch wide and 1⁄8 inch thick) from the external surface of beef tissues in a product lot.2 The 60 samples are combined into one or more 325-gram units for analytical testing. In recent years, FSIS and other agencies have been researching different methods for collecting samples from beef manufacturing trimmings that are less destructive and safer for inspectors to collect, yet still produce comparable results to the N60 excision sampling method.3 Findings from these studies provide strong scientific support for the use of cloth-based sampling for verification testing. Below is a discussion of the findings from different studies. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Sampling Studies In 2018, USDA’s ARS performed studies comparing the N60 excision sampling method and the N60 Plus 4 to the cloth sampling method using a continuous sampling device and a manual sampling device.5 The continuous sampling device used a cloth held by a cassette attached to a bracket at the end of a conveyor line to collect samples as the meat rubbed across the cloth 6 and fell into the combo bins. The manual sampling device used the same type of cloth as the continuous sampling device, and it was used to manually rub all trim across the entire top surface of the combo bin to collect a sample. The manual sampling device 1 https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/fsis-directives/ 10010.1. 2 Establishments determine their lot size. A lot is usually made up of no more than five, 2,000-pound combo bins of beef trimmings or less than 10,000 pounds if the establishment is using boxes. 3 See 85 FR 34397 and FSIS’ Constituent Update—December 18, 2020 √ Food Safety and Inspection Service (usda.gov), which is available at: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/news-pressreleases/constituent-update-december-18-2020. 4 N60 Plus is similar to the N60 excision sampling method, but it uses a stainless-steel sampling device on a drill to collects surface tissue. 5 Wheeler, T.L. & Arthur T.M. (2018). Novel Continuous and Manual Sampling Methods for Beef Trim Microbiological Testing. Journal of Food Protection, 81(10), 1605–1613. https://doi.org/ 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-18-197. 6 ARS initially used the continuous sampling device with a cellulose sponge. However, ARS quickly determined that the cellulose sponge was too expensive for commercial implementation. E:\FR\FM\22NON1.SGM 22NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information 
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date 
of publication of this notice. 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 these information collections are best 
assured of having their full effect if received by December 22, 2022. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.
    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.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: Almonds Grown in California (7 CFR part 981).
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0242.
    Summary of Collection: Marketing Order No. 981 (7 CFR part 981) 
regulates the handling of almonds grown in California and emanates from 
the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, (Act) Secs. 1-19, 48 
Stat. 31, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674) to provide the respondents the 
type of service they request, and to administer the California almond 
marketing order program. The board has developed forms as a means for 
persons to file required information with the board relating to the 
treatment of almonds to reduce the potential for Salmonella bacteria 
prior to shipment.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected is used 
only by authorized representatives of USDA, including AMS, Specialty 
Crops Program's regional and headquarters' staff, and authorized 
employees and agents of the Board. Authorized Board employees, agents, 
and the industry are the primary users of the information, and AMS is 
the secondary user.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 175.

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    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually; On 
occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,200.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-25414 Filed 11-21-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-18-P
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