National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods: Committee and Charter Renewal, 11810-11811 [2024-03185]

Download as PDF 11810 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 32 / Thursday, February 15, 2024 / Notices 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. Total Burden Hours: 50. Rachelle Ragland-Greene, Acting Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2024–03173 Filed 2–14–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–30–P khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Food and Nutrition Service Title: Recordkeeping for Employment and Training Program Activity Report and Requests for Additional 100 Percent Funding. OMB Control Number: 0584–0339. Summary of Collection: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. 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Under 7 CFR 277.12 (1) and (2), all financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, negotiated contracts, and all other records pertinent to program funds shall be maintained for three years from the date of submission of the annual financial status report or if any litigation, claim, or audit is started before the expiration of the three-year period, the applicable records shall be retained until these have been resolved. Need and Use of the Information: FNS will review requests about their E&T programs so that the Department can monitor State performance to ensure that the program is being efficiently and economically operated. Without the information, FNS would be unable to make adjustments or allocate exemptions in accordance with the statute. Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government. Number of Respondents: 53. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Occasionally; Annually. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Feb 14, 2024 Jkt 262001 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food Safety and Inspection Service [Docket No. FSIS–2024–0002] National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods: Committee and Charter Renewal Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). ACTION: Notice of intent to renew the Committee and its charter. AGENCY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice is announcing the intention of the USDA to renew the committee for the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) and its charter. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kristal Southern, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS),1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 1128, Washington, DC 20250–3700. Telephone number: (202) 937–4171. Email: NACMCF@ usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Background The NACMCF is a discretionary advisory committee that was established in 1988 by the Secretary of Agriculture after consulting with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in response to the recommendations of two external organizations. The National Academy of Sciences recommended an interagency approach to microbiological criteria since various federal, State, and local agencies are responsible for food safety. Also, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations made a similar recommendation in the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988. The NACMCF provides impartial scientific advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on public health issues relative to the safety and wholesomeness of the U.S. food supply, including the development of microbiological criteria and review PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 and evaluation of epidemiological and risk assessment data and methodologies for assessing microbiological hazards in foods. The Committee also provides scientific advice and recommendations to the Departments of Commerce and Defense. The Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA, Dr. Emilio Esteban, is the Committee Chair; the Acting Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Dr. Donald Prater, is the ViceChair; and Dr. Kristal Southern, FSIS, is the Designated Federal Officer and Director of the NACMCF Secretariat. The charter for the NACMCF is available for viewing on the FSIS website at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/ policy/advisory-committees/nationaladvisory-committee-microbiologicalcriteria-foods-nacmcf. NACMCF documents and comments posted on the FSIS website are electronic conversions from a variety of source formats. In some cases, document conversion may result in character translation or formatting errors. The original document is the official, legal copy. In order to meet the electronic and information technology accessibility standards in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, NACMCF may add alternate text descriptors for nontext elements (graphs, charts, tables, multimedia, etc.). These modifications only affect the internet copies of the documents. Additional Public Notification Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy development is important. Consequently, FSIS will announce this Federal Register publication online through the FSIS web page located at: https://www.fsis. usda.gov/policy/federal-registerrulemaking/federal-register-notices. FSIS will also make copies of this publication available 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 is able to provide information to a much broader, more diverse audience. In addition, FSIS offers an email subscription service that provides automatic and customized access to selected food safety news and information. This service is available at: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/ news-press-releases/news-feedssubscriptions. Options range from recalls to export information, E:\FR\FM\15FEN1.SGM 15FEN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 32 / Thursday, February 15, 2024 / Notices regulations, directives, and notices. Customers can add or delete subscriptions themselves and have the option to password protect their accounts. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE USDA Nondiscrimination Statement 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP); OMB Control No.: 0570–0062 In accordance with Federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/ parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD–3027, found online at https://www.usda.gov/oascr/ how-to-file-a-program-discriminationcomplaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632–9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250–9410; (2) fax: (202) 690–7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. Dated: February 7, 2024. Egypt Simon, Acting USDA Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2024–03185 Filed 2–14–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Feb 14, 2024 Jkt 262001 Rural Business-Cooperative Service [Docket No. RBS–23–BUSINESS–0028] Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. AGENCY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural BusinessCooperative Service announces its’ intention to request a revision of a currently approved information collection and invites comments on this information collection. DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 15, 2024 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at: https:// www.regulations.gov. To comment, in the ‘‘Search’’ box, enter the docket number: ‘‘RBS–23–BUSINESS–0028.’’ You will be taken to the ‘‘Search Results’’ page and a link to the Notice. To submit a comment, click on the ‘‘Comments’’ button under the Notice document name (this will be under the ‘‘Documents’’ tab if not already brought there). When you comment, you must complete all the required information, and include the Agency name and docket number. When done commenting, select the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ button at the bottom of the page. Information on commenting is available in the ‘‘Commenter’s Checklist’’ located at the top of the comment page or by viewing the FAQ tab. All comments submitted, from all sources, will be posted, without change to https://www.regulations.gov. Comments containing profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate language or content will not be considered. The Agency requests that no business proprietary information, copyrighted information, or personally identifiable information be submitted in response to this Notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Pemberton, Management Analyst, Branch 1, Rural Development Innovation Center—Regulations Management Division, United States Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, South Building, Washington, DC 20250–1522. Telephone: (202) 260–8621. Email: Crystal.Pemberton@usda.gov. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 11811 The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) regulation (5 CFR part 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 the following information collection that Rural Business-Cooperative Service is submitting to OMB as extension to an existing collection with Agency adjustment. Title: Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP). OMB Number: 0570–0062. Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2024. Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved information collection. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per response. Respondents: Nonprofits, Indian Tribes, and Public Institutions of Higher Education. Estimated Number of Respondents: 40. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 11. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 1907. Abstract: The purpose of the RMAP program is to support the development and ongoing success of rural microentrepreneurs and microenterprises. Loans and grants are made to Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs) to provide rural microentrepreneurs with the skills necessary to establish new rural microenterprises, to provide continuing technical and financial assistance related to the successful operation of rural microenterprises, and to assist with the cost of providing other activities and services related to the successful operation of MDOs and rural microenterprises. The loans establish or augment a rural microentrepreneur revolving loan fund and the grants provide technical assistance and training to microenterprises. Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the burden of the collection of information including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\15FEN1.SGM 15FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11810-11811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03185]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. FSIS-2024-0002]


National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for 
Foods: Committee and Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Notice of intent to renew the Committee and its charter.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 
notice is announcing the intention of the USDA to renew the committee 
for the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for 
Foods (NACMCF) and its charter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kristal Southern, Designated 
Federal Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and 
Inspection Service (FSIS),1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 1128, 
Washington, DC 20250-3700. Telephone number: (202) 937-4171. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The NACMCF is a discretionary advisory committee that was 
established in 1988 by the Secretary of Agriculture after consulting 
with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
in response to the recommendations of two external organizations. The 
National Academy of Sciences recommended an interagency approach to 
microbiological criteria since various federal, State, and local 
agencies are responsible for food safety. Also, the U.S. House of 
Representatives Committee on Appropriations made a similar 
recommendation in the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related 
Agencies Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988.
    The NACMCF provides impartial scientific advice and recommendations 
to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services on public health issues relative to the safety and 
wholesomeness of the U.S. food supply, including the development of 
microbiological criteria and review and evaluation of epidemiological 
and risk assessment data and methodologies for assessing 
microbiological hazards in foods. The Committee also provides 
scientific advice and recommendations to the Departments of Commerce 
and Defense. The Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA, Dr. Emilio 
Esteban, is the Committee Chair; the Acting Director of the Food and 
Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Dr. 
Donald Prater, is the Vice-Chair; and Dr. Kristal Southern, FSIS, is 
the Designated Federal Officer and Director of the NACMCF Secretariat.
    The charter for the NACMCF is available for viewing on the FSIS 
website at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/advisory-committees/national-advisory-committee-microbiological-criteria-foods-nacmcf.
    NACMCF documents and comments posted on the FSIS website are 
electronic conversions from a variety of source formats. In some cases, 
document conversion may result in character translation or formatting 
errors. The original document is the official, legal copy. In order to 
meet the electronic and information technology accessibility standards 
in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, NACMCF may add alternate text 
descriptors for non-text elements (graphs, charts, tables, multimedia, 
etc.). These modifications only affect the internet copies of the 
documents.

Additional Public Notification

    Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy 
development is important. Consequently, FSIS will announce this Federal 
Register publication online through the FSIS web page located at: 
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/federal-register-rulemaking/federal-register-notices. FSIS will also make copies of this publication 
available 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 is able to provide information to a much 
broader, more diverse audience. In addition, FSIS offers an email 
subscription service that provides automatic and customized access to 
selected food safety news and information. This service is available 
at: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/news-press-releases/news-feeds-subscriptions. Options range from recalls to export information,

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regulations, directives, and notices. Customers can add or delete 
subscriptions themselves and have the option to password protect their 
accounts.

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement

    In accordance with Federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights 
regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices, and 
employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA 
programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, 
national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender 
expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, 
family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance 
program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil 
rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA 
(not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing 
deadlines vary by program or incident. Persons with disabilities who 
require alternative means of communication for program information 
(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) 
should contact the responsible Agency or USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 
720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be 
made available in languages other than English. To file a program 
discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination 
Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at https://www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint and at any USDA office 
or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of 
the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the 
complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or 
letter to USDA by:
    (1) Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: 
[email protected].
    USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

    Dated: February 7, 2024.
Egypt Simon,
Acting USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-03185 Filed 2-14-24; 8:45 am]
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