Department of Agriculture January 31, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Notice of Proposed Changes to the Natural Resources Conservation Service's National Handbook of Conservation Practices
Notice is hereby given of the intention of NRCS to issue 21 new or revised conservation practice standards in its National Handbook of Conservation Practices. These standards include: Amendments for Treatment of Agricultural Waste (Code 591), Early Successional Habitat Development (Code 647), Firebreak (Code 394), Fuel Break (Code 383), Land Reclamation, Toxic Discharge Control (Code 455), Residue and Tillage Management Mulch Till (Code 345), Residue and Tillage ManagementNo Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed (Code 329), Residue and Tillage ManagementRidge Till (Code 346), Restoration and Management of Declining Habitats (Code 643), Riparian Herbaceous Cover (Code 390), Shallow Water Management for Wildlife (Code 646), Slash Treatment (Code 384), Streambank and Shoreline Protection (Code 580), Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility (Code 632), Upland Wildlife Habitat Management (Code 645), Use Exclusion (Code 472), Waste Treatment (Code 629), Wetland Creation (Code 658), Wetland Enhancement (Code 659), Wetland Restoration (Code 657), and Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management (Code 644). NRCS State Conservationists who choose to adopt these practices for use within their States will incorporate them into Section IV of their respective electronic Field Office Technical Guides. These practices may be used in conservation systems that treat highly erodible land, or on land determined to be wetland.
Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee
The Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, February 16, 2005. The meeting will be held at Olympic National Forest Headquarters, 1835 Black Lake Blvd., SW., Olympia, Washington. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at approximately 3:30 p.m. Agenda topics are: Overview of the Secure Rural School and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000; overview of the Federal Advisory Committee Act; approval of Title II expenditures for an individual to attend the National Resource Advisory Committee workshop; roles and responsibilities of Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) members; review and approve RAC bylaws; review the Title II project submission process; Title III project updates; election of RAC Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson; approve future meetings date; open forum; and public comments. All Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee Meetings are open to the public. Interested citizens are encouraged to attend.
FSIS Policy on Delinquent Payments for Voluntary Reimbursable Inspection Services
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is providing notice that it will not provide reimbursable voluntary inspection, certification, and identification services to persons who have delinquent accounts. FSIS charges fees for a variety of voluntary reimbursable inspection, certification, and identification services that it provides to official establishments and plants and non-official establishments, e.g., warehouses, importers, and exporters. FSIS is required to recover the costs of the voluntary inspection, certification, and identification services it provides. FSIS will pursue the collection of debts owed to it for such services.
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Twenty-seventh Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States Department of Health and Human Services, are sponsoring a public meeting on February 9, 2005, to provide information and receive public comments on all agenda items that will be discussed at the Twenty-seventh Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (CCFFP) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex). The 27th Session of the CCFFP will be held at the Arabella Sheraton Grand, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa, February 28-March 4, 2005. The Under Secretary and FDA recognize the importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the agenda items that will be discussed at this forthcoming session of the CCFFP.
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Nineteenth Session of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States Department of Health and Human Services, are sponsoring a public meeting on February 1, 2005, to provide information and receive public comments on all agenda items that will be discussed at the Nineteenth Session of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils (CCFO) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex). The 19th Session of the CCFO will be held in London, United Kingdom, February 21-25, 2005. The Under Secretary and FDA recognize the importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the agenda items that will be discussed at this forthcoming session of the CCFL.
Establishment of Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit, Alexander, Jackson, and Union Counties, IL
On October 24, 2004, the Deputy Under Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment created the Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit. This purchase unit comprises 60,000 acres, more or less, within Alexander, Jackson, and Union Counties, Illinois. A copy of the establishment document, which includes the legal description of the lands within the purchase unit, appears at the end of this notice.
Ouachita-Ozark Resource Advisory Committee
This notice is published in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Meeting notice is hereby given for the Ouachita-Ozark Resource Advisory Committee pursuant to Section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, Public Law 106-393. Topics to be discussed include: general information, proposed new Title II projects, updates on current Title II projects, and next meeting dates and agendas.
Milk in the Northeast Marketing Area; Decision on Proposed Amendments to Marketing Agreement and to Order
This decision proposes to permanently adopt changes in provisions of the Northeast marketing area contained in a Recommended Decision published in the Federal Register on March 25, 2004, with one minor modification. This document is subject to approval by producers by referendum.
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