Department of Agriculture November 23, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On November 15, 2005, the USDA, Forest Service, Okanogan- Wentachee National Forests, published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register (70 FR 69308) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Natapoc Ridge Forest Restoration Project. The Notice of Intent is being revised to change the expected filing and review date of the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to April 2006 and the final EIS to July 2006. The original Notice of Intent identified these dates incorrectly as April 2005 and July 2005.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to add the People's Republic of China to the list of countries eligible to export processed poultry and poultry products to the United States. Reviews of the People's Republic of China's laws, regulations, and other materials show that its poultry processing system includes requirements equivalent to all provisions in the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) and its implementing regulations. FSIS is proposing to allow processed poultry products from the People's Republic of China to be imported into the United States only if they are processed in certified establishments in the People's Republic of China from poultry slaughtered in certified slaughter establishments in other countries eligible to export poultry to the United States. China is not currently eligible to export poultry products to the United States that include birds that were slaughtered in China's domestic establishments. Under this proposed rule, all poultry products exported from the People's Republic of China to the United States will be subject to reinspection at the U.S. ports-of- entry by FSIS inspectors as required by law.