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averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

February 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4767 Filed 3–2–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2009–0020] 

Australia’s Meat Safety Enhancement 

Program; Notice of Affirmation of 

Equivalence Decision 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of affirmation of 

equivalence decision. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is affirming its 

1999 decision that Australia’s Meat 

Safety Enhancement Program (MSEP), 

an alternative to the conventional meat 

inspection system also maintained by 

the Australian Government food 

regulatory authority [Australia 

Quarantine and Inspection Service 

(AQIS)], is equivalent to the FSIS 

domestic meat inspection system. MSEP 

has been renamed the Australian Export 

Meat Inspection System (AEMIS), but 

the system itself will remain the same 

as that determined to be equivalent by 

FSIS in 1999 when FSIS announced that 

slaughter inspection in MSEP 

establishments meets all requirements 

of U.S. law for the import of product to 

the United States, and provides the 

same level of public health protection as 

U.S. domestic slaughter inspection. In 

this notice, MSEP is used for events that 

occurred under that name, MSEP/ 

AEMIS for unchanging features of the 

program, and AEMIS for current and 

projected activities. In January 2011, 

Australia informed FSIS that AEMIS 

will be progressively implemented in all 

Australian beef, sheep, and goat 

establishments eligible to export to the 

United States. 

DATES: The Agency must receive 

comments by April 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: FSIS invites comments on 

this notice. Comments may be 

submitted by either of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

Web site provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field on this Web page or 

attach a file for lengthier comments. Go 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail, including floppy disks or CD– 

ROMs, and hand- or courier-delivered 

items: Send to Docket Clerk, USDA, 

FSIS, Room 2–2127 George Washington 

Carver Center, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, 

Mailstop 5272, Beltsville, MD 20705– 

5272. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2009–0020. Comments received in 

response to this docket will be made 

available for public inspection and 

posted without change, including any 

personal information, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: All comments submitted in 

response to this notice, as well as 

research and background information 

used by FSIS in developing this 

document, will be available for public 

inspection in the FSIS Docket Room at 

the address listed above between 8 a.m. 

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Dr. Ronald 

K. Jones, Assistant Administrator, Office 

of International Affairs, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, USDA, Room 3143– 

S, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0070; telephone 

(202) 720–3473, fax (202) 690–3856, email Ronald.Jones@fsis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Federal Meat Inspection Act 

(FMIA) stipulates that no carcasses, 

parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food 

products shall be imported into the 

United States unless the livestock from 

which they were produced was 

slaughtered and processed in 

accordance with all provisions and 

regulations applicable to such articles in 

commerce within the United States (21 

U.S.C. 620). These provisions and 

regulations include standards for safety, 

wholesomeness, and labeling accuracy. 

Foreign countries wanting to export 

meat to the United States must apply to 

FSIS, following procedures set out in 

§ 327.2 of Title 9 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR). To be found eligible, 

a foreign country’s national government 

must operate an inspection system with 

legal authority for the inspection 

system. Its implementing regulations 

and other implementing documentation 

must be equivalent to those of the 

United States. Specifically, the national 

meat inspection system must impose 

equivalent requirements with respect to: 

(1) Ante-mortem and post-mortem 

inspection; (2) official controls by the 

national government over plant 

construction, facilities, and equipment; 

(3) direct and continuous supervision of 

slaughter activities and product 

preparation; (4) separation of 

establishments certified to export from 

those not certified; (5) maintenance of a 

single standard of inspection and 

sanitation throughout certified 

establishments; (6) requirements for 

sanitation at establishments certified to 

export and for sanitary handling of 

product; and (7) official controls over 

condemned product. 

In order to achieve equivalence 

recognition, a foreign country must 

submit its inspection system to an 

evaluation by FSIS consisting of a 

document review and an on-site review. 

The document review is an evaluation 

of the laws, regulations, and other 

implementing documentation used by 

the country to enact its inspection 

program. The foreign country provides a 

self-assessment of its national meat or 

poultry inspection system, organized by 

six components: Government oversight, 

statutory authority and food safety 

regulations, sanitation, Hazard Analysis 

and Critical Control Point (HACCP) 

systems, chemical residue testing 

programs, and microbiological testing 

programs. FSIS evaluates the 

information submitted in these selfassessment documents and conducts an 

on-site review to verify all aspects of the 

country’s inspection program, including 

laboratories and the foreign 

government’s oversight of the individual 

establishments within the country. This 

comprehensive process is described 

fully on the FSIS Web site at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

Regulations_&_Policies/ 

equivalence_process/index.asp. 

If FSIS determines that a foreign 

country’s inspection system is 

equivalent, the Agency is required to 

conduct a rulemaking to list the country 

in the meat inspection regulations, at 9 

CFR 327.2, as eligible to export meat 

and meat products to the United States. 

Once the rulemaking is final, the foreign 

country certifies appropriate 

establishments as having met required 

standards for export. This certification 

ensures that both establishments 

producing meat for export to the United 

States and the products of those 

establishments comply with 

requirements that are equivalent to 

those of the FMIA and the regulations 

that are promulgated under this 

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products imported into the United 

States are safe, wholesome, and 

properly labeled and packaged, FSIS reinspects those products at ports-of-entry 

(POEs) before they enter the United 

States. FSIS re-inspects all shipments 

for overall condition, foreign 

government certification, and labeling 

and then selects random lots of product 

and assigns appropriate types of 

inspections such as product 

examination and microbiological and 

residue testing for a more in-depth 

examination. 

Under the World Trade Organization 

(WTO) Agreement on Sanitary and 

Phytosanitary Measures (SPS), the 

United States has international 

obligations to respond to requests from 

other nations to establish the 

equivalence of meat and poultry 

processing measures that differ from 

those of the United States. In 1996, 

Australia, which has long been eligible 

to export meat to the United States 

under its conventional meat inspection 

system, approached FSIS with an 

alternative meat slaughter inspection 

program called ‘‘Project 2.’’ FSIS 

announced in the Federal Register (62 

FR 29326, May 30, 1997) that it was 

making available an AQIS submission 

on Project 2 and seeking public 

comment in order to help in 

determining whether the United States 

should accept meat produced by 

Australian establishments participating 

in Project 2 trials. 

After extensive review, FSIS 

determined that Project 2 was not 

equivalent because it did not provide 

adequate government oversight. AQIS 

modified the proposed program, and 

FSIS announced the availability of a 

new AQIS paper on the program, 

renamed MSEP, in a Federal Register 

Notice (64 FR 2621, January 15, 1999; 

the MSEP paper is available on the FSIS 

Web site with this notice at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

regulations_&_policies/ 

Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp). 

The 1999 notice also announced a 

public meeting on MSEP for February 3, 

1999, to seek input from U.S. industry, 

U.S. consumer groups, and other FSIS 

stakeholders. 

FSIS evaluated comments on the 

AQIS paper and the public meeting and 

determined that MSEP is equivalent to 

the U.S. meat slaughter inspection 

program. FSIS announced this decision 

in a Federal Register Notice (64 FR 

30299, June 7, 1999; MSEP 

equivalence). The Agency added that it 

would review its equivalence decision 

once AQIS had conducted field trials 

and submitted the results to FSIS and 

would then publish its conclusions in a 

Federal Register Notice. In the interim, 

establishments participating in MSEP 

field trials could export product to the 

United States. At the time, AQIS 

expected a beef establishment to 

participate in MSEP field trials in the 

near future. For various reasons, 

however, it was not until 2006 that a 

different beef slaughter establishment 

volunteered for MSEP field trials. That 

establishment is the one referenced in 

this notice. 

MSEP/AEMIS 

MSEP/AEMIS is an alternative meat 

slaughter inspection program in which 

establishment employees perform 

certain duties traditionally performed 

by government inspectors. Under 

MSEP/AEMIS, establishment employees 

instead of government inspectors are 

responsible for post-mortem 

examination of the heads and viscera of 

livestock. AQIS veterinarians are 

responsible for performing ante-mortem 

inspection, verifying post-mortem 

inspection, verifying establishment 

examination activities, providing final 

disposition on animals and carcasses/ 

heads/viscera where there is evidence of 

disease, verifying HACCP and SSOP 

programs, and performing other food 

safety activities. AQIS inspectors are 

responsible for final inspection of each 

carcass for food safety defects. It should 

be noted that the establishment 

employees who are responsible for the 

initial examination of the heads and 

viscera for referral to AQIS veterinarians 

have completed the same training and 

have the same qualifications as 

established by AQIS for its government 

inspectors. 

An establishment wishing to 

participate in MSEP/AEMIS must meet 

entry conditions detailed in an 

Approved Arrangement with AQIS. An 

applicant establishment must be able to 

demonstrate consistent performance 

under the Meat Hygiene Assessment 

(MHA) national plant performance 

rating system administered by AQIS. 

For the purposes of the beef 

establishment trials, the current MSEP/ 

AEMIS beef standards are detailed in an 

AQIS MSEP paper of March 2007, Meat 

Safety Enhancement Program: 

Establishing Performance Standards for 

Beef Slaughter. This paper is available 

on the FSIS Web site with this notice at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

regulations_&_policies/ 

Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp. 

MSEP/AEMIS Performance Standards 

The MSEP/AEMIS performance 

standards for beef slaughter are based on 

those used in the FSIS HACCP–Based 

Inspection Models Project (HIMP) for 

swine, which were first published in 

July 1998 (HIMP inspection models) and 

later detailed in the Federal Register in 

November 2000 (65 FR 65828–65829; 

performance standards for HIMP 

plants). Several HIMP market hog 

establishments have been operating 

since 2000. MSEP/AEMIS incorporates 

the same food safety performance 

standards as established by FSIS for 

HIMP, which included a zero tolerance 

for post-mortem infectious conditions, 

fecal material, ingesta, milk, and antemortem conditions found in cattle, such 

as neurological conditions, and 

moribund, febrile, and non-ambulatory 

cattle. The MSEP/AEMIS performance 

standards also include the HIMP 

performance attributes for 

wholesomeness, i.e., non-infectious 

conditions, such as post-mortem carcass 

and offal pathology and general carcass 

and offal contamination. In addition, 

MSEP/AEMIS performance standards 

include a performance standard for 

Aerobic Plate Counts of 100 colony 

forming units per square centimeter 

(100 cfu/cm2). 

In applying the MSEP/AEMIS 

performance standards for the field 

trials, AQIS compared MSEP results 

against MHA data from eight Australian 

beef slaughter establishments certified 

to export to the United States under 

conventional inspection. MHA records 

establishment performance against food 

safety standards established by AQIS for 

all Australian establishments exporting 

meat products to the United States and 

other countries. AQIS selected these 

eight establishments as the best 

performers based on AQIS inspection 

and compliance data and results of FSIS 

audits of these establishments that had 

occurred within the previous five years. 

These establishments also represent 

one-third of Australia’s annual total beef 

production. For a close comparison, 

data from these eight establishments 

certified under conventional inspection 

were gathered at the same time as at the 

MSEP establishment. In addition, cattle 

slaughtered at these eight 

establishments were the same type of 

cattle as slaughtered at the MSEP 

establishment. 

Microbiological Performance Standards 

As part of the MSEP/AEMIS 

performance standards, AQIS 

established microbiological performance 

standards for generic Escherichia coli 

(E. coli) and Salmonella, which remain 

the same under the new program name 

of AEMIS. These MSEP/AEMIS 

performance standards are equal to or 

more stringent than the FSIS 

performance standards for the same 

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establishments producing under MSEP/ 

AEMIS, no positives are allowed for 

either Salmonella or generic E. coli. In 

comparison, FSIS microbiological 

performance standards allow for one 

positive for Salmonella and one positive 

for generic E. coli for steers and heifers 

and two positives for generic E. coli for 

cows and bulls. The MSEP test results 

are discussed below. 

MSEP Field Trial Proceedings 

In January 2006, AQIS notified FSIS 

that one Australian establishment was 

interested in producing beef products 

for export to the United States under 

MSEP. This was Australia’s first interest 

in exporting beef under MSEP since the 

1999 equivalence determination. 

Because of the extensive time between 

the FSIS 1999 equivalence decision and 

the request by Australia to export under 

MSEP, AQIS submitted a revised MSEP 

program for consideration by FSIS. The 

revisions were minor and consisted of 

clarification of the separation of duties 

and responsibilities for AQIS and the 

establishment and an increase in the 

frequency of testing beef carcasses for 

Salmonella. 

The MSEP field trials for the 

establishment consisted of two phases, 

Phase 1 and Phase 2. As part of the 1999 

equivalence decision, an Australian 

MSEP establishment was required to 

complete a 6-week field trial and would 

be allowed to export beef products to 

the United States while undergoing the 

trial. This agreement was based, 

however, on the MSEP establishment 

already being certified by AQIS for 

export to the United States. The 

establishment that actually participated 

in the field trial was not a certified 

establishment. Therefore, AQIS added 

an additional 6-week field trial study as 

Phase 1. 

MSEP Field Trial Results and 

Discussion 

Phase 1 

The 6-week MSEP field trial at the 

establishment under Phase 1 began on 

November 13, 2006, and ended on 

December 22, 2006. A total of 9,227 

cattle were slaughtered and processed 

during this period. Twenty-one percent, 

or 1,903 carcasses of the 9,227, were 

sampled with regard to meeting the 

MSEP performance standards. The 

establishment did not export to the 

United States during Phase 1. 

Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem 

Inspection 

The Phase 1 results showed that the 

establishment had exceeded the MSEP 

standards although early noncompliance was detected with regard to 

controlling fecal, ingesta, or milk 

contamination. As required by the 

establishment’s HACCP plan, 

establishment management took 

corrective action, reassessed its 

processes, and applied and maintained 

adequate preventive measures to 

address problems controlling fecal, 

ingesta, or milk contamination. The data 

also demonstrated that establishment 

achieved results that were better than 

the average results for the eight certified 

Australian establishments used by AQIS 

as a basis for comparison for MSEP 

performance results. AQIS submitted 24 

weeks of additional data (December 27, 

2006–June 8, 2007), which showed that 

the establishment exceeded the MSEP 

performance standards. Overall, the 

establishment demonstrated a high level 

of compliance during Phase 1 and the 

subsequent 24 weeks. 

Microbiological Sampling 

AQIS collected a total of 300 generic 

E. coli samples and 300 Salmonella 

samples during the six-week Phase 1 

trial study. Test results indicated zero 

(CFU/cm2) for generic E. coli and zero 

percent positive for Salmonella. 

Phase 2 of the MSEP Establishment 

Field Trials 

Phase 2 of the field trials at the 

establishment began on April 28, 2008, 

and ended on June 2, 2008. A total of 

8,620 cattle were slaughtered and 

processed during this six-week period. 

Thirteen percent, or 1,122 carcasses of 

the 8,620, were sampled with regards to 

meeting the MSEP performance 

standards. AQIS continued to collect 

performance data from the 

establishment between June 10 and 

October 17, 2008, which is referred to as 

post Phase 2. The establishment was 

certified for export and exported raw 

beef components for grinding to the 

United States during Phase 2 and post 

Phase 2. 

Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem 

No non-compliance was detected 

during ante-mortem inspection or postmortem inspection. There were two 

occasions of non-compliance with 

regard to zero tolerance for fecal, 

ingesta, or milk contamination. As 

required by the establishment HACCP 

plan, establishment management took 

corrective action, reassessed its 

processes, and applied and maintained 

adequate preventive measures. AQIS 

verified the effectiveness of these 

actions and stated that the primary 

cause for zero tolerance detection was 

dirty incoming cattle because of 

inclement weather. 

Microbiological Sampling 

AQIS collected a total of 280 generic 

E. coli samples and 280 Salmonella 

samples during Phase 2. During this sixweek period, no samples were positive 

for Salmonella, and one sample was 

positive for generic E. coli. 

Post Phase 2, an additional 479 

Salmonella samples and 522 generic E. 

coli samples were taken during this 19- 

week period. There were two instances 

each of Salmonella and generic E. coli 

detected during post phase 2. As 

required by the establishment HACCP 

plan, establishment management took 

corrective action, reassessed its 

processes, and applied and maintained 

adequate preventive measures. While 

the two positives for Salmonella 

exceeded the MSEP microbiological 

performance standard of zero percent 

positive, the prevalence rate of 0.01 

percent was within the Australian 

export and U.S. performance standards 

(1.0 percent for steers and heifers) and 

below the prevalence rate of 0.12 

percent for the eight conventional 

inspection establishments tested over 

the same period. 

AQIS also took 280 samples for 

Aerobic Plate Counts during Phase 2 

and 532 samples during post Phase 2. 

From a total of 812 samples, two counts 

numbered above the performance 

standard of 100 cfu/cm2. Therefore, data 

showed 99.8 percent compliance with 

the performance standard. 

In December 2007, AQIS 

implemented an E. coli O157:H7 control 

program for Australian establishments 

exporting raw beef components for 

grinding to the United States. The MSEP 

field trial establishment became part of 

this program during Phase 2 and post 

Phase 2. The establishment was subject 

to E. coli O157:H7 testing during this 

same period. A total of 65 samples were 

taken for E. coli O157:H7 during Phase 

2 and post Phase 2, with no positives 

detected. 

Complete MSEP field trial reports for 

Phases 1 and 2 are available in the FSIS 

docket room. 

FSIS Audit Results 

FSIS conducted three audits of this 

establishment while it was operating 

under the MSEP program. These audits 

occurred August 29, 2007, May 14, 

2008, and August 15, 2008. FSIS results 

from the 2007 audit, before the 

establishment was certified for export to 

the United States, identified 

shortcomings in process control and 

HACCP procedures. The later audits 

found that the establishment had 

corrected these problems. The audits 

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MSEP requirements and no food safety 

concerns. 

FSIS Port-of-Entry Data 

From June 25, 2008 through December 

31, 2009, FSIS re-inspected 39 lots of 

boneless beef from the establishment 

with a total weight of approximately 

588,000 pounds. FSIS re-inspection 

activities for boneless beef included 

boneless meat examination, chemical 

residue testing, or testing for E. coli 

O157:H7. Thirty-two of 39 lots received 

re-inspection consisting of a boneless 

meat examination, with all lots passing. 

Two of 39 lots were tested for pesticides 

or herbicides, with both tests negative. 

Twelve of 39 lots were tested for E. coli 

O157:H7, with all tests negative. 

FSIS Conclusions 

Australia’s meat inspection system is 

equivalent to that of the U.S. Australia 

has demonstrated that it provides an 

appropriate level of oversight to AQIS 

employees in establishments operating 

under the conventional meat inspection 

system and to AQIS employees in the 

MSEP/AEMIS establishment. In 

addition, in the establishment operating 

under MSEP/AEMIS, FSIS has 

concluded that Australia verifies that 

establishment employees perform 

necessary examination of heads and 

viscera. Based on its review of the field 

trial data and the establishment’s 

performance, discussed above, FSIS is 

affirming its 1999 equivalence decision 

for MSEP/AEMIS. 

AEMIS will be progressively 

implemented in all Australian beef, 

sheep and goat establishments eligible 

to export to the United States. While the 

Australian beef establishment discussed 

above was undergoing the MSEP field 

trials and exporting to the U.S., FSIS did 

conduct enhanced port-of-entry reinspection of product from this 

Australian establishment in addition to 

conducting on-site audits of the 

establishment. FSIS will initially 

conduct similar enhanced procedures 

for additional Australian establishments 

operating under MSEP and exporting to 

the U.S. FSIS will also conduct 

continuing system audits, which 

include data analyses and document 

reviews, and port-of-entry re-inspection 

to verify that Australia continues to 

operate a meat inspection system 

equivalent to the United States. 

Additionally, FSIS will verify that 

Australia continues to apply appropriate 

performance measures and ensure that 

establishment employees perform 

necessary examination of heads and 

viscera. This information, including 

FSIS audit reports, will be made 

available on the FSIS Web site. 

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, gender, 

religion, age, disability, political beliefs, 

sexual orientation, and marital or family 

status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to 

all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s Target Center at 202–720–2600 

(voice and TTY). 

To file a written complaint of 

discrimination, write USDA, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call 

202–720–5964 (voice and TTY). USDA 

is an equal opportunity provider and 

employer. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities are aware of 

this notice, FSIS will announce it online 

through the FSIS Federal Register 

Publications & Related Documents Web 

page. View Notices by year for 2010. 

The Regulations.gov Web site is the 

central online rulemaking portal of the 

United States government. It is being 

offered as a public service to increase 

participation in the Federal 

government’s regulatory activities. FSIS 

participates in Regulations.gov and will 

accept comments on documents 

published on the site. The site allows 

visitors to search by keyword or 

Department or Agency for rulemakings 

that allow for public comment. Each 

entry provides a quick link to a 

comment form so that visitors can type 

in their comments and submit them to 

FSIS. 

FSIS will also make copies of this 

Federal Register publication available 

through the FSIS Constituent Update, 

which is used to provide information 

regarding FSIS policies, procedures, 

regulations, Federal Register notices, 

FSIS public meetings, recalls, and other 

types of information that could affect or 

would be of interest to our constituents 

and stakeholders. The update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free e-mail 

subscription service consisting of 

industry, trade, and farm groups, 

consumer interest groups, allied health 

professionals, scientific professionals, 

and other individuals who have 

requested to be included. The update is 

also available on the FSIS Web page. 

Through the Listserv and Web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader, more diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an e-mail 

subscription service which provides an 

automatic and customized notification 

when popular pages are updated, 

including Federal Register publications 

and related documents. This service 

allows FSIS customers to sign up for 

subscription options across eight 

categories. This service is available at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

News_&_Events/Email_Subscription/. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information to regulations, directives, 

and notices. Customers can add or 

delete subscriptions themselves and 

have the option to protect their accounts 

with passwords. 

Done at Washington, DC on March 1, 2011. 

Alfred V. Almanza, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4902 Filed 3–1–11; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, March 11, 2011; 

9:30 a.m. EST. 

PLACE: 624 Ninth Street, NW., Room 

540, Washington, DC 20425. 

Meeting Agenda 

This meeting is open to the public. 

Portions of This Meeting May Be Held in 

Closed Session 

I. Approval of Agenda. 

II. White House Nominees for Chair, 

Vice Chair and Staff Director. 

III. Management and Operations: 

• Staff Director’s report. 

IV. Program Planning: Update and 

discussion of projects. 

• Consideration of new statutory 

report topic for FY 2011. 

• Consideration of briefing/hearing 

topic(s) for FY 2011. 

• Title IX—Sex Discrimination in 

Liberal Arts College Admissions. 

• English Only in the Workplace 

Report. 

• Healthcare Disparities Report. 

V. State Advisory Committee Issues: 

• Re-chartering the North Dakota 

SAC. 

• Re-chartering the Montana SAC. 

VI. Approval of Feb. 11, 2011 Meeting 

Minutes. 

VII. Announcements. 


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