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ACTION: Notice of adjusted dollar 

limitations. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

the dollar limitations on the amount of 

meat and meat food products, poultry 

and poultry products that a retail store 

can sell to hotels, restaurants, and 

similar institutions without 

disqualifying itself for exemption from 

Federal inspection requirements. In 

accordance with FSIS’s regulations, for 

calendar year 2011, the dollar limitation 

for meat and meat food products is 

being increased from $60,200 to $61,900 

but for poultry products will remain at 

$50,200. FSIS is retaining or changing 

the dollar limitations from calendar year 

2010 based on price changes for these 

products evidenced by the Consumer 

Price Index. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notice is 

effective April 8, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact John O’Connell, Policy 

Issuances Division, Office of Policy and 

Program Development, FSIS, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 6083 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

3700; telephone (202) 720–0345. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the Poultry 

Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 

et seq.) provide a comprehensive 

statutory framework to ensure that meat, 

meat food products, poultry, and 

poultry products prepared for commerce 

are wholesome, not adulterated, and 

properly labeled and packaged. 

Statutory provisions requiring 

inspection of the preparation or 

processing of meat, meat food, poultry, 

and poultry products do not apply to 

the types of operations traditionally and 

usually conducted at retail stores and 

restaurants when those operations are 

conducted at any retail store or 

restaurant or similar retail-type 

establishment for sale in normal retail 

quantities (21 U.S.C. 661(c)(2) and 

454(c)(2)) FSIS’s regulations (9 CFR 

303.1(d) and 381.10(d)) elaborate on the 

conditions under which requirements 

for inspection do not apply to retail 

operations involving the preparation or 

processing of meat, meat food, poultry, 

and poultry products. 

Sales to Hotels, Restaurants, and 

Similar Institutions 

Under these regulations, sales to 

hotels, restaurants, and similar 

institutions (other than household 

consumers) disqualify a store for 

exemption if the product sales exceed 

either of two maximum limits: 25 

percent of the dollar value of total 

product sales or the calendar year dollar 

limitation set by the Administrator. The 

dollar limitation is adjusted 

automatically during the first quarter of 

the year if the Consumer Price Index 

(CPI), published by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, shows an increase or decrease 

of more than $500 in the price of the 

same volume of product for the previous 

year. FSIS publishes a notice of the 

adjusted dollar limitations in the 

Federal Register. (See 9 CFR 

303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and 

381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b).) 

The CPI for 2010 reveals an annual 

average price increase for meat and meat 

food products at 2.84 percent and an 

annual average price decrease for 

poultry products at 0.12 percent. When 

rounded to the nearest $100, the price 

for meat and meat food products 

increased by $1,700 and the price for 

poultry products decreased by $100. 

Because the price of meat and meat food 

products increased by more than $500, 

and because the price of poultry 

products did not decrease by more than 

$500, FSIS is increasing the dollar 

limitation on sales to hotels, restaurants, 

and similar institutions to $61,900 for 

meat and meat food products and is 

retaining it at $50,200 for poultry 

products for calendar year 2011, in 

accordance with 9 CFR 

303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and 381.10 

(d)(2)(iii)(b). 

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 the public and in particular 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities, are aware of this notice, 

FSIS will announce it on-line through 

the FSIS Web page located at http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&

_policies/Federal_Register_Notices/

index.asp. 

FSIS also will 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, 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 

also is available on the FSIS Web page. 

Through Listserv and the 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 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at 

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

_Events/Email_Subscription/. 

Options range from recalls, export 

information, regulations, directives, and 

notices. Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves, and have the 

option to password protect their 

accounts. 

Done at Washington, DC, on April 5, 2011. 

Alfred V. Almanza, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8413 Filed 4–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2011–0007] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), is 

sponsoring a public meeting on June 16, 

2011. The objective of the public 

meeting is to provide information and 

receive public comments on agenda 


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items and draft United States (U.S.) 

positions that will be discussed at the 

34th session of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (CAC), which will be held 

in Geneva, Switzerland, July 4–9, 2011. 

The Under Secretary for Food Safety 

recognizes the importance of providing 

interested parties the opportunity to 

obtain background information on the 

34th session of the CAC and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for June 16, 2011, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in the Jamie L. Whitten Building, 

USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Room 107–A, Washington, DC 

20250. 

Documents related to the 34th session 

of the CAC will be accessible via the 

World Wide Web at the following 

address: http://www.codexali

mentarius.net/current.asp. 

Karen Stuck, U.S. Codex Manager, 

invites U.S. interested parties to submit 

their comments electronically to the 

following e-mail address: 

uscodex@fsis.usda.gov. 

Call-In Number: If you wish to 

participate in the public meeting for the 

34th session of the CAC by conference 

call, please use call-in number and 

participant code listed below: 

Call-in Number: 1–888–858–2144. 

Participant Code: 6208658. 

For Further Information About the 

34th Session of the CAC Contact: Karen 

Stuck, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

4861, Washington, DC 20250, telephone: 

(202) 205–7760, fax: (202) 720–3157, email: uscodex@fsis.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE

PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Barbara 

McNiff, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

4861, Washington, DC 20250, telephone: 

(202) 690–4719, fax: (202) 720–3157, email: Barbara.McNiff@fsis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The CAC was established in 1963 by 

two United Nations organizations, the 

Food and Agriculture Organization 

(FAO) and the World Health 

Organization (WHO). Through adoption 

of food standards, codes of practice, and 

other guidelines developed by its 

committees, and by promoting their 

implementation by governments, Codex 

seeks to: 

(a) Protect the health of the consumers 

and ensure fair practices in food trade; 

(b) Promote coordination of all food 

standards work undertaken by 

international governmental and non 

governmental organizations; 

(c) Determine priorities and initiate 

and guide the preparation of draft 

standards through and with the aid of 

appropriate organizations; 

(d) Finalize standards elaborated 

under (c) above and publish them in a 

Codex Alimentarius either as regional or 

worldwide standards, together with 

international standards already finalized 

by other bodies under (b) above, 

wherever this is practicable; 

(e) Amend published standards, as 

appropriate, in the light of new 

developments. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 34th session of the CAC will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Report by the Chairperson on the 

65th session of the Executive Committee 

• Reports of the FAO/WHO 

Coordinating Committees and 

Appointment of Regional Coordinators 

• Proposed Amendments to the 

Procedural Manual 

• Comments on the Proposed 

Amendments to the Procedural Manual 

• Draft Standards and Related Texts 

at Step 8 of the Procedure (including 

those submitted at Step 5 with a 

recommendation to omit Steps 6 and 7 

and at Step 5 of the Accelerated 

Procedure) 

• Comments on Draft Standards and 

Related Texts at Step 5 

• Revocation of Existing Codex 

Standards and Related Texts 

• Amendments to Codex Standards 

and Related Texts 

• Proposals for the Elaboration of 

New Standards and Related Texts and 

for the Discontinuation of Work 

• Matters referred to the CAC by 

Codex Committees and Task Forces 

• Financial and Budgetary Matters 

• Strategic Planning of the CAC 

• Relations between the CAC and 

other International Organizations 

• Matters arising from the FAO and 

the WHO 

(a) FAO/WHO Project and Trust Fund 

for Enhanced Participation in Codex 

(b) Other Matters arising from the 

FAO and the WHO 

• Election of the Chairperson, ViceChairpersons, and other Members of the 

Executive Committee 

• Designation of Countries 

responsible for Appointing the 

Chairpersons of Codex Committees and 

Task Forces and Schedule of Sessions 

2012–2013 

Each issue listed will be fully 

described in documents distributed, or 

to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior 

to the meeting. Members of the public 

may access copies of these documents 

(see ADDRESSES). 

Public Meeting 

At the 34th session of the CAC public 

meeting, draft U.S. positions on the 

agenda items will be described and 

discussed, and attendees will have the 

opportunity to pose questions and offer 

comments. Written comments may be 

offered at the meeting or sent to the U.S. 

Codex Manager for the 34th session of 

CAC. (See ADDRESSES). Written 

comments should state that they relate 

to activities of the 34th session of the 

CAC. 

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement 

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 the public and in particular 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities, are aware of this notice, 

FSIS will announce it on-line through 

the FSIS Web page located at http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&

_policies/Federal_Register_Notices/

index.asp. 

FSIS also will 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, 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 

also is available on the FSIS Web page. 

Through Listserv and the Web page, 


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FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader, more diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an e-mail 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at 

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

_Events/Email_Subscription/. 

Options range from recalls, export 

information, regulations, directives, and 

notices. Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves, and have the 

option to password protect their 

accounts. 

Done at Washington, DC on March 30, 

2011. 

Karen Stuck, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8399 Filed 4–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Final Tropic to Hatch 138 kV 

Transmission Line Project 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Proposed Grand Staircase-Escalante 

National Monument Management Plan 

Amendment 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA; Bureau 

of Land Management, USDI and 

National Park Service, USDI. 

ACTION: Notice of availability 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, and the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended, the Forest Service (FS), with 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

and National Park Service (NPS) as 

cooperating agencies, has prepared a 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for the Tropic to Hatch 138 kV 

Transmission Line Project and a 

Proposed Management Plan 

Amendment (PMPA) for the Grand 

Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 

and by this notice is announcing its 

availability. 

DATES: BLM planning regulations state 

that any person who meets the 

conditions as described in the 

regulations may protest the BLM’s 

PMPA/FEIS. A person who meets the 

conditions and files a protest must file 

the protest within 30 days of the date 

that the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes this Notice of 

Availability in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Tropic to 

Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line Project 

FEIS/PMPA for the Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument have 

been sent to affected Federal, State, and 

local government agencies and to other 

stakeholders. Copies of the FEIS/PMPA 

are available for public inspection at the 

following BLM offices: Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument 

Headquarters, 190 E. Center Street, 

Kanab, UT; Kanab Field Office, 318 N 

100 E, Kanab, UT; Utah State Office, 440 

W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT. Interested 

persons may also download and/or 

review the FEIS/PMPA on the Internet 

at http://fs.usda.gov/goto/dixie/projects. 

All protests related to the Grand 

Staircase Escalante National Monument 

PMPA must be in writing and mailed to 

one of the following addresses: 

Regular mail Overnight mail 

BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 71383, 

Washington, DC 20035.

BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, 20 M Street, SE, 

Room 2134LM, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Susan Baughman, Dixie National Forest, 

USDA Forest Service, Tropic to Hatch 

138kV Transmission Line Project EIS 

Project Leader, 1789 N. Wedgewood 

Lane, Cedar City, Utah 84720 or; 

Matthew Betenson, Assistant Grand 

Staircase-Escalante National Monument 

Manager—Planning and Support 

Services, 190 E Center, Kanab, Utah 

84741/phone (435) 644–4309. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS/ 

PMPA evaluates the environmental 

effects of the construction, operation, 

and maintenance of the Tropic to Hatch 

138 kV Transmission Line proposed by 

Garkane Energy Cooperative in Garfield 

County, Utah, on lands currently 

managed by the U.S. Forest Service, 

Dixie National Forest; U.S. Bureau of 

Land Management, Kanab Field Office, 

Grand Staircase-Escalante National 

Monument; State of Utah School and 

Institutional Trust Lands 

Administration; and potentially the 

National Park Service, Bryce Canyon 

National Park. The transmission line 

would be approximately 30 miles long, 

beginning in Tropic, Utah and 

extending west to Hatch, Utah. 

Associated Federal actions include 

Dixie National Forest issuance of a 

special use easement, Bureau of Land 

Management issuance of a right-of-way, 

proposed amendment to the Grand 

Staircase-Escalante National Monument 

Management Plan and issuance of a 

right-of-way, potential Bryce Canyon 

National Park issuance of a special park 

permit for a right-of-way, and Utah 

School and Institutional Trust Lands 

Administration issuance of a right-ofway for construction and operation of 

the project. The Preferred Alternative in 

the FEIS/PMPA would amend the Grand 

Staircase-Escalante National Monument 

Management Plan (2000) by: (a) 

Designating a 300-foot wide Passage 

Zone along an approximate three and 

three-quarter mile path through an area 

currently designated as Primitive Zone 

in the Monument Management Plan, 

and (b) changing the existing VRM Class 

designation from Class II to Class III 

within this linear area. The plan 

amendment decisions would be 

necessary to accommodate the potential 

new transmission line. 

Comments on the Draft RMP/Draft EIS 

Plan Amendment were received from 

the public and from internal interagency 

governmental review. These comments 

were considered and incorporated as 

appropriate into the FEIS/PMPA. Public 

comments resulted in the addition of 

clarifying text, but did not significantly 

change the FEIS/PMPA. This final 

document is expected to be used in 

conjunction with the Draft EIS 

published in December 2009. The two 

documents, together, make up the FEIS/ 

PMPA for the Tropic to Hatch 138 kV 

Transmission Line. 

Instructions for filing a protest with 

the Director of the BLM regarding the 

FEIS/PMPA may be found in the ‘‘Dear 

Reader Letter’’ of the Tropic to Hatch 

138 kV Transmission Line FEIS and at 

43 CFR 1610.5–2. E-mail and faxed 

protests will not be accepted as valid 

protests unless the protesting party also 

provides the original letter by either 

regular or overnight mail postmarked by 

the close of the protest period. Under 

these conditions, the BLM will consider 

the e-mail or faxed protest as an 

advance copy and it will receive full 

consideration. If you wish to provide 

the BLM with such advance 

notification, please direct faxed protests 


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