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section, Congress charges the FAA with 

promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in 

air commerce by prescribing regulations 

for practices, methods, and procedures 

the Administrator finds necessary for 

safety in air commerce. This regulation 

is within the scope of that authority 

because it addresses an unsafe condition 

that is likely to exist or develop on 

products identified in this rulemaking 

action. 

Regulatory Findings 

We determined that this proposed AD 

would not have federalism implications 

under Executive Order 13132. This 

proposed AD would not have a 

substantial direct effect on the States, on 

the relationship between the national 

Government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. 

For the reasons discussed above, I 

certify this proposed regulation: 

1. Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ under Executive Order 12866; 

2. Is not a ‘‘significant rule’’ under the 

DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures 

(44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); 

3. Will not affect intrastate aviation in 

Alaska; and 

4. Will not have a significant 

economic impact, positive or negative, 

on a substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39 

Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation 

safety, Incorporation by reference, 

Safety. 

The Proposed Amendment 

Accordingly, under the authority 

delegated to me by the Administrator, 

the FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 

39 as follows: 

PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS 

DIRECTIVES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 39 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. 

§ 39.13 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend § 39.13 by adding the 

following new airworthiness directive 

(AD): 

Bombardier, Inc.: Docket No. FAA–2014– 

0754; Directorate Identifier 2014–NM– 

136–AD. 

(a) Comments Due Date 

We must receive comments by December 8, 

2014. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to Bombardier, Inc. Model 

DHC–8–401, –402, and –403 airplanes, 

certificated in any category, serial numbers 

4001 through 4424 inclusive. 

(d) Subject 

Air Transport Association (ATA) of 

America Code 29, Hydraulic Power. 

(e) Reason 

This AD was prompted by reports of 

hydraulic fluid loss from the reservoir of the 

main landing gear’s (MLG’s) alternate 

extension system. We are issuing this AD to, 

in the event of a failure of the primary MLG 

extension system, prevent failure of the 

alternate MLG extension system to fully 

extend the MLG into a down-and-locked 

position, which could result in collapse of 

both MLG during touchdown. 

(f) Compliance 

Comply with this AD within the 

compliance times specified, unless already 

done. 

(g) Inspection and Corrective Action 

Within 2,000 flight hours or 12 months 

after the effective date of this AD, whichever 

occurs first: Do a general visual inspection of 

the MLG alternate extension system reservoir 

lid for correct assembly, and do all applicable 

corrective actions, in accordance with the 

Accomplishment Instructions of Bombardier 

Service Bulletin 84–29–34, dated May 9, 

2013, including Parker Service Bulletin 

82910012–29–431, dated October 22, 2012. 

Do all applicable corrective actions within 

2,000 flight hours or 12 months after the 

effective date of this AD, whichever occurs 

first. 

(h) Credit for Previous Actions 

This paragraph provides credit for actions 

required by paragraph (g) of this AD, if those 

actions were performed before the effective 

date of this AD using Bombardier All 

Operator Message 543, dated October 17, 

2012, which is not incorporated by reference 

in this AD. 

(i) Other FAA AD Provisions 

The following provisions also apply to this 

AD: 

(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs): The Manager, New York Aircraft 

Certification Office (ACO), ANE–170, FAA, 

has the authority to approve AMOCs for this 

AD, if requested using the procedures found 

in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 

39.19, send your request to your principal 

inspector or local Flight Standards District 

Office, as appropriate. If sending information 

directly to the ACO, send it to ATTN: 

Program Manager, Continuing Operational 

Safety, FAA, New York ACO, 1600 Stewart 

Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590; 

telephone 516–228–7300; fax 516–794–5531. 

Before using any approved AMOC, notify 

your appropriate principal inspector, or 

lacking a principal inspector, the manager of 

the local flight standards district office/

certificate holding district office. The AMOC 

approval letter must specifically reference 

this AD. 

(2) Contacting the Manufacturer: For any 

requirement in this AD to obtain corrective 

actions from a manufacturer, the action must 

be accomplished using a method approved 

by the Manager, New York ACO, ANE–170, 

Engine and Propeller Directorate, FAA; or 

Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA); or 

Bombardier, Inc.’s TCCA Design Approval 

Organization (DAO). If approved by the DAO, 

the approval must include the DAOauthorized signature. 

(j) Related Information 

(1) Refer to Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information (MCAI) Canadian 

Airworthiness Directive CF–2014–15, dated 

June 6, 2014, for related information. This 

MCAI may be found in the AD docket on the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching for and locating Docket No. FAA– 

2014–0754. 

(2) For Bombardier service information 

identified in this AD, contact Bombardier, 

Inc., Q-Series Technical Help Desk, 123 

Garratt Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario M3K 

1Y5, Canada; telephone 416–375–4000; fax 

416–375–4539; email thd.qseries@

aero.bombardier.com; Internet http://

www.bombardier.com. For Parker service 

information identified in this AD, contact 

Parker Aerospace, 14300 Alton Parkway, 

Irvine, CA 92618; phone: 949–833–3000; 

Internet: http://www.parker.com. You may 

view this service information at the FAA, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For information 

on the availability of this material at the 

FAA, call 425–227–1221. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on October 

15, 2014. 

Michael Kaszycki, 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

17 CFR Part 14 

RIN 3038–AE21 

Proceedings Before the Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission; Rules 

Relating to Suspension or Disbarment 

From Appearance and Practice 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’) is 

proposing to amend part 14 of its 

regulations, under which the 

Commission may deny, temporarily or 

permanently, the privilege of certain 

persons to appear or practice before it. 

The amendment clarifies the 

Commission’s standard for determining 

when an accountant has engaged in 

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1 17 CFR 14.8. 

2 In re Deloitte & Touche and Thomas Lux, CFTC 

Docket No. 96–10, 1996 WL 547883 (CFTC 

September 25, 1996); In re Sherald Griffin, CPA & 

Donna Laubscher, CPA, CFTC Docket No. 98–12, 

1998 WL 161709 (CFTC April 8, 1998); In re 

Anatoly Osadchy, CPA, CFTC Docket No. 99–2, 

1998 WL 754637 (CFTC October 29, 1998); In re G. 

Victor Johnson and Altschuler, Melvoin & Glasser, 

LLP, CFTC Docket No. 04–29, 2005 WL 1398672 

(CFTC June 13, 2005); In re G. Victor Johnson II, 

McGladrey & Pullen, LLP and Altshuler, Melvoin & 

Glasser, LLP, CFTC Docket No. 11–01, 2010 WL 

3903905 (CFTC October 4 2010); In re Jeannie 

Veraja-Snelling, CFTC Docket No. 13–29 (CFTC 

filed Aug. 26, 2013). 

3 17 CFR 201.102(e)(1)(iv). 

4The current professional principles and 

standards applicable to accountants appearing 

before the Commission include Generally Accepted 

Accounting Principles, Generally Accepted 

Auditing Standards, International Accounting 

Standards, the Code of Conduct of the American 

Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the 

rules and standards of the Public Company 

Accounting Oversight Board. 

‘‘unethical or improper professional 

conduct’’ which has been established as 

a basis for denying the accountant the 

privilege of appearing or practicing 

before the Commission. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 24, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN number 3038–AE21, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Agency Web site, via the Comments 

Online process: http://

comments.cftc.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the Web site. 

• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 

20581. 

• Hand delivery/courier: Same as 

Mail, above. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Please submit your comments using 

only one method. 

All comments must be submitted in 

English, or if not, accompanied by an 

English translation. Comments will be 

posted as received to www.cftc.gov. You 

should submit only information that 

you wish to make available publicly. If 

you wish the Commission to consider 

information that you believe is exempt 

from disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act, a petition for 

confidential treatment of the exempt 

information may be submitted according 

to the procedures established in § 145.9 

of the Commission’s regulations, 17 CFR 

145.9. 

The Commission reserves the right, 

but shall have no obligation, to review, 

pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or 

remove any or all of your submission 

from www.cftc.gov that it may deem to 

be inappropriate for publication, such as 

obscene language. All submissions that 

have been redacted or removed that 

contain comments on the merits of the 

rulemaking will be retained in the 

public comment file and will be 

considered as required under the 

Administrative Procedure Act and other 

applicable laws, and may be accessible 

under the Freedom of Information Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Gizzarelli, Director, Office of 

Proceedings, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20581. Telephone: 

(202) 418–5395. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Commission proposes to amend 

§ 14.8 of its regulations to provide 

additional guidance with respect to the 

circumstances in which the 

Commission, after notice and 

opportunity for hearing, may deny, 

temporarily or permanently, the 

privilege of appearing or practicing 

before it to any accountant who is found 

by a preponderance of the evidence to 

have violated § 14.8 of the regulations. 

Specifically, the Commission can 

impose a sanction upon any persons, 

most notably attorneys and accountants, 

after notice and opportunity for a 

hearing, who it finds do not possess the 

requisite qualifications to represent 

others; to be lacking in character or 

integrity; or to have engaged in 

unethical or improper professional 

conduct either in the course of an 

adjudicatory, investigative, rulemaking, 

or other proceeding before the 

Commission or otherwise.1

The Commission has filed six 

administrative actions alleging 

violations of Rule 14.8 since 1996 

against accountants appearing and 

practicing before the Commission.2 In 

each of those six cases, the Commission 

accepted a settlement in which the 

defendants were banned from practicing 

before the Commission for a variety of 

time periods. The amendments to § 14.8 

relate to the practice of accountants 

before the Commission and are intended 

to expand upon the language of current 

§ 14.8(c) to articulate the standard more 

specifically and in a manner consistent 

with the standard the Commission has 

applied in past administrative 

adjudications considering accountant 

behavior. 

The proposed amendment of § 14.8 

generally tracks Securities and 

Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’) Rule 

102(e), in which the SEC has elaborated 

its standard for determining when an 

accountant engages in ‘‘improper 

professional conduct’’ by specifying 

three types of violative conduct. The 

SEC rule states that, with respect to 

persons licensed to practice as 

accountants, ‘‘improper professional 

conduct’’ under SEC Rule 

201.102(e)(1)(ii) means intentional or 

knowing conduct, including reckless 

conduct, that results in a violation of 

applicable professional standards or 

either of the following two types of 

negligent conduct: a single instance of 

highly unreasonable conduct that 

results in a violation of applicable 

professional standards in circumstances 

in which an accountant knows, or 

should know, that heightened scrutiny 

is warranted; or repeated instances of 

unreasonable conduct, each resulting in 

a violation of applicable professional 

standards, that indicate a lack of 

competence to practice before the SEC.3

In subparagraph (A) of its amended 

rule, the SEC defines ‘‘improper 

professional conduct’’ to include the 

most egregious violations of applicable 

professional standards—those done 

intentionally or knowingly. In 

subparagraph (B) of Rule 102(e), the SEC 

specifies what types of negligent 

conduct rise to the level of ‘‘improper 

professional conduct.’’ These standards 

are being added to the proposed § 14.8 

of the Commission’s regulations to 

provide further definition to the fitness 

criteria established in § 14.8. 

II. Role of, and Standards Applied to, 

Accountants 

Accountants auditing Commission 

registrants perform a critical gatekeeper 

role in protecting the financial integrity 

of the futures markets and the investing 

public. Accountants appearing before 

the Commission in this capacity must 

understand the business operations of 

their clients and conduct financial 

audits both in accordance with 

applicable professional principles and 

standards and in satisfaction of all the 

requirements of the Commission’s 

regulations.4

Rule 14.8 can be an effective remedial 

tool to ensure that the accountants 

appearing before the Commission are 

competent to do so and do not pose a 

threat to the Commission’s registration 

and examination functions. Accountants 

who engage in intentional or knowing 

misconduct, which includes reckless 

conduct, clearly pose such a threat, as 

do accountants who engage in certain 

specified types of negligent conduct. 

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5See 63 FR 33305, June 18, 1998 and 63 FR 

57164, Oct. 26, 1998. 

6 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. 

7 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

8 7 U.S.C. 19(a). 

9For example, accounting professionals who 

prepare or assist in the preparation of misleading 

auditing reports or financial statements—either 

deliberately or due to their incompetence—may 

help cover up fraudulent practices that result in 

loss of customer funds. In addition, misleading 

auditing reports or financial statements may result 

in excessive risks being undertaken, because certain 

risk measures or decisions regarding risk 

management are based on accounting data. 

10 17 CFR 201.102(e)(1)(iv). 11See footnote 2 of section I of this Preamble. 

The Commission believes that a 

single, highly unreasonable error in 

judgment or other act made in 

circumstances warranting heightened 

scrutiny conclusively demonstrates a 

lack of competence to practice before 

the Commission. Repeated unreasonable 

conduct may also indicate a lack of 

competence. Therefore, if the 

Commission finds that an accountant 

acted egregiously in a single instance or 

unreasonably in more than one instance, 

in each case resulting in a violation of 

applicable professional standards, and 

that this conduct indicates a lack of 

competence, then that accountant 

engaged in improper professional 

conduct under the standard elaborated 

today. 

The proposed amendment to § 14.8 is 

not meant, however, to encompass every 

professional misstep. A single judgment 

error, for example, even if unreasonable 

when made, may not indicate a lack of 

competence to practice before the 

Commission sufficient to require 

Commission action. The proposed 

amendment is crafted to provide greater 

clarity with respect to the Commission’s 

standard, as developed to-date through 

administrative adjudications, for 

assessing accountant conduct. At the 

same time, however, like the SEC 

regulations after which the amendment 

is modeled, the amendment elaborates 

standards that are to be applied in 

adjudications on a case-by-case basis, a 

method that promotes equitable 

application of the standards as 

warranted upon full consideration of the 

facts of each case. 

Just as the SEC noted when it 

amended its rule in 1998, the 

Commission does not seek to use § 14.8 

to establish new standards for the 

accounting profession.5 The rule itself 

imposes no new professional standards 

on accountants. Accountants who 

appear or practice before the 

Commission are already subject to 

professional standards, and § 14.8(c) is 

intended to apply consistent with those 

existing standards. 

III. Related Matters 

A. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(‘‘RFA’’) requires agencies to consider 

whether the rules they may adopt will 

have a significant economic effect on a 

substantial number of small entities.6

The proposed amendment simply 

clarifies the standard by which the 

Commission determines whether 

accountants have engaged in ‘‘improper 

professional conduct’’ and does not 

impose any additional burdens on small 

businesses. Accordingly, the Chairman, 

on behalf of the Commission, hereby 

certifies, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), 

that the amendments will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small businesses. 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The proposed amendment to Rule 

14.8 does not establish a collection of 

information for which the Commission 

would be obligated to comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act.7

C. Consideration of Costs and Benefits 

Section 15(a) of the Commodity 

Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’) requires the 

Commission to ‘‘consider the costs and 

benefits’’ of its actions before 

promulgating a regulation under the 

CEA or issuing certain orders.8 Section 

15(a) further specifies that the costs and 

benefits shall be evaluated in light of 

five broad areas of market and public 

concern: (1) Protection of market 

participants and the public; (2) 

efficiency, competitiveness, and 

financial integrity of futures markets; (3) 

price discovery; (4) sound risk 

management practices; and (5) other 

public interest considerations. The 

Commission considers the costs and 

benefits resulting from its discretionary 

determinations with respect to the 

section 15(a) factors. 

Reckless accounting practices 

threaten serious harm to market 

participants and, potentially, to the 

financial system as a whole.9 Section 

14.8, which encompasses ‘‘improper 

professional conduct’’ of accountants 

that practice before the Commission, is 

one of the Commission’s tools to guard 

against such harm. This proposed 

amendment is not designed to 

substantively change the standard that 

the Commission now employs under 

§ 14.8(c) in assessing accountant 

conduct. Rather, as discussed above, the 

proposed amendment—which closely 

tracks language in the SEC’s analogous 

rule 10—would simply expand upon the 

language of current § 14.8(c) to 

articulate the standard more specifically 

and in a manner consistent with the 

standard the Commission has applied in 

past administrative adjudications 

considering accountant behavior.11

Accordingly, the proposed 

amendment’s chief benefit derives from 

clarifying the specific contours of the 

Commission’s existing § 14.8(c) 

standard as applied to accountant 

behavior, and by codifying this refined 

approach in the Commission’s 

regulations. Through this codification 

the more well-defined standard will be 

more transparent and accessible to 

professional practitioners, market 

participants, and the public generally. 

As a result, accountants appearing 

before the Commission will have the 

benefit of prominent notice of the 

specific standards of conduct to which 

they are held, and the consequences of 

failing to meet them. To the extent an 

accountant inclined to test the bounds 

of professional conduct perceives 

loopholes or ambiguity for exploitation 

in the more general standard now stated 

in § 14.8(c), the proposed clarifying 

amendment provides a deterrent against 

such potentially damaging conduct, a 

benefit for market participants and the 

public. Further, such clear, specific 

notice forecloses to a great degree 

potential for an offending accounting 

practitioner, in defense of improper 

conduct, to argue confusion or 

uncertainty about what specifically the 

Commission’s standard requires, thus 

supporting Commission enforcement 

efficiency. 

The Commission anticipates no 

material cost burden attributable to the 

proposed amendment for market 

participants or accounting professionals 

to whom the amendment is addressed. 

Again, this proposed rule amendment 

merely articulates with more precision 

the contours of the existing, but now 

more generally-stated, standard in 

current § 14.8(c), which incorporates the 

standards to which accountants must 

already conform under the rules 

governing that profession. Accountants 

practicing before the Commission are 

currently expected to be in compliance 

with this standard, so there should be 

no cost to them to change behavior to 

meet it. 

In the following, the Commission 

considers the proposed amendment 

relative to the CEA section 15(a) factors. 

(1) Protection of Market Participants and 

the Public 

As noted, improper accounting 

practices may help to cover up financial 

frauds or foster improper managerial 

decisions, and may pose a threat to the 

safety of customer funds. By articulating 

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the Commission’s standards in more 

specific, codified, and readily accessible 

form, the amendment safeguards against 

accountants professing lack of 

knowledge of the applicable standards— 

or exploiting perceived ambiguities in 

them—to the detriment of market 

participants and the public. 

(2) Efficiency, Competitiveness, and 

Financial Integrity of Futures Markets 

Threats to the safety of customer 

funds generate public distrust in 

financial market integrity. To the extent 

this rule amendment better informs 

accountants and fosters their 

understanding of the Commission’s 

standards and the consequences of 

improper actions—actions that 

potentially could threaten the safety of 

customer funds—the proposed 

amendment promotes the integrity of 

financial markets. 

(3) Price Discovery 

The Commission does not foresee that 

the proposed amendment will directly 

impact price discovery. 

(4) Sound Risk Management Practices 

As noted, improper accounting 

practices may lead to unnecessary risks 

being undertaken, as certain risk 

measures or managerial decisions are 

based on accounting data. To the extent 

the proposed amendment improves 

accountants’ understanding of the 

Commission’s standards, thereby 

deterring improper conduct that 

potentially could result in unnecessary 

risks being undertaken, the proposed 

amendment promotes sound risk 

management practices. 

(5) Other Public Interest Considerations 

By harmonizing the CFTC Rule 

14.8(c) standard for accountants with 

that of SEC Rule 102(e), the proposed 

amendment helps to ensure consistency 

and reduces potential for confusion. 

The Commission requests comment 

on all aspects of this consideration of 

costs and benefits, including whether 

any alternative is perceived as more 

beneficial, less costly, or otherwise 

better suited to serve the public interests 

articulated in CEA section 15(a) than the 

amendment herein proposed. 

List of Subjects in 17 CFR Part 14 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Professional conduct and 

competency standards, Ethical conduct, 

Penalties. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission proposes to amend 

17 CFR part 14 as set forth below: 

PART 14—RULES RELATING TO 

SUSPENSION OR DISBARMENT FROM 

APPEARANCE AND PRACTICE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 14 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Pub. L. 93–463, sec. 101(a)(11), 

88 Stat. 1391, 7 U.S.C. 4a(j), unless otherwise 

noted. 

■ 2. Amend § 14.8 by revising paragraph 

(c) to read as follows: 

§ 14.8 Lack of requisite qualifications, 

character and integrity. 

* * * * * 

(c) To have engaged in unethical or 

improper professional conduct either in 

the course of any adjudicatory, 

investigative, or rulemaking or other 

proceeding before the Commission or 

otherwise. With respect to the 

professional conduct of persons 

licensed to practice as accountants, 

‘‘unethical or improper professional 

conduct’’ means: 

(1) Intentional or knowing conduct, 

including reckless conduct, that results 

in a violation of applicable professional 

principles or standards; or 

(2) Either of the following two types 

of negligent conduct: 

(i) A single instance of highly 

unreasonable conduct that results in a 

violation of applicable professional 

principles or standards in circumstances 

in which an accountant knows, or 

should know, that heightened scrutiny 

is warranted. 

(ii) Repeated instances of 

unreasonable conduct, each resulting in 

a violation of applicable professional 

principles or standards, which indicate 

a lack of competence to practice before 

the Commission. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 17, 

2014, by the Commission. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Note: The following appendix will not 

appear in the Code of Federal Regulations. 

Appendix to Proceedings Before the 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission; Rules Relating to 

Suspension or Disbarment From 

Appearance and Practice—Commission 

Voting Summary 

On this matter, Chairman Massad and 

Commissioners Wetjen, Bowen, and 

Giancarlo voted in the affirmative. No 

Commissioner voted in the negative. 

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BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

21 CFR Parts 1, 16, 112, 117, and 507 

[Docket Nos. FDA–2011–N–0920, FDA– 

2011–N–0921, FDA–2011–N–0922, and FDA– 

2011–N–0143] 

RIN 0910–AG36, RIN 0910–AG35, RIN 0910– 

AG10, and RIN 0910–AG64 

Food and Drug Administration Food 

Safety Modernization Act; Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notification of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing a 

public meeting to discuss proposed 

revisions to four rules originally 

proposed in 2013 to implement the FDA 

Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). 

In response to the comments received 

on these foundational FSMA proposed 

rules, FDA issued supplemental notices 

of proposed rulemaking that propose 

significant changes to four of the 

proposed rules including: Current Good 

Manufacturing Practice and Hazard 

Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive 

Controls for Human Food (Preventive 

Controls for Human Food); Standards 

for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, 

and Holding of Produce for Human 

Consumption (Produce Safety); Current 

Good Manufacturing Practice and 

Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based 

Preventive Controls for Food for 

Animals (Preventive Controls for 

Animal Food); and Foreign Supplier 

Verification Programs for Importers of 

Food for Humans and Animals (Foreign 

Supplier Verification Programs). The 

purpose of the public meeting is to 

solicit oral stakeholder and public 

comments on the new content of the 

supplemental proposed rules and to 

inform the public about the rulemaking 

process (including how to submit 

comments, data, and other information 

to the rulemaking dockets), and to 

respond to questions about the 

supplemental proposed rules. 

DATES: See section II, ‘‘How to 

Participate in the Public Meeting,’’ in 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document for the date and time 

of the public meeting, closing dates for 

advance registration, and information 

on deadlines for submitting either 

electronic or written comments to FDA’s 

Division of Dockets Management. 

ADDRESSES: See section II, ‘‘How to 

Participate in the Public Meeting,’’ in 

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