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collected by CSREES contains sensitive 

information of an individual nature.

Estimate of Burden: Each year, the 

State 4–H office aggregates all electronic 

County 4–H enrollment reports into the 

State 4–H enrollment report, and 

transmits it electronically to CSREES. 

The applicable Territories similarly 

transmit aggregated information. This 

requirement constitutes the Federal 

burden CSREES imposes on the States 

and Territories and is the only burden 

measured and accounted for in this 

estimate. CSREES estimates that it takes 

one State or Territory 31 hours to 

aggregate the local level information and 

transmit the summary information to 

CSREES. There are a total of 57 

responses annually, thus constituting a 

total annual estimated burden of 1,767 

hours for this information collection. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology.

Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of 

September, 2004. 

Joseph J. Jen, 

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and 

Economics.

[FR Doc. 04–21754 Filed 9–28–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. 04–030N] 

Codex Alimentarius: Meeting of the 

Codex Committee on Residues of 

Veterinary Drugs in Foods

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public 

that the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), and 

the Center for Veterinary Medicine 

(CVM), Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA), are sponsoring a public meeting 

on Tuesday, September 28, 2004, to 

provide information and receive public 

comments on agenda items that will be 

discussed at the Fifteenth Session of the 

Codex Committee on Residues in 

Veterinary Drugs in Foods, which will 

be held in Alexandria, VA, October 26–

29, 2004. The Under Secretary and CVM 

recognize the importance of providing 

interested parties with information 

about the Codex Committee on Residues 

of Veterinary Drugs in Foods of the 

Codex Alimentarius Commission and to 

address items on the Agenda for the 

15th Session of the Committee.

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Tuesday, September 28 from 10 a.m. 

to 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the Best Western Washington 

Gateway Hotel, 1251 West Montgomery 

Avenue, Rockville, MD., 20850 (Main 

Ballroom). (The Hotel will provide 

shuttle service from the Rockville Metro 

Stop to the Hotel at 9:30 a.m.) 

FSIS invites interested persons to 

submit comments on this notice. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Mail, including floppy disks or CD–

ROM’s, and hand- or courier-delivered 

items: Send to Docket Clerk, USDA, 

FSIS, 300 12th Street, SW., Room 102 

Cotton Annex, Washington, DC, 20250. 

All submissions received must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number 04–030N. 

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 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday. The comments 

also will be posted on the Agency’s Web 

site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/

rdad/FRDockets.htm.

Research and background information 

will also be accessible via the World 

Wide Web at the following address: 

http://www.codexalimentarius.net.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edith E. Kennard, Staff Officer, U.S. 

Codex Office, FSIS, Room 4861, South 

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC, 20250, Phone: 

(202) 720–5261, Fax: (202) 720–3157, Email: edith.kennard@fsis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius Commission 

was established in 1962 by two United 

Nations organizations, the Food and 

Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the 

World Health Organization (WHO). 

Codex is the major international 

organization facilitating fair 

international trade in food and 

protecting the health and economic 

interests of consumers. Through 

adoption of food standards, codes of 

practice, and other guidelines 

developed by its committees, and by 

promoting their adoption and 

implementation by governments, Codex 

seeks to ensure that the world’s food 

supply is sound, wholesome, free from 

adulteration, and correctly labeled. In 

the United States, USDA, FDA, and the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

manage and carry out U.S. Codex 

activities. 

The Codex Committee on Residues of 

Veterinary Drugs in Foods was 

established in 1985 by the 16th Session 

of the Codex Alimentarius Commission 

to determine priorities for the 

consideration of residues of veterinary 

drugs in foods and to recommend 

maximum levels of such substances; to 

develop codes of practice as may be 

required; and to consider methods of 

sampling and analysis for the 

determination of veterinary drug 

residues in foods. The Committee is 

chaired by the United States. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

Provisional agenda items: 

1. Draft Maximum Residue Limits 

(MRLs) for Veterinary Drugs 

(Flumequine, neomycin, dicyclanil, 

carbodox, melengestrol acetate and 

trichlorforn (metrifonate), phoxim, 

cyalothrin, and cefuroxime). 

2. Proposed Draft Maximum Residue 

Limits for Veterinary Drugs 

(Cypermethrin, alpha-cypermethrin, 

imidocarb, flumequine, pirlimycin, 

cypermethrin/alpha cypermethrin, 

doramectin, and ractopamine). 

3. Proposed Draft Code of Practice to 

Minimize and Contain Antimicrobial 

Resistance. 

4. Proposed Draft Revised Guidelines 

for the Establishment of a Regulatory 

Program for the Control of Veterinary 

Drug Residues in Foods.

5. Proposed Draft Revised Part II 

‘‘General Consideration on Analytical 

Methods for Residue Control’’ of the 

Codex Guidelines for the Establishment 

of a Regulatory Program for the Control 

of Veterinary Drug Residues in Foods. 

6. Discussion Paper on Risk 

Management Methodologies, Including 

Risk Assessment Policies, in the Codex 

Committee of Veterinary Drugs in 

Foods. 

7. Review of Performance-based 

Criteria for Methods of Analysis. 

8. Consideration of the Priority List of 

Veterinary Drugs Requiring Evaluation 

or Re-evaluation. 

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9. Discussion Paper on Rounding of 

Acceptable Daily Intakes for Veterinary 

Drugs prior to Setting of MRLs. 

Public Meeting 

At the September 28th public 

meeting, the agenda items will be 

described and discussed, and the U.S. 

draft positions will be presented. 

Attendees will have the opportunity to 

pose questions and offer comments. 

Comments may be sent to the FSIS 

Docket Room (see ADDRESSES). Written 

comments should state that they relate 

to activities of the Codex Committee on 

Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods 

(CCRVDF) (#04–030N). 

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.

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, 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 

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.

Done at Washington, DC on September 23, 

2004. 

F. Edward Scarbrough, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.

[FR Doc. 04–21774 Filed 9–28–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent to Seek Approval to 

Reinstatement of an Information 

Collection

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) and Office of Management 

and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 

1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), 

this notice announces the intention of 

the National Agricultural Statistics 

Service (NASS) to seek reinstatement of 

an information collection, the Census of 

Agriculture Content Test.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 3, 2004, to be 

assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to 

Ginny McBride, NASS Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Room 5336 South Building, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2024, or 

gmcbride@nass.usda.gov or faxed to 

(202) 720–6396.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR COMMENTS

CONTACT: Carol House, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Census of Agriculture Content 

Test. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0243. 

Type of Request: Intent to Seek 

Reinstatement of an Information 

Collection. 

Abstract: The census of agriculture 

conducted every five years is the 

primary source of statistics concerning 

the nation’s agricultural industry and 

provides the only basis of consistent, 

comparable data. The Census of 

Agriculture is required by law under the 

Census of Agriculture Act of 1997, Pub. 

L. 105–113, 7 U.S.C. 2204(g). The 2002 

census is available on the Web at

http://www.nass.usda.gov/census.

The purpose of this content test is to 

evaluate factors impacting the census 

program: questionnaire format and 

design, new items, changes to question 

wording and location, respondent 

burden, ease of completion, and 

processing methodology such as edit 

and summary. Results will be studied in 

preparation for the 2007 Census of 

Agriculture. Development of the test 

questionnaire version will come from 

evaluation of the 2002 Census of 

Agriculture, testing panels, and focus 

groups. NASS will also meet with other 

USDA and Federal agencies and 

selected State Departments of 

Agriculture to glean information on data 

uses and justification for county data. 

The test will be nation-wide, 

excluding Alaska and Hawaii. A random 

sample of 30,000 will be mailed 

questionnaires; half will get the old 

version for control and half will get the 

test format. Non-respondents will 

receive a follow-up contact. 

Summarization of findings will be 

presented to the Advisory Committee on 

Agricultural Statistics. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this information collection is 

estimated to average 60 minutes per 

positive response, 10 minutes per 

screen-out, and 2 minutes per refusal. 

Respondents: Farm and ranch 

operators. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

30,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 30,000 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from Ginny McBride, 

NASS Clearance Officer, at (202) 720–

5778. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval.

Signed at Washington, DC, September 1, 

2004. 

Carol House, 

Associate Administrator.

[FR Doc. 04–21772 Filed 9–28–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Invitation for Nominations to 

the Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service (NASS), USDA.

ACTION: Solicitation of nominations for 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics membership. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, this notice announces an