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Respondents: Full-time salaried 

veterinarians employed by the national 

government of the exporting region. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 4. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1.75. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 7. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 8 hours. (Due to 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 5th day of 

August 2009. 

William H. Clay, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–19205 Filed 8–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2009–0025] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Fifteenth Session of the 

Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and 

Vegetables 

AGENCY: Office of the Acting Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Acting 

Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), and 

the Agricultural Marketing Service 

(AMS), Fruit and Vegetable Programs, 

USDA, are sponsoring a public meeting 

on September 17, 2009. The objective of 

the public meeting is to provide 

information and receive public 

comments on agenda items and draft 

United States positions that will be 

discussed at the 15th Session of the 

Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and 

Vegetables (CCFFV) of the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (Codex). The 

Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety 

and AMS recognize the importance of 

providing interested parties the 

opportunity to obtain background 

information on the 15th Session of the 

CCFFV and to address items on the 

agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Thursday, September 17, 2009, at 10 

a.m. to 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in Room 2068, USDA South 

Building at 1400 Independence Ave., 

SW., Washington, DC 20250. Documents 

related to the 15th CCFFV Session will 

be accessible via the World Wide Web 

at the following address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp. 

The U.S. Delegate to the 15th Session 

of the CCFFV invites interested U.S. 

parties to submit their comments 

electronically to the following e-mail 

address dorian.lafond@usda.gov. 

For Further Information About the 

15th CCFFV Session Contact: Dorian 

LaFond, International Standards 

Coordinator, AMS Fruit and Vegetable 

Programs, Stop 0235, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250, Telephone: (202) 690–4944, 

E-mail: dorian.lafond@usda.gov. 

For Further Information About the 

Public Meeting Contact: Doreen ChenMoulec, Staff Officer, U.S. Codex Office, 

Food Safety and Inspection Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250, Telephone: 

(202) 205–7760, E-mail: doreen.chenmoulec@fsis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius (Codex) was 

established in 1963 by two United 

Nations organizations, the Food and 

Agriculture Organization and the World 

Health Organization. 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 protect the 

health of consumers and ensure that fair 

practices are used in trade. The CCFFV 

is hosted by Mexico. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the Agenda 

for the 15th CCFFV Session will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters Arising from the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission and other 

Codex Committees; 

• Matters Arising from other 

International Organizations on the 

Standardization of Fresh Fruits and 

Vegetables; 

• United Nations Economic 

Commission for Europe (UNECE) 

Standards for Fresh Fruits and 

Vegetables: (i) UNECE Standard for 

Apples (FFV–50); (ii) UNECE Standard 

for Avocados (FFV–42); 

• Draft Section 6 ‘‘Marking or 

Labeling’’ (Draft Standard for Bitter 

Cassava); 

• Draft Standard for Apples; 

• Proposed Draft Standard for 

Avocado (revision) (N19–2008); 

• Proposed Draft Standard for Chili 

Peppers (N17–2008); 

• Proposed Draft Standard for Tree 

Tomato (N18–2008); 

• Layout for Codex Standards for 

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables; 

• Proposed Layout for Codex 

Standards for Fresh Fruits and 

Vegetables—Comments in Response to 

CL 2008/13–FFV; 

• Glossary of Terms used in the 

Proposed Layout for Codex Standards 

on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables; 

• Proposals for Amendments to the 

Priority List for the Standardization of 

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables—CL 2008/ 

13–FFV. 

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 

via the World Wide Web at the 

following address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp. 

Public Meeting 

At the September 17, 2009 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. 

Delegate for the 15th CCFFV Session, 

Dorian LaFond (see ADDRESSES). Written 

comments should state that they relate 

to activities of the 15th CCFFV Session. 

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 Web page located at 

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

2009_Notices_Index/. 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, and other types of information 

that could affect or would be of interest 

to constituents and stakeholders. The 

Update is communicated via Listserv, a 

free electronic mail subscription service 

for industry, trade groups, consumer 

interest groups, health professionals, 

and other individuals who have asked 

to be included. The Update is also 

available on the FSIS Web page. 


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Through the Listserv and Web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader and more diverse 

audience. In addition, FSIS offers an 

electronic 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_and_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 password protect their 

accounts. 

Done at Washington, DC, on August 5, 

2009. 

Karen Stuck, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. E9–19117 Filed 8–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Requirements for Patent Applications 

Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/ 

or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the revision of a continuing 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before October 13, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include A0651–0024 comment@ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan K. Fawcett. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Administrative Management 

Group, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Robert A. Clarke, 

Director, Office of Patent Legal 

Administration, United States Patent 

and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–7735; or by e-mail 

to Robert.Clarke@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Patent applications that contain 

nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence 

disclosures must include a copy of the 

sequence listing in accordance with the 

requirements in 37 CFR 1.821–1.825. 

The rules of practice require applicants 

to submit these sequence listings in a 

standard international format that is 

consistent with World Intellectual 

Property Organization (WIPO) Standard 

ST.25 (1998). Applicants may submit 

sequence listings for both U.S. and 

international patent applications. 

The USPTO uses the sequence listings 

during the examination process to 

determine the patentability of the 

associated patent application. Sequence 

listings are also disclosed as part of the 

published patent application or issued 

patent. Sequence listings that are 

extremely long (files larger than 600K or 

approximately 300 printed pages) are 

published only in electronic form and 

are available to the public on the 

USPTO sequence data Web page. 

The sequence listing required by 37 

CFR 1.821(c) for U.S. patent 

applications may be submitted on 

paper, compact disc (CD), or through 

EFS–Web, the USPTO’s online filing 

system. Sequence listings for 

international applications may be 

submitted on paper or through EFS– 

Web only, though sequence listings that 

are too large to be filed electronically 

through EFS–Web may be submitted on 

a separate CD. Applicants may use EFS– 

Web to file a sequence listing online 

with a patent application or subsequent 

to a previously filed application. 

Under 37 CFR 1.821(e)–(f), applicants 

must also submit a copy of the sequence 

listing in a computer-readable form@ 

(CRF) with a statement indicating that 

the CRF copy of the sequence listing is 

identical to the paper or CD copy 

required by 1.821(c). Applicants may 

submit the CRF copy of the sequence 

listing to the USPTO on CD or other 

acceptable media as provided in 37 CFR 

1.824. Sequence listings that are 

submitted online through EFS–Web in 

the proper text format do not require a 

separate CRF copy or the associated 

statement. 

If the CRF sequence listing in a new 

application is identical to the CRF 

sequence listing of another application 

that the applicant already has on file at 

the USPTO, 37 CFR 1.821(e) permits the 

applicant to refer to the CRF listing in 

the other application rather than having 

to submit a duplicate copy of the CRF 

listing for the new application. In such 

a case, the applicant may submit a letter 

identifying the application and CRF 

sequence listing that is already on file 

and stating that the sequence listing 

submitted in the new application is 

identical to the CRF copy already filed 

with the previous application. The 

USPTO is proposing to add a new form 

to this collection, Request for Transfer 

of a Computer Readable Form Under 37 

CFR 1.821(e) (PTO/SB/93), in order to 

assist customers in submitting this 

statement. 

This information collection contains 

the sequence listings that are submitted 

with biotechnology patent applications. 

Information pertaining to the filing of 

the initial patent application itself is 

collected under OMB Control Number 

0651–0032, and international 

applications submitted under the Patent 

Cooperation Treaty (PCT) are covered 

under OMB Control Number 0651–0021. 

II. Method of Collection 

By mail, hand delivery, or 

electronically to the USPTO. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0024. 

Form Number(s): PTO/SB/93. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

19,750 responses per year. 

Estimated Time Per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public approximately six minutes (0.10 

hours) to one hour and 20 minutes (1.33 

hours) to gather the necessary 

information, prepare the form or 

sequence listing, and submit it to the 

USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 7,254 hours per year. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $725,400 per year. The 

USPTO expects that the information in 

this collection will be prepared by 

paraprofessionals at an estimated rate of 

$100 per hour. Therefore, the USPTO 

estimates that the respondent cost 

burden for this collection will be 

approximately $725,400 per year. 


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