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1To view the notice, the evaluation, and the 

comment we received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2009-0015. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our determination regarding the highly 

pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) 

subtype H5N1 status of Suffolk and 

Norfolk Counties, England, following 

outbreaks in 2007. Based on an 

evaluation of the animal health status of 

Suffolk and Norfolk Counties, England, 

which we made available to the public 

for review and comment through a 

previous notice, the Administrator has 

determined that the importation of live 

birds, poultry carcasses, parts or 

products of poultry carcasses, and eggs 

(other than hatching eggs) of poultry, 

game birds, and other birds from Suffolk 

and Norfolk Counties, England, presents 

a low risk of introducing HPAI H5N1 

into the United States. 

DATES: Effective Date: This 

determination will be effective on 

October 8, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Ingrid Kotowski, Import Risk Analyst, 

Regionalization Evaluation Services 

International, National Center for Import 

and Export, VS, APHIS, 920 Main 

Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 

27606; (919) 855–7732. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 7, 2009, we published in the 

Federal Register (74 FR 21312–21313, 

Docket No. APHIS–2009–0015) a 

notice 1 in which we announced the 

availability, for review and comment, of 

an evaluation of the animal health status 

of Suffolk and Norfolk Counties, 

England, relative to highly pathogenic 

avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1. 

In the evaluation, titled ‘‘Evaluation of 

the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza 

H5N1 Status of Suffolk and Norfolk 

Counties, England’’ (January 2009), we 

presented the results of our evaluation 

of the status of HPAI H5N1 in domestic 

poultry in Suffolk and Norfolk Counties, 

England, in light of the actions taken by 

the United Kingdom’s (UK) animal 

health authorities since the outbreaks in 

2007. 

Our evaluation concluded that the UK 

was able to effectively control and 

eradicate HPAI H5N1 in their domestic 

poultry populations and that animal 

health authorities have adequate control 

measures in place to rapidly identify, 

control, and eradicate the disease 

should it be reintroduced into the UK’s 

wild birds or domestic poultry 

population. 

In our May 2009 notice, we stated that 

if after the close of the comment period 

we could identify no additional risk 

factors that would indicate that 

domestic poultry in Suffolk and Norfolk 

Counties, England, continue to be 

affected with HPAI H5N1, we would 

conclude that the importation of live 

birds, poultry carcasses, parts of 

carcasses, and eggs (other than hatching 

eggs) of poultry, game birds, or other 

birds from regions of Suffolk and 

Norfolk Counties, England, presents a 

low risk of introducing HPAI H5N1 into 

the United States. 

We solicited comments on the 

evaluation for 30 days ending on June 

9, 2009. We received one comment by 

that date, from a poultry breeding and 

genetics firm. The commenter agreed 

with the findings of our assessment. 

Therefore we are removing our 

prohibition on the importation of these 

products from Suffolk and Norfolk 

Counties, England, into the United 

States. Specifically: 

• We are no longer requiring that 

processed poultry products from Suffolk 

and Norfolk Counties, England, be 

accompanied by a Veterinary Service 

import permit and government 

certification confirming that the 

products have been treated according to 

APHIS requirements; 

• We are allowing unprocessed 

poultry products from Suffolk and 

Norfolk Counties, England, to enter the 

United States in passenger luggage; and 

• We are removing restrictions 

regarding the regions of Suffolk and 

Norfolk Counties, England, from which 

processed poultry products may 

originate in order to be allowed entry 

into the United States in passenger 

luggage. 

However, live birds from Suffolk and 

Norfolk Counties, England, are still 

subject to the inspections at ports of 

entry and post-importation quarantines 

set forth in 9 CFR part 93, unless 

granted an exemption by the 

Administrator or destined for diagnostic 

purposes and accompanied by a limited 

permit. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, 7781– 

7786, and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 

136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

September 2009. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[Application No. 84–20A12] 

Export Trade Certificate of Review 

ACTION: Notice of Issuance (#84–20A12) 

of an Amended Export Trade Certificate 

of Review to Northwest Fruit Exporters. 

SUMMARY: On September 16, 2009, the 

Export Trading Company Affairs Office, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, issued 

an amended Export Trade Certificate of 

Review (‘‘Certificate’’) to Northwest 

Fruit Exporters (‘‘NFE’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Anspacher, Acting Director, 

Office of Competition and Economic 

Analysis, International Trade 

Administration, (202) 482–5131 (this is 

not a toll-free number) or by e-mail at 

oetca@ita.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of 

the Export Trading Company Act of 

1982 (15 U.S.C. sections 4001–21) 

authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to 

issue Export Trade Certificates of 

Review. The regulations implementing 

Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325 

(2006). 

Export Trading Company Affairs 

(‘‘ETCA’’) is issuing this notice pursuant 

to 15 CFR section 325.6(b), which 

requires the Secretary of Commerce to 

publish a summary of the certification 

in the Federal Register. Under section 

305(a) of the Act (15 U.S.C. sections 

4001–21) and 15 CFR section 325.11(a), 

any person aggrieved by the Secretary’s 

determination may, within 30 days of 

the date of this notice, bring an action 

in any appropriate district court of the 

United States to set aside the 

determination on the ground that the 

determination is erroneous. 

Description of Amended Certificate: 

The original NFE Certificate (No. 84– 

00012) was issued on June 11, 1984 (49 

FR 24581, June 14, 1984), and last 

amended on September 18, 2008 (73 FR 

54561, September 22, 2008). 

NFE’s Export Trade Certificate of 

Review has been amended to: 

1. Add the following companies as 

new Members of the Certificate within 

the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the 

Regulations (15 CFR 325.(1)): Cervantes 

Orchards & Vineyards LLC, Grandview, 

WA; Columbia Valley Fruit, L.L.C., 

Yakima, WA; Conrad & Gilbert Fruit, 

Grandview, WA; Diamond Fruit 

Growers, Odell, OR; Orchard View 

Farms, Inc., The Dalles, OR; and 

Wenoka Sales LLC, Wenatchee, WA. 

2. Delete the following companies as 

Members of the Certificate: Clasen Fruit 

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& Cold Storage Co., Union Gap, WA; 

Lotus Fruit Packing, Inc., Brewster, WA; 

Snokist Growers, Yakima, WA; and Tree 

To You, LLC, Chelan, WA. 

3. Change the listing of the following 

Member: Change ‘‘Congdon Orchards, 

Inc., Yakima, WA’’ to the new listing 

‘‘Congdon Packing Co. L.L.C., Yakima, 

WA’’. 

Dated: September 17, 2009. 

Jeffrey Anspacher, 

Acting Director, Office of Competition and 

Economic Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–22865 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] 

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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY 

Interagency Ocean Policy Task 

Force—Interim Report 

AGENCY: Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability, ‘‘Interim 

Report of the Interagency Ocean Policy 

Task Force.’’ 

SUMMARY: On June 12, 2009, the 

President established an Interagency 

Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the 

Chair of the Council on Environmental 

Quality. The President’s memorandum 

charged the Task Force with, within 90 

days, developing recommendations that 

include: (1) A national policy for the 

oceans, our coasts, and the Great Lakes; 

(2) a United States framework for policy 

coordination of efforts to improve 

stewardship of the oceans, our coasts, 

and the Great Lakes; and (3) an 

implementation strategy that identifies 

and prioritizes a set of objectives the 

United States should pursue to meet the 

objectives of a national policy. 

On September 10, 2009, the Task 

Force submitted its interim report to the 

President addressing the first three tasks 

outlined above. To allow for additional 

public engagement and comment before 

the President makes any final decision 

on the interim report, the Task Force is 

issuing it for a 30-day public comment 

period. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before October 17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The Task Force Interim 

Report is available at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/oceans. 

Comments on the Task Force Interim 

Report should be submitted 

electronically to http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/oceans or in 

writing to the Council on Environmental 

Quality, Attn: Michael Weiss, 722 

Jackson Place, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Weiss, Deputy Associate 

Director for Ocean and Coastal Policy, at 

(202) 456–6224. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

12, 2009, President Obama issued a 

Memorandum to the Heads of Executive 

Departments and Agencies that 

established an Interagency Ocean Policy 

Task Force, led by the Chair of the 

Council on Environmental Quality. That 

Presidential memo charged the Task 

Force with, within 90 days, developing 

recommendations that include: 

1. A national policy that ensures the 

protection, maintenance, and restoration 

of the health of ocean, coastal, and Great 

Lakes ecosystems and resources, 

enhances the sustainability of ocean and 

coastal economies, preserves our 

maritime heritage, provides for adaptive 

management to enhance our 

understanding of and capacity to 

respond to climate change, and is 

coordinated with our national security 

and foreign policy interests. The 

recommendation should prioritize 

upholding our stewardship 

responsibilities and ensuring 

accountability for all of our actions 

affecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes 

resources, and be consistent with 

international law, including customary 

international law as reflected in the 

1982 United Nations Convention on the 

Law of the Sea. 

2. A United States framework for 

policy coordination of efforts to improve 

stewardship of the oceans, our coasts, 

and the Great Lakes. The Task Force 

should review the Federal Government’s 

existing policy coordination framework 

to ensure integration and collaboration 

across jurisdictional lines in meeting the 

objectives of a national policy for the 

oceans, our coasts and the Great Lakes. 

This will include coordination with the 

work of the National Security Council 

and Homeland Security Council as they 

formulate and coordinate policy 

involving national and homeland 

security, including maritime security. 

The framework should also address 

specific recommendations to improve 

coordination and collaboration among 

Federal, State, tribal and local 

authorities, including regional 

governance structures. 

3. An implementation strategy that 

identifies and prioritizes a set of 

objectives the United States should 

pursue to meet the objectives of a 

national policy for the oceans, our 

coasts, and the Great Lakes. 

The Task Force was also charged 

with, within 180 days, developing a 

recommended framework for effective 

coastal and marine spatial planning. 

On September 10, 2009, the Task 

Force submitted its interim report to the 

President addressing the first three tasks 

laid out in the President’s 

Memorandum. To allow for additional 

public engagement and comment before 

the President makes any final decision 

on the interim report, the Task Force is 

issuing it for a 30-day public comment 

period. Though the main focus of the 

Task Force now turns to developing a 

recommended framework for effective 

coastal and marine spatial planning, due 

to the President by December 9, 2009, 

the Task Force anticipates that the 

Interim Report will be refined as the 

Task Force receives further thoughtful 

input from the public. With this 

continued public participation, the Task 

Force will be able to provide the 

President with the best possible final 

recommendation. 

Public comments are requested on or 

before October 17, 2009. 

September 17, 2009. 

Nancy Sutley, 

Chair, Council on Environmental Quality. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

U.S. Air Force Academy Board of 

Visitors Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Air Force Academy Board 

of Visitors. 

ACTION: Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 9355, 

the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) 

Board of Visitors (BoV) will meet in the 

Russell Senate Office Building, Room 

236, Washington, DC, on 01 October 

2009. The meeting session will begin at 

8 a.m. The purpose of this meeting is to 

review morale and discipline, social 

climate, curriculum, instruction, 

physical equipment, fiscal affairs, 

academic methods, and other matters 

relating to the Academy. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as 

amended, and 41 CFR 102–3.155, the 

Administrative Assistant to Secretary of 

the Air Force has determined that a 

portion of this meeting shall be closed 

to the public. The Administrative 

Assistant to the Secretary of the Air 

Force, in consultation with the Office of 

the Air Force General Counsel, has 

determined in writing that the public 

interest requires that one portion of this 

meeting be closed to the public because 

it will involve matters covered by 

subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

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