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cooperating State agencies and poultry 

industry members, serves an essential 

function by acting as liaison between 

the poultry industry and the Department 

in matters pertaining to poultry health. 

In addition, the Committee assists the 

Department in planning, organizing, and 

conducting the NPIP Biennial 

Conference. At the meetings and 

Biennial Conferences, the Committee 

discusses significant poultry health 

issues and makes recommendations to 

improve the NPIP program. 

Tentative topics for discussion at the 

upcoming meetings include: 

1. Salmonella enteritidis in meat-type 

chickens. 

2. Salmonella isolation and 

identification protocol. 

3. Notifiable avian influenza. 

4. Avian mycoplasmosis. 

The meetings will be open to the 

public. The sessions held on September 

1 and 2, 2010, will include delegates to 

the NPIP Biennial Conference. However, 

due to time constraints, the public will 

not be allowed to participate in the 

discussions during either of the 

meetings. Written statements on 

meeting topics may be filed with the 

Committee before or after the meetings 

by sending them to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Written statements may also 

be filed at the meetings. Please refer to 

Docket No. APHIS–2010–0026 when 

submitting your statements. 

This notice of meeting is given 

pursuant to section 10 of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 

2). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day 

of April 2010. 

Kevin Shea 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10278 Filed 4–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0046] 

Multi-Agency Informational Meeting 

Concerning Compliance With the 

Federal Select Agent Program; Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This is to notify all interested 

parties, including individuals and 

entities possessing, using, or 

transferring biological agents and toxins 

listed in 7 CFR 331.3, 9 CFR 121.3 and 

121.4, or 42 CFR 73.3 and 73.4, that a 

meeting will be held to provide 

regulatory guidance related to the 

Federal Select Agent Program 

established under the Public Health 

Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness 

and Response Act of 2002. The meeting 

is being organized by the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service, the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services’ Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, and the Department of 

Justice’s Federal Bureau of 

Investigation. Issues to be discussed 

include entity registration, security risk 

assessments, biosafety requirements, 

and security measures. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 

15, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Persons 

who wish to attend the meeting must 

register by May 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

John Ascuaga’s Nugget Hotel, 1100 

Nugget Avenue, Sparks, NV. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

APHIS: Ms. Sherylyn Roberson, 

Veterinary Permit Examiner, APHIS 

Select Agent Program, VS, ASAP, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 2, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 734– 

5960. 

CDC: Dr. Alia Legaux, Public Health 

Advisor/Inspector, Division of Select 

Agents and Toxins, CDC, 1600 Clifton 

Road MS A–46, Atlanta, GA 30333; 

(404) 718–2000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of 

the Public Health Security and 

Bioterrorism Preparedness and 

Response Act of 2002, ‘‘Enhancing 

Controls on Dangerous Biological 

Agents and Toxins’’ (sections 201 

through 231), provides for the regulation 

of certain biological agents and toxins 

by the Department of Health and Human 

Services (subtitle A, sections 201–204) 

and the Department of Agriculture 

(subtitle B, sections 211–213), and 

provides for interagency coordination 

between the two departments regarding 

overlap agents and toxins (subtitle C, 

section 221). For the Department of 

Health and Human Services, the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC) has been designated as the agency 

with primary responsibility for 

implementing the provisions of the Act; 

the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) is the agency fulfilling 

that role for the Department of 

Agriculture. CDC and APHIS list select 

agents and toxins in 42 CFR 73.3 and 

73.4, 7 CFR 331.3, and 9 CFR 121.3 and 

121.4, respectively. The Federal Bureau 

of Investigation’s (FBI) Criminal Justice 

Information Service conducts security 

risk assessments of all individuals and 

nongovernmental entities that request to 

possess, use, or transfer select agents 

and toxins. 

The meeting announced here is an 

opportunity for the regulated 

community (i.e., registered entity 

responsible officials, alternate 

responsible officials, and entity owners) 

and other interested individuals to 

obtain specific regulatory guidance and 

information on standards concerning 

biosafety and biosecurity issues related 

to the Federal Select Agent Program. 

Representatives from CDC, APHIS, and 

the FBI will be present at the meeting 

to address questions and concerns. 

Entity registration, security risk 

assessments, biosafety requirements, 

and security measures are among the 

issues that will be discussed. 

All attendees must register in advance 

of the meeting. Interested parties may 

call 1–800–648–1177 to register. In 

addition, registration forms are available 

on the Internet at (http:// 

www.selectagents.gov). All registration 

forms must be submitted by May 15, 

2010. 

Travel directions to John Ascuaga’s 

Nugget Hotel are available on the 

Internet at (http:// 

janugget.travelscream.com/map). RTC 

RIDE Route 21 (from RTC Centennial 

Plaza) serves the hotel. 

If you require special 

accommodations, such as a sign 

language interpreter, please call or write 

one of the individuals listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day 

of April 2010. 

Kevin Shea 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10277 Filed 4–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Meetings of the Agricultural Policy 

Advisory Committee for Trade and the 

Agricultural Technical Advisory 

Committees for Trade 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of closed meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Agricultural Policy Advisory 

Committee for Trade (APAC) and the 

Agricultural Technical Advisory 

Committees for Trade (ATACs) will 

hold closed meetings on May 6, 2010. 


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