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more risk-based and to continue to 

implement science-based policies. 

Although the Agency acknowledges that 

some types of meat and poultry 

products pose greater health risks than 

others, and some establishments control 

risks better than others, under the 

current system of processing inspection, 

a Consumer Safety Inspector visits every 

plant at least once every shift to perform 

a variety of verification procedures 

scheduled by the Performance Based 

Inspection System (PBIS). PBIS 

schedules inspection procedures the 

same way in all processing plants, 

regardless of the particular food safety 

hazard associated with the products 

produced and processes performed at 

one plant versus another. 

In July 2004, the Agency outlined the 

basic features of a predictive model that 

would permit FSIS to improve resource 

allocation by considering the inherent 

risks and risk control effectiveness of 

the many meat and poultry 

establishments under Federal 

inspection. Since that time, FSIS has 

continued developing and refining these 

ideas. In November 2005, FSIS 

addressed the National Advisory 

Committee on Meat and Poultry 

Inspection (NACMPI) on Agency 

progress toward a RBIS. In May 2006, 

the Agency again addressed NACMPI—

this time on ideas the Agency has on 

measuring establishment risk control 

effectiveness for RBI. 

Reductions in the number of illnesses 

attributed to the consumption of 

adulterated meat and poultry products 

can be achieved by placing greater 

inspection and verification emphasis on 

establishments whose processes, owing 

to the nature and volume of their 

production, require greater control of 

the risks. FSIS believes that it can 

improve public health by dedicating 

fewer inspection resources to processing 

establishments that produce products 

that present low inherent risk and that 

exercise effective risk control, and 

shifting those resources towards 

processing establishments that produce 

products that present high inherent risk 

and that have less effective risk control. 

At this meeting, FSIS will present 

some ideas about how the Agency can 

develop measures of inherent food 

safety risk for federally-inspected meat 

and poultry processing establishments 

and to solicit stakeholder input on the 

subject. The Agency will also accept 

stakeholder input on how to measure 

establishment control of risk. FSIS 

previously presented information on 

this topic at a meeting of NACMPI last 

May. Finally, FSIS will accept 

stakeholder input on some initial 

concepts on how the two measures of 

risk might be used to implement RBIS. 

FSIS is using Resolve, a national nonprofit organization, to assist with the 

stakeholder input process. Resolve 

specializes in mediating, facilitating, 

and building consensus on solutions to 

scientifically complex public policy 

issues, including those in the areas of 

food safety, agriculture, and public 

health. 

All interested parties are welcome to 

attend the meetings and to submit 

written comments and suggestions 

through October 27, 2006. The 

comments and the official transcript of 

the meeting, when they become 

available, will be posted on the 

Agency’s Web site at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

regulations_&_policies/ 

Risk_Based_Inspection/. All comments 

received in response to this notice will 

be considered part of the public record. 

Members of the public are required to 

pre-register for the meeting. Online 

registration information is located at 

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

regulations_&_policies/ 

Risk_Based_Inspection/. 

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/ 

2006_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, recalls, 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 and farm groups, 

consumer interest groups, allied health 

professionals, and other individuals 

who have asked to be included. The 

update is available on the FSIS Web 

page. 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 e-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 

account. 

Done at Washington, DC on: September 21, 

2006. 

Barbara J. Masters, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E6–15866 Filed 9–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area 

(SRA) Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA Forest 

Service Action: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: An Opal Creek Scenic 

Recreation Area Advisory Council 

meeting will convene in Stayton, 

Oregon on Wednesday, October 25, 

2006. The meeting is scheduled to begin 

at 6:30 p.m., and will conclude at 

approximately 8:30 p.m. The meeting 

will be held in the South Room of the 

Stayton Community Center located on 

400 West Virginia Street in Stayton, 

Oregon. 

The Opal Creek Wilderness and Opal 

Creek Scenic Recreation Area Act of 

1996 (Opal Creek Act) (Pub. L. 104–208) 

directed the Secretary of Agriculture to 

establish the Opal Creek Scenic 

Recreation Area Advisory Council. The 

Advisory Council is comprised of 

thirteen members representing state, 

county and city governments, and 

representatives of various organizations, 

which include mining industry, 

environmental organizations, inholders 

in Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area, 

economic development, Indian tribes, 

adjacent landowners and recreation 

interests. The council provides advice to 

the Secretary of Agriculture on 

preparation of a comprehensive Opal 

Creek Management Plan for the SRA, 

and consults on a periodic and regular 

basis on the management of the area. 

Tentative agenda items include: Trails 

Planning, Monitoring Plan and Pearl 

Creek Strategy Subcommittees reports 

and recommendations. 

A direct public comment period is 

tentatively scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. 

Time allotted for individual 

presentations will be limited to 3 

minutes. Written comments are 

encouraged, particularly if the material 

cannot be presented within the time 

limits of the comment period. Written 

comments may be submitted prior to the 

October 25th meeting by sending them 


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to Designated Federal Official Paul 

Matter at the address given below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information regarding this 

meeting, contact Designated Federal 

Official Paul Matter; Willamette 

National Forest, Detroit Ranger District, 

HC 73 Box 320, Mill City, OR 97360; 

(503) 854–3366. 

Dated: September 29, 2006. 

Dallas Emch, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 06–8278 Filed 9–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Draft Supplemental Watershed Plan 

No. 1 and Environmental Assessment 

Plum Creek Watershed, Rehabilitation 

of Flood Retarding Structure (FRS) #18 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

the Plum Creek FRS #18 Draft 

Supplemental Watershed Plan and 

Environmental Assessment. 

SUMMARY: The Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Kentucky State Office, 

gives notice that a draft supplemental 

watershed plan/environmental 

assessment for the rehabilitation of 

Plum Creek FRS #18 is now available 

for public review and comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacob Kuhn, Acting State 

Conservationist, Natural Resource 

Conservation Service, 771 Corporate 

Drive, Suite 210, Lexington, KY 40503–

5479, telephone (859) 224–7350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

project was initiated due to the 

Kentucky Division of Water (KDOW) 

Office of Dam Safety issuance of a 

notice of violation (NOV) to the Plum 

Creek Watershed Conservancy District 

for Plum Creek FRS #18. Construction of 

FRS#18 was completed in 1957 under 

the Pilot Watershed Program and 

authorized by the Watershed Protection 

and Flood Prevention Act (PL 83–566). 

Due to changes in KDOW dam safety 

regulations and a pre-existing home 

below the dam, the KDOW is now 

requiring the dam to be upgraded to 

meet class C criteria (high hazard) or to 

remove the threat of flooding to the 

downstream home. The preferred 

alternative for this project is Alternative 

#2—demolition of the existing home 

and construction of a new elevated 

home on the same site. The proposed 

alternative would upgrade the dam to 

meet NRCS and KDOW current 

standards and criteria for a 

‘‘Significant’’ or ‘‘Moderate’’ hazard 

(class B) dam and would replace the 

concrete riser and add a supplemental 

toe drain system to the dam. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Basic data developed during the 

environmental assessment are on file 

and may be reviewed by contacting 

Anita Arends, Resource Conservationist, 

telephone (859) 224–7354. Copies of the 

draft Plan/EA are available upon 

request. The public comment period 

will end 45-days after the date of this 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Dated: September 20, 2006. 

Jacob Kuhn, 

Acting State Conservationist. 

[FR Doc. E6–15776 Filed 9–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Pohick Creek Watershed Dam No. 4, 

Fairfax County, VA 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service. 

ACTION: Notice of a Finding of No 

Significant Impact. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102[2][c] 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations [40 

CFR part 1500]; and the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service 

Regulations [7 CFR part 650]; the 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives 

notice that an environmental impact 

statement is not being prepared for the 

rehabilitation of Pohick Creek 

Watershed Dam No. 4, Fairfax County, 

Virginia. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M. 

Denise Doetzer, State Conservationist, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209, 

Richmond, Virginia 23229. Telephone 

(804) 287–1691, E-Mail 

Denise.Doetzer@va.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

environmental assessment of this 

federally assisted action indicates that 

the project will not cause significant 

local, regional, or national impacts on 

the environment. As a result of these 

findings, M. Denise Doetzer, State 

Conservationist, has determined that the 

preparation and review of an 

environmental impact statement is not 

needed for this project. 

The project purpose is continued 

flood prevention. The planned works of 

improvement include upgrading an 

existing floodwater retarding structure. 

The Notice of a Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) has been 

forwarded to the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency and to various 

Federal, State, and local agencies and 

interested parties. A limited number of 

the FONSI are available to fill single 

copy requests at the above address. 

Basic data developed during the 

environmental assessment are on file 

and may be reviewed by contacting M. 

Denise Doetzer at the above number. 

No administrative action on 

implementation of the proposal will be 

taken until 30 days after the date of this 

publication in the Federal Register. 

M. Denise Doetzer, 

State Conservationist. 

[This activity is listed in the Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance under 10.904, 

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention, 

and is subject to the provisions of Executive 

Order 12372, which requires intergovernment consultation with State and local 

officials.] 

[FR Doc. E6–15778 Filed 9–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

East Locust Creek Watershed, Sullivan 

County, MO 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of record 

of decision. 

SUMMARY: Roger A. Hansen, responsible 

Federal official for projects 

administered under the provisions of 

Public Law 83–566, 16 U.S.C. 1001–

1008, in the State of Missouri, is hereby 

providing notification that a record of 

decision to proceed with the installation 

of the East Locust Creek Watershed 

Revised Plan is available. Single copies 

of this record of decision may be 

obtained from Roger A. Hansen at the 

address shown below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roger A. Hansen, State Conservationist, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

601 Business Loop 70 West, Parkade 

Center, Suite 250, Columbia, Missouri, 

65203, (573) 876–0901. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

project purposes are to provide a 


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