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Number of Respondents: 1,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 750. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: Broadband Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0127. 

Summary of Collection: Congress has 

recognized the need to facilitate the 

deployment of broadband service to unserved rural areas. The provision to 

broadband transmission service is vital 

to the economic development, 

education, health, and safety of rural 

Americans. Grant authority is utilized to 

deploy broadband infrastructure to 

extremely rural, lower income 

communities on a ‘‘community-oriented 

connectivity’’ basis. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Rural Development Utilities Programs 

(RUS) gives priority to rural areas that 

it believes have the greatest need for 

broadband transmission services. This 

broadband access is intended to 

promote economic development and 

provide enhanced educational and 

health care opportunities. RUS will 

provide financial assistance to eligible 

entities that are proposing to deploy 

broadband transmission service in rural 

communities where such service does 

not currently exist and who will 

connect the critical community facilities 

including the local schools, libraries, 

hospitals, police, fire and rescue 

services and who will operate a 

community center that provides free 

and open access to residents. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 90. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting; 

on occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 14,442. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–5923 Filed 3–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. 2007–0009] 

Exemption for Retail Store Operations 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Adjusted Dollar 

Limitations. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

new dollar limitations on the amount of 

meat and meat food products and 

poultry products that a retail store can 

sell to hotels, restaurants, and similar 

institutions without disqualifying itself 

for exemption from Federal inspection 

requirements. By reason of FSIS’

regulations, for calendar year 2007 the 

dollar limitation for meat and meat food 

products remains at $55,100 and for 

poultry products is being reduced from 

$45,200 to $44,400. FSIS is maintaining 

or changing the dollar limitations from 

calendar year 2006 based on price 

changes for these products evidenced by 

the Consumer Price Index. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notice is 

effective March 30, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

O’Connell, Regulations and Petitions 

Policy Staff, Office of Policy, Program, 

and Employee Development, FSIS, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 112, 

Cotton Annex Building, 300 12th Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–3700; 

telephone (202) 720–0345, fax (202) 

690–0486. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the Poultry 

Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 

et seq.) provide that the statutory 

provisions requiring inspection of the 

slaughter of livestock or poultry, and the 

preparation or processing of meat and 

meat food and poultry products, do not 

apply to the types of operations 

traditionally and usually conducted at 

retail stores and restaurants, when those 

operations are conducted at any retail 

store or restaurant or similar retail-type 

establishment for sale in normal retail 

quantities (21 U.S.C. 454(c)(2)and 661 

(c)(2)). In Title 9 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations §§ 303.1(d) and 381.10(d), 

FSIS regulations address the conditions 

under which requirements for 

inspection do not apply to retail 

operations involving the preparation or 

processing of meat or poultry products. 

Under these regulations, sales to 

hotels, restaurants, and similar 

institutions disqualify a store for 

exemption if they exceed either of two 

maximum limits: 25 percent of the 

dollar value of total product sales or the 

calendar year dollar limitation set by the 

Administrator. The dollar limitation is 

adjusted automatically during the first 

quarter of the year if the Consumer Price 

Index (CPI), published by the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, indicates an increase or 

decrease of more than $500 in the price 

of the same volume of product for the 

previous year. FSIS publishes a notice 

of the adjusted dollar limitations in the 

Federal Register. (See paragraph 

(d)(2)(iii)(b) of both §§ 303.1 and 

381.10.) 

The CPI for 2006 reveals an average 

annual price increase for meat and meat 

food products of 0.7 percent and an 

annual average price decrease for 

poultry products of 1.8 percent. When 

rounded off to the nearest $100, the 

price increase for meat and meat food 

products is $400, and the price decrease 

for poultry products is $800. Because 

the price of meat and meat food 

products has not increased by more than 

$500, and because the price of poultry 

products has decreased by more than 

$500, in accordance with 

§§ 303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and 

381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b) of the regulations, 

the dollar limitation on sales to hotels, 

restaurants, and similar institutions 

remains at $55,100 for meat and meat 

food products and is being reduced to 

$44,400 for poultry products for 

calendar year 2007. 

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/regulations/ 

2007_Notices_Index/. 

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 and more diverse 

audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an email 

subscription service which provides an 

automatic and customized notification 

when popular pages are updated, 

including Federal Register publications 

and related documents. This service is 

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

news_and_events/email_subscription/ 

and allows FSIS customers to sign up 

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categories. 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 March 26, 

2007. 

David P. Goldman, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 07–1535 Filed 3–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase from 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds to the 

Procurement List services to be 

furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 29, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly D. Zeich, Telephone: (703) 

603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email: CMTEFedReg@jwod.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 2, 2007, the Committee for 

Purchase From People Who Are Blind 

or Severely Disabled published notice 

(72 FR 5001) of proposed additions to 

the Procurement List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the services and impact of the additions 

on the current or most recent 

contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the services listed 

below are suitable for procurement by 

the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 

46–48c and 41 CFR 51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organizations that will furnish the 

services to the Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

services to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the services proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following services 

are added to the Procurement. 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Grounds/Custodial 

Services, Cherokee National ForestTellico Ranger District, 250 Ranger 

Station Road, Tellico Plains, TN. 

NPA: Goodwill Industries—Knoxville, Inc., 

Knoxville, TN. 

Contracting Activity: USDA, Forest Service 

Cherokee National Forest. 

Service Type/Location: Secure Document 

Destruction, Internal Revenue Service, 

124 South Tennessee, Lakeland, FL. 

Service Type/Location: Secure Document 

Destruction, Internal Revenue Service, 

129 Hibiscus Boulevard, Melbourne, FL. 

Service Type/Location: Secure Document 

Destruction, Internal Revenue Service, 

850 Frafalga Court, Maitland, FL. 

NPA: Brevard Achievement Center, Inc., 

Rockledge, FL. 

Contracting Activity: Internal Revenue 

Services. 

This action does not affect current 

contracts awarded prior to the effective 

date of this addition or options that may 

be exercised under those contracts. 

Kimberly M. Zeich, 

Director, Program Operations. 

[FR Doc. E7–5900 Filed 3–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List Proposed Additions 

and Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed Additions to and 

Deletions from Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add to the Procurement List services 

to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, and to 

delete services previously furnished by 

such agencies. 

Comments Must Be Received On or 

Before: April 29, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, VA 22202–3259. 

For Further Information or To Submit 

Comments Contact: Kimberly D. Zeich, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or e-mail: 

CMTEFedReg@jwod.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 U.S.C 

47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its purpose 

is to provide interested persons an 

opportunity to submit comments on the 

proposed actions. 

Additions 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed additions, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice for each product or service will 

be required to procure the services 

listed below from nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organizations that will 

furnish the services to the Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the services to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the services proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

Comments on this certification are 

invited. Commenters should identify the 

statement(s) underlying the certification 

on which they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following services are proposed 

for addition to Procurement List for 

production by the nonprofit agencies 

listed: 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, 

Akron Canton Regional Airport (Break 

and Training Room only), 5400 Lauby 

Road NW., North Canton, OH. 

NPA: The Workshops, Inc., Canton, OH. 

Contracting Activity: GSA, Public Buildings 

Service, Region 5, Cleveland, OH. 

Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, 

Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital (Hines 


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