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help prevent the spread of scrapie 

within the United States. APHIS has 

regulations at 9 CFR part 54 for an 

indemnity program to compensate 

owners of sheep and goats destroyed 

because of scrapie. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

regulations necessitate the use of a 

number of information collection 

activities including, but not limited to, 

applications for participation in the 

Scrapie Flock Certification Program; 

various plans for infected and source 

flocks; scrapie test records; application 

for indemnity payments; certificates; 

permits; and applications for APHISapproved eartags, backtags, or tattoos, 

etc. Without this information, APHIS’ 

efforts to more aggressively prevent the 

spread of scrapie would be severely 

hindered. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not for Profit; and 

State, Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 174,851. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 828,878. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Environmental Monitoring 

Form. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0117. 

Summary of Collection: The mission 

of the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) is to provide 

leadership in ensuring the health and 

care of animals and plants, to improve 

the agricultural productivity and 

competitiveness, and to contribute to 

the national economy and the public 

health. The National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq., and the regulations of the Council 

on Environmental Quality implement 

the procedural aspects of NEPA (40 CFR 

1500–1508). APHIS’ regulations require 

APHIS to implement environmental 

monitoring for certain activities 

conducted for pest and disease, control 

and eradication programs. APHIS Form 

2060, Environmental Monitoring Form, 

will be used to collect information 

concerning the effects of pesticide used 

in sensitive habitats. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information on the 

number of collected samples, 

description of the samples, the 

environmental conditions at the 

collection site including wind speed 

and direction, temperature, and 

topography. The supporting information 

contained on the APHIS form 2060 is 

vital for interpreting the laboratory tests 

APHIS conducts on its collected 

samples. If a sample was not 

accompanied by this form, APHIS 

would have no way of knowing from 

which site the sample was taken. 

Failure to collect this information 

would prevent APHIS from actively 

monitoring the effects of pesticides in 

areas where the inappropriate use of 

these chemicals could eventually 

produce disastrous results for 

vulnerable habitats and species. If 

information is not collected frequently 

enough, APHIS’ ability to effectively 

monitor chemical residues in the 

environment is compromised. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local or Tribal Government; Business or 

other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 11. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 6. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Beef and Ovine 

Meat from Uruguay and Beef from 

Argentina and Brazil. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0372. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 (7 

U.S.C. 8301), is the primary Federal law 

governing the protection of animal 

health. The law gives the Secretary of 

Agriculture broad authority to detect, 

control, or eradicate pests or diseases of 

livestock or poultry. The agency charged 

with carrying out this disease 

prevention mission is the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS). Disease prevention is the most 

effective method for maintaining a 

healthy animal population and 

enhancing APHIS’ ability to compete 

globally in animal and animal product 

trade. APHIS import regulations in 

sections 9 CFR 94.1, 9 CFR 94.11, and 

9 CFR 94.29 place certain restrictions on 

the importation of beef and ovine meat 

from Uruguay into the United States. 

APHIS must collect information, 

prepared by an authorized certified 

official of the Government of Uruguay, 

certifying that specific conditions for 

importation have been met. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Imports of fresh beef and beef products 

from northern Argentina and from 

specific regions in Brazil must be 

accompanied by a foreign meat 

inspection certificate that is completed 

and signed by an authorized veterinary 

official of the Governments of Uruguay, 

Argentina, and Brazil. Without the 

information, APHIS would be unable to 

establish an effective defense against the 

entry and spread of foot-and-mouth 

disease and other animal diseases from 

Uruguay beef and ovine product imports 

as well as imports of beef and beef 

products from Argentina and Brazil. 

Description of Respondents: Federal 

Government; Business or Other for 

Profit. 

Number of Respondents: 13,100. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 18,514. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23326 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Northwest Forest Plan Area Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Northwest Forest Plan 

Area Advisory Committee will hold a 

public meeting according to the details 

shown below. The Committee is 

authorized under the National Forest 

Management Act (the Act) and operates 

in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The 

purpose of the Committee is to provide 

advice and pragmatic recommendations 

regarding potential regional scale land 

management planning approaches and 

solutions in the Northwest Forest Plan 

Area within the context of the 2012 

planning rule. 

DATES: An in-person meeting, that 

permits committee members to 

participate virtually if needed, will be 

held on November 14, 2023, 08:30 a.m.– 

5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST), 

November 15, 2023, 08:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

PST, and November 16, 2023, 08:00–11 

a.m. 

Written and Oral Comments: Anyone 

wishing to provide in-person oral 

comments must pre-register by 11:59 

p.m. PST on November 7, 2023. Written 

public comments will be accepted 

through 11:59 p.m. PST on November 7, 

2023. Comments submitted after this 

date will be provided to the Forest 

Service, but the Committee may not 

have adequate time to consider those 

comments prior to the meeting. 

All committee meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of the meeting 

prior to attendance, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in 

person, at the Edgewater Hotel, 2411 

Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98121. 

Committee information and meeting 

details can be found at the following 


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website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ 

r6/landmanagement/planning/ 

?cid=fseprd1076013 or by contacting the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

must be sent by email to sm.fs.nwfp_

faca@usda.gov or via mail (i.e., 

postmarked) to John Dow, FACA 

Coordinator, 1220 Southwest 3rd 

Avenue, Room 1A, Portland, OR 97204. 

The Forest Service strongly prefers 

comments be submitted electronically. 

Oral Comments: Persons or 

organizations wishing to make oral 

comments must pre-register by 11:59 

p.m. PST, November 7, 2023, and 

speakers can only register for one 

speaking slot. Requests to pre-register 

for oral comments must be sent by email 

to sm.fs.nwfp_faca@usda.gov or via mail 

(i.e., postmarked) to John Dow, FACA 

Coordinator, 1220 Southwest 3rd 

Avenue, Room 1A, Portland, OR 97204. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liz 

Berger, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), by phone at 971–260–7808 or 

email at Elizabeth.Berger@usda.gov or 

John Dow, FACA Coordinator, at 719– 

250–5311 or email at John.Dow@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to: 

1. Review subcommittee 

considerations regarding priorities for 

updates to the Northwest Forest Plan; 

2. Consider information provided by 

forest managers and others regarding 

implementation of the Northwest Forest 

Plan; and 

3. Schedule the next meeting. 

The agenda will include time for 

individuals to make oral statements of 

three minutes or less. Individuals 

wishing to make an oral statement 

should make a request in writing at least 

three days prior to the meeting date to 

be scheduled on the agenda. Written 

comments may be submitted to the 

Forest Service up to 14 days after the 

meeting date listed under DATES. 

Please contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, by 

or before the deadline, for all questions 

related to the meeting. All comments, 

including names and addresses when 

provided, are placed in the record and 

are available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received upon request. 

Meeting Accommodations: The 

meeting location is compliant with the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, and the 

USDA provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you are 

a person requiring reasonable 

accommodation, please make requests 

in advance for sign language 

interpretation, assistive listening 

devices, or other reasonable 

accommodation to the person listed 

under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section or contact USDA’s 

TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and TTY) or USDA through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. 

USDA programs are prohibited from 

discriminating based on race, color, 

national origin, religion, sex, gender 

identity (including gender expression), 

sexual orientation, disability, age, 

marital status, family/parental status, 

income derived from a public assistance 

program, political beliefs, or reprisal or 

retaliation for prior civil rights activity, 

in any program or activity conducted or 

funded by USDA (not all bases apply to 

all programs). Remedies and complaint 

filing deadlines vary by program or 

incident. 

Equal opportunity practices in 

accordance with USDA’s policies will 

be followed in all appointments to the 

Committee. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Committee 

have taken in account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by USDA, 

membership shall include to the extent 

possible, individuals with demonstrated 

ability to represent minorities, women, 

and persons with disabilities. USDA is 

an equal opportunity provider, 

employer, and lender. 

Dated: October 17, 2023. 

Egypt Simon, 

Acting USDA Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23313 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Materials and Equipment Technical 

Advisory Committee; Notice of 

Partially Closed Meeting 

The Materials and Equipment 

Technical Advisory Committee will 

meet on November 16, 2023, 10:00 a.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, in the Herbert C. 

Hoover Building, Room 3884, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC (enter through Main Entrance on 

14th Street between Constitution and 

Pennsylvania Avenues). The Committee 

advises the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Export Administration 

with respect to technical questions that 

affect the level of export controls 

applicable to transportation and related 

equipment or technology. The purpose 

of the meeting is to have Committee 

members and U.S. Government 

representatives mutually review 

updated technical data and policydriving information that has been 

gathered. 

Agenda 

Open Session 

1. Opening Remarks and Introduction 

by BIS Senior Management. 

2. Report from working groups. 

3. Report by regime representatives. 

Closed Session 

4. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the open meeting and 

public participation requirements found 

in sections 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. 1001–1014). The 

exemption is authorized by section 

1009(d) of the FACA, which permits the 

closure of advisory committee meetings, 

or portions thereof, if the head of the 

agency to which the advisory committee 

reports determines such meetings may 

be closed to the public in accordance 

with subsection (c) of the Government 

in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)). 

In this case, the applicable provisions of 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c) are subsection 

552b(c)(4), which permits closure to 

protect trade secrets and commercial or 

financial information that is privileged 

or confidential, and subsection 

552b(c)(9)(B), which permits closure to 

protect information that would be likely 

to significantly frustrate implementation 

of a proposed agency action were it to 

be disclosed prematurely. The closed 

session of the meeting will involve 

committee discussions and guidance 

regarding U.S. Government strategies 

and policies. 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Yvette 

Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov, 

no later than November 9, 2023. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for the public session. 

Reservations are not accepted. To the 

extent time permits, members of the 

public may present oral statements to 

the Committee. The public may submit 

written statements at any time before or 

after the meeting. However, to facilitate 

distribution of public presentation 

materials to Committee members, the 

Committee suggests that presenters 

forward the public presentation 

materials prior to the meeting to Ms. 

Springer. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 


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