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Notices Federal Register

46244

Vol. 62, No. 169

Tuesday, September 2, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 97–044N]

National Advisory Committee on Meat

and Poultry Inspection; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Advisory

Committee on Meat and Poultry

Inspection will meet to plan Committee

activities for FY 1998 and consider three

policy issues: (1) interstate shipment of

State-inspected product; (2) hazard

analysis and critical control points

(HACCP) inspection models; and (3)

inspection resource management in a

HACCP environment. The third topic

includes the issues of inspection

coverage at establishments with HACCP

systems and overtime, second-shift, and

holiday inspection service at such

establishments. The Committee also will

consider issues to be addressed at future

meetings.

All interested parties are welcome to

attend the meeting and to submit

written comments and suggestions

concerning issues the Committee might

consider.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

September 9 and 10, 1997, from 9 a.m.

until 3 p.m., and on September 11,

1997, from 9 a.m. till 12 noon.

COMMENTS: Please send written

comments on topics the Committee

might consider during FY 1998 to the

Food Safety and Inspection Service

(FSIS) Docket Clerk: DOCKET 97–044N,

Room 102 Cotton Annex Building, 300

12th Street, SW., Washington, DC

20250. Comments may also be sent by

facsimile (202–205–0381). The

comments and the official transcript of

the meeting, when it becomes available,

will be kept in the Docket Clerk’s office.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10

Thomas Circle, NW, Washington, DC

20005 (202) 842–1300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

register for the meeting, contact Michael

N. Micchelli at (202) 720–6269, FAX

(202) 690-1030, or E-mail

Michael.Micchelli@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 12, 1997, the Secretary of

Agriculture renewed the charter for the

Advisory Committee on Meat and

Poultry Inspection. The Committee

provides advice and recommendations

to the Secretary of Agriculture

pertaining to Federal and State meat and

poultry inspection programs pursuant to

sections 7(c), 24, 205, 301 (a)(3), and

301(c) of the Federal Meat Inspection

Act (FMIA) and sections 5(a)(3), 5(c),

8(b), and 11(e) of the Poultry Products

Inspection Act (PPIA).

The Administrator of FSIS is the

chairperson of the Committee.

Membership of the Committee is drawn

from representatives of consumer

groups, producers, processors, and

marketers from the meat and poultry

industry, and State government officials.

The current members of the National

Advisory Committee on Meat and

Poultry Inspection are:

Dr. Deloran M. Allen, Excel Corporation

Dr. William L. Brown, ABC Research

Corporation

Terry Burkhardt, Wisconsin Bureau of

Meat Safety and Inspection

Caroline Smith-DeWaal, Center for

Science in the Public Interest

Nancy Donley, Safe Tables Our Priority

Carol Tucker Foreman, Safe Food

Coalition

Michael J. Gregory, Hudson Foods Inc.

Dr. Cheryl Hall, Foster Farms, Inc.

Dr. Margaret Hardin, National Pork

Producers

Alan Janzen, Circle Five Feedyards, Inc.

Dr. Daniel E. LaFontaine, South

Carolina Meat-Poultry Inspection

Department

Dr. Dale Morse, New York Office of

Public Health; Rosemary Mucklow,

National Meat Association

William Rosser, Texas Department of

Public Health

J. Myron Stoltzfus, Stoltzfus Meats

Dr. David M. Theno, Jr., Foodmaker Inc.

At the public meeting, the Committee

will organize itself to study the issues

before it. The Committee may decide to

form subcommittees to deliberate on

specific issues and make

recommendations to the whole

Committee and the Secretary of

Agriculture.

The three principal topics that the

Committee will consider at the meeting

are: (1) Interstate shipment of Stateinspected product; (2) the development

of HACCP-based inspection models; and

(3) inspection resource management in

a HACCP environment. The third topic

concerns, among other matters,

establishment reimbursement of FSIS

for overtime, second-shift, and holiday

inspection service.

For some time after January 26, 1998,

when HACCP-based inspection is

implemented in large establishments,

FSIS will continue assigning as many

inspectors per establishment as it does

currently. FSIS also will continue

charging establishments for second-shift

and overtime inspection service on the

same basis as at present. However, FSIS

realizes that new patterns of inspection

coverage will be necessary as inspection

task priorities change in establishments

operating HACCP systems. From the

experience gained in administering

HACCP-based inspection, and through

public discussions, the Agency expects

to develop a policy on inspection

coverage of establishments. The Agency

expects the Committee’s

recommendations to weigh heavily in

any final decisions on this matter.

In addition to discussion of the major

topics identified for this meeting, the

Committee will consider issues to be

discussed in future meetings.

The meeting is open to the public on

a space-available basis. Interested

persons will have an opportunity to

discuss issues relating to the activities

of the committee and may file

comments with the Committee in the

manner described above in COMMENTS. Done in Washington, DC: August 26, 1997.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator, Food Safety Inspection

Service.

[FR Doc. 97–23250 Filed 8–27–97; 3:24 pm]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation in the

Frankfort (IN) and Indianapolis (IN)

Areas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 169 / Tuesday, September 2, 1997 / Notices 46245

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States Grain

Standards Act, as amended (Act),

provides that official agency

designations will end not later than

triennially and may be renewed. The

designation of Frankfort Grain

Inspection, Inc. (Frankfort), will end

February 28, 1998, according to the Act.

The designation of Indianapolis Grain

Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc.

(Indianapolis), will end March 31, 1998,

according to the Act. GIPSA is asking

persons interested in providing official

services in the Frankfort and

Indianapolis areas to submit an

application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX)

on or before October 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be

submitted to USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, Janet

M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch,

Compliance Division, STOP 3604, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20250–3604.

Applications may be submitted by FAX

on 202–690–2755. If an application is

submitted by FAX, GIPSA reserves the

right to request an original application.

All applications will be made available

for public inspection at this address

located at 1400 Independence Avenue,

S.W., during regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart, telephone 202–720–8525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This action has been reviewed and

determined not to be a rule or regulation

as defined in Executive Order 12866

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1;

therefore, the Executive Order and

Departmental Regulation do not apply

to this action.

Section 7(f)(1) of the Act authorizes

GIPSA’s Administrator to designate a

qualified applicant to provide official

services in a specified area after

determining that the applicant is better

able than any other applicant to provide

such official services. GIPSA designated

Frankfort, main office located in

Frankfort, Indiana, to provide official

services under the Act on March 1,

1995. GIPSA designated Indianapolis,

main office located in Indianapolis,

Indiana, to provide official services

under the Act on April 1, 1995.

Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides

that designations of official agencies

shall end not later than triennially and

may be renewed according to the

criteria and procedures prescribed in

Section 7(f) of the Act. The designation

of Frankfort ends on February 28, 1998,

according to the Act. The designation of

Indianapolis ends on March 31, 1998,

according to the Act.

Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act,

the following geographic area, in the

State of Indiana, is assigned to

Frankfort.

Bounded on the North by the northern

Fulton County line;

Bounded on the East by the eastern

Fulton County line south to State Route

19; State Route 19 south to State Route

114; State Route 114 southeast to the

eastern Fulton and Miami County lines;

the northern Grant County line east to

County Highway 900E; County Highway

900E south to State Route 18; State

Route 18 east to the Grant County line;

the eastern and southern Grant County

lines; the eastern Tipton County line;

the eastern Hamilton County line south

to State Route 32;

Bounded on the South by State Route

32 west to the Boone County line; the

eastern and southern Boone County

lines; the southern Montgomery County

line; and

Bounded on the West by the western

and northern Montgomery County lines;

the western Clinton County line; the

western Carroll County line north to

State Route 25; State Route 25 northeast

to Cass County; the western Cass and

Fulton County lines.

Frankfort’s assigned geographic area

does not include the following grain

elevators inside Frankfort’s area which

have been and will continue to be

serviced by the following official

agency: Titus Grain Inspection, Inc.: The

Andersons, Delphi, Carroll County;

Buckeye Feed and Supply Company,

Leiters Ford, Fulton County; and Cargill,

Inc., Linden, Montgomery County.

Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act,

the following geographic area, in the

State of Indiana, is assigned to

Indianapolis.

Bartholomew; Brown; Hamilton,

south of State Route 32; Hancock;

Hendricks; Johnson; Madison, west of

State Route 13 and south of State Route

132; Marion; Monroe; Morgan; and

Shelby Counties.

Interested persons, including

Frankfort and Indianapolis, are hereby

given the opportunity to apply for

designation to provide official services

in the geographic areas specified above

under the provisions of Section 7(f) of

the Act and section 800.196(d) of the

regulations issued thereunder.

Designation in the Frankfort area is for

the period beginning March 1, 1998, and

ending February 29, 2001. Designation

in the Indianapolis area is for the period

beginning April 1, 1998, and ending

February 29, 2001. Persons wishing to

apply for designation should contact the

Compliance Division at the address

listed above for forms and information.

Applications and other available

information will be considered in

determining which applicant will be

designated.

AUTHORITY: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.)

Dated: August 14, 1997

Neil E. Porter

Director, Compliance Division

[FR Doc. 97–23127 Filed 8–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–F

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Opportunity to Comment on the

Applicants for the Minnesota Area

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on

the applicants for designation to provide

official services in the geographic area

currently assigned to the Minnesota

Department of Agriculture (Minnesota).

DATES: Comments must be postmarked,

or sent by telecopier (FAX) or electronic

mail by October 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be

submitted in writing to USDA, GIPSA,

FGIS, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review

Branch, Compliance Division, STOP

3604, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20250–3604.

Telecopier (FAX) users may send

comments to the automatic telecopier

machine at 202–690–2755, attention:

Janet M. Hart. All comments received

will be made available for public

inspection at the above address located

at 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

during regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart, telephone 202–720–8525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This action has been reviewed and

determined not to be a rule or regulation

as defined in Executive Order 12866

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1;

therefore, the Executive Order and

Departmental Regulation do not apply

to this action.

In the June 30, 1997, Federal Register

(62 FR 35147), GIPSA asked persons

interested in providing official services

in the geographic area assigned to

Minnesota to submit an application for

designation. There were three

applicants: Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection,

Inc., applied for designation to provide

official services in the Minnesota

counties of Filmore, Goodhue, Houston,