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The Controller

16. The Controller shall: have charge

of all fiscal and accounting affairs of the

Corporation, including all borrowings

and related financial arrangements and

claims activities, and perform such

other duties as may be prescribed, from

time-to-time, by the President or the

Executive Vice President.

The Treasurer

17. (a) The Treasurer shall: assist the

Controller in the administration of all

fiscal and accounting affairs of the

Corporation, including all borrowings

and related financial arrangements and

claims activities, and perform such

other duties relating to the fiscal and

accounting affairs of the Corporation as

may be prescribed, from time-to-time,

by the Controller, the President, or the

Executive Vice President.

(b) The Treasurer, under the general

supervision and direction of the

Controller, shall: supervise the receipt

and disbursement of all funds of the

Corporation; designate qualified persons

to authorize disbursement of corporate

funds; be responsible for documents

relating to the general financing

operations of the Corporation; and

supervise the claims activities of the

Corporation.

The Chief Accountant

18. The Chief Accountant, under the

general supervision and direction of the

Controller, shall: have charge of the

general accounting books and accounts

of the Corporation and the preparation

of financial statements and reports; be

responsible for the issuance of policies

and practices related to accounting

matters and procedures, including those

dealing with official inventories and

records; and perform such other duties

relating to the fiscal and accounting

affairs of the Corporation as may be

prescribed, from time-to-time, by the

Controller.

Other Officials

19. Except as otherwise authorized by

the Secretary of Agriculture or the

Board, the operations of the Corporation

shall be carried out through the facilities

and personnel of FSA, FAS, FCS, AMS,

and NRCS in accordance with any

assignment of functions and

responsibilities made by the Secretary of

Agriculture and, within the respective

agency or office, by the Administrator of

FSA, FAS, FCS, or AMS, the Chief

NRCS, or the General Sales Manager,

FAS.

20. The Directors of the divisions of

FSA and the Directors of the Kansas

City Commodity Office and the Kansas

City Management Office of FSA shall be

Contracting Officers of the Corporation

and executives of the Corporation in

general charge of the activities of the

Corporation carried out through their

respective divisions or offices in

accordance with these Bylaws and

applicable programs, policies, and

procedures.

Contracts of the Corporation

21. Contracts of the Corporation

relating to any of its activities may be

executed in its name by the Secretary of

Agriculture or the President. The Vice

Presidents, the Deputy Vice Presidents,

the Controller, the Treasurer, and the

Directors of the divisions of FSA and

the Directors of the Kansas City

Commodity Office and the Kansas City

Management Office of FSA may execute

contracts relating to the activities of the

Corporation for which they are

respectively responsible.

22. The Executive Vice President and,

subject to the written approval by the

Executive Vice President of each

appointment, the Vice Presidents, the

Deputy Vice Presidents, the Controller,

and the Directors of the divisions of

FSA and the Directors of the Kansas

City Commodity Office and the Kansas

City Management Office of FSA may

appoint, by written instrument, such

Contracting Officers as they deem

necessary, who may, to the extent

authorized by such instrument, execute

contracts in the name of the

Corporation. A copy of each such

instrument shall be filed with the

Secretary of the Corporation.

23. Appointments of Contracting

Officers may be revoked by written

instruction or instrument by the

Executive Vice President or the official

who made the appointment. A copy of

each instrument shall be filed with the

Secretary of the Corporation.

24. Employees of FSA, FAS, FCS,

AMS and NRCS may execute contracts

on behalf of the Corporation as

delegated to them in accordance with

applicable dockets of the Corporation,

program regulations, or delegations

approved by the President or Vice

Presidents of the Corporation.

Annual report

25. The Executive Vice President shall

be responsible for the preparation of an

annual report of the activities of the

Corporation, which shall be filed with

the Secretary of Agriculture and with

the Board.

Amendments

26. These Bylaws may be altered,

amended, or repealed by the Secretary

of Agriculture or the Board.

Approval Of Board Action

27. The actions of the Board shall be

subject to the approval of the Secretary

of Agriculture.

I, Juanita B. Daniels, Acting Secretary,

Commodity Credit Corporation, do hereby

certify that the above is a full, true, and

correct copy of the Bylaws of Commodity

Credit Corporation, as amended November 3,

1997.

In witness whereof I have officially

subscribed my name and have caused the

corporate seal of the said Corporation to be

fixed this third day of November, 1997.

Juanita B. Daniels,

Acting Secretary, Commodity Credit

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 97–32544 Filed 12–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 97–071N]

National Advisory Committee on Meat

and Poultry Inspection

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Advisory

Committee on Meat and Poultry

Inspection will meet on January 13 and

14, 1998, to continue its consideration

of three policy issues that it began

discussing at its September 9, 10, and

11, 1997, meeting: (1) Interstate

shipment of State-inspected product; (2)

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control

Point (HACCP) inspection models; and

(3) inspection resource management in

a HACCP environment. The Committee

will consider two new issues at the

January meeting: (1) Roles of Federal,

State, and local governments in farm-totable food safety; and (2) policy on

pathogen testing and product

disposition. All interested persons are

welcome to attend the meeting and to

submit written comments and

suggestions concerning issues the

Committee plans to consider.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

January 13 and 14, 1998, from 8:00 a.m.

until 6:00 p.m.

COMMENTS: Please send written

comments on topics the Committee will

consider at the January meeting to the

FSIS Docket Clerk: Docket 97–071N,

Room 102 Cotton Annex Building, 300

12th Street, SW, Washington, DC

20250–3700. Comments may also be

sent by facsimile to (202) 205–0381. The

comments and the official transcript of

the meeting, when it becomes available,
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may be viewed in the Docket Clerk’s

office.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

in the Capitol Room of the Hyatt

Regency On Capitol Hill Hotel, 400 New

Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

20001 at (202) 737–1234.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Mr. Michael N. Micchelli at

(202) 720–6269 or FAX to (202) 690–

1030. Attendees will be required to

register at the meeting.

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 regarding

Federal and State meat and poultry

inspection programs.

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 into subcommittees to

study the issues. The Committee has

three standing subcommittees to

deliberate on specific issues and make

recommendations to the whole

Committee.

The five principal topics that the

Committee will consider at the meeting

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

inspection models; (3) inspection

resource management in a HACCP

environment; (4) roles of Federal, State,

and local governments in farm-to-table

food safety; and (5) policy on pathogen

testing and product disposition.

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, on: December 4,

1997.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–32489 Filed 12–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Oregon Coast Provincial Advisory

Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Oregon Coast Provincial

Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet on

January 8, 1998, in Florence, Oregon, at

the Florence Events Center, 715 Quince

Street, Florence, OR. The meeting will

begin at 9:00 a.m. and continue until

3:30 p.m. Agenda items to be covered

include: (1) Reports from PAC

Subcommittees (Adapative Management

Area, Water Quality/Fish, Media, and

Timber); (2) FY 1997 PAC

Accomplishments/FY 1998 Outlook;

and (3) Water Quality Report (Clean

Water Act and Water Quality Mgmt.

Plans)/303d Designations. All Oregon

Coast Provincial Advisory Committee

meetings are open to the public. Two

15-minute open public forums are

scheduled for 10:00 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.

Interested citizens are encouraged to

attend. The committee welcomes the

public’s written comments on

committee business at any time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Trish Hogervorst, Public Affairs

Officer, Bureau of Land Management, at

(503) 375–5657, or write to Forest

Supervisor, Siuslaw National Forest,

P.O. Box 1148, Corvallis, Oregon 97339.

Dated: December 4, 1997.

James R. Furnish,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 97–32537 Filed 12–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Fritchie Marsh Hydrologic Restoration

Project (PO–6), St. Tammany Parish,

LA

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 Guidelines (40

CFR Part 1500), and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Guidelines (7 CFR Part 650); the U.S.

Department of Agriculture Natural

Resources Conservation Service, gives

notice that an environmental impact

statement is not being prepared for the

Fritchie Marsh Hydrologic Restoration

Project, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald W. Gohmert, State

Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, 3737 Government

Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302,

telephone (318) 473–7751.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment of the

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, Donald W. Gohmert, State

Conservationist, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement are not

needed for this project.

This plan proposes to reduce wetland

loss an approximately 5.024 acres of

intermediate marsh in St. Tammany

Parish, Louisiana. Project measures

include 5,700 linear feet of channel

enlargement, installation of a steel

sheetpile weir with boat bay and

installation of a reinforced concrete

conduit.

The Notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) as been

forwarded to the Environmental

Protection Agency and to various

Federal, State and local agencies and

interested parties. A limited number of

copies 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

Donald W. Gohmert.

No administrative action on

implementation of the proposal will be

taken until 30 days after the date of this

publication in the Federal Register.