This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

committee meetings, agency decisions and

rulings, delegations of authority, filing of

petitions and applications and agency

statements of organization and functions are

examples of documents appearing in this

section.

Notices Federal Register

7748

Vol. 62, No. 34

Thursday, February 20, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

February 14, 1997.

The Department of Agriculture has

submitted the following information

collection requirement(s) to OMB for

review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Comments

regarding (a) whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of burden including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology should be addressed to: Desk

Officer for Agriculture, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), Washington, D.C. 20503 and to

Department Clearance Office, USDA,

OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, D.C.

20250–7602. Comments regarding these

information collections are best assured

of having their full effect if received

within 30 days of this notification.

Copies of the submission(s) may be

obtained by calling (202) 720–6204 or

(202) 720–6746.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a currently valid OMB control

number and the agency informs

potential persons who are to respond to

the collection of information that such

persons are not required to respond to

the collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Title: Asian Long Horned Beetle.

OMB Control Number: 0579—New.

Summary: Compliance agreements

appeal letters, certificates, inspections,

limited permits, container markings,

and 48-hour notices will be needed to

allow regulated articles to move

interstate from quarantined areas in

New York.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is needed to control and

monitor the movement of the Asian long

horned beetle. The regulations

quarantine certain areas within the State

of New York.

Description of Respondents: Farms:

Farms; Individuals or households;

Business or other for-profit; State, Local

or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 225.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 132.

Emergency processing of this

submission has been requested by

February 14, 1997.

Office of the Secretary

Title: Customer Survey Activities.

OMB Control Number: 0505–0020.

Summary: Executive Order 12862

requires Federal Departments to

establish and implement customer

service standards. This ‘‘Generic

Clearance’’ encompasses all information

collection activities within USDA that

will be conducted in order to satisfy the

requirements of the Executive Order.

Need and Use of the Information: The

results obtained from the various

customer satisfaction surveys will be

disseminated to key policy and

management officials, USDA employees,

stakeholders, the Congress and the

public. The data will be used in a

variety of ways to improve customer

service.

Description of Respondents: Farms;

Individuals or households; Business or

other for-profit; Not-for-profit

institutions; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 50,000.

Donald Hulcher,

Deputy Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–4166 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Docket No. PY–96–002]

Tentative Voluntary Poultry Grade

Standards

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice; extension of test-market

period.

SUMMARY: On February 15, 1996, the

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)

published a notice in the Federal

Register (61 FR 5975) announcing a oneyear test-market period for USDA grade

identified cooked, boneless-skinless

poultry products without added

ingredients, based on tentative grade

standards. AMS is extending the testmarket period beyond its scheduled

end, February 15, 1997, until it makes

a final determination about the tentative

standards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rex A. Barnes, Chief, Grading Branch,

Poultry Division, 202–720–3271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 15, 1996, the Agricultural

Marketing Service (AMS) published a

notice in the Federal Register (61 FR

5975) announcing a one-year test-market

period for USDA grade identified

cooked, boneless-skinless poultry

products without added ingredients,

based on tentative grade standards. The

test-market period is scheduled to end

February 15, 1997, after which AMS

will evaluate the test results. If AMS

decides to amend the current poultry

grade standards, a proposal with a

comment period will be published in

the Federal Register.

AMS is currently evaluating the testmarket results of two other sets of

tentative grade standards for ready-tocook products to determine if changes

should be made to the standards. Those

test-markets were for boneless-skinless

poultry legs and drumsticks (60 FR

16428) and boneless-skinless poultry

products without added ingredients (60

FR 30830), for which tentative standards

were published in the Federal Register
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 34 / Thursday, February 20, 1997 / Notices 7749

on March 30, 1995, and June 12, 1995,

respectively. AMS has determined that

it is appropriate to extend the testmarket period for cooked products until

a final determination is made regarding

changes to the standards for both readyto-cook and cooked products. This will

also allow additional time for the

industry to utilize the tentative

standards for cooked, boneless-skinless

products.

Dated: February 13, 1997.

Lon Hatamiya,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–4111 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 97–003N]

President’s National Food Safety

Initiative

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States Department

of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety

and Inspection Service (FSIS) and

Research, Education, and Economics;

The Department of Health and Human

Services’ Food and Drug Administration

(FDA) and Centers for Disease Control;

and the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) will convene a public

meeting to discuss the ‘‘President’s

National Food Safety Initiative.’’ At this

meeting, participants will be briefed on

the purpose of the President’s initiative

and on the agenda for a second public

meeting to be held in April. The goal of

the April meeting will be to discuss and

develop, for the President,

comprehensive recommendations for

reducing, to the greatest extent possible,

the annual incidence of foodborne

illness by enhancing the safety of the

Nation’s food supply.

DATES: The meeting will be held from

9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on March 5,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Jefferson Auditorium, 1400

Independence Ave, SW, Washington,

DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

register for the meeting, contact Lisa

Parks at (202) 501–7138, FAX (202)

501–7642, or E-mail usdafsis/

s=confer@mhs.attmail.com. For

questions about the meeting or to obtain

copies of a draft report, contact Mr.

Charles Danner, FSIS at (202) 501–7138

or Ms. Caren Carson, FDA at (202) 205–

5140. Copies of the draft report also are

available from the following: FSIS at

http://www.usda.gov/fsis or FDA at

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 25, 1997, the President directed

the Secretaries of USDA and HHS and

the Administrator of the EPA to work

with consumers, producers, industry,

States, universities, and the public to

identify ways to further improve the

safety of our food supply through

government and private sector action,

including public private partnerships,

and make recommendations to the

President. The President requested that

the recommendations identify steps to

further improve surveillance,

inspection, research, risk assessment,

education, and coordination among

local, State, and Federal health

authorities.

To carry out the President’s initiative,

two public meetings will be held. At the

first meeting, government officials will

discuss the current thinking on the

President’s six areas of concern. They

also will discuss the agenda and goal of

the meeting to be held in April.

At the April meeting, participants will

be asked to identify problems and

provide recommendations related to the

President’s six areas of concern. A

second Federal Register notice will be

published that provides additional

information about the time, location,

and focus of the April meeting.

Done at Washington, DC, on: February 13,

1997.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–4124 Filed 2–14–97; 9:54 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD

[Docket 6–97]

Foreign-Trade Zone 182—Fort Wayne,

Indiana Area Application for Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the City of Fort Wayne,

Indiana, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone

182, requesting authority to expand its

zone in the Fort Wayne, Indiana area.

The Fort Wayne International Airport is

a Customs user fee airport facility

designated by the U.S. Customs Service.

The application was submitted pursuant

to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), and the regulations of the Board

(15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed

on February 5, 1997.

FTZ 182 was approved on December

23, 1991 (Board Order 549, 57 F.R. 1450,

1/14/92). The general-purpose zone

currently consists of three sites: Site 1

(16,000 sq. ft.)—public warehouse at

315 East Wallace Street, Fort Wayne;

Site 2 (17,500 sq. ft.)—public warehouse

at 2122 Bremer Road, Fort Wayne; and,

Site 3 (50 acres)—Air Trade Center at

the Fort Wayne International Airport,

Fort Wayne.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand Site 3 to include the

entire Air Trade Center and to add an

additional site to its zone project. Site 3

at the Air Trade Center, adjacent to the

Fort Wayne International Airport would

be expanded to cover 443 acres; and,

proposed Site 4 would cover 41 acres on

3 contiguous parcels at 1515 Riverfork

Drive West, approximately 20 miles

from the Fort Wayne International

Airport, Huntington. Stride Rite

Children’s Group, Inc. (a subsidiary of

Stride Rite Corporation), will be leasing

one of the parcels for its warehousing

needs. No specific manufacturing

requests are being made at this time.

Such requests would be made to the

Board on a case-by-case basis.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and 3 copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is April 21, 1997. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to May 6, 1997).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

Huntington Chamber of Commerce, 305

Warren Street, Huntington, IN 46750

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230

Dated: February 10, 1997.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4220 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P