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respond or not respond to any portion, 

all, or none of the Expressions of 

Interest submitted in response to this 

Notice. Responders whose submissions 

are deemed worthy of further 

consideration given the criteria 

expressed herein may be asked to 

provide additional information. USDA’s 

further consideration of certain 

Responders’ Expressions of Interest does 

not obligate USDA to provide funds to 

such Responders or to enter into 

contractual relationships with such 

Responders. 

Dated: August 9, 2018. 

Donald K. Bice, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17555 Filed 8–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2018–0009] 

Retail Exemptions Adjusted Dollar 

Limitations 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

the dollar limitations on the amount of 

meat and meat food products, poultry, 

and poultry products that a retail store 

can sell to hotels, restaurants, and 

similar institutions without 

disqualifying itself for exemption from 

Federal inspection requirements. In 

accordance with FSIS’s regulations, for 

calendar year 2018, the value for the 

dollar limitation for meat and meat food 

products remains unchanged at $75,700. 

For calendar year 2018, the value for the 

dollar limitation for poultry and poultry 

products also remains unchanged at 

$56,600. FSIS reviews the dollar 

limitations on a yearly basis and makes 

adjustments based on price changes for 

these products evidenced by the 

Consumer Price Index. 

FSIS is currently considering the 

retail dollar limitations for Siluriformes 

fish and fish products. FSIS intends to 

propose a methodology for setting the 

dollar limitations for Siluriformes fish 

and fish products in a separate Federal 

Register Notice. 

DATES: Applicable Date: September 14, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina 

Kouba, Office of Policy and Program 

Development, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065, 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250; 

(202) 720–5627. 

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 a comprehensive 

statutory framework to ensure that meat, 

meat food products, poultry, and 

poultry products prepared for commerce 

are wholesome, not adulterated, and 

properly labeled and packaged. 

Statutory provisions requiring 

inspection of the processing of meat, 

meat food products, poultry, and 

poultry products do not apply to 

operations of types traditionally and 

usually conducted at retail stores and 

restaurants in regard to products for sale 

to consumers in normal retail quantities 

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

FSIS’s regulations (9 CFR 303.1(d) and 

381.10(d)) elaborate on the conditions 

under which requirements for 

inspection do not apply to retail 

operations involving the preparation of 

meat and meat food, and processing of 

poultry and poultry products. 

Sales to Hotels, Restaurants, and 

Similar Institutions 

Under these regulations, sales to 

hotels, restaurants, and similar 

institutions (other than household 

consumers) disqualify a retail store for 

exemption if the product sales 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, shows 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 9 CFR 

303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and 

381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b).) 

The CPI for 2017 reveals an annual 

average price decrease for meat and 

meat food products at 0.583 percent and 

an annual average price increase for 

poultry and poultry products at 0.17 

percent. When rounded to the nearest 

dollar, the dollar limitation for meat and 

meat food products decreased by $441 

and the dollar limitation for poultry and 

poultry products increased by $96. In 

accordance with 9 CFR 

303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and 

381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b), because the dollar 

limitation of meat and meat food 

products and poultry and poultry 

products did not increase or decrease by 

more than $500, FSIS is making no 

adjustment in the dollar limitations on 

sales to hotels, restaurants, and similar 

institutions. The dollar limitation for 

meat and meat food products remains 

unchanged at $75,700 and the dollar 

limitation for poultry and poultry 

products remains unchanged at $56,600 

for calendar year 2018. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, FSIS will 

announce this Federal Register 

publication on-line through the FSIS 

web page located at: http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. FSIS 

also will make copies of this publication 

available through the FSIS Constituent 

Update, which is used to provide 

information regarding FSIS policies, 

procedures, regulations, Federal 

Register notices, FSIS public meetings, 

and other types of information that 

could affect or would be of interest to 

our constituents and stakeholders. The 

Constituent Update is available on the 

FSIS web page. Through the web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader, more diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an email 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at: 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information, regulations, directives, and 

notices. Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves, and have the 

option to password protect their 

accounts. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

No agency, officer, or employee of the 

USDA shall, on the grounds of race, 

color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity, sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, or political 

beliefs, exclude from participation in, 

deny the benefits of, or subject to 

discrimination any person in the United 

States under any program or activity 

conducted by the USDA. 


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How To File a Complaint of 

Discrimination 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, which 

may be accessed online at http://

www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ 

docs/2012/Complain_combined_

6_8_12.pdf, or write a letter signed by 

you or your authorized representative. 

Send your completed complaint form 

or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: 

Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410. 

Fax: (202) 690–7442. 

Email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), 

should contact USDA’s TARGET Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

Paul Kiecker, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17546 Filed 8–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–26–2018] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 38— 

Spartanburg, South Carolina; 

Authorization of Production Activity; 

AFL Telecommunications, LLC; 

(Optical Cable for Data Transfer); 

Duncan, South Carolina 

On April 11, 2018, AFL 

Telecommunications, LLC submitted a 

notification of proposed production 

activity to the FTZ Board for its facility 

within FTZ 38, in Duncan, South 

Carolina. 

The notification was processed in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including 

notice in the Federal Register inviting 

public comment (83 FR 17790, April 24, 

2018). On August 9, 2018, the applicant 

was notified of the FTZ Board’s decision 

that no further review of the activity is 

warranted at this time. The production 

activity described in the notification 

was authorized, subject to the FTZ Act 

and the FTZ Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.14, and to a 

restriction requiring privileged foreign 

status (19 CFR 146.41) on admissions of 

aramid yarn, ripcord, binder string and 

water swellable yarn. 

Dated: August 9, 2018. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17561 Filed 8–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; ‘‘Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery’’ 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USTPO) will submit 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

Title: Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0080. 

Form Number(s): 

• None. 

Type of Request: Regular. 

Number of Respondents: 42,500 

responses per year. This notice shows 

that an item (ForeSee Surveys) included 

in this collection during the 60 day 

notice has been removed from the 

collection; it is included in a newly 

proposed collection (USPTO Websites 

Customer Satisfaction Surveys). 

Average Hours per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take 

between 3 minutes (.05 hours) to 120 

minutes (2 hours), depending upon the 

instrument used. 

Burden Hours: 4,808.33 hours per 

year. 

Cost Burden: $0. 

Needs and Uses: The Agency will 

collect, analyze, and interpret 

information gathered to identify 

strengths and weaknesses of current 

services. Based on feedback received, 

the Agency will identify changes 

needed to improve programs and 

services. The solicitation of feedback 

will target areas such as: timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. The 

USPTO is committed to hearing 

feedback from its customers. Responses 

will be assessed to identify service areas 

in need of improvement. If this 

information is not collected, then the 

Agency will miss opportunities to 

obtain vital feedback from their 

customers and stakeholders on ways to 

improve their program and services. 

These information collections will not 

result in any new system of records and 

will not ask questions of a sensitive 

nature. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Businesses or other forprofits; not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@

omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publicly available in electronic format 

through reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0080 

comment’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Director, 

Records and Information Governance 

Division, Office of the Chief Technology 

Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before September 14, 2018 to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, 

via email to Nicholas_A._Fraser@

omb.eop.gov, or by fax to 202–395– 

5167, marked to the attention of 

Nicholas A. Fraser. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Director, Records and Information 

Governance Division, Office of the Chief 

Technology Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17510 Filed 8–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0084] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Common Core of Data (CCD) SchoolLevel Finance Survey (SLFS) 2018– 

2020 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 


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