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1All notices mentioned in this docket, as well as 

comments received and supporting and related 

materials, can be viewed at (http://www.regulations.

gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=Docket

Detail&d=APHIS-2008-0098). 

compliance assistance program 

designed to help regulated entities 

develop and implement sound 

management practices, thus enhancing 

compliance with the regulatory 

requirements for field trials and 

movement of genetically engineered 

organisms in 7 CFR part 340. 

DATES: Letters of interest may be 

submitted at any time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Edward Jhee, Chief, Compliance 

Assistance Branch, Biotechnology 

Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 91, Riverdale, MD 20737- 

1236; (301) 734-6356, 

(edward.m.jhee@aphis.usda.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

APHIS regulates the introduction— 

the importation, interstate movement, 

and environmental release—of 

genetically engineered (GE) organisms 

that are, or may be, plant pests. It is 

essential that applicants approved to 

introduce regulated GE organisms 

comply with all APHIS regulations and 

permit conditions. To assist regulated 

entities in achieving and maintaining 

compliance with the regulatory 

requirements for field trials and 

movements of GE organisms in 7 CFR 

part 340, APHIS has developed a 

voluntary, audit-based compliance 

assistance program known as the 

Biotechnology Quality Management 

System Program (BQMS Program). The 

BQMS Program is designed to assist all 

regulated entities—to include 

universities, small businesses, and large 

companies—develop sound 

management practices through the 

creation and implementation of a 

customized biotechnology quality 

management system (BQMS). 

APHIS conducted a BQMS Program 

pilot development project in 2009, 

during which five entities participated 

and assisted APHIS in evaluating a 

BQMS draft audit standard, program 

training sessions, and audit procedures. 

APHIS selected the volunteer 

participants for the pilot program after 

soliciting letters of interest through a 

notice1 published in the Federal 

Register on September 2, 2008 (73 FR 

51266-51267, Docket No. APHIS–2008– 

0098). In addition, APHIS published a 

notice in the Federal Register (74 FR 

26831-26832, Docket No. APHIS-2008- 

0098) on June 4, 2009, soliciting 

comments from the public on the BQMS 

draft audit standard. Comments on the 

BQMS draft audit standard were to have 

been received on or before August 3, 

2009. APHIS subsequently published a 

notice in the Federal Register on August 

24, 2009 (74 FR 42644, Docket No. 

APHIS-2008-0098), reopening the 

comment period on the draft audit 

standard until October 23, 2009. 

Following the pilot development 

project and after evaluating the 

comments submitted on the BQMS draft 

audit standard, APHIS made 

adjustments to the BQMS Program and 

to the BQMS audit standard. APHIS will 

soon publish a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the availability of 

our evaluation of the comments 

received and the availability of a revised 

BQMS audit standard. 

APHIS is now soliciting letters of 

interest from regulated entities 

interested in participating in the BQMS 

Program and the requisite training 

sessions. APHIS anticipates scheduling 

two training sessions during the 

remainder of calendar year 2010, most 

likely during summer and fall, and two 

training sessions in 2011, most likely in 

spring and fall. Regulated entities 

interested in participating should 

indicate their preference for the 

scheduling of a training session. Exact 

training session dates will be 

determined following discussions with 

interested entities. Each training session 

will be limited to five or six entities 

with approximately two or three 

representatives from each entity. 

Participants in the BQMS Program 

will be expected to commit to the 

following: 

∑ Attend required APHIS training 

sessions on the BQMS Program; 

∑ Develop and implement a BQMS 

within their organization; 

∑ Establish methods and procedures 

for monitoring critical processes and 

procedures for the movement and field 

testing of regulated GE organisms; 

∑ Participate in evaluations after 

completing training modules; and 

∑ Submit to a third-party verification 

audit in order to receive full Program 

recognition. 

Participating in the BQMS Program 

will provide regulated entities with 

concrete, practical compliance 

assistance and will afford participants 

an opportunity to demonstrate their 

commitment to regulatory 

accountability, increased transparency, 

and the identification and 

implementation of measures to 

minimize the occurrence of compliance 

infractions. 

APHIS is interested in advancing the 

BQMS Program in the next few months 

and encourages interested entities to 

submit letters of interest as soon as 

possible. APHIS will, however, accept 

letters of interest at any time. Interested 

entities may submit letters of interest by 

mail or e-mail to the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

APHIS will promptly contact all 

regulated entities that submit letters of 

interest to discuss their participation in 

the BQMS Program and requisite 

training sessions. A list of future 

training dates will be posted on the 

APHIS Web site at (http://www.aphis.

usda.gov/biotechnology/news_bqms.

shtml). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day 

of July 2010. 

Kevin Shea 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–17526 Filed 7–16–10: 12:33 pm] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Utah Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

Utah Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene by conference 

call at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 5, 

2010. The purpose of this meeting is to 

provide a brief overview of recent 

Commission and regional activities, 

discuss civil rights issues in the state, 

discussion regarding the Utah AntiDiscrimination Division Audit and next 

steps, and plan future activities and 

projects. 

This meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

and conference ID numbers: 1–(866) 

364–8798; conference ID 88209392. Any 

interested member of the public may 

call this number and listen to the 

meeting. Callers can expect to incur 

charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID. 

To ensure that the Commission 

secures an appropriate number of lines 

for the public, persons are asked to 


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register by contacting Evelyn Bohor of 

the Rocky Mountain Regional Office and 

TTY/TDD (303) 866–1049 by noon on 

August 2, 2010. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by September 5, 2010. 

The address is: U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, Rocky Mountain Regional 

Office, 1961 Stout Street, Suite 240, 

Denver, CO 80294. Comments may be emailed to ebohor@usccr.gov. Records 

generated by this meeting may be 

inspected and reproduced at the Rocky 

Mountain Regional Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Persons interested in the 

work of this advisory committee are 

advised to go to the Commission’s Web 

site, http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact 

the Rocky Mountain Regional Office at 

the above e-mail or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, July 14, 2010. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2010–17532 Filed 7–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Saint Louis University, et al.; Notice of 

Consolidated Decision on Applications 

for Duty-Free Entry of Electron 

Microscopes 

This is a decision consolidated 

pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. 

L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106– 

36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). 

Related records can be viewed between 

8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 3720, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. 

Docket Number: 10–019. 

Applicant: Saint Louis University, St. 

Louis, MO 63103. 

Instrument: Electron Microscope. 

Manufacturer: FEI Co., Czech 

Republic. 

Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 

34096, June 16, 2010. 

Docket Number: 10–021. 

Applicant: South Dakota School of 

Mines and Technology, St. Rapid City, 

SD 57701. 

Instrument: Electron Microscope. 

Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. 

Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 

34095, June 16, 2010. 

Docket Number: 10–024. 

Applicant: National Institutes of 

Health, Bethesda, MD 20892–0851. 

Instrument: Electron Microscope. 

Manufacturer: FEI Co., the 

Netherlands. 

Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 

34095, June 16, 2010. 

Docket Number: 10–026. 

Applicant: National Institutes of 

Health, Bethesda, MD 20892–0851. 

Instrument: Electron Microscope. 

Manufacturer: FEI Co., the 

Netherlands. 

Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 

34095, June 16, 2010. 

Comments: None received. 

Decision: Approved. No instrument of 

equivalent scientific value to the foreign 

instrument, for such purposes as these 

instruments are intended to be used, 

was being manufactured in the United 

States at the time the instruments were 

ordered. 

Reasons: Each foreign instrument is 

an electron microscope and is intended 

for research or scientific educational 

uses requiring an electron microscope. 

We know of no electron microscope, or 

any other instrument suited to these 

purposes, which was being 

manufactured in the United States at the 

time of order of each instrument. 

Dated: July 13, 2010. 

Christopher Cassel, 

Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, 

Import Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–17537 Filed 7–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

University of Minnesota, et al.; Notice 

of Consolidated Decision on 

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of 

Scientific Instruments 

This is a decision pursuant to Section 

6(c) of the Educational, Scientific, and 

Cultural Materials Importation Act of 

1966 (Pub. L. 89–651, as amended by 

Pub. L. 106–36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR 

part 301). Related records can be viewed 

between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 

3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

14th and Constitution Ave, NW., 

Washington, DC. 

Comments: None received. 

Decision: Approved. We know of no 

instruments of equivalent scientific 

value to the foreign instruments 

described below, for such purposes as 

this is intended to be used, that were 

being manufactured in the United States 

at the time of its order. 

Docket Number: 10–025. 

Applicant: University of Minnesota, 

Department of Chemical Engineering 

and Materials Science), Minneapolis, 

MN 55455. 

Instrument: High Pressure Oxygen 

Sputtering System. 

Manufacturer: Forschungszentrum 

Juelich GmbH, Germany. 

Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 

34095, June 16, 2010. 

Reasons: A pertinent characteristic of 

this instrument is that the special design 

of the sputter sources and vacuum 

chamber/pumping system allows it to 

operate properly at pressures in excess 

of 1 Torr. It also is designed to work in 

pure oxygen and is capable us substrate 

heating to over 900 C in a high pressure 

such an environment. We know of no 

instrument suited to these purposes, 

which was being manufactured in the 

United States at the time of order of this 

instrument. 

Docket Number: 10–027. 

Applicant: Argonne National 

Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439. 

Instrument: MultiView 400 SPM/ 

NSOM/Confocal Multi Probe System 

Probe and Sample Scanning Scan Head 

Assembly. 

Manufacturer: Nanonics Imaging Ltd., 

Israel. 

Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 

34095, June 16, 2010. 

Reasons: A unique characteristic of 

this system is that it has dual scanning 

probe heads that are independently 

controlled, which enable illumination 

and detection with sub-wavelength 

spatial resolution. We know of no 

instrument suited to these purposes, 

which was being manufactured in the 

United States at the time of order of this 

instrument. 

Docket Number: 10–028. 

Applicant: Boston College, Chestnut 

Hill, MA 02467. 

Instrument: Infrared Mirror Furnace 4 

Mirror Furnace. 

Manufacturer: Crystal Systems Corp., 

Japan. 

Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 

34095, June 16, 2010. 

Reasons: A unique characteristic of 

this furnace is that it can synthesize 

extremely high quality crystals without 

crucible contact during growth, which 

prevents contamination. The instrument 

also allows for visual monitoring of the 

crystals during its growth and 

nucleation and can achieve heating 

gradients greater than 1500 Celsius per 

centimeter. We know of no instrument 

suited to these purposes, which was 

being manufactured in the United States 

at the time of order of this instrument. 


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