This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Vol. 77, No. 45 

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

9 CFR Parts 381 and 500 

[Docket No. FSIS–2012–0016] 

National Advisory Committee on Meat 

and Poultry Inspection 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of committee meeting. 

The Food Safety and Inspection 

Service (FSIS) is announcing, pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

that the National Advisory Committee 

on Meat and Poultry Inspection 

(NACMPI) will hold a public meeting on 

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, to discuss 

the proposed rule on the Modernization 

of Poultry Slaughter Inspection 

published January 27, 2012. FSIS will 

provide an overview of the proposed 

rule, followed by open discussion and 

comments. 

DATES: The Committee will hold a 

public meeting via Web conference on 

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, from 

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. E.S.T. 

ADDRESSES: The March 21, 2012, 

meeting will be held via Web 

conference. Information on accessing 

the Web conference will be posted on 

the FSIS Web site at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/News/ 

Meetings_&_Events/. The meeting site 

will also be posted on the FSIS Web site 

above. 

FSIS will finalize the agenda on or 

before the meeting and post it on the 

NACMPI Web site, http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/about_fsis/nacmpi/ 

index.asp. 

All interested parties are welcome to 

attend the meeting and to submit 

written comments concerning the issue 

the Committee will discuss. FSIS 

welcomes comments through April 23, 

2012, on this meeting. Comments may 

be submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

Electronic mail: 

NACMPI@fsis.usda.gov. 

Mail, including floppy disks or CD– 

ROMs: Send to National Advisory 

Committee on Meat and Poultry 

Inspection, USDA, FSIS, 14th & 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 

1180–S, South Building, Washington, 

DC 20250. 

Hand- or courier-delivered items: 

Deliver to Sally Fernandez at 14th & 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 

1180–S, Washington, DC. To deliver 

these items, the building security guard 

must first call (202) 720–9113. 

Facsimile: Send to Sally Fernandez, 

(202) 690–6519. All submissions 

received must include the Agency name 

and docket number FSIS–2012–0016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Payne for technical information at 

(202) 690–6522, or email 

keith.payne@fsis.usda.gov, and Sally 

Fernandez for meeting information at 

(202) 690–6524, Fax (202) 690–6519, or 

email sally.fernandez@fsis.usda.gov. 

Persons requiring a sign language 

interpreter or other special 

accommodations should notify Sally 

Fernandez at the numbers above or by 

email. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FSIS is 

announcing, pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2, that the NACMPI will hold a public 

meeting on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 

to discuss the proposed rule on the 

Modernization of Poultry Slaughter 

Inspection published January 27, 2012 

(77 FR 4408). 

Background 

The NACMPI provides advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Agriculture pertaining to the Federal 

and State meat and poultry inspection 

programs, pursuant to sections 7(c), 24, 

205, 301(a)(3), 301(a)(4), and 301(c) of 

the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 

U.S.C. 607(c), 624, 645, 661(a)(3), 

661(a)(4), and 661(c)) and sections 

5(a)(3), 5(a)(4), 5(c), 8(b), and 11(e) of 

the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 

U.S.C. 454(a)(3), 454(a)(4), 454(c), 

457(b), and 460(e)). 

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, poultry and 

egg product industries; State and local 

government officials; and academia. The 

current members of the NACMPI are: 

Patricia K. Buck, Center for Foodborne 

Illness Research and Prevention; Dr. 

Fur-Chi Chen, Tennessee State 

University; Brian R. Covington, 

Keystone Foods LLC; Dr. Catherine N. 

Cutter, Pennsylvania State University; 

Nancy J. Donley, STOP Foodborne 

Illness; Veneranda Gapud, Fieldale 

Farms Corporation; Dr. Craig Henry, 

Deloitte & Touche LLP; Dr. Cheryl D. 

Jones, Morehouse School of Medicine; 

Dr. Heidi Kassenborg, Minnesota 

Department of Agriculture; Sarah A. 

Klein, Center for Science in the Public 

Interest; Dr. Shelton E. Murinda, 

California State Polytechnic University; 

Dr. Edna Negro ́n, University of Puerto 

Rico; Robert G. Reinhard, Sara Lee 

Corporation; Dr. Craig E. Shultz, 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Agriculture; Stanley A. Stromberg, 

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, 

Food, and Forestry; Dr. John D. Tilden, 

Michigan Department of Agriculture 

and Rural Development; Carol L. 

Tucker-Foreman, Consumer Federation 

of America; Steve E. Warshawer, Mesa 

Top Farm; Dr. J. Byron Williams, 

Mississippi State University; and 

Leonard W. Winchester, Public Health— 

Seattle & King County. 

Additional Public Notification 

FSIS will announce this notice online 

through the FSIS Web page located at 

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

regulations_&_policies/ 

Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp. 

FSIS will also make copies of this 

Federal Register 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 constituents and 

stakeholders. The Update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free 

electronic mail subscription service for 

industry, trade groups, consumer 

interest groups, health professionals, 

and other individuals who have asked 

to be included. The Update is also 

available on the FSIS Web page. In 

addition, FSIS offers an electronic mail 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at 


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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 7, 2012 / Proposed Rules 13513 

1See Enhanced Prudential Standards and Early 

Remediation Requirements for Covered Companies, 

77 FR 594 (Jan. 5, 2012). 

2 Id. 

3 Id. 

4See, e.g., Comment letters to the Board from The 

Clearing House et al. (Jan. 25, 2012); and The 

Geneva Association (Feb. 13, 2013). 

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its programs and activities on the basis 

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is an equal opportunity provider and 

employer. 

Done at Washington, DC, on March 5, 

2012. 

Alfred V. Almanza, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5656 Filed 3–5–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

12 CFR Part 252 

[Regulation YY; Docket No. 1438] 

RIN 7100–AD–86 

Enhanced Prudential Standards and 

Early Remediation Requirements for 

Covered Companies 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: On January 5, 2012, the Board 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of proposed rulemaking for 

public comment to implement the 

enhanced prudential standards required 

to be established under section 165 of 

the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 

Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank 

Act or Act) and the early remediation 

requirements established under section 

166 of the Act. 

Due to the range and complexity of 

the issues addressed in the rulemaking, 

the Board has determined that an 

extension of the end of the public 

comment period from March 31, 2012, 

until April 30, 2012, is appropriate. This 

action will allow interested persons 

additional time to analyze the proposed 

rules and prepare their comments. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule 

must be received on or before April 30, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the methods identified in the 

proposed rule.1 Please submit your 

comments using only one method. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Molly E. Mahar, Senior Supervisory 

Financial Analyst, (202) 973–7360, 

Division of Banking Supervision and 

Regulation; or Laurie Schaffer, Associate 

General Counsel, (202) 452–2272, or 

Dominic A. Labitzky, Senior Attorney, 

(202) 452–3428, Legal Division. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed rule was published in the 

Federal Register on January 5, 2012,2

and would implement the enhanced 

prudential standards required to be 

established under section 165 of the 

Dodd-Frank Act and the early 

remediation requirements established 

under section 166 of the Act. The 

enhanced standards include risk-based 

capital and leverage requirements, 

liquidity standards, requirements for 

overall risk management (including 

establishing a risk committee), singlecounterparty credit limits, stress test 

requirements, and a debt-to-equity limit 

for companies that the Financial 

Stability Oversight Council has 

determined pose a grave threat to 

financial stability. 

In recognition of the complexities of 

the issues addressed and the variety of 

considerations involved with 

implementation of the proposal, the 

Board requested that commenters 

respond to numerous questions. The 

proposed rule stated that the public 

comment period would close on March 

31, 2012.3

The Board has received requests from 

the public for an extension of the 

comment period to allow for additional 

time for comments related to the 

provisions of the proposed rule.4 The 

Board believes that the additional 

period for comment will facilitate 

public comment on the provisions of the 

proposed rule and the questions posed 

by the Board. Therefore, the Board is 

extending the comment period for the 

proposed rule from March 31, 2012 to 

April 30, 2012. 

By order of the Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System, acting through the 

Secretary under delegated authority, March 

2, 2012. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5522 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

21 CFR Chapter I 

[Docket No. FDA–2012–N–0170] 

Modernizing the Regulation of Clinical 

Trials and Approaches to Good 

Clinical Practice; Public Hearing; 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notification of public hearing; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing a 

2-day public hearing to obtain input 

from interested persons on FDA’s scope 

and direction in modernizing the 

regulations, policies, and practices that 

apply to the conduct of clinical trials of 

FDA-regulated products. Clinical trials 

are a critical source of evidence to 

inform medical policy and practice, and 

effective regulatory oversight is needed 

to ensure that human subjects are 

protected and resulting clinical trial 

data are credible and accurate. FDA is 

aware of concerns within the clinical 

trial community that certain regulations 

and policies applicable to the conduct 

of clinical trials may result in 

inefficiencies or increased cost and may 

not facilitate the use of innovative 

methods and technological advances to 

improve clinical trial quality. The 

Agency is involved in an effort to 

modernize the regulatory framework 

that governs clinical trials and 

approaches to good clinical practice 

(GCP). The purpose of this hearing is to 

solicit public input from a broad group 

of stakeholders on the scope and 

direction of this effort, including 

encouraging the use of innovative 

models that may enhance the 

effectiveness and efficiency of the 

clinical trial enterprise. 

DATES: Date and Time: The public 

hearing will be held on April 23 and 24, 

2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 


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