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DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for January 23, 2024, from 1–2:30 p.m. 

EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place via Video Teleconference 

only. Documents related to the 28th 

Session of the CCFO will be accessible 

via the internet at the following address: 

https://www.fao.org/fao-whocodexalimentarius/meetings/detail/jp/ 

?meeting=CCFO&session=28. 

The U.S. Delegate to the 28th Session 

of the CCFO invites interested U.S. 

parties to submit their comments 

electronically to the following email 

address: Girdhari.sharma@fda.hhs.gov 

or doreen.chenmoulec@usda.gov. 

Registration: Attendees may register 

to attend the public meeting here: 

https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJIsdOCtqzsjHRhu5ZlhKwftuzVhRNchlo. After registering, 

you will receive a confirmation email 

containing information about joining the 

meeting. 

For further information about the 28th 

Session of the CCFO, contact Dr. 

Girdhari Sharma of the U.S. Food and 

Drug Administration, Girdhari.sharma@

fda.hhs.gov. For additional information 

about the public meeting, contact the 

U.S. Codex Office by email at: uscodex@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius Commission 

was established in 1963 by two United 

Nations organizations, the Food and 

Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the 

World Health Organization (WHO). 

Through adoption of food standards, 

codes of practice, and other guidelines 

developed by its committees, and by 

promoting their adoption and 

implementation by governments, Codex 

seeks to protect the health of consumers 

and ensure fair practices in the food 

trade. 

The Terms of Reference of the Codex 

Committee on Fats and Oils (CCFO) are: 

(a) To elaborate worldwide standards 

for fats and oils of animal, vegetable and 

marine origin including margarine and 

olive oil. 

The CCFO is hosted by Malaysia. The 

United States attends the CCFO as a 

member country of Codex. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items from the 

forthcoming Agenda for the 28th 

Session of the CCFO will be discussed 

during the public meeting: 

• Matters referred to the Committee by 

the Codex Alimentarius Commission 

and/or its subsidiary bodies 

• Consideration of the 

recommendations of the Reports of 

the 90th and 91st Meeting of the Joint 

FAO/WHO Expert Committee on 

Food Additives (JECFA) 

• Proposed draft Amendment/revision 

to the Standard for Named Vegetable 

Oils (CXS 210–1999) 

Æ Inclusion of avocado oil 

Æ Inclusion of camellia seed oil 

Æ Inclusion of sacha inchi oil 

Æ Inclusion of high oleic acid soya bean 

oil 

• Proposed draft revision to the 

Standard for Olive Oils and Olive 

Pomace Oils (CXS 33–1981): Revision 

of Sections 3, 8 and Appendix 

• Proposed draft amendment/revision 

of the Standard for Fish Oils (CXS 

329–2017): Inclusion of Calanus oil 

• Review of the List of Acceptable 

Previous Cargoes (Appendix II to CXC 

36–1987) 

• Discussion paper on possible work 

that CCFO could undertake to reduce 

trans fatty acids (TFAs) or eliminate 

partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) 

• Consideration of the proposals for 

new work and or amendments to 

existing Codex Standards 

Public Meeting 

At the January 23, 2024 public 

meeting, draft U.S. positions on the 

agenda items will be described and 

discussed, and attendees will have the 

opportunity to pose questions and offer 

comments. Written comments may be 

offered at the meeting or sent to Dr. 

Girdhari Sharma of the U.S. Food and 

Drug Administration at 

Girdhari.sharma@fda.hhs.gov or Ms. 

Doreen Chen Moulec of the U.S. Codex 

Office at Doreen.chenmoulec@usda.gov. 

Written comments should state that they 

relate to activities of the 28th Session of 

the CCFO. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, the U.S. 

Codex Office will announce this Federal 

Register publication on-line through the 

USDA Codex web page located at: 

http://www.usda.gov/codex, a link that 

also offers an email subscription service 

providing access to information related 

to Codex. Customers can add or delete 

their 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. 

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 https://

www.usda.gov/oascr/filing-programdiscrimination-complaint-usdacustomer, 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). 

Done at Washington, DC, on December 19, 

2023. 

Julie Chao, 

Deputy U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2023–0029] 

2024 Rate Changes for the Basetime, 

Overtime, Holiday, Laboratory 

Services, and Export Application Fees 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service (FSIS), U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: FSIS is announcing the 2024 

rates it will charge meat, poultry, and 

egg products establishments, and 

importers and exporters for providing 

voluntary, overtime, and holiday 

inspection and identification, 

certification, and laboratory services. 

Additionally, FSIS is announcing that 

there will be no changes to the fee FSIS 

assesses to exporters that choose to 

apply for export certificates 

electronically through the export 

component of the Agency’s Public 

Health Information System. The 2024 

basetime, overtime, holiday, and 

laboratory services rates will be applied 

on January 14, 2024. 


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DATES: FSIS will charge the rates 

announced in this notice beginning 

January 14, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Michael 

Toner, Director, Budget Division, Office 

of the Chief Financial Officer; Email: 

Michael.toner@usda.gov, Telephone: 

(202) 365–1352. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 12, 2011, FSIS published a 

final rule amending its regulations to 

establish formulas for calculating the 

rates it charges meat, poultry, and egg 

products establishments and importers 

and exporters for providing voluntary, 

overtime, and holiday inspection and 

identification, certification, and 

laboratory services (76 FR 20220). In the 

final rule, FSIS stated that it would use 

the formulas to calculate the annual 

rates, publish the rates in Federal 

Register notices prior to the start of each 

calendar year, and apply the rates on the 

first FSIS pay period at the beginning of 

the calendar year. This notice provides 

the 2024 rates, which will be applied 

starting on January 14, 2024. 

On September 6, 2017, FSIS 

published the Federal Register notice, 

‘‘Public Health Information System 

(PHIS) Export Component Country 

Implementation’’ (82 FR 42056). The 

notice announced the delayed 

implementation of the export 

component to ensure sufficient testing 

and outreach to stakeholders and that 

the application fee would be 

recalculated based on available costs 

and number of applications but would 

not be assessed prior to January 1, 2019. 

In addition, FSIS announced that it 

would implement the PHIS Export 

Component with a limited number of 

countries and gradually expand 

implementation to additional countries. 

On April 29, 2019, FSIS published the 

Federal Register notice, ‘‘Public Health 

Information System Export Component 

Fee’’ (84 FR 17999). The notice 

announced that starting June 1, 2019, 

FSIS would assess a fee of $4.01 to 

exporters that chose to apply for export 

certificates electronically through the 

export component of PHIS. As noted 

below, that fee remains unchanged since 

2019. 

2024 Rates and Calculations 

The following table lists the 2024 

Rates per hour, per employee, by type 

of service: 

Service 

2024 Rate 

(estimates 

rounded to 

reflect billable 

quarter hour) 

Basetime ............................. $71.64 

Overtime ............................. 87.96 

Holiday ................................ 104.28 

Laboratory ........................... 103.24 

Export Application ............... * 4.01 

* Per application. 

The regulations that cover these fees 

(other than the export application fee) 

state that FSIS will calculate the rates 

using formulas that include the Office of 

Field Operations (OFO) inspection 

program personnel’s previous fiscal 

year’s regular direct pay and regular 

hours (9 CFR 391.2, 391.3, 391.4, 

590.126, 590.128, 592.510, 592.520, and 

592.530). The final rates have been 

rounded to make the amount divisible 

by the quarter hour (15 minutes). Fifteen 

minutes is the minimum charge for the 

services covered by these rates. 

FSIS determined the 2024 rates using 

the following calculations: 

Basetime Rate = The quotient of 

dividing the Office of Field Operations 

(OFO) inspection program personnel’s 

previous fiscal year’s regular direct pay 

by the previous fiscal year’s regular 

hours, plus the quotient multiplied by 

the calendar year’s percentage of cost-ofliving increase, plus the benefits rate, 

plus the travel and operating rate, plus 

the overhead rate, plus the allowance 

for bad debt rate. 

The calculation for the 2024 basetime 

rate per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2023 OFO Regular Direct Pay 

divided by the previous fiscal year’s 

Regular Hours ($476,421,039/ 

15,341,750)] = $31.05 + ($31.05 * 

5.2% (calendar year 2024 Cost of 

Living Increase)) = $32.67 + $13.34 

(benefits rate) + $2.75 (travel and 

operating rate) + $22.86 (overhead 

rate) + $0.00 (bad debt allowance 

rate) = $71.62, rounded up to 

$71.64, so that it is divisible by 4. 

Overtime Rate = The quotient of 

dividing the Office of Field Operations 

(OFO) inspection program personnel’s 

previous fiscal year’s regular direct pay 

by the previous fiscal year’s regular 

hours, plus that quotient multiplied by 

the calendar year’s percentage of cost-ofliving increase, multiplied by 1.5 (for 

overtime), plus the benefits rate, plus 

the travel and operating rate, plus the 

overhead rate, plus the allowance for 

bad debt rate. 

The calculation for the 2024 overtime 

rate per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2023 OFO Regular Direct Pay 

divided by previous fiscal year’s 

Regular Hours ($476,421,039/ 

15,341.750)] = $31.05 + ($31.05 * 

5.2% (calendar year 2024 Cost of 

Living Increase)) = $32.67 * 1.5 = 

$49.01 + $13.34 (benefits rate) + 

$2.75 (travel and operating rate) + 

$22.86 (overhead rate) + $0.00 (bad 

debt allowance rate) = $87.95, 

rounded up to $87.96, so that it is 

divisible by 4. 

Holiday Rate = The quotient of 

dividing the Office of Field Operations 

(OFO) inspection program personnel’s 

previous fiscal year’s regular direct pay 

by the previous fiscal year’s regular 

hours, plus that quotient multiplied by 

the calendar year’s percentage of cost-ofliving increase, multiplied by 2 (for 

holiday pay), plus the benefits rate, plus 

the travel and operating rate, plus the 

overhead rate, plus the allowance for 

bad debt rate. 

The calculation for the 2024 holiday 

rate per hour per program employee 

calculation is: 

[FY 2023 OFO Regular Direct Pay 

divided by Regular Hours 

($476,421,039/15,341,750)] = 

$31.05 + ($31.05 * 5.2% (calendar 

year 2024 Cost of Living Increase)) 

= $32.67 * 2 = $65.34 + $13.34 

(benefits rate) + $2.75 (travel and 

operating rate) + $22.86 (overhead 

rate) + $0.00 (bad debt allowance 

rate) = $104.29, rounded down to 

$104.28, so that it is divisible by 4. 

Laboratory Services Rate = The 

quotient of dividing the Office of Public 

Health Science (OPHS) previous fiscal 

year’s regular direct pay by the OPHS 

previous fiscal year’s regular hours, plus 

the quotient multiplied by the calendar 

year’s percentage cost of living increase, 

plus the benefits rate, plus the travel 

and operating rate, plus the overhead 

rate, plus the allowance for bad debt 

rate. 

The calculation for the 2024 

laboratory services rate per hour per 

program employee is: 

[FY 2023 OPHS Regular Direct Pay/ 

OPHS Regular hours ($28,365,622/ 

464,251)] = $61.10 + ($61.10 * 5.2% 

(calendar year 2024 Cost of Living 

Increase)) = $64.28 + $13.34 

(benefits rate) + $2.75 (travel and 

operating rate) + $22.86 (overhead 

rate) + $0.00 (bad debt allowance 

rate) = $103.23, rounded up to 

$103.24, so that it is divisible by 4. 

Calculations for the Benefits, Travel 

and Operating, Overhead, and 

Allowance for Bad Debt Rates 

These rates are components of the 

basetime, overtime, holiday, and 

laboratory services rates formulas. 


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Benefits Rate: The quotient of 

dividing the previous fiscal year’s direct 

benefits costs by the previous fiscal 

year’s total hours (regular, overtime, and 

holiday), plus that quotient multiplied 

by the calendar year’s percentage cost of 

living increase. Some examples of direct 

benefits are health insurance, 

retirement, life insurance, and Thrift 

Savings Plan basic and matching 

contributions. 

The calculation for the 2024 benefits 

rate per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2023 Direct Benefits/(Total Regular 

hours + Total Overtime hours + 

Total Holiday hours) ($236,947,058/ 

18,687,290)] = $12.68 + ($12.68 * 

5.2% (calendar year 2024 Cost of 

Living Increase)) = $13.34. 

Travel and Operating Rate: The 

quotient of dividing the previous fiscal 

year’s total direct travel and operating 

costs by the previous fiscal year’s total 

hours (regular, overtime, and holiday), 

plus that quotient multiplied by the 

calendar year’s percentage of inflation. 

The calculation for the 2024 travel 

and operating rate per hour per program 

employee is: 

[FY 2023 Total Direct Travel and 

Operating Costs/(Total Regular 

hours + Total Overtime hours + 

Total Holiday hours) ($50,219,960/ 

18,687,290)] = $2.69 + ($2.69 * 

2.3% (2024 Inflation) = $2.75. 

Overhead Rate: The quotient of 

dividing the previous fiscal year’s 

indirect costs plus the previous fiscal 

year’s information technology (IT) costs 

in the Public Health Data 

Communication Infrastructure System 

Fund plus the provision for the 

operating balance less any Greenbook 

costs (i.e., costs of USDA support 

services prorated to the service 

component for which fees are charged) 

that are not related to food inspection by 

the previous fiscal year’s total hours 

(regular, overtime, and holiday) worked 

across all funds, plus the quotient 

multiplied by the calendar year’s 

percentage of inflation. 

The calculation for the 2024 overhead 

rate per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2023 Total Overhead/(Total Regular 

hours + Total Overtime hours + 

Total Holiday hours) ($417,650,727/ 

18,687,290)] = $22.35 + ($22.35 * 

2.3% (2024 Inflation) = $22.86. 

Allowance for Bad Debt Rate: 

Previous fiscal year’s total allowance for 

bad debt (for example, debt owed for 

overtime and holiday inspection 

services that is not paid in full by 

establishments that declare bankruptcy) 

divided by previous fiscal year’s total 

hours (regular, overtime, and holiday) 

worked. 

The 2024 calculation for bad debt rate 

per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2023 Total Bad Debt/(Total Regular 

hours + Total Overtime hours + 

Total Holiday hours) = ($73,707/ 

18,687,290)] = $0.00. 

2024 Electronic Export Application Fee 

The 2024 Electronic Export 

Application Fee: 

As published in FSIS’ final rule, 

Electronic Export Application and 

Certification Charge; Flexibility in the 

Requirements for Export Inspection 

Marks, Devices, and Certificates; Egg 

Products Export Certification (81 FR 

42225), the Electronic Export 

Application Fee Formula is: 

FSIS stated in the 2016 final rule (81 

FR 42225) and the 2017 Federal 

Register notice (82 FR 42056) that it 

would update and recalculate the fee 

based on the best available estimates for 

costs and number of applications; 

however, the number of export 

applications (the denominator in the 

formula) cannot be accurately assessed 

until a majority of countries are 

included in the export component. 

Therefore, because a majority of 

countries are not yet included in the 

PHIS Export component, the cost 

estimates and projected export 

applications in the final rule remain the 

best estimate for 2024, leaving the 

electronic export application fee 

unchanged. 

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: https://

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

FSIS will also announce and provide 

a link 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: 

https://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 


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Labor Cost ($560,901.60+ ($337,369))+ IT Cost ($1,414,285.60+$0) 

576,192 

= $4.01 

Labor Cost (Technical Support+ Export Library Maintenance) + IT 

Cost (Ongoing Operations and Maintenance+ eAuthentication) 

Number of Export Applications 
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option to password protect their 

accounts. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and USDA civil rights 

regulations and policies, USDA, its 

Mission Areas, agencies, staff offices, 

employees, and institutions 

participating in or administering USDA 

programs are prohibited from 

discriminating based on race, color, 

national origin, religion, sex, gender 

identity (including gender expression), 

sexual orientation, disability, age, 

marital status, family/parental status, 

income derived from a public assistance 

program, political beliefs, or reprisal or 

retaliation for prior civil rights activity, 

in any program or activity conducted or 

funded by USDA (not all bases apply to 

all programs). Remedies and complaint 

filing deadlines vary by program or 

incident. 

Program information may be made 

available in languages other than 

English. Persons with disabilities who 

require alternative means of 

communication to obtain program 

information (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, American Sign Language) 

should contact the responsible Mission 

Area, agency, or staff office; the USDA 

TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and TTY); or the Federal Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, a complainant should 

complete a Form, AD–3027, USDA 

Program Discrimination Complaint 

Form, which can be obtained online at 

https://www.usda.gov/forms/electronicforms, from any USDA office, by calling 

(866) 632–9992, or by writing a letter 

addressed to USDA. The letter must 

contain the complainant’s name, 

address, telephone number, and a 

written description of the alleged 

discriminatory action in sufficient detail 

to inform the Assistant Secretary for 

Civil Rights about the nature and date 

of an alleged civil rights violation. The 

completed AD–3027 form or letter must 

be submitted to USDA by: (1) Mail: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–9410; or (2) Fax: 

(833) 256–1665 or (202) 690–7442; or (3) 

Email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Done at Washington, DC. 

Paul Kiecker, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28231 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

[Docket ID: NRCS–2023–0021] 

Urban Agriculture and Innovative 

Production Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of public and virtual 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS) will hold 

a public meeting of the Urban 

Agriculture and Innovative Production 

Advisory Committee (UAIPAC). 

UAIPAC will convene to discuss 

proposed recommendations for the 

Secretary of Agriculture on the 

development of policies and outreach 

relating to urban, indoor, and other 

emerging agriculture production 

practices. UAIPAC is authorized under 

the Agriculture Improvement Act of 

2018 (2018 Farm Bill) and operates in 

compliance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended. 

DATES: 

Written Comments: Written comments 

will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EDT 

on Wednesday, February 14, 2023. 

Meeting: The UAIPAC meeting will be 

held on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 

from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight 

Time (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting Location: The meeting will be 

held virtually via Zoom webinar. Preregistration is required to attend the 

UAIPAC meeting and access informaton 

will be provided to registered 

individuals via email. Registration 

details can be found at: https://

www.usda.gov/partnerships/federaladvisory-committee-urban-ag. 

Written Comments: We invite you to 

send comments in response to this 

notice. Go to https://

www.regulations.gov and search for 

Docket ID NRCS–2023–0021. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

All written comments received will be 

publicly available on 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Guse; Designated Federal Officer; 

telephone: (202) 205–9723; email: 

UrbanAgricultureFederalAdvisory

Committee@usda.gov. 

Individuals who require alternative 

means for communication may contact 

the USDA TARGET Center at (202) 720– 

2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY)) or 

dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay 

service (both voice and text telephone 

users can initiate this call from any 

telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

UAIPAC Purpose 

The Federal Advisory Committee for 

Urban Agriculture and Innovative 

Production is one of several ways that 

USDA is extending support and 

building frameworks to support urban 

agriculture, including issues of equity 

and food and nutrition access. Section 

222 of the Department of Agriculture 

Reorganization Act of 1994, as amended 

by section 12302 of the 2018 Farm Bill 

(7 U.S.C. 6923; Pub. L. 115–334) 

directed the Secretary to establish an 

‘‘Urban Agriculture and Innovative 

Production Advisory Committee’’ to 

advise the Secretary of Agriculture on 

any aspect of section 222, including the 

development of policies and outreach 

relating to urban, indoor, and other 

emerging agricultural production 

practices as well as identify any barriers 

to urban agriculture. UAIPAC will host 

public meetings to deliberate on 

recommendations for the Secretary of 

Agriculture. These recommendations 

provide advice to the Secretary on 

supporting urban agriculture and 

innovative production through USDA’s 

programs and services. 

Meeting Agenda 

The agenda items may include, but 

are not limited to, welcome and 

introductions; administrative matters; 

presentations from the UAIPAC or 

USDA staff; and deliberations for 

proposed recommendations and plans. 

The USDA UAIPAC website (https://

www.usda.gov/partnerships/federaladvisory-committee-urban-ag) will be 

updated with the final agenda at least 24 

hours prior to the meeting. 

Written Comments 

Comments should address specific 

topics pertaining to urban agriculture 

and innovative production. Written 

comments will be accepted until 11:59 

p.m. EDT on Wednesday, February 14, 

2024. General questions and comments 

are also accepted at any time via email: 

UrbanAgricultureFederal

AdvisoryCommittee@usda.gov. 

Meeting Materials 

All written comments received by 

Wednesday, February 14, 2024, will be 

compiled for UAIPAC review and will 

be included in the meeting minutes. 

Duplicate comments from multiple 

individuals will appear as one 

comment, with a notation that multiple 

copies of the comment were received. 


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