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mandatory assessment on producers and 

importers of processed raspberries. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Agricultural Marketing Service will use 

several forms to collect the necessary 

information. The forms require the 

minimum information necessary to 

carry out the intent of the Act. The 

objective in carrying out this 

responsibility includes assuring the 

following: (1) Funds are collected and 

properly accounted for; (2) expenditures 

of all funds are for the purposes 

authorized by the Act and Order; and (3) 

the council’s administration of the 

programs conforms to USDA policy. 

Description of Respondents: 

Producers, first handlers, importers, 

foreign producers, and at-large 

nominees. 

Number of Respondents: 297. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Weekly; Quarterly; 

Recordkeeping. 

Total Burden Hours: 282. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: National Organic Program; NOP 

Import Certificate. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0280. 

Summary of Collection: The National 

Organic Program (NOP) is authorized by 

the Organic Foods Production Act of 

1990, as amended, (7 U.S.C. 6501 et 

seq.). Under 7 CFR 205.500(c)(2) of the 

NOP regulations, the Department of 

Agriculture will accept a foreign 

certifying agent’s accreditation to certify 

organic production or handling 

operations if the foreign government 

authority that accredited the foreign 

certifying agent acted under an 

equivalency agreement negotiated 

between the United States and the 

foreign government. On February 12, 

2012 the U.S. and the European Union 

(EU) finalized an equivalence 

arrangement that became effective on 

June 1, 2012. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Organic products certified to the USDA 

organic standards or EU organic 

standards may be sold, labeled, and 

represented as organic in both countries 

as long as the terms of the arrangement 

are met. Organic products exported for 

sale to the U.S. must be accompanied by 

an NOP Import Certificate. EU 

designated certification entities will 

issue NOP Import Certificates for each 

shipment of organic product from the 

EU to the U.S. The NOP Import 

Certificate is necessary to document that 

the organic products were certified 

under the EU organic regulations and 

meet all the requirements specified in 

the EU–U.S. organic equivalency 

arrangement. 

Description of Respondents: EU 

Designated Certification Entities. 

Number of Respondents: 205. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On Occasion; Recordkeeping. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,091. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21377 Filed 8–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Document Number AMS–NOP–12–0040; 

NOP–12–12] 

Notice of Meeting of the National 

Organic Standards Board 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, (5 U.S.C. App.), the 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is 

announcing an upcoming meeting of the 

National Organic Standards Board 

(NOSB). Written public comments are 

invited in advance of the meeting, and 

the meeting will include scheduled time 

for oral comments from the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

October 15–18, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 6 

p.m. each day. The deadline for public 

comments in advance of the meeting is 

Monday, September 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Biltmore Hotel, 11 Dorrance 

Street, Providence, RI 02903. 

Information and instructions pertaining 

to the meeting are posted at the 

following Web site address: http:// 

www.ams.usda.gov/NOSBMeetings. For 

printed materials, write to Ms. Michelle 

Arsenault, Special Assistant, National 

Organic Standards Board, USDA–AMS– 

NOP, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., 

Room 2648-So., Mail Stop 0268, 

Washington, DC 20250–0268; Phone: 

(202) 720–3252; Email: 

nosb@ams.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Michelle Arsenault, Special Assistant, 

National Organic Standards Board, 

USDA–AMS–NOP, 1400 Independence 

Ave. SW., Room 2648-So., Mail Stop 

0268, Washington, DC 20250–0268; 

Phone: (202) 720–3252; Email: 

nosb@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the NOSB is to make 

recommendations about whether a 

substance should be allowed or 

prohibited in organic production or 

handling, to assist in the development 

of standards for organic production, and 

to advise the Secretary on other aspects 

of the implementation of the Organic 

Foods Production Act (7 U.S.C. 6501– 

6522). The NOSB currently has seven 

subcommittees working on various 

aspects of the organic program. The 

subcommittees are: Compliance, 

Accreditation, and Certification; Crops; 

Handling; Livestock; Materials; Policy 

Development; and the ad hoc 

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). 

The primary purpose of NOSB 

meetings is to provide an opportunity 

for the organic community to weigh in 

on proposed NOSB recommendations 

and discussion items. These meetings 

also allow the NOSB to receive updates 

from the USDA National Organic 

Program (NOP) on issues pertaining to 

organic agriculture. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. The meeting agenda, NOSB 

proposals and discussion documents, 

instructions for submitting and viewing 

public comments, and instructions for 

requesting a time slot for oral comments 

are available on the NOP Web site at 

http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

NOSBMeetings. The discussion 

documents and proposals encompass a 

wide range of topics, including: 

substances petitioned to the National 

List of Allowed and Prohibited 

Substances (National List), information 

on research priorities for organic 

agriculture, updates from working 

groups on technical issues, and 

amendments to the NOSB Policies and 

Procedures Manual. 

Written public comments will be 

accepted through September 24, 2012 

via www.regulations.gov. Comments 

received after that date may not be 

reviewed by the NOSB before the 

meeting. The NOP strongly prefers 

comments to be submitted 

electronically, however, written 

comments may also be submitted by 

September 24, 2012 via mail to Ms. 

Michelle Arsenault, Special Assistant, 

National Organic Standards Board, 

USDA–AMS–NOP, 1400 Independence 

Ave. SW., Room 2648–S, Mail Stop 

0268, Washington, DC 20250–0268. 

Instructions for viewing all comments 

are posted at www.regulations.gov and 

http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

NOSBMeetings. 

The NOSB has scheduled time for oral 

comments from the public, and will 

accommodate as many individuals and 

organizations as possible during these 

sessions. Individuals and organizations 

wishing to make oral presentations at 

the meeting must pre-register to request 

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one time slot by visiting http:// 

www.ams.usda.gov/NOSBMeetings or 

by calling (202) 720–3252. All persons 

making oral presentations should also 

provide their comments in advance 

through the written comment process. 

Written submissions may contain 

supplemental information other than 

that presented in the oral presentation. 

Persons submitting written comments at 

the meeting are asked to provide sixteen 

copies. The meeting hotel is ADA 

Compliant, and the USDA provides 

reasonable accommodation to the 

individuals with disabilities where 

appropriate. If you need a reasonable 

accommodation to participate in these 

public meetings, please notify Michelle 

Arsenault at nosb@ams.usda.gov or 

202.720.0081. Determinations for 

reasonable accommodation will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

Dated: August 22, 2012. 

David R. Shipman, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21355 Filed 8–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Wisconsin 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 briefing meeting of the 

Wisconsin Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene at 6 p.m. and 

adjourn at 9 p.m. on September 12, 

2012, at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, 

7512 South Howell Avenue, Oak Creek, 

WI. The purpose of the meeting is to 

gather testimony on the civil rights 

issues confronting the Sikh community 

in Wisconsin. Members of the Sikh 

community and scholars in the field 

will be giving presentations on the 

topic. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by October 12, 2012. The 

address is 55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410, 

Chicago, IL 60603. Persons wishing to 

email their comments, or to present 

their comments verbally at the meeting, 

or who desire additional information 

should contact Carolyn Allen, 

Administrative assistant, (312) 353– 

8311 or by email: callen@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Midwestern 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, www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Midwestern Regional Office at the above 

email 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, August 24, 2011. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21381 Filed 8–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

Census Scientific Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(U.S. Census Bureau) is giving notice of 

a meeting of the Census Scientific 

Advisory Committee (C–SAC). The 

Committee will address policy, 

research, and technical issues relating to 

a full range of Census Bureau programs 

and activities, including 

communications, decennial, 

demographic, economic, field 

operations, geographic, information 

technology, and statistics. Last minute 

changes to the agenda are possible, 

which could prevent giving advance 

public notice of schedule adjustments. 

DATES: September 20 and 21, 2012. On 

September 20, the meeting will begin at 

approximately 9 a.m. and adjourn at 

approximately 5 p.m. On September 21, 

the meeting will begin at approximately 

9 a.m. and adjourn at 12:45 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Census Bureau Conference 

Center, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, 

Maryland 20746. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri 

Green, Committee Liaison Officer, 

Department of Commerce, U.S. Census 

Bureau, Room 8H182, 4600 Silver Hill 

Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone 

301–763–6590. For TTY callers, please 

use the Federal Relay Service 1–800– 

877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the C–SAC are appointed by the 

Director, U.S. Census Bureau. The 

Committee provides scientific and 

technical expertise, as appropriate, to 

address Census Bureau program needs 

and objectives. The Committee has been 

established in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title 

5, United States Code, Appendix 2, 

Section 10). 

The meeting is open to the public, 

and a brief period is set aside for public 

comments and questions. Persons with 

extensive questions or statements must 

submit them in writing at least three 

days before the meeting to the 

Committee Liaison Officer named 

above. If you plan to attend the meeting, 

please register by Monday, September 

17, 2012. You may access the online 

registration form with the following 

link: http://www.regonline.com/ 

csacsep2012. Seating is available to the 

public on a first-come, first-served basis. 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should also be directed to 

the Committee Liaison Officer as soon 

as known, and preferably two weeks 

prior to the meeting. 

Dated: August 22, 2012. 

Thomas L. Mesenbourg, Jr., 

Acting Director, Bureau of the Census. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21395 Filed 8–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–67–2012] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 242—Boundary 

County, ID, Notification of Proposed 

Production Activity, AREVA 

Enrichment Services, LLC, (Gas 

Centrifuge Production Equipment), 

Bonneville County, ID 

Boundary County, grantee of FTZ 242, 

submitted a notification of proposed 

production activity on behalf of AREVA 

Enrichment Services, LLC (AES), 

located in Bonneville County, Idaho. 

The notification conforming to the 

requirements of the regulations of the 

Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 

August 21, 2012. 

A separate application for subzone 

status at the AES facility was submitted 

and will be processed under Section 

400.31 of the Board’s regulations. FTZ 

authority is being requested for the 

storage, manipulation, assembly and 

installation of gas centrifuge production 

equipment. Production under FTZ 

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