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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 89, No. 32 

Thursday, February 15, 2024 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding: whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by March 18, 2024 

will be considered. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Title: Voluntary Labeling Program for 

Biobased Products. 

OMB Control Number: 0570–0071. 

Summary of Collection: Section 

9002(h) of the Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act (FSRIA) of 2002, as 

amended by the Food, Conservation, 

and Energy Act (FCEA) of 2008 and the 

Agricultural Act of 2014, and the 

Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, 

requires the Secretary of Agriculture to 

implement a voluntary labeling program 

that would enable qualifying biobased 

products to be certified with a ‘‘USDA 

Certified Biobased Product’’ label. The 

voluntary labeling program is one of the 

two main initiatives of the BioPreferred 

Program, which is currently 

implemented by USDA’s Rural 

Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS). 

The voluntary labeling program is 

required to be consistent, where 

possible, with the guidelines 

implementing the preferred 

procurement of biobased products by 

Federal agencies, which is the second 

main initiative of the BioPreferred 

Program. The procurement initiative is 

also authorized under section 9002 of 

FSRIA and referred to hereafter as the 

Federal preferred procurement program. 

Under the preferred procurement 

program, Federal agencies are required 

to purchase with certain exceptions, 

biobased products that are identified, by 

rulemaking, for preferred procurement. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Under the voluntary labeling program, 

manufacturers and vendors must 

complete an application for each standalone biobased product or biobased 

product family for which they wish to 

use the label. The application process is 

electronic and is accessible through the 

BioPreferred Program website. In 

addition, manufacturers and vendors 

whose applications have been 

conditionally approved must provide 

certain information for RBCS to post on 

the BioPreferred Program website. For 

each product approved by the Agency 

for use of the label, the manufacturer or 

vendor must keep that information for 

each certified product up to date. The 

information requested for inclusion in 

the application are: (1) contact 

information (of the manufacturer or 

vendor and preparer of application) and 

(2) product identification information,

including brand name(s), the applicable 

designated item category or categories or 

equivalent, and the biobased content of 

the product. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 300. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,988. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding; whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by March 18, 

2024.will be considered. Written 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless the collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB control number and the agency 


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informs potential persons who are to 

respond to the collection of information 

that such persons are not required to 

respond to the collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Recordkeeping for Employment 

and Training Program Activity Report 

and Requests for Additional 100 Percent 

Funding. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0339. 

Summary of Collection: The Balanced 

Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105–33), 

modified the Employment and Training 

(E&T) Program so that States’ efforts are 

now focused on a particular segment of 

the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP) population—ablebodied adults without dependents 

(ABAWDs). 

Requests for Additional E&T Funds: 7 

CFR 273.7(d)(1)(i)(D) provides that if a 

State agency will not expend all of the 

funds allocated to it for a fiscal year, 

FNS will reallocate unexpended funds 

to other State agencies during the fiscal 

year or the subsequent fiscal year as 

FNS considers appropriate and 

equitable. After FNS makes initial E&T 

allocations, under 7 CFR 273.7(d)(1)(i), 

State agencies may request additional 

E&T funds if needed. FNS will 

reallocate available funds (e.g., funds 

that are unallocated or funds that are 

allocated but will not be spent) in a fair 

and equitable manner. 

Retention and Custody of Records. 

Under 7 CFR 277.12 (1) and (2), all 

financial records, supporting 

documents, statistical records, 

negotiated contracts, and all other 

records pertinent to program funds shall 

be maintained for three years from the 

date of submission of the annual 

financial status report or if any 

litigation, claim, or audit is started 

before the expiration of the three-year 

period, the applicable records shall be 

retained until these have been resolved. 

Need and Use of the Information: FNS 

will review requests about their E&T 

programs so that the Department can 

monitor State performance to ensure 

that the program is being efficiently and 

economically operated. Without the 

information, FNS would be unable to 

make adjustments or allocate 

exemptions in accordance with the 

statute. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 53. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: Occasionally; 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 50. 

Rachelle Ragland-Greene, 

Acting Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2024–0002] 

National Advisory Committee on 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods: 

Committee and Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to renew the 

Committee and its charter. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 

notice is announcing the intention of 

the USDA to renew the committee for 

the National Advisory Committee on 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods 

(NACMCF) and its charter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kristal Southern, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), Food Safety and Inspection 

Service (FSIS),1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Room 1128, Washington, 

DC 20250–3700. Telephone number: 

(202) 937–4171. Email: NACMCF@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The NACMCF is a discretionary 

advisory committee that was established 

in 1988 by the Secretary of Agriculture 

after consulting with the Secretary of 

the U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services in response to the 

recommendations of two external 

organizations. The National Academy of 

Sciences recommended an interagency 

approach to microbiological criteria 

since various federal, State, and local 

agencies are responsible for food safety. 

Also, the U.S. House of Representatives 

Committee on Appropriations made a 

similar recommendation in the Rural 

Development, Agriculture, and Related 

Agencies Appropriation Bill for fiscal 

year 1988. 

The NACMCF provides impartial 

scientific advice and recommendations 

to the Secretary of Agriculture and the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

on public health issues relative to the 

safety and wholesomeness of the U.S. 

food supply, including the development 

of microbiological criteria and review 

and evaluation of epidemiological and 

risk assessment data and methodologies 

for assessing microbiological hazards in 

foods. The Committee also provides 

scientific advice and recommendations 

to the Departments of Commerce and 

Defense. The Under Secretary for Food 

Safety, USDA, Dr. Emilio Esteban, is the 

Committee Chair; the Acting Director of 

the Food and Drug Administration’s 

Center for Food Safety and Applied 

Nutrition, Dr. Donald Prater, is the ViceChair; and Dr. Kristal Southern, FSIS, is 

the Designated Federal Officer and 

Director of the NACMCF Secretariat. 

The charter for the NACMCF is 

available for viewing on the FSIS 

website at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

policy/advisory-committees/nationaladvisory-committee-microbiologicalcriteria-foods-nacmcf. 

NACMCF documents and comments 

posted on the FSIS website are 

electronic conversions from a variety of 

source formats. In some cases, 

document conversion may result in 

character translation or formatting 

errors. The original document is the 

official, legal copy. In order to meet the 

electronic and information technology 

accessibility standards in Section 508 of 

the Rehabilitation Act, NACMCF may 

add alternate text descriptors for nontext elements (graphs, charts, tables, 

multimedia, etc.). These modifications 

only affect the internet copies of the 

documents. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, FSIS will 

announce this Federal Register 

publication online through the FSIS 

web page located at: https://www.fsis.

usda.gov/policy/federal-registerrulemaking/federal-register-notices. 

FSIS will also 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 that 

provides automatic and customized 

access to selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at: 

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/ 

news-press-releases/news-feedssubscriptions. Options range from 

recalls to export information, 


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