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percent of the plants and our inspectors

achieved for each category of defects.

For young turkeys and market hogs,

with five plants each, the 75th

percentile was set slightly below the 4th

of the five baseline results, using the

formula: 75th percentile = (.25 * 3rd

place values) + (.75 * 4th place values).

Participating plants must meet these

tighter performance standards for food

safety and non-food safety concerns.

Plants are expected to revise their

HACCP systems to achieve the food

safety standards and to develop process

control plans to achieve OCP standards.

Plants are responsible for identifying

and removing carcasses that do not meet

these standards for reprocessing or

condemnation, as appropriate. FSIS

inspectors are responsible for inspection

and for verifying that plants are

continuously achieving the required

outcomes.

Microbial sampling was also

conducted by the independent

contractor: 600 carcasses were sampled

at each plant, 300 for Salmonella and

300 for generic E. coli. Levels of these

organisms are evaluated according to

the performance standards and criteria

set forth in the Agency’s Pathogen

Reduction/HACCP Final Rule

mentioned above.

FSIS conducts continuous inspection

in HIMP plants to make a critical

appraisal of carcasses to determine that

they are not adulterated as defined

under FSIS regulations and are thus

eligible to receive the mark of

inspection.

YOUNG TURKEY HIMP PERFORMANCE

STANDARDS BASED ON CURRENT INSPECTION SYSTEM

Food Safety 1 Condition—Infectious (e.g., septicemia, toxemia).Zero*

Food Safety 2 Contamination—

Digestive Content (fecal material).

Zero**

OCP 1 Condition—Animal Diseases (e.g., airsacculitis, arthritis, ascites, cadaver, enteritis,

erysipelas, generalized inflammatory process, neoplasms,

nephritis, osteomyelitis, pericarditis, pneumonia, tenosynovitis).

1.2%

OCP 2 Condition—Miscellaneous

(e.g., breast blister, bruises, external mutilation, fractures,

overscald, sores, scabs, and localized inflammatory process).

56.6%

OCP 3 Contamination—Digestive

Content (e.g., ingesta).

12.7%

OCP 4 Dressing Defects—Other

(e.g., extraneous material-other,

feathers, lung, oil gland, trachea, bile).

95.9%

YOUNG TURKEY HIMP PERFORMANCE

STANDARDS BASED ON CURRENT INSPECTION SYSTEM—Continued

OCP 5 Dressing Defects—Digestive Tract Tissue (e.g., bursa of

fabricius, cloaca, crop, esophagus, intestine).

7.5%

* Baseline result was 0.0% at 75th percentile.

** Baseline result was 0.3% at 75th

percentile.

MARKET HOGS HIMP PERFORMANCE

STANDARDS BASED ON CURRENT INSPECTION SYSTEM

Food Safety 1 Condition-Infectious (e.g., septicemia/toxemia,

pyemia, Cysticercus).

Zero *

Food Safety 2 Contamination-Digestive Content (e.g., fecal material, ingesta, milk).Zero **

Food Safety 3 Ante-mortem suspect (e.g., neurologic conditions, moribund, pyrexic, severe

lameness).

Zero

OCP 1 Carcass-Pathology (e.g.,

arthritis, emaciation, erysipelas,

localized abscess, mastitis, metritis, mycobacteriosis [M.

Avium], neoplasms, pericarditis,

pleuritis, pneumonia, uremia).

4.1%

OCP 2 Condition-Visceral Pathology * (e.g., cystic kidneys, enteritis/gastritis, fecal contamination of viscera, nephritis/pyelonephritis, parasites-other than

Cysticercus, peritonitis).

7.2%

OCP 3 Miscellaneous (e.g., anemia/Pale Soft Exudative pork,

bile, bruise, edema, external

mutilation, fractures, icterus,

odor, skin lesions, scabs,

untrimmed hair, toenails not removed).

20.5%

*Baseline result was 0.0% at 75th percentile. **Baseline result was 2.6% at 75th

percentile.

YOUNG CHICKEN HIMP PERFORMANCE

STANDARDS BASED ON CURRENT INSPECTION SYSTEM

Food Safety 1 Condition-Infectious (e.g., septicemia, toxemia).Zero *

Food Safety 2 Contamination-Digestive Content (e.g., fecal material).Zero **

OCP 1 Condition-Animal Diseases (e.g., airsacculitis).1.7%

OCP 2 Condition-Miscellaneous

(e.g., bruises, sores, and other

processing defects).

52.5%

OCP 3 Contamination-Digestive

Content (e.g., ingesta).

18.6%

OCP 4 Dressing Defects-Other

(e.g., feathers).

80.0%

YOUNG CHICKEN HIMP PERFORMANCE

STANDARDS BASED ON CURRENT INSPECTION SYSTEM—Continued

OCP 5 Dressing Defects (e.g., digestive tract tissue).20.8%

*Baseline result was 0.1% at 75th percentile. **Baseline result was 1.5% at 75th

percentile.

Additional Public Notification

Public awareness of all segments of

rulemaking and policy development is

important. Consequently, in an effort to

better ensure that minorities, women,

and persons with disabilities are aware

of this notice, FSIS will announce it and

provide copies of this Federal Register

publication in the FSIS Constituent

Update. FSIS provides a weekly FSIS

Constituent Update, which is

communicated via fax to more than 300

organizations and individuals. In

addition, the update is available on-line

through the FSIS web page located at

http://www.fsis.usda.gov. The update is

used to provide information regarding

FSIS policies, procedures, regulations,

Federal Register notices, FSIS public

meetings, recalls, and any other types of

information that could affect or would

be of interest to Agency constituents or

stakeholders. The constituent fax list

consists of industry, trade, and farm

groups, consumer interest groups, allied

health professionals, scientific

professionals, and other individuals

who have requested to be included.

Through these various channels, FSIS is

able to provide information to a much

broader, more diverse audience.

For more information and to be added

to the constituent fax list, fax your

request to the Congressional and Public

Affairs Office, at 202 720–5704.

Done in Washington, DC, on October 25,

2000.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 00–28147 Filed 11–1–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of a Finding Of No Significant

Impact (FONSI) for the Stony Creek

Watershed, Clinton and Ionia Counties,

Michigan

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service.

ACTION: Notice of a Finding Of No

Significant Impact.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969; the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives

notice than an environmental impact

statement is not being prepared for the

Stony Creek Watershed, Clinton and

Ionia Counties, Michigan.

DATES: Comment will be received until

on or before December 4, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alan G. Herceg, Assistant State

Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, Michigan State

Office, 300l Coolidge Road, Suite 250,

East Lansing, Michigan 48823–6350,

telephone 517–324–5282.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment of this

federally assisted action indicates that

the project will not cause significant

local, regional, or national impacts on

the environment. As a result of these

findings, Ronald C. Williams, State

Conservationist, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement are not

needed for this project.

The project purpose is watershed

protection. Project measures include the

installation of conservation practices by

private land users to reduce soil and

water resource problems. Accelerated

financial and technical assistance will

be available for land treatment.

The Notice of a Finding Of No

Significant Impact has been forwarded

to the Environmental Protection Agency

and to various Federal, State, and local

agencies and interested parties. A

limited number of copies of the FONSI

are available to fill single copy requests

at the above address. Basic data

developed during the environmental

assessment are on file and may be

reviewed by contacting Alan G. Herceg.

(This activity is listed in the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance under NO.

10.904, Watershed and Flood Prevention, and

is subject to the provisions of Executive

Order 12372, which requires

intergovernmental consultation with State

and local officials.)

Dated: October 18, 2000.

Ronald C. Williams,

State Conservationist, East Lansing,

Michigan.

[FR Doc. 00–28069 Filed 11–1–00; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Arizona Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Arizona Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 9:00 a.m.

and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on November

16, 2000, at the Courtyard by Marriott,

9631 North Black Canyon Highway,

Phoenix, Arizona 85021. The purpose of

the community forum is to hold a one

day open meeting on civil rights issues

in law enforcement and education.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact Philip

Montez, Director of the Western

Regional Office, 213–894–3437 (TDD

213–894–3435). 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.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, October 27,

2000.

Lisa M. Kelly,

Special Assistant to the Staff Director,

Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 00–28065 Filed 11–1–00; 8:45 am]

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Oregon Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Oregon Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 10 a.m. and

adjourn at 2 p.m. on November 9, 2000,

at the Sweetbrier Inn, Board Room, 7125

SW Nyberg Road, Tualatin, Oregon

97062. The purpose of the meeting is to

discuss the background and the method

of conducting a law enforcement

Committee project.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact Philip

Montez, Director of the Western

Regional Office, 213–894–3437 (TDD

213–894–3435). 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.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, October 27,

2000.

Lisa M. Kelly,

Special Assistant to the Staff Director,

Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 00–28066 Filed 10–27–00; 4:20 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–201–809]

Notice of Amended Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon

Steel Plate From Mexico

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 2, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas Killiam or Robert James,

Enforcement Group III, Office 8, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–5222 or 482–0649,

respectively.

Applicable Statute: Unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended (the Act) are

references to the provisions effective

January 1, 1995, the effective date of the

amendments made to the Act by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351

(1999).

Amended Final Results

The Department of Commerce (the

Department) is amending the final

results of the administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on certain

cut-to-length (CTL) carbon steel plate

from Mexico in accordance with section

751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224

of the Department’s regulations. These

amended final results change the

antidumping duty rates.

On February 9, 2000, the Department

issued the final results of review for the

period August 1, 1997 through July 31,

1998. See Notice of Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review, 65 FR 8338 (February 18, 2000).