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Angelina, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, 

Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, 

Brazos, Brewster, Brown, Burleson, 

Burnet, Caldwell, Camp, Cherokee, 

Collin, Comal, Comanche, Concho, 

Cooke, Coryell, Crane, Crockett, 

Culberson, Dallas, Delta, Denton, 

DeWitt, Eastland, Edwards, Ellis, El 

Paso, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, 

Franklin, Freestone, Frio, Gillespie, 

Gonzales, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, 

Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hardin, Harrison, 

Hays, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, 

Houston, Hudspeth, Hunt, Irion, Jack, 

Jasper, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Karnes, 

Kaufman, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, 

Kinney, Lamar, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, 

Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Llano, Loving, 

McCulloch, McLennan, Madison, 

Marion, Mason, Maverick, Medina, 

Menard, Milam, Mills, Montague, 

Montgomery, Morris, Nacogdoches, 

Navarro, Newton, Orange, Palo Pinto, 

Panola, Parker, Pecos, Polk, Presidio, 

Rans, Reagan, Real, Red River, Reeves, 

Robertson, Rockwall, Rusk, Sabine, San 

Augustine, San Jacinto, San Saba, 

Schleicher, Shelby, Smith, Somervell, 

Stephens, Sutton, Tarrant, Terrell, Titus, 

Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, 

Upshur, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van 

Zandt, Walker, Ward, Washington, 

Williamson, Wilson, Wise, Wood, 

Young, and Zavala. 

B. Designation for the Decatur, Indiana 

Area 

In the November 15, 2023 edition of 

the Federal Register (88 FR 78283), 

AMS requested applications for 

designation to provide official services 

in the Decatur, Indiana geographic area 

previously serviced by Northeast 

Indiana Grain Inspection, Inc. AMS 

awarded the entire geographic area to 

NDGI, the sole applicant for the Decatur, 

IN geographic area. NDGI’s Designation 

Appendix A documents have been 

updated to reflect the addition of the 

Decatur area described below. 

In Indiana: 

Bounded on the north by the northern 

LaGrange and Steuben County lines; 

bounded on the east by the eastern 

Steuben, De Kalb, Allen, and Adams 

County lines; bounded on the south by 

the southern Adams and Wells County 

lines; and bounded on the west by the 

western Wells County line; the southern 

Huntington and Wabash County lines; 

the western Wabash County line north 

to State Route 114; State Route 114 

northwest to State Route 19; State Route 

19 north to Kosciusko County; the 

western and northern Kosciusko County 

lines; the western Noble and LaGrange 

County lines. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

U.S. Codex Office 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission 

AGENCY: U.S. Codex Office, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Codex Office is 

sponsoring a public meeting on 

November 14, 2024. The objective of the 

public meeting is to provide information 

and receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft U.S. positions to be 

discussed at the 47th Session of the 

Codex Alimentarius Commission 

(CAC47), which will meet in Geneva, 

Switzerland from November 25, 2024 to 

November 30, 2024. The U.S. Manager 

for Codex Alimentarius and the Under 

Secretary for Trade and Foreign 

Agricultural Affairs recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 47th 

Session of the CAC and to address items 

on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for November 14, 2024 from 1:00–4:00 

p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place via Video Teleconference 

only. Documents related to the 47th 

Session of the CAC will be accessible 

via the internet at the following address: 

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

?meeting=CAC&session=47. The U.S. 

Delegate to the 47th Session of CAC 

invites interested U.S. parties to submit 

their comments electronically to the 

following email addresses: Ken.Lowery@

usda.gov and uscodex@uda.gov. 

Registration: Attendees may register 

to attend the public meeting here: 

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

register/vJIscO2gqTksGsA8Tkj9C4

wKEgJcqBY5PMI. After registering, you 

will receive a confirmation email 

containing information about joining the 

meeting. 

For further information about the 47th 

Session of the CAC, contact Kenneth 

Lowery, Senior International Issues 

Analyst, U.S. Codex Office, Office of the 

Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign 

Agricultural Affairs, by email at: 

Ken.Lowery@usda.gov. For further 

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; promotes coordination of all food 

standards work undertaken by 

international governmental and 

nongovernmental organizations; 

determines priorities, initiates, and 

guides the preparation of draft 

standards; finalizes the standards 

elaborated and publishes them in the 

Codex Alimentarius (food code) either 

as regional or worldwide standards, 

wherever this is practicable; and 

amends published standards, as 

appropriate, in the light of new 

developments. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 47th Session of CAC will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Report by the Chairperson on the 86th 

and 87th Sessions of the Executive 

Committee (including matters 

referred) 

• Amendments to the Procedural 

Manual 

• Work of Codex Committees (adoption, 

new work, revocation, 

discontinuation, and amendments to 

Codex texts proposed by the following 

committees): 

Æ Codex Committee on Spices and 

Culinary Herbs 

Æ Codex Committee on Fats and Oils 

Æ Codex Committee on Food Hygiene 

Æ Codex Committee on Contaminants 

in Foods 

Æ Codex Committee on Food 

Additives 

Æ Codex Committee on Methods of 

Analysis and Sampling 

Æ Codex Committee on Pesticide 

Residues 

Æ FAO/WHO Coordinating 

Committee for Latin American and 

the Caribbean 

Æ Codex Committee on Food Import 

and Export Inspection and 

Certification Systems 


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Æ Codex Committee on Nutrition and 

Foods for Special Dietary Uses 

Æ Codex Committee on Fish and 

Fishery Products 

Æ Codex Committee on Residues of 

Veterinary Drugs in Foods 

Æ Codex Committee on Food 

Labelling 

• Proposals for new work 

• Other Matters Relating to Codex 

Subsidiary Bodies 

• Editorial Amendments to Codex texts 

proposed by the Codex Secretariat 

• Codex Budgetary and Financial 

Matters 

• Reports of the FAO/WHO 

Coordinating Committees 

• Codex Strategic Plan 2020 to 2025, 

Implementation Report 2022 to 2023 

• Codex Strategic Plan 2026 to 2031 

• Matters Arising from FAO/WHO 

• Potential Webcasting of the Executive 

Committee 

• Election of the Chairperson and ViceChairpersons, Members of the 

Executive Committee Elected on a 

Geographical Basis, and Appointment 

of Coordinators 

• Designation of Countries Responsible 

for Appointing the Chairpersons of 

Codex Subsidiary Bodies 

• Other Business 

• Adoption of the Report 

Relevant documents are or will be 

available at the following address: 

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

?meeting=CAC&session=47. 

Public Meeting 

At the November 14, 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 

Ken.Lowery@usda.gov and uscodex@

usda.gov. Written comments should 

state that they relate to activities of the 

47th Session of CAC. 

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 October 7, 

2024. 

Julie A. Chao, 

Deputy U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Request To 

Conduct a New Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to seek approval to conduct a 

new information collection to gather 

data related to the use of agroforestry 

practices. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 9, 2024 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0273, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• E-fax: 855–838–6382. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: Richard Hopper, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336, 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: Richard Hopper, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336, South 

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph J. Prusacki, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 202–720–2707. Copies of 

this information collection and related 

instructions can be obtained without 

charge from Richard Hopper, NASS— 

OMB Clearance Officer, at 202–720– 

2206 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Cooperator Funded Chemical 

Use Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0273. 

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 

2025. 

Type of Request: Intent to Seek 

Approval to Revise and Extend an 

Information Collection for a period of 

three years. 

Abstract: The chemical use data 

collection activities in this clearance 

request would be conducted through 

cooperative agreements with State 

departments of agriculture, land-grant 

universities, or other organizations with 

which NASS has a Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU). Previously, these 

collections were included in the 

Agricultural Resource Management and 

Chemical Use Surveys ICR (0535–0218). 

These chemical use surveys are being 

separated out to allow flexibility for 

survey changes and possible new 

surveys without affecting the surveys 

funded through USDA’s Congressional 

appropriation. 

Authority: These data will be 

collected under authority of 7 U.S.C. 

2204(a). Individually identifiable data 

collected under this authority are 

governed by section 1770 of the Food 

Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 

U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to 

afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by 

respondents. This Notice is submitted in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–113, 

44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office of 

Management and Budget regulations at 


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