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Alimentarius Commission (Codex), 

which will be held in Auckland, New 

Zealand, February 1–5, 2010. The 

Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety 

and the AMS recognize the importance 

of providing interested parties the 

opportunity to obtain background 

information on the 9th Session of the 

CCMMP and to address items on the 

agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Wednesday, January 13, 2010, from 

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in Room 3074, South Agriculture 

Building, USDA, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. Documents 

related to the 9th Session of the CCMMP 

will be accessible via the World Wide 

Web at the following address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp. 

The U.S. Delegate to the 9th Session 

of the CCMMP, Duane R. Spomer, AMS, 

invites interested U.S. parties to submit 

their comments electronically to the 

following e-mail address: 

Susan.Sausville@ams.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan M. Sausville, Chief, AMS, Dairy 

Standardization; Telephone: (202) 720– 

9382; Fax: (202) 720–2643; e-mail: 

Susan.Sausville@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Codex was established in 1963 by two 

United Nations organizations, the Food 

and Agriculture Organization and the 

World Health Organization. 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 that fair practices are used 

in trade. 

The CCMMP was established to 

elaborate codes and standards for milk 

and milk products. The CCMMP is 

hosted by the Government of New 

Zealand. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 9th Session of the CCMMP will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

1. Matters Referred by the Codex and 

other Codex committees and task forces. 

2. Draft Amendment to the Codex 

Standard for Fermented Milks (CODEX 

STAN 243–2003) pertaining to drinks 

based on fermented milk. 

3. Report of the working group on the 

proposed draft standard for processed 

cheese. 

4. Maximum levels for annatto 

extracts in Codex standards for milk and 

milk products. 

5. Report of the International Dairy 

Federation and the International 

Organization for Standardization 

Working Group on Methods of Analysis 

and Sampling for Milk and Milk 

Products. 

6. Inconsistent presentation of food 

additive provisions in Codex standards 

for milk and milk products. 

7. Consistency of the Model Export 

Certificate for Milk and Milk Products 

with the Generic Model Official 

Certificate (Annex to the Guidelines for 

Design, Production, Issuance and Use of 

Generic Official Certificates.) 

Each issue listed will be fully 

described in documents distributed, or 

to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior 

to the meeting. Members of the public 

may access these documents (see 

ADDRESSES) 

Public Meeting 

At the January 13, 2010 public 

meeting, draft United States 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 

Susan Sausville (see ADDRESSES.) 

Written comments should state that they 

relate to activities of the 9th Session of 

the CCMMP. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities are aware of 

this notice, FSIS will announce it online 

through the FSIS Web page located at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 

2009_Notices_Index/. 

FSIS will also make copies of this 

Federal Register 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 constituents and 

stakeholders. The Update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free 

electronic mail subscription service for 

industry, trade groups, consumer 

interest groups, health professionals, 

and other individuals who have asked 

to be included. The Update is also 

available on the FSIS Web page. 

Through the Listserv and Web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader and more diverse 

audience. In addition, FSIS offers an 

electronic mail subscription service 

which provides automatic and 

customized access to selected food 

safety news and information. This 

service is available at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/ 

email_subscription/. Options range from 

recalls to export information to 

regulations, directives and notices. 

Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves, and have the 

option to password protect their 

accounts. 

Done at Washington, DC, on January 5, 

2010. 

Karen Stuck, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. 2010–218 Filed 1–6–10; 4:15 pm] 

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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD 

INVESTIGATION BOARD 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Board 

AGENCY: Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

change in the membership of the Senior 

Executive Service Performance Review 

Board for the Chemical Safety and 

Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). 

DATES: Effective January 8, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Kirkpatrick, Office of 

General Counsel, (202) 261–7600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 U.S.C. 

4314(c)(1) requires each agency to 

establish, in accordance with 

regulations prescribed by the Office of 

Personnel Management, a performance 

review board (PRB). The PRB reviews 

initial performance ratings of members 

of the Senior Executive Service (SES) 

and makes recommendations as to final 

annual performance ratings for senior 

executives. Because the CSB is a small 

independent Federal agency, the SES 

members of the CSB’s PRB are drawn 

from other Federal agencies. 

The Chairperson of the CSB has 

appointed the following individual to 

the CSB Senior Executive Service 

Performance Review Board: 

PRB Member—Gary L. Halbert, 

General Counsel, National 

Transportation Safety Board. 

Mr. Halbert replaces Curtis Bowling 

(Director of Environmental Readiness 

and Safety, Office of the Secretary of 

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Defense Explosives Safety Board). The 

service of Mr. Bowling on the PRB has 

come to a close. His appointment was 

originally announced in the Federal 

Register of November 15, 2007 (72 FR 

64192). 

William B. Wark (CSB Board Member) 

continues to serve as the Chair of the 

PRB, as announced in the Federal 

Register of November 15, 2007 (72 FR 

64192). David Capozzi (Executive 

Director, United States Access Board) 

continues to serve as a Member of the 

PRB, as announced in the Federal 

Register of December 5, 2008 (73 FR 

74138). 

This notice is published in the 

Federal Register pursuant to the 

requirement of 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). 

Dated: January 4, 2010. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Attorney-Advisor. 

[FR Doc. 2010–104 Filed 1–7–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XT56 

Marine Mammals; File No. 14486 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC), 301 

Railway Avenue, PO Box 1329, Seward, 

Alaska 99664–1329 (Dr. Ian Dutton, 

Responsible Party), has applied in due 

form for a permit to receive, import, and 

export marine mammal specimens for 

scientific research purposes. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

February 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the Features box on the 

Applications and Permits for Protected 

Species (APPS) home page, https:// 

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No. 14486 from the list of available 

applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376; and 

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone 

(907)586–7221; fax (907)586–7249. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted to the Chief, 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, at the address listed above. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile to (301)713–0376, or by email 

to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Please include the File No. 14486 in the 

subject line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division at the address listed 

above. The request should set forth the 

specific reasons why a hearing on this 

application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Sloan or Jennifer Skidmore, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR 222–226), and the Fur Seal Act of 

1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et 

seq.). 

The primary objective of this 

application is to support multiple 

ongoing research programs at the ASLC, 

including studies of population ecology, 

diet and nutrition, reproductive 

physiology, toxicology and health of 

marine mammals. The ASLC requests 

the annual collection, receipt, import 

and export of unlimited samples from 

4000 individual cetaceans and 5,000 

individual pinnipeds under NMFS 

jurisdiction for continued research on 

these species. Samples would be 

collected under existing permits in the 

countries of origin, would be the 

product of a legal subsistence hunt, 

incidental by-catch, routine husbandry/ 

medical examinations of public display 

animals in the U.S., or opportunistic 

carcass collection, or would be samples 

taken under other permitted research 

activities. No takes of live animals, 

direct or indirect, are requested in this 

application. ASLC requests the permit 

be issued for five years. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: January 4, 2010. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–139 Filed 1–7–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

AGENCY: Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Mission Statement 

Medical Trade Mission to India: 

March 8–13, 2010. 

Mission Description 

The United States Department of 

Commerce, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. and Foreign 

Commercial Service is organizing a 

Medical Trade Mission to New Delhi, 

Chennai and Mumbai, India, March 8– 

13, 2010. The Medical Trade Mission to 

India will include representatives of 

U.S. medical/healthcare industry 

manufacturers (equipment and devices 

including laboratory, emergency, 

diagnostic, physiotherapy, and 

orthopedic equipment, and healthcare 

information technology) and service 

providers. The mission will introduce 

U.S. suppliers to prospective end-users 

and partners whose needs and 

capabilities are targeted to each U.S. 

participant’s business objectives. The 

delegates will meet with Indian 

government officials to obtain first-hand 

information about regulations, policies 

and procedures and will visit healthcare 

facilities. The Commercial Service in 

India (CS India) will organize 

appointments and briefings in New 

Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai, India’s 

major healthcare industry hubs. U.S. 

participants will have the opportunity 

to interact with U.S. Embassy and 

Consulate officials and CS India 

healthcare specialists to discuss 

industry developments, opportunities, 

and marketing strategies. 

Medical Fair India, one of the largest 

medical tradeshows in India, coincides 

in time and location with the last stop 

of the Trade Mission. Trade Mission 

participants, therefore, can exhibit at the 


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