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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 87, No. 41 

Wednesday, March 2, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

U.S. Codex Office 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Pesticide Residues 

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 June 2, 

2022. The objective of the public 

meeting is to provide information and 

receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft United States (U.S.) 

positions to be discussed at the 53rd 

Session of the Codex Committee on 

Pesticide Residues (CCPR) of the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (CAC), which 

will convene virtually, July 4–July 13, 

2022. The U.S. Manager for Codex 

Alimentarius and the Acting Deputy 

Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign 

Agricultural Affairs recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 53rd 

Session of the CCPR and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for June 2, 2022, from 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place via Video Teleconference 

only. Documents related to the 53rd 

Session of the CCPR will be accessible 

via the internet at the following address: 

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

?meeting=CCPR&session=53. Captain 

David Miller, U.S. Delegate to the 53rd 

Session of the CCPR, invites U.S. 

interested parties to submit their 

comments electronically to the 

following email address: miller.davidj@

epa.gov. 

Registration: Attendees must register 

to attend the public meeting here: 

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

register/vJItc-6tpzgjHHHmxm

TPl2ykA0BfwK2icPQ. After registering, 

you will receive a confirmation email 

containing information about joining the 

meeting. 

For Further Information about the 

53rd Session of the CCPR, contact U.S. 

Delegate, Captain David Miller, 

miller.davidj@epa.gov, +1 (703) 305– 

5352. 

For Further Information about the 

public meeting Contact: U.S. Codex 

Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Room 4861, South Agriculture Building, 

Washington, DC 20250. Phone (202) 

720–7760, Fax: (202) 720–3157, Email: 

uscodex@usda.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Codex 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. 

The Terms of Reference of the Codex 

Committee on Pesticide Residues 

(CCPR) are: 

(a) To establish maximum limits for 

pesticide residues in specific food items 

or in groups of food; 

(b) to establish maximum limits for 

pesticide residues in certain animal 

feeding stuffs moving in international 

trade where this is justified for reasons 

of protection of human health; 

(c) to prepare priority lists of 

pesticides for evaluation by the Joint 

FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide 

Residues (JMPR); 

(d) to consider methods of sampling 

and analysis for the determination of 

pesticide residues in food and feed; 

(e) to consider other matters in 

relation to the safety of food and feed 

containing pesticide residues; and, 

(f) to establish maximum limits for 

environmental and industrial 

contaminants showing chemical or 

other similarity to pesticides, in specific 

food items or groups of food. 

The CCPR is hosted by China. The 

United States attends the CCPR as a 

member country of Codex. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items from the 

forthcoming Agenda for the 53rd 

Session of the CCPR will be discussed 

during the public meeting: 

• Adoption of the Agenda 

• Appointment of Rapporteurs 

• Matters referred to CCPR by CAC and/ 

or other Codex subsidiary bodies 

• Matters of interest arising from FAO 

and WHO 

• Matters of interest arising from other 

international organizations 

• Report on items of general 

consideration arising from the 2021 

JMPR regular meeting 

• Report on responses to specific 

concerns raised by CCPR arising from 

the 2021 JMPR regular meeting 

• Proposed Maximum Residue Limits 

(MRLs) for pesticides in food and feed 

• Revision of the Classification of Food 

and Feed (CXM 4/1989) on the 

following: 

(i) The issue of okra and an 

appropriate representative commodity, 

taking into account monitoring data 

submitted. 

(ii) work on edible animal tissues 

(including edible offal) in collaboration 

with the Codex Committee on Residues 

of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF) 

Electronic Working Group (EWG) on 

edible offal. 

(iii) consideration of Class B, Primary 

Food Commodities of Animal Origin 

and Class E, Processed Foods of Animal 

Origin. 

• Proposed Draft Guidelines for 

compounds of low public health 

concern that could be exempted from 

the establishment of Codex maximum 

residue limits for pesticides (CXLs) 

• Discussion Paper on the review of 

mass spectrometry provisions in the 

Guidelines on the Use of Mass 

Spectrometry for the Identification, 

Confirmation and Quantitative 

Determination of Pesticide Residues 

(CXG 56–2005) and the Guidelines on 

Performance Criteria of Pesticide 

Residues in Food and Feed (CXG 90– 

2017) 

• Discussion paper on monitoring the 

purity and stability of certified 

reference material of multi-class 

pesticides during prolonged storage 

• Discussion paper on engagement of 

JMPR in parallel reviews of new 

compounds 


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• Discussion paper on the management 

of unsupported compounds without 

public health concerns scheduled for 

periodic review by JMPR 

• National registrations of pesticides 

(National Registration Database for 

Pesticides for Periodic Review by 

JMPR) 

• Establishment of CCPR Schedules and 

Priority Lists for the evaluation of 

pesticides by JMPR 

Public Meeting 

At the June 2, 2022, 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 Captain David Miller, 

U.S. Delegate for the 53rd Session of the 

CCPR (see ADDRESSES). Written 

comments should state that they relate 

to activities of the 53rd Session of the 

CCPR. 

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 web page located at: https://

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 subscription 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/sites/default/files/ 

documents/ad-3027.pdf, 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, 

American Sign Language, etc.) should 

contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 

720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

Mary Frances Lowe, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; 2022 Economic Census 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on August 27, 

2021 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

Title: 2022 Economic Census. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0998. 

Stateside Electronic Path ID(s): The 

paths in the electronic instrument used 

to collect information are tailored to 

specific industries or groups of 

industries. The Electronic Path ID’s are 

too numerous to list individually in this 

notice. 

Island Areas Questionnaire 

Number(s)/Electronic Path ID(s): The 

questionnaires and paths in the 

electronic instrument used to collect 

information in the Islands Areas are 

tailored to specific industries or groups 

of industries. Electronic instruments are 

available in English. Puerto Rico paper 

questionnaires are available in English 

as well as Spanish. 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

Request for a Reinstatement, with 

Change, of a Previously Approved 

Collection. 

Number of Respondents: 4,423,690. 

Average Hours per Response: 1.37 

hours. 

Burden Hours: 6,064,840. (This 

burden estimate differs from that 

published in the August 27, 2021 

Federal Register Notice due to updated 

and more detailed estimates of the likely 

number of respondents for each 

electronic questionnaire path as well as 

better estimates of the time required to 

complete the new electronic 

questionnaires.) 

Needs and Uses: The 2022 Economic 

Census will compile statistics on an 

estimated 8.3 million employer business 

establishments in industries defined by 

the 2022 North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS). Data on 

4.7 million of these establishments will 

be obtained by direct data collection 

from an estimated 4.4 million 

respondents. Data from administrative 

records or imputation will be used for 

the remaining 3.6 million 

establishments—as well as for any 

contacted establishments that fail to 

respond. In addition to the general 

enumeration of businesses, the 2022 

census program also includes surveys of 

business owners and commodity flows. 

Those surveys will be submitted 

separately. 

This request for approval covers the 

information collection instruments and 

procedures that will be used in the 

enumeration of U.S. domestic 

businesses operating in the United 

States as well as the Island Areas of 

American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, 

Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

The public administration sector (i.e., 

governments) is out of scope to the 

economic census. The U.S. Census 

Bureau conducts, and will submit 

separately for approval, the 

quinquennial census of governments 

and other current programs that 

measure the activities of government 

establishments. 

The Island Areas component provides 

the only source of comprehensive data 

for the Island Areas at a geographic level 

similar to U.S. counties. It will produce 

basic statistics by industry for number 

of establishments, value of shipments/ 

receipts/revenue/sales, payroll, and 

employment. It also will yield a variety 

of industry-specific statistics, 

depreciable assets, selected purchased 

services, inventories, and capital 

expenditures, value of shipments/ 

receipts/revenue/sales by product line 

as defined by the North American 

Product Classification System (NAPCS), 


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