13590 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 55 / Friday, March 21, 1997 / Notices

Drug Administration, HHS;

Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice: Public meeting;

establishment of public dockets.

SUMMARY: The United States Department

of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety

and Inspection Service (FSIS) and

Research, Education, and Economics;

The Department of Health and Human

Services’’ Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) and Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC);

and the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) will convene a meeting

on March 31 to April 2, 1997, to discuss

and develop for the President a

comprehensive plan to reduce the

annual incidence of foodborne illness

by enhancing the safety of the nation’s

food supply. USDA and FDA are also

establishing public dockets to receive

comments about the President’s Food

Safety Initiative and the discussion draft

and current thinking document made

available on February 21, 1997.

DATES: The meeting will be held from

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to

9:00 p.m. on March 31; 8:30 a.m. to 5:00

p.m. on April 1; and from 8:30 a.m. to

1:30 p.m. on April 2, 1997. Comments

by April 4, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Hyatt Regency Washington on

Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

register for the meeting, contact

Ms.Traci Phebus at (202) 501–7138,

FAX (202) 501–7642, E-mail

HACCP.Confer@USDA.GOV.

Participants may reserve a 5-minute

public comment period when they

register. Space will be allocated on a

first come, first served basis.

Participants should also select the

breakout sessions they plan to attend

when they register. For questions about

the meeting or to obtain copies of the

draft report, ‘‘Food Safety From Farm to

Table: A New Strategy for the 21st

Century, Discussion Draft and Current

Thinking, A National Food Safety

Initiative,’’ contact Mr. Charles Danner,

FSIS, at (202) 501–7136 or Ms. Karen

Carson, FDA, at (202) 205–5140. Copies

of the draft report also are available

from the following: FSIS at http://

www.usda.gov/fsis or FDA at http://

vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html or CDC at

http://cdc.gov/ncidod/food.htm.

Participants who require a sign language

interpreter or other special

accommodations should contact Ms.

Jennifer Callahan at (202) 501–7138 by

March 24.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 25, 1997, the President directed

the Secretaries of USDA and HHS and

the Administrator of EPA to work with

consumers, producers, industry, States,

Tribes, universities, and the public to

identify ways to further improve the

safety of our food supply. The President

requested that the plan focus on ‘‘* * *

further improvement of surveillance,

inspection, research, risk assessment,

education, and coordination among

local, State, and Federal health

authorities.’’

On March 5, 1997, the first public

meeting was held to discuss the

initiative and the issues identified by

food safety experts in the draft report.

All attendees received a copy of the

draft report and were encouraged to

review the document and develop

recommendations related to the seven

topic areas: surveillance, risk

assessment, research, inspection,

education, and coordination, and

strategic planning to be presented at the

March 31 meeting.

The March 31 session will feature a

general session with time allotted for

public comment followed by concurrent

breakout sessions: Bioscience Research

and Coordination; and an evening

session on Strategic Planning. On April

1, concurrent breakout sessions will be

held in the morning on Improving Risk

Assessment Tools and Improving Food

Safety Education and in the afternoon

on New Early Warning System for

Foodborne Illness and Maximizing

Inspection to Support HACCP. The

April 2 session will include reports

from each of the seven breakout sessions

and public comment.

The agencies are also announcing the

establishment of public dockets about

the President’s Food Safety Initiative

and the discussion draft and current

thinking docket made available on

February 21, 1997 and are encouraging

individuals to comment on the topics

discussed at the March 5, 1997, meeting

as well as those listed in this notice

under Supplementary Information. The

agencies are also urging individuals

with comments on the seven topic areas

of the draft report to submit these

comments by March 28 to facilitate

discussion in the breakout sessions.

Submit written comments as follows:

USDA/FSIS Hearing Clerk, Room 3806

South Building, Washington, DC 20250–

3700 or Dockets Management Branch

(HFA–305), Food and Drug

Administration, 12420 Parklawn Drive,

Room 1–23, Rockville, MD 20857.

Comments are to be identified with the

docket number. For those comments

directed to USDA use Docket No. 97–

024N; for comments directed to FDA,

use Docket No. 97N–0074.

Transcripts of the public meeting may

be requested in writing from the

Freedom of Information Office (HFI–35),

Food and Drug Administration, 5600

Fishers Lane, Room 12A–16, Rockville,

MD 20857, approximately 15 working

days after the meeting at a cost of 10

cents per page. The transcript of the

public meeting and all submitted

comments will be available for public

examination at the Dockets Management

Branch (address above) between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Done at Washington, DC, on March 17,

1997.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection

Service.

Fred R. Shank,

Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied

Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration.

Donald E. Shriber,

Associate Director/Washington, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention.

Dana Minerva,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water,

Environmental Protection Agency.

[FR Doc. 97–7155 Filed 3–18–97; 9:53 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Brown Lake Hydrologic Restoration

(CS–09); Calcasieu and Cameron

Parishes, LA

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of finding of no

significant impact.

Description of Action

The United States Department of

Agriculture, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, proposes to

implement a hydrologic restoration plan

on the Brown Lake wetlands in

Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The project

involves the installation of five

corrugated aluminum culverts, each

with a ten foot wide variable crest weir

inlet section with a six inch wide

vertical slot and a flap gate; a seven foot

wide variable crest structure with flap

gate; and two corrugated aluminum

pipes with flap and screw gates;

excavate and place approximately

93,000 cubic yards of earth fill to repair

and maintain about 32,000 linear feet of

boundary levee and plug abandoned oil

field canals; and excavate and place

approximately 18,300 cubic yards of

earth fill to construct 25,000 linear feet

of terraces.
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Factors Considered in Determination

The Brown Lane Environmental

Assessment was prepared in order to

assess potential impacts of the project.

In this document, no significant adverse

impacts to important habitat,

endangered species, recreation, or other

resources were found. No known

National Register of Historic Places

properties are in the vicinity of the

project area.

Impacts to any significant cultural

resources in the area will be minimal, if

any.

Public Involvement

Upon signature of the Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI), a Notice of

Availability will be sent to concerned

federal, state, local, and other

organizations and individuals known to

have an interest in the proposed project.

The proposed project has been

coordinated with the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, National Marine

Fisheries Service, Environmental

Protection Agency—Region VI, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers—New Orleans

District, Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation, Governor’s Executive

Assistant for Coastal Activities,

Louisiana Department of Natural

Resources—Coastal Restoration

Division, Louisiana Department of

Natural Resources—Coastal

Management Division, Louisiana

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,

Louisiana Department of Environmental

Quality, and Louisiana State Historic

Preservation Officer.

Conclusion

This office has assessed the

environmental impacts of the proposed

work and has determined that the

project will have no significant adverse

impacts upon the human environment.

Therefore, no Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) will be prepared.

Dated: March 6, 1997.

Donald W. Gohmert.

[FR Doc. 97–7154 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–M

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List Proposed Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to

procurement list.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposal(s) to add to the Procurement

List a commodity and services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: April 21, 1997.

ADDRESS: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a) (2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

actions.

If the Committee approves the

proposed additions, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the commodity and services

listed below from nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities. I certify

that the following action will not have

a significant impact on a substantial

number of small entities. The major

factors considered for this certification

were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

commodity and services to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodity and

services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity and services to the

Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodity and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List. Comments on this

certification are invited. Commenters

should identify the statement(s)

underlying the certification on which

they are providing additional

information.

The following commodity and

services have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Commodity

Helmet Assembly, Combat Vehicle

Crewman

8470–00-NIB–0003

(Requirements for the U.S. Army

Soldiers Systems Command, Natick,

Massachusetts)

NPA: Washington-Greene County

Branch, PAB Washington,

Pennsylvania

Service

Food Service

Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas

NPA: MHMR Services for the Concho

Valley San, Angelo, Texas

Grounds Maintenance

Recreation Areas

Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii

NPA: Makaala Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–7195 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

Procurement List; Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Additions to the procurement

list.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

Procurement List services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 13, 1996 and February 7,

1997, the Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled published notices (61 FR

65520 and 62 FR 5797) of proposed

additions to the Procurement List.

After consideration of the material

presented to it concerning capability of

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide

the services and impact of the additions

on the current or most recent

contractors, the Committee has

determined that the services listed

below are suitable for procurement by

the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C.

46–48c and 41 CFR 51–2.4. I certify that

the following action will not have a

significant impact on a substantial

number of small entities. The major

factors considered for this certification

were: