Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 68 / Friday, April 10, 2009 / Notices 16353 

Dated: April 1, 2009. 

Ray Porter, 

District Ranger. 

[FR Doc. E9–7955 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2009–0010] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food 

AGENCY: Office of the Acting Deputy 

Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Acting 

Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

and the U.S. Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA), Center for 

Veterinary Medicine, are sponsoring a 

public meeting on April 29, 2009. The 

objective of the public meeting is to 

provide information and receive public 

comments on agenda items and draft 

U.S. positions that will be discussed at 

the 18th Session of the Codex 

Committee on Residues of Veterinary 

Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF) which will be 

held in Natal, Brazil from May 11–15, 

2009. The Acting Deputy Under 

Secretary for Food Safety and the FDA 

recognize the importance of providing 

interested parties the opportunity to 

obtain background information on the 

18th CCRVDF session and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Wednesday, April 29, 2009, from 10 

a.m.–1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the USDA, J.L. Whitten Building, 

Room 107–A, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250. 

Documents related to the 18th session 

of the CCRVDF will be accessible via the 

World Wide Web at the following 

address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp. 

The U.S. Delegate to the 18th Session 

of the CCRVDF, Dr. Steven Vaughn, and 

the FDA invite U.S. interested parties to 

submit their comments electronically to 

the following e-mail address: 

Brandi.Robinson@fda.hhs.gov. 

For Further Information About the 

18th Session of the CCRVDF Contact: 

Steven Vaughn, D.V.M., Director, Office 

of New Animal Drug Evaluation, Center 

for Veterinary Medicine, FDA, 7500 

Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855 

Telephone: (240) 276–8300, Fax: (240) 

276–8242, e-mail: 

Steven.Vaughn@fda.hhs.gov. 

For Further Information About the 

Public Meeting Contact: Jasmine 

Matthews, Program Analyst, USDA, 

Food Safety and Inspection Service, 

U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 4861, Washington, 

DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 690–1124, 

Fax: (202) 720–3157, e-mail: 

jasmine.matthews@fsis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius (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 that fair practices are used 

in trade. 

The CCRVDF is responsible for 

determining priorities for the 

consideration of residues of veterinary 

drugs in foods; to recommend maximum 

levels of such substances; to develop 

codes of practice as may be required; 

and to consider methods of sampling 

and analysis for the determination of 

veterinary drug residues in foods. 

The Committee is hosted by the 

United States. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 18th Session of the CCRVDF will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters Referred by the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission and Other 

Codex Committees and Task Forces. 

• Matters Arising from FAO and 

WHO and from the 70th Meeting of the 

Joint FAO and WHO Expert Committee 

on Food Additives (JECFA). 

• Report of the World Organization 

for Animal Health (OIE) Activities, 

Including the Harmonization of 

Technical Requirements for Registration 

of Veterinary Medicinal Products. 

• Draft Maximum Residue Limits 

(MRLs) for Veterinary Drugs (at Step 7). 

• Proposed draft MRLs for Veterinary 

Drugs (at Step 3). 

• Draft Guidelines for the Design and 

Implementation of National Regulatory 

Food Safety Assurance Programs 

Associated with the Use of Veterinary 

Drugs in Food Producing Animals. 

• Discussion Paper on Consideration 

of Methods of Analysis and Sampling in 

the CCRVDF (Report of the Electronic 

Working Group on Methods of Analysis 

and Sampling). 

• Draft Priority List of Veterinary 

Drugs Requiring Evaluation or ReEvaluation by JECFA and the Working 

Document Listing Veterinary Drugs of 

Potential Interest (Report of the 

Electronic Working Group on the 

Priority List of Veterinary Drugs 

Requiring Evaluation or Re-evaluation). 

• Discussion Paper on Current 

Practices and Needs for Further Work by 

the Committee (Report of the Electronic 

Working Group on Risk Management 

Topics and Options). 

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 copies of these documents 

(see ADDRESSES). 

Public Meeting 

At the April 29, 2009, 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 the U.S. Delegate for 

the 18th Session of the CCRVDF, Dr. 

Steven Vaughn (see ADDRESSES). Written 

comments should state that they relate 

to activities of the 18th session of the 

CCRVDF. 

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 

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customized access to selected food 

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Customers can add or delete 

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Done at Washington, DC on: April 6, 2009. 

Paulo Almeida, 

Acting U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. E9–8181 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Newspapers To Be Used for 

Publication of Legal Notice of 

Appealable Decisions and Publication 

of Notice of Proposed Actions for 

Southern Region; Alabama, Kentucky, 

Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, 

Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, West 

Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, 

Puerto Rico 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Deciding Officers in the 

Southern Region will publish notice of 

decisions subject to administrative 

appeal under 36 CFR parts 215 and 217 

in the legal notice section of the 

newspapers listed in the Supplementary 

Information section of this notice. As 

provided in 36 CFR 215.5 and 36 CFR 

217.5(d), the public shall be advised 

through Federal Register notice, of the 

newspaper of record to be utilized for 

publishing legal notice of decisions. 

Newspaper publication of notice of 

decisions is in addition to direct notice 

of decisions to those who have 

requested it and to those who have 

participated in project planning. 

Responsible Officials in the Southern 

Region will also publish notice of 

proposed actions under 36 CFR part 215 

in the newspapers that are listed in the 

Supplementary Information section of 

this notice. As provided in 36 CFR 

215.5, the public shall be advised, 

through Federal Register notice, of the 

newspaper of record to be utilized for 

publishing notices on proposed actions. 

Additionally, the Deciding Officers in 

the Southern Region will publish notice 

of the opportunity to object to a 

proposed authorized hazardous fuel 

reduction project under 36 CFR 218.4 or 

developing, amending or revising land 

management plans under 36 CFR 219.9 

in the legal notice section of the 

newspapers listed in the Supplementary 

Information section of this notice. 

DATES: Use of these newspapers for 

purposes of publishing legal notice of 

decisions subject to appeal under 36 

CFR parts 215 and 217, notices of 

proposed actions under 36 CFR part 

215, and notices of the opportunity to 

object under 36 CFR part 218 and 36 

CFR part 219 shall begin the first day 

after the date of this publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James W. Bennett, Regional Appeal 

Review Team Manager, Southern 

Region, Planning, 1720 Peachtree Road, 

NW., Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Phone: 

404/347–2788. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Deciding 

Officers in the Southern Region will 

give legal notice of decisions subject to 

appeal under 36 CFR part 217, the 

Responsible Officials in the Southern 

Region will give notice of decisions 

subject to appeal under 36 CFR part 215 

and opportunity to object to a proposed 

authorized hazardous fuel reduction 

project under 36 CFR part 218 or 

developing, amending or revising land 

management plans under 36 CFR 219.9 

in the following newspapers which are 

listed by Forest Service administrative 

unit. Responsible Officials in the 

Southern Region will also give notice of 

proposed actions under 36 CFR part 215 

in the following newspapers of record 

which are listed by Forest Service 

administrative unit. The timeframe for 

comment on a proposed action shall be 

based on the date of publication of the 

notice of the proposed action in the 

newspaper of record. The timeframe for 

appeal shall be based on the date of 

publication of the legal notice of the 

decision in the newspaper of record for 

36 CFR parts 215 and 217. The 

timeframe for an objection shall be 

based on the date of publication of the 

legal notice of the opportunity to object 

for projects subject to 36 CFR part 218 

or 36 CFR part 219. 

Where more than one newspaper is 

listed for any unit, the first newspaper 

listed is the newspaper of record that 

will be utilized for publishing the legal 

notice of decisions and calculating 

timeframes. Secondary newspapers 

listed for a particular unit are those 

newspapers the Deciding Officer/ 

Responsible Official expects to use for 

purposes of providing additional notice. 

The following newspapers will be 

used to provide notice. 

Southern Region 

Regional Forester Decisions 

Affecting National Forest System 

lands in more than one Administrative 

unit of the 15 in the Southern Region, 

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, published 

daily in Atlanta, GA. Affecting National 

Forest System lands in only one 

Administrative unit or only one Ranger 

District will appear in the newspaper of 

record elected by the National Forest, 

National Grassland, National Recreation 

Area, or Ranger District as listed below. 

National Forests in Alabama, Alabama 

Forest Supervisor Decisions 

Affecting National Forest System 

lands in more than one Ranger District 

of the 6 in the National Forests in 

Alabama, Montgomery Advertiser, 

published daily in Montgomery, AL. 

Affecting National Forest System lands 

in only one Ranger District will appear 

in the newspaper of record elected by 

the Ranger District as listed below. 

District Ranger Decisions 

Bankhead Ranger District: Northwest 

Alabamian, published bi-weekly 

(Wednesday & Saturday) in Haleyville, 

AL. 

Conecuh Ranger District: The 

Andalusia Star News, published daily 

(Tuesday through Saturday) in 

Andalusia, AL. 

Oakmulgee Ranger District: The 

Tuscaloosa News, published daily in 

Tuscaloosa, AL. 

Shoal Creek Ranger District: The 

Anniston Star, published daily in 

Anniston, AL. 

Talladega Ranger District: The Daily 

Home, published daily in Talladega, AL. 

Tuskegee Ranger District: Tuskegee 

News, published weekly (Thursday) in 

Tuskegee, AL. 

Chattahoochee—Oconee National 

Forest, Georgia 

Forest Supervisor Decisions 

The Times, published daily in 

Gainesville, GA. 

District Ranger Decisions 

Blue Ridge Ranger District: The News 

Observer (newspaper of record) 

published bi-weekly (Tuesday & Friday) 

in Blue Ridge, GA. 

North Georgia News, (newspaper of 

record) published weekly (Wednesday) 

in Blairsville, GA. 

The Dahlonega Nuggett, (secondary) 

published weekly (Wednesday) in 

Dahlonega, GA. 

Towns County Herald, (secondary) 

published weekly (Thursday) in 

Hiawassee, GA.