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Thursday, April 9, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

April 6, 2009. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Title: Stocks Reports. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0007. 

Summary of Collection: The primary 

function of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare 

and issue current official State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production. As part of this function, 

estimates are made for stocks of grain 

and including rice, oilseeds, potatoes, 

peanuts, hops, and dry beans. Grain and 

oilseed stocks in all positions are 

estimated quarterly. Grain stock 

estimates are one of the most important 

NASS estimates, which are watched 

closely by growers and industry groups. 

General authority for data collection is 

granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 

2204. The Hop Growers of America 

provides the data collection for much of 

the production information because of 

sensitivity issues an impartial third 

party, NASS, collects stocks and price 

information. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

NASS collects information to administer 

farm program legislation and make 

decisions relative to the export-import 

programs. Estimates of stocks provide 

essential statistics on supplies and 

contribute to orderly marketing. Farmers 

and agribusiness firms use these 

estimates in their production and 

marketing decisions. Collecting this 

information less frequently would 

eliminate data needed by government, 

industry and farmers to keep abreast of 

changes at the State and national level. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; farms. 

Number of Respondents: 12,400. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Monthly; quarterly; semi-annually; 

annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 10,267. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–8104 Filed 4–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2009–0003] 

Draft FSIS Comparative Risk 

Assessment for Listeria 

Monocytogenes in Ready-To-Eat Meat 

and Poultry Deli Meats 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is requesting 

public comment on a draft quantitative 

food safety risk assessment for Listeria 

monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) that 

compares the risk of listeriosis from 

consumption of prepackaged ready-toeat (RTE) deli meat versus RTE deli 

meat that is sliced and packaged at 

retail. The risk assessment analyzes the 

comparative risk of listeriosis from 

prepackaged RTE deli meat versus RTE 

deli meat that is sliced and packaged at 

retail using data from a study by the 

National Alliance for Food Safety and 

Security (NAFSS) and new consumer 

survey data from Research Triangle 

Institute (RTI) International, Tennessee 

State University, and Kansas State 

University. 

DATES: Submit written comments by 

June 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

notice. Comments may be submitted by 

either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

Web site provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field on this Web page or 

attach a file for lengthier comments. Go 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail, Including Floppy Disks or CD– 

ROMs, and Hand- or Courier-Delivered 

Items: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, FSIS, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

2534, South Agriculture Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2009–0003. Comments received in 

response to this docket will be made 

available for public inspection and 

posted without change, including any 


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personal information, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

For access to background documents 

or comments received, go to the FSIS 

Docket Room at the address listed above 

between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dare 

Akingbade, Office of Public Health 

Science, FSIS, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Aerospace Center, 

Washington, DC. 20250–3700; 

Telephone: (202) 690–6462; Fax: (202) 

690–6337; Electronic mail: 

dare.akingbade@fsis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

L. monocytogenes is estimated to 

cause approximately 2,500 illnesses, 

2,300 hospitalizations, and 500 deaths 

each year in the United States (Mead et 

al., 1999). L. monocytogenes is 

ubiquitous in nature. It is commonly 

found in the intestines of animals and 

humans without causing illness. It can 

survive for long periods of time in soil, 

leaf litter, sewage, silage dust, 

vegetation, and water. The organism has 

been found in many domestic and wild 

animals, fish, birds, insects, and snails. 

L. monocytogenes has been isolated 

from a variety of products, including 

raw milk, cheese made from 

unpasteurized milk, soft cheese, meat 

and poultry and their products, cole 

slaw, and cabbage. L. monocytogenes is 

found in the food-processing 

environment and can form biofilms on 

solid surfaces in food processing plants. 

L. monocytogenes can also survive 

adverse conditions on apparently 

smooth surfaces (http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/Frame/ 

FrameRedirect.asp?main=http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/topics/ 

lmguide.htm). 

Consumption of food contaminated 

with L. monocytogenes can cause 

listeriosis, a disease that results in high 

fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, 

and nausea. Listeriosis can also cause 

miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as 

fatal infections in those with weakened 

immune systems, such as infants, the 

elderly, and persons with HIV infection 

or undergoing chemotherapy (http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/ 

Recall_051_2008_Release/index.asp). 

To better understand the sources of 

foodborne L. monocytogenes infection, 

the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA) and FSIS developed a 

quantitative risk assessment that 

compared the risk of listeriosis among 

23 categories of RTE foods. The results 

of the risk assessment, completed in 

2003, indicated deli meats pose the 

greatest risk for listeriosis, accounting 

for approximately 1,600 illnesses per 

year (http://www.foodsafety.gov/∼dms/ 

lmr2-toc.html). 

Because of these findings, FDA and 

FSIS conducted a preliminary analysis 

using the deli meat model component of 

the 2003 FDA and FSIS Listeria 

monocytogenes risk assessment. This 

analysis estimated the relative risk of 

illness from Listeria monocytogenes on 

deli meat sliced and packaged at 

Federally inspected processing 

establishments compared to deli meat 

sliced at retail facilities. The results of 

the preliminary analysis indicated that 

approximately 80% of listeriosis cases 

related to deli meats were associated 

with those sliced at retail. However, 

because these results were based on a 

retail survey not specifically designed to 

collect contamination data on deli meats 

(Gombas et al. 2003), FSIS sought to 

gather targeted contamination data for 

prepackaged and retail-sliced deli meats 

to further examine the relative risk of 

listeriosis. 

In the risk assessment released 

today—the Comparative Risk 

Assessment for Listeria monocytogenes 

in Ready-To-Eat Meat and Poultry Deli 

Meats—FSIS reanalyzes the relative risk 

of illness from Listeria monocytogenes 

on deli meat sliced and packaged at 

Federally inspected processing 

establishments compared to deli meat 

sliced at retail facilities based on new 

data. 

II. The Draft Risk Assessment 

The Comparative Listeria 

Monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat 

and Poultry Deli Meats risk assessment 

has undergone an independent external 

peer review consistent with the 

requirements in the Office of 

Management and Budget’s ‘‘Final 

Information Quality Bulletin for Peer 

Review’’ and review by various 

government agencies. This quantitative 

risk assessment provides a sciencebased, analytical approach to collate 

and incorporate available data into a 

mathematical model. It provides risk 

managers with a decision-support tool 

to understand and evaluate the relative 

risk of slicing and packaging deli meat 

in retail facilities versus slicing and 

packaging deli meat in federally 

inspected processing establishments. 

The deli meat pathway model of the 

draft risk assessment consists of four 

distinct stages: (1) A retail stage that 

determines the level of L. 

monocytogenes in prepackaged deli 

meats and those deli meats sliced at 

retail; (2) a growth stage that uses an 

exponential growth rate function to 

model the growth of L. monocytogenes 

in deli meat between purchase at retail 

and consumption; (3) a consumption 

stage that uses information about deli 

meat serving sizes and the number of 

servings consumed to estimate 

consumer exposure to the pathogen of 

concern; and (4) a dose-response stage 

that predicts the probability of death 

from consuming L. monocytogenes. 

To update the deli meat pathway 

model of the 2003 risk assessment 

discussed above, FSIS obtained retail 

contamination data from the NAFSS 

study (Draughon, 2006) and used it in 

conjunction with new consumer survey 

data obtained by RTI International, 

Tennessee State University, and Kansas 

State University (Cates et al., 2006). 

The results from this comparative Lm 

risk assessment model indicate that 

approximately 83% of listeriosis cases 

and deaths attributed to deli meat 

consumption are from deli meat sliced 

and packaged at retail. 

As part of an evaluation of the draft 

comparative L. monocytogenes risk 

assessment, FSIS seeks comments about: 

(1) The assumptions made, 

(2) The modeling techniques, 

(3) The data used, and 

(4) The clarity of the draft risk 

assessment document. 

FSIS will review and evaluate all 

public comments on this draft 

comparative risk assessment and make 

modifications to the assessment based 

on comments, as appropriate. The draft 

risk assessment is available 

electronically on the FSIS Web site 

(http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/ 

Risk_Assessments/index.asp#RTE). 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that the public and in particular 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities, are aware of this notice, 

FSIS will announce it on-line through 

the FSIS Web page located at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 

2009_Notices_Index/. FSIS also will 

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 our constituents and stakeholders. 

The Update is communicated via 

Listserv, a free e-mail subscription 

service consisting of industry, trade, and 

farm groups, consumer interest groups, 

allied health professionals, scientific 

professionals, and other individuals 

who have requested to be included. The 


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Update also is available on the FSIS 

Web page. Through Listserv and the 

Web page, FSIS is able to provide 

information to a much broader, more 

diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an e-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, export 

information, 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 April 3, 2009. 

Carol Maczka, 

Assistant Administrator, ODIFP. 

[FR Doc. E9–8056 Filed 4–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Urgent 

Removal of Timber 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service published 

an Information Collection Request for 

Comment in the Federal Register of 

March 24, 2009. The document 

contained an incorrect e-mail address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lathrop Smith, Forest Management 

staff, at 202–205–0858. Individuals who 

use telecommunication devices for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

twenty-four hours a day, every day of 

the year, including holidays. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of March 24, 

2009, (73 FR 12303), on page 12303, in 

the ADDRESSES section, correct the email address to read: 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to Director, 

Forest Management, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Mailstop 1103, 

Washington, DC 20250–1103. 

Comments also may be submitted via 

facsimile to 202–205–1045 or by e-mail 

to: urgent_removal@fs.fed.us. 

Dated: April 2, 2009. 

Richard W. Sowa, 

Acting Assistant Deputy Chief, National 

Forest System. 

[FR Doc. E9–8026 Filed 4–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, April 17, 2009; 

9:30 a.m. EDT. 

PLACE: 624 9th St., NW., Room 540, 

Washington, DC 20425. 

Meeting Agenda 

This meeting is open to the public. 

I. Approval of Agenda. 

II. Approval of Minutes of February 20, 

2009 and March 30, 2009 Meetings. 

III. Announcements. 

IV. Staff Director’s Report. 

V. Program Planning. 

• Update on Status of 2009 Statutory 

Report 

• Approval of Findings and 

Recommendations for the Briefing 

Report on Department of Justice 

Voting Rights Enforcement for the 

2008 Presidential Election 

• Approval of Briefing Report on 

Provision of Supplemental 

Educational Services under the No 

Child Left Behind Act 

• Approval of Concept Paper for a 

Commission Briefing on Health 

Disparities (Taylor) 

V. Management & Operations. 

• Update on the Status of Briefing 

Reports 

• Motion Regarding Evaluation of 

Staff Director Performance 

(Melendez) 

• Motion Regarding Staff Director’s 

Provision of Quarterly Financial 

Reports to Commission (Melendez) 

• Motion Regarding Commission 

Preparation of a Public Service 

Announcement (Melendez) 

• Motion Regarding Review and 

Standardization of Agency 

Regulations, Administrative 

Instructions and Other Practices 

(Melendez) 

VI. State Advisory Committee Issues. 

• Tennessee SAC 

VII. Adjourn. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public 

Affairs Unit (202) 376–8582. TDD: (202) 

376–8116. 

Persons with a disability requiring 

special services, such as an interpreter 

for the hearing impaired, should contact 

Pamela Dunston at least seven days 

prior to the meeting at 202–376–8105. 

TDD: (202) 376–8116. 

Dated: April 7, 2009. 

David P. Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E9–8261 Filed 4–7–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Membership of the USCCR 

Performance Review Board 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of Membership of the 

USCCR Performance Review Board. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

appointment of the Performance Review 

Board (PRB) of the United States 

Commission on Civil Rights. Publication 

of PRB membership is required 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). 

The PRB provides fair and impartial 

review of the U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights’ Senior Executive Service 

performance appraisals and makes 

recommendations regarding 

performance ratings and performance 

awards to the Staff Director, U. S. 

Commission on Civil Rights for the FY 

2008 rating year. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

TinaLouise Martin, Director of 

Management, U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights, 624 Ninth Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20425, Telephone: 

(202) 376–8364. 

USCCR Performance Review Board 

Members: William D. Spencer, Clerk of 

the Board, MSPB, David Capozzi, Acting 

Executive Director, U.S. Access Board, 

Mary Johnson, General Counsel, NMB. 

Dated: April 6, 2009. 

David P. Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E9–8091 Filed 4–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Survey: Foreign 

Ocean Carriers’ Expenses in the 

United States 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 


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