This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 60, No. 87

Friday, May 5, 1995

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

9 CFR Parts 308, 310, 318, 320, 325,

326, 327 and 381

[Docket No. 95–013N]

Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis

and Critical Control Point (HACCP)

Systems—Notice of Public Hearing

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS) is holding a

public hearing to accept oral comments

from the public in response to FSIS’s

February 3, 1995, proposal titled

‘‘Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis

and Critical Control Point (HACCP)

System’’.

DATES: May 30–31, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Georgetown University

Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir

Road, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth Elane, Director, Quality

Services Staff, or Dan Vitiello, Director,

Planning and Coordination Unit,

Planning Office, Policy, Evaluation and

Planning Staff, Food Safety and

Inspection Service, USDA, (202) 501–

7136.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 3, 1995, FSIS published a

proposed rule ‘‘Pathogen Reduction;

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control

Point (HACCP) Systems’’ (60 FR 6774).

In that document, the Agency proposed

a number of regulatory changes

applicable to Federal- and Stateinspected meat and poultry

establishments. The proposed changes

are designed to reduce the occurrence

and numbers of pathogenic

microorganisms in meat and poultry

products, thereby reducing the

incidence of foodborne illness

associated with the consumption of

these products.

On February 27, 1995, FSIS

announced a series of outreach activities

to assist the public in understanding the

proposed rule and in providing

comments on the proposed rule. In that

notice, FSIS announced its intention to

hold a two-day public hearing for those

commenters who wish to submit oral

comments.

This notice announces the hearing

which will be held on May 30–31, 1995,

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The

hearing will be held at the Georgetown

University Conference Center, 3800

Reservoir Road, Washington, DC. The

hearing will be conducted as follows:

Those persons wishing to present oral

comments and/or address the panel

should contact the Planning Office at

(202) 501–7136 as soon as possible to

reserve a time slot. Speaking times will

be scheduled on a first-come basis as

calls are received by the Planning

Office. (Speakers will be scheduled for

the morning or afternoon of the first day

and the morning and part of the

afternoon of the second day.)

A panel consisting of Michael R.

Taylor, Administrator, FSIS, Thomas

Billy, Associate Administrator, FSIS,

Robert Buchanan, Deputy

Administrator, Science and Technology,

FSIS, and Glenn Morris, Director,

Epidemiology and Emergency Response

Program, FSIS, will accept oral

comments from the public. Presentation

of oral comments will begin after brief

opening remarks by one or more of the

panelists. Oral comments will be

limited to 10 minutes per commenter (7

minutes for the comment; 2–3 minutes

for questions and followup by the

panelists.) The last 2 hours of the

second day will be devoted to

additional comments from attendees.

Interested persons will have 5 minutes

to address the panel.

Oral comments may also be provided

to FSIS by contacting the persons listed

in the proposed rule. Written comments

should be directed to the FSIS Docket

Clerk at the address given in the

proposed rule.

Done at Washington, DC, on: April 27,

1995.

Michael R. Taylor,

Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety.

[FR Doc. 95–11043 Filed 5–4–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–M

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

13 CFR Part 122

Business Loans—Microloans

AGENCY: Small Business Administration

(SBA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: Section 7(m) of the Small

Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)) (Act)

authorizes the SBA to operate a

microloan demonstration program.

Under this program, the SBA lends

funds to qualified intermediaries which

re-lend amounts of $25,000 or less to

eligible small business concerns. Under

this proposed rule, an intermediary

would be allowed to operate across

State lines with the written approval of

the SBA Associate Administrator for

Financial Assistance if that person

makes a determination that it would be

in the best interest of the small business

community to allow such intermediary

to operate in more than one State.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before June 5, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

John R. Cox, Associate Administrator for

Financial Assistance, Small Business

Administration, 409 Third Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20416.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John R. Cox, 202/205–6490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

7(m) of the Act authorizes the SBA to

undertake a microloan demonstration

program in which the SBA lends funds

to authorized intermediaries which relend amounts up through $25,000 to

eligible small business concerns.

At the present time, section 122.61–

11(a) of SBA’s regulations (13 CFR

122.61–11(a)) provides that ‘‘* * * no

intermediary may undertake Program

activities in more than one State.’’ Since

section 7(m) of the Act does not prohibit

a microloan intermediary from

conducting its operations in more than

one State, SBA believes that the present

regulatory provision is too broad.

Circumstances may occur when it

would be in the best interest of a small

business community to authorize a

microloan intermediary to operate

across State lines, and this proposed

regulation would allow the SBA

Associate Administrator for Financial

Assistance to make a determination in

that regard.