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contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

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section.

Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 60, No. 101

Thursday, May 25, 1995

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF

THE UNITED STATES

Committee on Administration,

Committee on Regulation, and Special

Committee to Review the Government

in the Sunshine Act

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No.

92–463), notice is hereby given of

meetings of the following committees of

the Administrative Conference of the

United States: Committee on

Administration, Committee on

Regulation, and Special Committee to

Review the Government in the Sunshine

Act.

Agency: Committee on

Administration.

Dates: Thursday, June 15, 1995, at

11:30 a.m.

Addresses: American Arbitration

Association, Sixth Floor, 1150

Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington,

DC.

For Further Information Contact:

Charles Pou, Office of the Chairman,

Administrative Conference of the

United States, 2120 L Street, NW, Suite

500, Washington, DC 20037. Telephone:

(202) 254–7020.

Agency: Committee on Regulation.

Dates: Friday, June 16, 1995, from

7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

Addresses: Hay-Adams Hotel, 800

Sixteenth Street, NW, Suite 706,

Washington, DC.

For Further Information Contact:

David M. Pritzker, Office of the

Chairman, Administrative Conference of

the United States, 2120 L Street, NW,

Suite 500, Washington, DC 20037.

Telephone: (202) 254–7020.

Agency: Special Committee to Review

the Government in the Sunshine Act.

Dates: Tuesday, June 27, 1995, at 2:00

p.m.

Addresses: Office of the Chairman,

Administrative Conference, 2120 L

Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeffrey S. Lubbers, Office of the

Chairman, Administrative Conference of

the United States, 2120 L Street, NW,

Suite 500, Washington, DC 20037.

Telephone: (202) 254–7020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Committee on Administration will meet

to continue discussion of the potential

use of alternative dispute resolution and

other innovative techniques for

resolving conflicts between endangered

species and development interests. The

Committee will consider convening

public meetings and/or some other form

of public involvement to address issues

raised by the consultants’ report.

The Committee on Regulation will

meet to continue discussion of possible

recommendations on selfimplementation, or self-enforcement, as

a regulatory alternative to direct

enforcement. The committee has been

considering a draft report on this subject

by Professor Douglas C. Michael of the

University of Kentucky College of Law.

The Special Committee to Review the

Government in the Sunshine Act will

meet for the second time to continue its

deliberations concerning the need for

changes in the Act. The study was

initiated by a letter from over a dozen

current and former agency

commissioners requesting that the

Administrative Conference review the

operation of the Government in the

Sunshine Act. Copies of the letter are

available from the Administrative

Conference. This meeting is being held

for the purpose of hearing from

representatives of groups that have a

special interest in maximizing the

public availability of government

information.

Attendance at the meetings is open to

the interested public, but limited to the

space available. Persons wishing to

attend should notify the Office of the

Chairman at least two days prior to the

meeting. The chairman of each

committee, if he deems it appropriate,

may permit members of the public to

present oral statements at the meeting.

Any member of the public may file a

written statement with the committee

before, during, or after the meeting.

Minutes of each meeting will be

available on request.

Dated: May 18, 1995.

Jeffrey S. Lubbers,

Research Director.

[FR Doc. 95–12816 Filed 5–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6110–01–W

Assembly of Administrative

Conference; Meeting

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No.

92–463), notice is hereby given of a

meeting of the Assembly of the

Administrative Conference of the

United States.

DATES: Thursday, June 15, 1995, 1:00

p.m.; Friday, June 16, 1995, 9:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Amphitheatre of the Office

of Thrift Supervision, Second Floor,

1700 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Renee Barnow (202) 254–7020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assembly of the Administrative

Conference of the United States makes

recommendations to administrative

agencies, the President, Congress, and

the Judicial Conference of the United

States regarding the efficiency,

adequacy, and fairness of the

administrative procedures used by

Federal agencies in carrying out their

programs. The Assembly will meet in

Plenary Session to consider, not

necessarily in the order stated, proposed

recommendations on the following

subjects:

1. Review of Existing Agency

Regulations;

2. Streamlined Processes for

Noncontroversial and Emergency

Rulemaking;

3. Resolution of Government Contract

Bid Protest Disputes;

4. Alternative Dispute Resolution

Confidentiality and the Freedom of

Information Act; and

5. Use of Mediation under the

Americans with Disabilities Act.

The agenda will also include a forum

on innovative approaches to resolving

workplace conflicts. The forum,

scheduled for June 16 (approximately

10:30 a.m.), will include a presentation

by commissioners of the Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission

describing the Commission’s new

mediation program. A panel of
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commentators will discuss this and

other initiatives.

Plenary sessions are open to the

public. All participants with special

needs and/or who will require

assistance should contact Sharon D.

Anderson or Lavette M. Miller. Further

information on the meeting, including

copies of proposed recomendations,

may be obtained from the Office of the

Chairman, Suite 500, 2120 L Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037,

telephone (202) 254–7020.

Dated: May 18, 1995.

Jeffrey S. Lubbers,

Research Director.

[FR Doc. 95–12815 Filed 5–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6110–01–W

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forms Under Review by Office of

Management and Budget

May 19, 1995.

The Department of Agriculture has

submitted to OMB for review the

following proposal for the collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35) since the last list was

published. This list is grouped into new

proposals, revisions, extension, or

reinstatements. Each entry contains the

following information:

(1) Agency proposing the information

collection; (2) title of the information

collection; (3) Form number(s), if

applicable; (4) Who will be required or

asked to report; (5) An estimate of the

number of responses; (65) An estimate

of the total number of hours needed to

provide the information; (7) Name and

telephone number of the agency contact

person.

Questions about the items in the

listing should be directed to the agency

person named at the end of each entry.

Copies of the proposed forms and

supporting documents may be obtained

from: Department Clearance Officer,

USDA, OIRM, Room 404–W Admin.

Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20250, (202)

690–2118.

Emergency Collection

• Office of Inspector General

Commodity Origin Questionnaire for

Agricultural Commodities

Business or other for-profit; 100

responses; 200 hours

Raymond G. Poland, (202) 720–2887

Revision

• Rural Economic & Community

Development

7 CFR 1980–D, Rural Housing Loans

FmHA 1980–11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20,

21; RECD 1980–80, 81, 86

Individuals or households Business or

other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal

government; 158–216 responses;

77,645 hours

Jack Holston (202), 720–9736

• Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

7 CFR 354 & 9 CFR 130 User Fees

PPQ 250 & VS 16–7

Individuals or households; Business or

other for-profit; Federal government;

State, local or Tribal government;

246,103 responses; 9,349 hours

Helen Schmitt, (301) 734–5901

• Cooperative State Research,

Education, and Extension Service

Application Kit

CSREES—55, 661, 662 and 663

Individuals or households; Business or

other for-profit; Not-for-profit; Federal

Government; State, Local or Tribal

Government; 5,200 responses; 23,600

hours

Sondra Watkins, (202) 401–5050

Extension

• Food and Consumer Service

WIC Program Annual Closeout Report

with Addendum

FCS–227 and FCS–227A

State, Local or Tribal government; 86

responses; 490 hours

Joan Carroll, (703) 305–2716

• Food and Consumer Service

WIC Local Agency Directory Report

FCS–648

State, Local or Tribal Government; 86

responses; 64 hours

Joan Carroll, (703) 305–2716

• Foreign Agricultural Service

List of Commodities by firm Available

for Exporting

Business or other for-profit; Farms; 4500

responses; 1125 hours

Jeffrey Hesse, (202) 690–3424.

Larry K. Roberson,

Deputy Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–12882 Filed 5–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 95–015N]

Guidelines for Preparing and

Submitting Experimental Protocols for

In-Plant Trials of New Technologies

and Procedures

AGENCY: Food Safety Inspection Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service has issued Directive

10,700.1, establishing guidelines for

preparing and submitting experimental

protocols for in-plant research or trials

of new technologies and procedures in

federally inspected meat and poultry

plants. This notice summarizes

Directive 10,700.1 and announces its

availability to interested persons.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of FSIS

Directive 10,700.1, ‘‘Guidelines for

Preparing and Submitting Experimental

Protocols for In-Plant Trials of New

Technologies and Procedures,’’ contact

Ms. Diane Moore, Docket Clerk, room

4352, South Agriculture Building, Food

Safety and Inspection Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Washington,

DC 20250, (202) 720–3813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Pat Basu, Director, Technology

Assessment and Research Coordination

Division, Science and Technology, Food

Safety and Inspection Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, room 302,

Annex Building, 300 12th Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20250, (202) 720–8623.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Food Safety and Inspection

Service (FSIS) periodically issues

directives that either explain internal

administrative policies and procedures

or, as in the case of Directive 10,700.1,

clarify FSIS regulations and procedures

regarding meat and poultry product

safety and inspection. While these

directives are intended for FSIS

inspectors and other employees, they

are also regularly sent to other

interested persons, including meat and

poultry plant management, trade

associations, and State and local

governments. To ensure that all

interested persons are aware of the

substance and availability of this

directive, FSIS is publishing this notice.

Directive 10,700.1

As part of its comprehensive strategy

to reduce the occurrence and numbers

of pathogenic organisms in meat and

poultry for the purpose of reducing the

incidence of foodborne illness

associated with consumption of those

products, FSIS has proposed a series of

new requirements applicable to all

federally inspected meat and poultry

plants (‘‘Pathogen Reduction; Hazard

Analysis and Critical Control Points

(HACCP) Systems’’; February 3, 1995,

60 FR 6774–6889). In order to meet the

requirements proposed in that

document, the meat and poultry

industries may find it useful to develop

innovative technologies and procedures

that more effectively protect meat and

poultry products from microbiological