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For Further Information about the 

46th Session of the CCFL, contact U.S. 

Delegate, Dr. Douglas Balentine, 

douglas.balentine@fda.hhs.gov. 

For Further Information about the 

public meeting Contact: U.S. Codex 

Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Room 4861, South Agriculture Building, 

Washington, DC 20250. Phone (202) 

720–7760, Fax: (202) 720–3157, Email: 

uscodex@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Codex was established in 1963 by two 

United Nations organizations, the Food 

and Agriculture Organization and the 

World Health Organization. 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 fair practices in the food 

trade. 

The Terms of Reference of the Codex 

Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL) 

are: 

(a) To draft provisions on labeling 

applicable to all foods; 

(b) to consider, amend if necessary, 

and endorse draft specific provisions on 

labeling prepared by the Codex 

Committees drafting standards, codes of 

practice and guidelines; 

(c) to study specific labeling problems 

assigned to it by the Commission; and, 

(d) to study problems associated with 

the advertisement of food with 

particular reference to claims and 

misleading descriptions. 

The CCFL is hosted by Canada. The 

United States attends the CCFL as a 

member country of Codex. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the Agenda 

for the 46th Session of the CCFL will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Adoption of the Agenda 

• Matters referred to the Committee by 

the CAC and other Codex Subsidiary 

Bodies 

• Matters of interest from FAO and 

WHO 

• Consideration of labeling provisions 

in draft Codex standards 

(endorsement) 

• Draft Guidance for the Labelling of 

Non-Retail Containers 

• Proposed draft Guidelines on Frontof-Pack Nutrition Labelling 

• Proposed draft Guidelines on internet 

sales/e-commerce 

• Proposed draft revision to the General 

Standard for the Labelling of 

Prepackaged Foods—Provisions 

relevant to allergen labeling 

• Proposed draft Guidance on 

Precautionary Allergen Labelling 

• Innovation—use of technology in food 

labelling (discussion paper) 

• Labelling of alcoholic beverages 

(discussion paper) 

• Labelling of foods in joint 

presentation and multipack formats 

(discussion paper) 

• Future work and direction of CCFL 

(discussion paper) (request for 

information through CL2020/08–FL) 

• Approach and criteria for evaluation 

and prioritization of work of CCFL 

(request for comments through 

CL2020/09/OCS–FL) 

Public Meeting 

At the September 1, 2021, 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 Dr. 

Douglas Balentine, U.S. Delegate for the 

46th Session of the CCFL (see 

ADDRESSES). Written comments should 

state that they relate to activities of the 

46th Session of the CCFL. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, the U.S. 

Codex Office will announce this Federal 

Register publication on-line through the 

USDA web page located at: http://

www.usda.gov/codex, a link that also 

offers an email subscription service 

providing access to information related 

to Codex. Customers can add or delete 

their subscription themselves and have 

the option to password protect their 

accounts. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

No agency, officer, or employee of the 

USDA shall, on the grounds of race, 

color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity, sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, or political 

beliefs, exclude from participation in, 

deny the benefits of, or subject to 

discrimination any person in the United 

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conducted by the USDA. 

How To File a Complaint of 

Discrimination 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, which 

may be accessed online at https://

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docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_

12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you 

or your authorized representative. Send 

your completed complaint form or letter 

to USDA by mail, fax, or email. 

Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

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Fax: (202) 690–7442, Email: 

program.intake@usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

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Done at Washington, DC, on June 30, 2021. 

Mary Lowe, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14347 Filed 7–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program Emergency 

Allotments (COVID–19) 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This collection is an extension, 

without change, of a currently approved 

collection for activities associated with 

administering emergency allotments 

(EA) waivers. The Families First 

Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, 

enacted March 18, 2020, includes a 

general provision that allows the 

Department of Agriculture to issue 

emergency allotments (EA) waivers 

based on a public health emergency 

declaration by the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services under section 319 

of the Public Health Service Act related 

to an outbreak of COVID–19 when a 

State has also issued an emergency or 

disaster declaration. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before September 7, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: 

Kelly Stewart, Food and Nutrition 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor, 

Alexandria, VA 22314; telephone 703– 

305–2425. Comments may also be 

submitted via email to Kelly.stewart@

usda.gov. Comments will also be 

accepted through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. 


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1https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/ 

files/resource-files/snap-covid-emergencyallotments-phase-3-guidance.pdf. 

Go to http://www.regulations.gov, and 

follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments electronically. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will be a matter 

of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Kelly Stewart at 

Kelly.stewart@usda.gov; telephone 703– 

305–2425. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions that were 

used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Title: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program Emergency 

Allotments (COVID–19). 

OMB Number: 0584–0652. 

Expiration Date: 1/31/2022. 

Type of Request: Extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: The Families First 

Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Pub. 

L. 116–127), enacted March 18, 2020, 

includes a general provision that allows 

the Department of Agriculture to issue 

emergency allotments (EA) based on a 

public health emergency declaration by 

the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services under section 319 of the Public 

Health Service Act related to an 

outbreak of COVID–19 when a State has 

also issued an emergency or disaster 

declaration. In January 2021, the 

Department obtained Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to collect the information as 

described in this Notice for a period of 

one year (OMB Control Number 0584– 

0652; expiration 1/31/2022). The 

President’s Executive Order on 

Economic Relief Related to the COVID– 

19 Pandemic, issued January 22, 2021, 

directed all Federal agencies to consider 

administrative actions to better address 

the current economic crisis resulting 

from the pandemic. FNS reviewed 

existing EA policy and issued updated 

State guidance 1 on April 1, 2021, 

outlining a new approach to calculating 

EA that provides greater equity for 

households most in need. The April 

2021 guidance supersedes previous 

guidance issued in March 2020 and 

April 2020. In addition to outlining a 

new EA minimum benefit policy, the 

April 2021 guidance describes an EA 

phase-out request States may use when 

their State-level emergency declaration 

expiration date is imminent. The State 

agency process for requesting EA, as 

outlined in the April 2021 guidance, 

remains generally unchanged, though 

the State must now confirm that the 

State’s emergency or disaster 

declaration remains active when 

requesting EA. USDA anticipates the 

need to collect the data beyond the 

expiration date and is seeking approval 

of this Information Collection Request 

in order to meet the continuing 

information collection and reporting 

requirements detailed in the Families 

First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020. 

As authorized by Families First 

Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, State 

agencies impacted by COVID–19 may 

submit an EA waiver request to their 

FNS Regional Office for approval to 

provide a EA to households to bring all 

households up to the maximum benefit 

due to pandemic related economic 

conditions. As outlined in the April 

2021 guidance, State agency waivers 

will generally be approved under one or 

more the following conditions as it 

relates to COVID–19: 

• Residents of the State are confirmed 

to have contracted COVID–19 

• Some or all areas of the State are 

containment or quarantine zones 

• Businesses have closed or 

significantly reduced their hours 

• The State’s residents have 

experienced economic impacts due to 

job suspensions or losses 

• The State’s residents have been 

directed to practice social distancing, 

The State agency must also confirm 

that the State’s emergency or disaster 

declaration remains active. 

In addition, to allow for State EA 

phase-out upon expiration of the State’s 

emergency declaration, States may 

request EA approval for one additional 

issuance month if: 

• The national public health 

emergency declaration that was 

extended on January 21, 2021, by the 

Secretary for Health and Human 

Services under section 319 of the Public 

Health Service Act remains in place, 

and 

• The State-issued emergency or 

disaster declaration has expired or will 

expire in the current month. This will 

allow a State that has lost or will lose 

its declaration in the current month to 

provide one additional issuance month 

of EA and to notify SNAP participants 

that EA benefits will be ending. 

Once the State’s EA waiver has been 

approved by FNS, the State may provide 

the EA without contacting the 

household. Following waiver approval, 

FNS will require State Agencies to attest 

to FNS on a monthly basis the EA 

waiver is still needed and that the State 

declaration remains in place. Both the 

initial EA waiver and the monthly 

attestation are conducted via email. FNS 

expects 53 State agencies will submit 

one initial EA waiver to FNS. Currently 

51 State agencies are operating under an 

EA waiver. It is possible that States may 

have more than one declared public 

health emergency over the next year as 

COVID–19 rates ebb and flow, therefore 

we are including hours for these initial 

waiver requests in this IC as a 

precautionary measure. There are three 

reporting requirements for this 

information collection request. (1) Each 

initial EA waiver submission should 

take approximately one hour to 

complete. (2) Each monthly email 

attesting to the continued need for the 

EA waiver is expected to take 15 

minutes to complete. FNS expects that 

any phase-out request, as outlined in the 

April 2021 guidance, would be included 

in the email as part of the monthly 

attestation process; the indication of 

phase-out would simply signal the end 

of that State’s need for EA and, thus, 

monthly attestations. The phase out 

request is expected to take 1 minute of 

the 15 minutes estimated for monthly 

attestation; therefore, no additional 

burden is estimated for phase-out 

requests. 

Section 18(b) of the Food and 

Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, 

requires that, ‘‘In any fiscal year, the 

Secretary shall limit the value of those 

allotments issued to an amount not in 

excess of the appropriation for such 

fiscal year.’’ Because the EA waiver 

increases the monthly benefit of 

participants above the amount originally 

anticipated for this fiscal year, the 

amount of benefits issued and redeemed 

must be carefully tracked to ensure FNS 

does not exceed its appropriation. As 

such, it is necessary for FNS to collect 

information from State agencies 

operating EA on a more frequent basis 

than would be reported normally. 

Generally, States report disaster-related 


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SNAP participation and issuance data to 

FNS on the FNS–292B, Report of 

Disaster Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Benefit Issuance, within 45 

days of terminating disaster assistance. 

While a State is operating under an 

EA waiver, (3) FNS requires the State to 

submit bi-weekly FNS–292B reports. 

The burden for a State agency to submit 

FNS–292B reports during normal 

operations is currently captured under 

the information collection for the Food 

Programs Reporting System (FPRS), 

OMB Control Number 0584–0594 

(expiration date 7/31/2023). However, 

FNS is accounting for the additional 

burden used for EA in this request and 

including the burden for submitting this 

form more frequently under this 

information collection. 

• FNS–292B—Takes States 

approximately 24 minutes or 0.4008 

hours per response × 53 State 

Agencies × 26 weeks = 552.30 hours. 

Respondent 

category Instruments Form Number of respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Annual burden 

(hours) 

State Agencies ........................ Bi-weekly EA Reporting to 

FNS.

FNS–292B .. 53 26 1,378 0.4008 552.20 

Initial Waiver Request—Emergency Allotment.N/A ............. 53 1 53 1 53 

Monthly EA Attestation (including Phase-Out Requests).N/A ............. 53 12 636 0.25 159 

Total ................................. ................................................. .................... 53 39 2,067 0.3697641 764.30 

Affected Public: State, Local and 

Tribal Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

53. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 39. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

2,067. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

0.3697641 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 764. 

Cynthia Long, 

Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14303 Filed 7–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Agriculture; 

Forest Service. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA or 

Department) proposes to create a new 

system of records titled ‘‘Department of 

Agriculture Forest Service Application 

Cloud Environment (FS ACE).’’ ACE is 

a general support system owned by the 

Forest Service Chief Information Officer 

(CIO) and operated by the Data Center 

Services Branch of the Forest Service 

CIO Operations Division. The system is 

located and managed in two 

geographically separated USDA Digital 

Infrastructure Services Centers (DISC), 

Class 4 data centers: One in Kansas City, 

MO; and the other in St. Louis, MO. 

Each provide alternate processing and 

data storage services in support of 

disaster recovery activities. 

Additionally, DISC-Kansas City 

provides off-site tape storage in Lenexa, 

KS, through a third-party vendor, 

Recall. All three locations are addressed 

within the DISC authorization 

boundaries. 

DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(4) and (11), this notice is 

effective upon publication, subject to a 

30-day notice and comment period to 

comment on the routine uses described 

below. Please submit any comments by 

August 5, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number FS–2021– 

0004 by one of the following methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov—follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Cynthia Towers, NRE Forest Service 

Privacy Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20250. 

• email to SM.FS.WOFOIA@usda.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Agency name and 

docket number for this rulemaking. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read the background document or 

comments received go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions about this notice, 

please contact Cynthia Towers, NRE 

Forest Service Privacy Officer, at 816– 

286–5272 or by email at 

cynthia.towers@usda.gov. 

For privacy issue questions, please 

contact: Sullie Coleman, Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250 or by email at 

sullie.coleman@usda.gov or by 

telephone at (202) 604–0467. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 

U.S.C. 552a), requires agencies to 

publish in the Federal Register notice of 

new systems of records maintained by 

the Agency. A system of records is a 

group of any records under the control 

of any agency from which information 

is retrieved by the name of an 

individual or by some identifying 

number, symbol, or other identifying 

particular assigned to an individual. 

The Forest Service proposes to create 

a system of records entitled USDA/FS– 

63 Application Cloud Environment (FS 

ACE) that will be used to maintain 

records of activities conducted by the 

Agency pursuant to its mission and 

responsibilities. 

TITLE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS OF THE AGENCY

OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SYSTEM OF

RECORD: 

Chief Information Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

USDA/FS–63 Application Cloud 

Environment (FS ACE). Forest Service 

Application Cloud Environment (FS 

ACE) CSAM ID 1991, External ID: UII 

Code: 005–000000243; 005–000003304; 

005–000003305; 005–000000257. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Controlled Unclassified Information 

(CUI). 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The system is located and managed in 

two geographically-separated U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 


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