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Vol. 86, No. 152 

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0028] 

General Conference Committee of the 

National Poultry Improvement Plan; 

Virtual Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of virtual public meeting. 

SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the 

General Conference Committee of the 

National Poultry Improvement Plan will 

be holding a virtual public meeting. 

DATES: The General Conference 

Committee virtual public meeting will 

be held on Wednesday, September 22, 

2021, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight 

Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Elena Behnke, Senior Coordinator, 

National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, 

APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road, 

Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) 

922–3496; email: Elena.Behnke@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

General Conference Committee (the 

Committee) of the National Poultry 

Improvement Plan (NPIP) is the 

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on 

poultry health. The Committee serves as 

a forum for the study of problems 

relating to poultry health and, as 

necessary, makes specific 

recommendations to the Secretary 

concerning ways the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture may assist the industry in 

addressing these problems. 

The Committee has scheduled a 

virtual public meeting to be held on 

September 22, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time using Zoom, a 

web conferencing service. The meeting 

will start with a brief comment by the 

NPIP Senior Coordinator and GCC 

Chairperson, after which, new 

diagnostic tests will be presented, 

reviewed, and voted on by the 

Committee. The Committee will then 

attend to old and new business. Anyone 

may observe and/or participate as 

indicated below, and we ask that, if you 

are new to Zoom, to please visit https:// 

support.zoom.us prior to the meeting to 

allow time to help you get started and 

to familiarize yourself with the web 

conferencing service. 

To Join as a Participant 

Time permitting, participants may 

provide oral comments for no more than 

five (5) minutes per participant. Due to 

time constraints, it may not be possible 

to accommodate all who wish to speak. 

Participants in the open session can 

speak and may be asked questions by 

the Committee. If you wish to 

participate with an unmuted line, you 

must request to be scheduled as a full 

participant no later than September 15, 

2021, via email to NPIP Program 

Analyst, Penny Kesler, Penny.E.Kesler@

usda.gov with a copy to Elena.Behnke@

usda.gov. Please submit your name and 

organizational affiliation in this request. 

After you pre-register, you will receive 

a unique link and instructions via email 

on how to fully participate. 

To Join as an Observer 

Observers can watch the open session, 

but they cannot speak. It is not 

necessary to pre-register to observe. To 

join as an observer, a link and call-in 

lines will be posted at 

www.poultryimprovement.org with 

further instructions on September 1, 

2021. 

Reasonable Accommodations 

If needed, please request reasonable 

accommodations no later than August 

20, 2021, by email to Penny.E.Kesler@

usda.gov with a copy to Elena.Behnke@

usda.gov. Requests made after that date 

may be considered, but it may not be 

possible to fulfill them. 

This notice of meeting is given 

pursuant to section 10 of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 

2). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of 

August 2021. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17068 Filed 8–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0039] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Importation of 

Swine Hides, Bird Trophies, and Deer 

Hides 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request a revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with the importation of 

swine hides, bird trophies, and deer 

hides. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 12, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2021–0039 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2021–0039, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at regulations.gov or in 

our reading room, which is located in 

Room 1620 of the USDA South 

Building, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal 

reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the regulations for the 

importation of swine hides, bird 

trophies, and deer hides, contact Dr. 

Linda Kahn-Tobin, Senior Staff 

Veterinarian, Animal Products Import, 


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