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the intention of NFC to request a 

revision to and extension of an 

approved information collection for the 

Request to Change Federal Employees 

Health Benefit (FEHB) Enrollment. 

Title: DPRS–2809, Request to Change 

FEHB Enrollment. 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Number: 0505–0024. 

Expiration Date of Approval: October 

31, 2021. 

Type of Request: Revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The DPRS–2809, Request to 

Change FEHB Enrollment, is for Spouse 

Equity Act/Temporary Continuation of 

Coverage (TCC) enrollees and direct pay 

annuitants who are eligible to elect, 

cancel, or change health benefits 

enrollment during the open season each 

year. 

Estimated of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 45 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Individuals who are 

under the Spouse Equity Act/TCC and 

direct pay annuitants who are eligible to 

make the FEHB plan changes during 

open season. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

45,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 33,750. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Agency, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the Agency’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Interested persons are invited to submit 

written comments on the proposed 

information collection. Comments may 

be sent to DPRS via email to nfc.dprs@

nfc.usda.gov. All comments received 

will be available for public inspection 

during regular business hours at the 

same address. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for the OMB’s approval. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

Anita R. Adkins, 

Acting Director, National Finance Center. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–KS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2021–0019] 

National Advisory Committee on Meat 

and Poultry Inspection 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notification of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the rules and regulations of the 

Department of Agriculture and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), the Food Safety and Inspection 

Service (FSIS) is announcing a virtual 

meeting of the National Advisory 

Committee on Meat and Poultry 

Inspection (NACMPI). The purpose of 

the Committee is to provide advice to 

the Secretary of Agriculture concerning 

State and Federal programs with respect 

to meat, poultry and processed egg 

products inspection, food safety, and 

other matters that fall within the scope 

of the Federal Meat Inspection Act 

(FMIA), and the Poultry Products 

Inspection Act (PPIA). The committee 

will convene virtually on September 27 

and 28, 2021, in a public meeting where 

FSIS will present two sets of charges to 

the Committee: (1) To consider how 

FSIS should clarify the Agency’s 

positions on the custom and retail 

exemptions to ensure that meat, poultry, 

and egg products produced under the 

exemptions are safe, wholesome, and 

correctly labeled and packaged and (2) 

to consider actions FSIS should take to 

prevent and reduce illnesses associated 

with the handling or consumption of 

frozen, raw, stuffed not ready-to-eat 

(NRTE) poultry products, which may be 

breaded and par-fried and may appear 

ready-to-eat (RTE) to consumers. 

DATES: The virtual public meeting is 

scheduled for September 27 and 28, 

2021. NACMPI will meet from 1:00 p.m. 

to 3:00 p.m. EST on September 23, 2021 

for administrative purposes. This 

portion of the meeting is not open to the 

public. The public meeting is from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m. EST on September 27 and 

September 28, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting is virtual and 

will be viewable via a link provided by 

email when you register for the meeting. 

Attendees should pre-register for the 

meeting. See the pre-registration 

instructions under ‘‘Registration and 

Meeting Materials.’’ 

Public Comments: FSIS invites 

interested persons to submit comments 

on this meeting by September 24, 2021. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

website 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 https://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Food Safety 

and Inspection Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 

3758, Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

• Hand- or Courier-Delivered 

Submittals: Deliver to 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Jamie L. 

Whitten Building, Room 350–E, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2021–0019. Comments received in 

response to this docket will be made 

available for public inspection and 

posted without change, including any 

personal information, to https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to background 

documents or comments received, call 

(202) 205–0495 to schedule a time to 

visit the FSIS Docket Room at 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–3700. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valeria Green, Director, Resource and 

Administrative Management Staff, 

Office of Policy and Program 

Development, Telephone: (301) 504– 

0846 Email: valeria.green@usda.gov, 

regarding specific questions about the 

Committee or this meeting. General 

information about the Committee can 

also be found at: https://

www.fsis.usda.gov/nacmpi. For the 

hearing impaired, contact the Federal 

Information Relay Service: https://

www.federalrelay.us/ or 800–877–0996 

(Voice, TTY, ASCII or Spanish). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The NACMPI was established in 1971 

and is authorized under section 

301(a)(4) of the Federal Meat Inspection 

Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 661(a)(4)) to carry 

out the responsibilities imposed by 

sections 7(c), 24, 205, 301(a)(3), and 

301(c) of the FMIA (21 U.S.C. 607(c), 

624, 645, 661(a)(3), and 661(c)), and 

authorized under section 5(s)(4) of the 


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media_file/2021-04/fscrp-yr3-nrte-final-report.pdf. 

Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) 

(21 U.S.C. 454(a)(4) to carry out the 

responsibilities imposed by sections 

5(a)(3), 5(c), 8(b), and 11(e) of the PPIA 

(21 U.S.C. 454(a)(3), 454(c), 457(b), and 

460(e)). The purpose of the Committee 

is to provide advice to the Secretary 

concerning meat and poultry inspection; 

food safety; and other matters that fall 

within the scope of the FMIA and PPIA. 

The current charter and other 

information about NACMPI can be 

found at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

policy/advisory-committees/nationaladvisory-committee-meat-and-poultryinspection-nacmpi. Membership of 

NACMPI is drawn from representatives 

of consumer groups; producers; 

processors; and representatives from the 

meat, poultry, and egg products 

industries; State and local government 

officials; and academia. 

On September 27 and 28, 2021, 

NACMPI will review and discuss the 

following two topics. First, FSIS is 

seeking recommendations to clarify the 

Agency’s positions on the custom and 

retail exemptions to ensure that meat, 

poultry, and egg products produced 

under the exemptions are safe, 

wholesome, and correctly labeled and 

packaged. The FMIA and the PPIA 

prohibit the slaughter of livestock or 

poultry or preparation of meat or 

poultry products for commerce without 

inspection, if such products are 

intended for use as human food, with 

specific exemptions. One such 

exemption, is the custom exemption at 

21 U.S.C. 623(a) and 464(c)(1)(B), which 

allows facilities to operate without 

Federal inspection if they slaughter and 

process livestock for the exclusive 

private use of the owner of the livestock, 

members of the owner’s household, or 

the owner’s nonpaying guests or 

employees. Custom operators must 

return all product derived from exempt 

animals to the original owner. Another 

exemption is the retail exemption at 21 

U.S.C. 661(c)(2) and 464(a), which 

exempts from routine Federal 

inspection operations of types 

traditionally and usually conducted at 

retail stores, restaurants, and restaurant 

central kitchen facilities. FSIS is seeking 

recommendations to clarify the 

Agency’s positions on the custom and 

retail exemptions to ensure that meat, 

poultry, and egg products produced 

under the exemptions are safe, 

wholesome, and correctly labeled and 

packaged. 

FSIS will ask the committee to 

consider the following: 

Custom Exemption 

1. Should FSIS conduct rulemaking to 

set a numerical limit on the number of 

individuals allowed to co-own an 

animal presented for slaughter/ 

processing under the custom exemption 

provision (e.g., limiting to four the 

number of individuals allowed to coown a market hog presented for 

slaughter)? If so, what factors should the 

Agency consider, if any, to determine 

the limits for different amenable 

species? 

2. Should FSIS conduct rulemaking to 

clarify that collectively-owned 

membership organizations or other 

firms (e.g., a group of individuals 

residing across disparate locations 

organized into a ‘‘livestock ownership 

co-op’’ via an online platform) cannot 

‘‘own’’ animals for purposes of the 

custom exemption? 

3. Should FSIS conduct rulemaking to 

clarify that custom operators should 

maintain records that demonstrate an 

exact correspondence between the 

individuals owning a particular animal 

prior to slaughter and the individuals 

receiving any part of the products 

derived from that animal? 

Retail Exemption 

1. Should 3rd parties (e.g., 

independent contractors or delivery 

services) be permitted to prepare meat 

and poultry received from restaurant 

and retail operations for delivery to 

consumers without Federal inspection 

being required for the retail or 

restaurant operation? And if so, what 

types of preparation should be allowed? 

Examples of preparation might include 

warming up, defrosting, assembly of 

meals, cutting, or packing. 

2. Should such 3rd party 

arrangements be allowed only in 

institutional settings (e.g., school 

cafeterias, hospitals, nursing homes, or 

prisons)? 

3. Should FSIS conduct rulemaking to 

clarify what types of preparation are 

allowed, and in what settings, when 3rd 

parties are permitted to prepare meat 

and poultry received from retail and 

restaurant operations for delivery to 

consumers without Federal inspection? 

Second, FSIS will ask NACMPI what 

actions should be taken to prevent and 

reduce illnesses associated with the 

handling or consumption of frozen, raw, 

stuffed NRTE poultry products, which 

may be breaded and par-fried and may 

appear RTE to consumers. Between FY 

2010 and FY 2019 FSIS investigated 51 

outbreaks associated with NRTE 

poultry. Among those, eight outbreaks 

may have been associated with products 

that appear RTE to the consumer. These 

frozen, raw, stuffed NRTE chicken 

products, which may be breaded and 

par-fried and may appear RTE to 

consumers, had labeling identifying that 

the product was raw and included 

cooking instructions for preparation. 

Additionally, in June 2021, there is an 

open multistate Salmonella Enteritidis 

illness outbreak possibly associated 

with frozen, raw, breaded stuffed 

chicken products with 27 cases from 

eight states. 

FSIS will ask the committee to 

consider the following: 

1. Given FSIS’ consumer research 

findings 1 and an open multistate 

Salmonella Enteritidis illness outbreak, 

should FSIS re-verify that companies 

continue to voluntarily label these 

products as raw in several places on the 

label and include validated cooking 

instructions? 

2. What, if any, actions can FSIS take 

to prevent and reduce illnesses 

associated with the handling or 

consumption of these NRTE products? 

For example, should FSIS: 

a. Conduct exploratory sampling for 

pathogens and/or indicator organisms in 

these and other similar raw, stuffed or 

non-stuffed partially processed 

products? 

b. Require establishments to apply a 

lethality treatment to ensure that all 

products are RTE? 

c. Sample these products for 

Salmonella because consumers 

customarily undercook them? 

d. Require establishments that 

produce these products to reassess their 

HACCP plans, in light of outbreak data? 

e. Conduct targeted consumer 

outreach? If so, please provide some 

ideas on the best approaches. 

FSIS will present the two issues 

described above to the full Committee. 

The Committee will then divide into 

two subcommittees to discuss the 

issues. Each subcommittee will provide 

a report of their comments and 

recommendations to the full Committee 

before the meeting concludes on 

Thursday, September 28, 2021. An 

agenda will be published online before 

the public meeting. FSIS will finalize 

the agenda on or before the meeting 

dates and post it on the FSIS website at: 

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/ 

events-meetings. 

Registration and Meeting Materials 

There is no fee to register for the 

public meeting, but pre-registration is 

mandatory for participants attending. 

All attendees must register online at 

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/ 

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Public Comments and Participation in 

Meetings 

Stakeholders will have an opportunity 

to provide oral comments during the 

public meeting. Stakeholders must 

notify FSIS during registration of their 

wish to speak at the meeting. 

Stakeholders who do not notify FSIS 

during registration of their wish to 

speak will not have the opportunity to 

comment on the day of the public 

meeting. Due to the anticipated high 

level of interest in the opportunity to 

make public comments and the limited 

time available to do so, FSIS will do its 

best to accommodate all persons who 

registered and requested to provide oral 

comments and will limit all speakers to 

three minutes. FSIS encourages persons 

and groups who have similar interests to 

consolidate their information for 

presentation by a single representative. 

Transcripts 

As soon as the meeting transcripts are 

available, they will be accessible on the 

FSIS website at: https://

www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/advisorycommittees/national-advisorycommittee-meat-and-poultry-inspectionnacmpi. The transcripts may also be 

viewed at the FSIS Docket Room at the 

address listed above. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, FSIS will 

announce this Federal Register 

publication on-line through the FSIS 

web page located at: https://

www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. 

FSIS will also announce and provide 

a link to this Federal Register 

publication 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 Constituent Update is available on 

the FSIS web page. Through the web 

page, FSIS can provide information to a 

much broader, more diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an email 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at: 

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information, regulations, directives, and 

notices. Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves and have the 

option to password protect their 

accounts. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) civil rights 

regulations and policies, the USDA, its 

Agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA programs are 

prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means of communication for 

program information (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, American Sign 

Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and 

TTY) or contact USDA through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, AD– 

3027, found online at https://

www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-aprogram-discrimination-complaint and 

at any USDA office or write a letter 

addressed to USDA and provide in the 

letter all of the information requested in 

the form. To request a copy of the 

complaint form, call (866) 632–9992. 

Submit your completed form or letter to 

USDA by: (1) Mail: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; (2) fax: (202) 690–7442; 

or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, 

employer, and lender. 

Dated: August 24, 2021. 

Cikena Reid, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Daniel Boone Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Daniel Boone Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a 

virtual meeting by phone and/or video 

conference. The committee is 

authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and 

operates in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the committee is to improve 

collaborative relationships and to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Forest Service concerning projects 

and funding consistent with Title II of 

the Act as well as make 

recommendations on recreation fee 

proposals for sites on the Daniel Boone 

National Forest, consistent with the 

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 

Act (FLREA). RAC information and 

virtual meeting information can be 

found at the following website: https:// 

www.fs.usda.gov/main/dbnf/ 

workingtogether/advisorycommittees. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 29, 2021 at 6:00 p.m., Eastern 

Daylight Time. 

All RAC meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of the meeting 

prior to attendance, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually via Microsoft Teams with the 

option to call-in via telephone at 1–202– 

650–0123, Phone Conference ID: 257 

681 874#. 

Written comments may be submitted 

as described under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. All comments, including 

names and addresses when provided, 

are placed in the record and are 

available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received upon request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Eling, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), 

by phone at 859–408–5258 or via email 

at timothy.eling@usda.gov. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the 

hearing-impaired (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339, 24 hours per day, every day 

of the year, including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to: 

1. Approve previous meeting minutes; 

2. Review FLREA fee proposals for 

initiating new fees or increasing fees in 

recreation areas on the Daniel Boone 

National Forest; 

3. Receive public input; and 

4. Recommend FLREA fee proposals 

for approval. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

The agenda will include time for people 


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