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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 66, No. 103

Tuesday, May 29, 2001

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Notice of Public Information Collection

Requirement Submitted to OMB for

Review

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International

Development (USAID) has submitted

the following information collection to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received within 30 days of this

notification. Comments should be

addressed to: Desk Officer for USAID,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), Washington DC 20503.

Copies of submission may be obtained

by calling (202) 712–1365.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Number: OMB 0412–0552.

Form Number: N/A.

Title: Financial Status Report.

Type of Submission: Renewal of

Information Collection.

Purpose: USAID wants to continue to

require expanded financial reporting

from recipients of grant and cooperative

agreements (CA) with places of

performance covering multiple

countries. Recipients would be required

to provide financial reports with

expenditure data by country. For

assistance programs which cover

programs in more than one country,

USAID requires recipients to specify in

the ‘‘remarks’’ section of SF–269 and

SF–269A, or other applicable approved

financial report form, by country, the

amount of the total Federal share which

was expended for each country. USAID

has sought a class deviation to the

statute from the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) in accordance with

the 22 CFR 226.4. The information is

being collected so that USAID may

report to Congress, OMB, and other

requestors per the requirements of the

Government Performance and Results

Act and the government Management

Reporting Act. Also, the reporting

requirements are necessary to ensure

that USAID funds are expended in

accordance with statutory requirements

and USAID policies. USAID is seeking

this waiver for a period of three years.

Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 118.

Total annual responses: 472.

Total annual hours requested: 800

hours.

Dated: May 17, 2001.

Joanne Paskar,

Chief, Information and Records Division,

Office of Administrative Services, Bureau for

Management.

[FR Doc. 01–13323 Filed 5–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6116–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 01–015N]

Science Based Reinspection of

Imported Meat and Poultry Products

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing

a public meeting on June 8, 2001, to

describe the Agency’s plans for the

modernization of port-of-entry

reinspection of meat and poultry food

products, including changes being made

to the Automated Import Information

System (AIIS).

DATES: The public meeting will be held

on June 8, 2001, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30

p.m. Preregistration is not necessary.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be

held in the Columbia Room, Holiday

Inn Capitol, 550 C Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20024, telephone (202)

479–4000. Transcripts of the meeting

will be available in the FSIS Docket

Office, Room 102–Annex, 300 12th

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

3700. In addition to publishing this

Federal Register notice, before the

meeting, FSIS will alert consumers,

industry groups, and foreign

governments of the meeting through its

FSIS Home Page at http://

www.fsis.usda.gov, and the Constituent

Updates and Alerts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Karen Stuck, Acting Director,

International Policy Staff, Office of

Policy, Program Development, and

Evaluation, telephone (202) 720–6400,

or by FAX (202) 720–7990. Individuals

wishing to present a prepared statement

will be given an opportunity to speak at

the end of the meeting. Oral statements

will be limited to 5 minutes, with an

opportunity to submit a longer written

statement for the record. Any individual

wishing to make a statement should

contact Ms. Anita Manka no later than

noon on June 7, 2001, at (202) 720–

6400. In addition, there will be time

allowed at the end of the meeting for

questions and answers. Attendees

requiring sign-language interpreters or

other special accommodation should

contact Ms. Ida Gambrell, by June 1,

2001, at (202) 690–6523 or by FAX at

(202) 690–6519.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The United States Department of

Agriculture, through the Food Safety

and Inspection Service (FSIS), ensures

that domestic and imported meat and

poultry products are safe, wholesome,

and accurately labeled. In 2000, the

United States imported 3.72 billion

pounds of meat and poultry from 31

countries.

The Federal Meat Inspection Act and

the Poultry Products Inspection Act

require foreign countries that export

meat and poultry products to the United

States to establish and maintain

inspection systems that are equivalent

to the U.S. inspection system. Countries

must undergo a rigorous review process

before they can become eligible to

export meat or poultry products to the

United States. The initial equivalence

determination includes, but is not

limited to, an extensive document and

on-site review of the country’s

legislation, its command-and-control

infrastructure, inspector training,

inspection procedures, and laboratory

analytical support services. Even after a

country is granted eligibility, FSIS

periodically audits the foreign country’s

inspection program to ensure that it

remains equivalent to the U.S. system.

As a further check on the performance

of the foreign country’s inspection

system, FSIS reinspects products on a