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and (c) Virginia/Carolina (Virginia and 

North Carolina). 

For the initial appointments, the Farm 

Bill required the Secretary to stagger the 

terms of the members so that: (a) One 

producer member and peanut industry 

member from each peanut producing 

region serves a one-year term; (b) one 

producer member and peanut industry 

member from each peanut producing 

region serves a two-year term; and (c) 

one producer member and peanut 

industry member from each peanut 

producing region serves a three-year 

term. The term ‘‘peanut industry 

representatives’’ includes, but is not 

limited to, representatives of shellers, 

manufacturers, buying points, marketing 

associations and marketing 

cooperatives. The Farm Bill exempted 

the appointment of the Board from the 

requirements of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. The initial Board was 

appointed by the Secretary and 

announced on December 5, 2002. 

USDA invites those individuals, 

organizations, and groups affiliated with 

the categories listed above to nominate 

individuals for membership on the 

Board. Nominees sought by this action 

would fill a vacant producer member 

position from the Southeast peanut 

producing region for the remainder of a 

3-year term of office that ends June 30, 

2006. 

Nominees should complete a Peanut 

Standards Board Background 

Information form and submit it to Mrs. 

Clark. Copies of this form may be 

obtained at the Internet site: http:// 

www.ams.usda.gov/fv/peanutfarmbill.htm, or from Mrs. Clark. USDA 

seeks a diverse group of members 

representing the peanut industry. Equal 

opportunity practices will be followed 

in all appointments to the Board in 

accordance with USDA policies. To 

ensure that the recommendations of the 

Board have taken into account the needs 

of the diverse groups within the peanut 

industry, membership shall include, to 

the extent practicable, individuals with 

demonstrated abilities to represent 

minorities, women, persons with 

disabilities, and limited resource 

agriculture producers. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7958. 

Lloyd C. Day, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–18583 Filed 9–16–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Request for Extension and Revision of 

a Currently Approved Information 

Collection; Debt Settlement Policies 

and Procedures 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency and the 

Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to 

request renewal of the information 

collection currently approved and used 

in support of the FSA and CCC Debt 

Settlement Policies and Procedures 

program. Provisions in the Federal 

Agriculture Improvement and Reform 

Act of 1996 and in the Debt Collection 

Improvement Act of 1996 have resulted 

in a decrease in burden hours for 

information collection under the FSA 

and CCC Debt Settlement Policies and 

Procedures program. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before November 18, 

2005 to be assured consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas F. Harris II, Claims Program 

Specialist, Financial Management 

Division, Farm Service Agency, USDA, 

STOP 0581, Washington, DC 20250–

0581; telephone (703) 305–1439. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Debt Settlement Policies and 

Procedures. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0146. 

Expiration Date of Approval: March 

31, 2006. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection. 

Abstract: The information collected 

under the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Number 0560–0146, as 

identified above, is needed to enable 

FSA and CCC to effectively administer 

the regulations at 7 CFR 792 (FSA) and 

7 CFR 1403 (CCC) relating to debt 

settlement policies and procedures and 

to the identification of and settlement of 

outstanding claims. Collection of 

outstanding debts owed to FSA or to 

CCC can be effected by installment 

payments if a debtor furnishes 

satisfactory evidence of inability to pay 

a claim in full, and if the debtor 

specifically requests for an installment 

agreement. Part of the requirement is 

that the debtors furnish this request in 

writing and with a financial statement 

or other information that would disclose 

a debtor’s assets and liabilities. This 

information is required in order to 

evaluate any proposed plan. Such 

documentation requests furnished by 

the debtor are also used in the other 

collection tools employed by both FSA 

and CCC in managing debt settlement 

policies and procedures. If an 

installment agreement is approved, then 

a Promissory Note (CCC–279), or an 

approved alternative promissory note 

format, must be executed between the 

debtor and the FSA/CCC 

representative(s). During the past 2 

years, over $10,687,000 in debt 

collection was facilitated by the use of 

this requested information and the 

establishment of 160 Promissory Notes 

between Debtors and FSA and CCC. Of 

that amount, $4,392,516 has been 

collected by 08/01/2005, leaving 

approximately $6,294,629 outstanding. 

Total active Note amount for all years is 

presently $15,922,583.75, with a total 

outstanding amount of $8,638,168.19. 

The Debt Collection Improvement Act 

of 1996 requires the head of an agency 

to take all appropriate steps to collect 

delinquent debts before discharging 

such debts. These steps require the 

employment of these information 

collection forms and formats which 

have been successfully used for the past 

several years and which have become 

familiar tools for both the agency 

employees and for the producer. Thus, 

forms and formats already exist and are 

in use. The need to develop and 

introduce new forms and formats into 

the marketplace would add additional 

burdens and costs to both the producer 

and to the agency in the handling of the 

claim settlement and collection 

processes and would create additional 

burdens not called for under the Debt 

Collection Improvement Act of 1996. 

Estimate of burden: Public reporting 

burden for this information collection is 

estimated to average 60 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Producers participating 

in FSA and CCC programs. 

Estimated number of Annual 

Respondents: 100. 

Estimated number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 100 hours. 

Topics for comment include but are 

not limited to the following: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

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assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; or (d) ways 

to minimize the burden of the collection 

of information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Comments 

should be sent to the Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC 20503, and to Thomas F. Harris II, 

Claims Program Specialist, Financial 

Management Division, Farm Service 

Agency, USDA, STOP 0581, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250–0581; telephone (703) 305–

1439. Copies of the information 

collection may be obtained from 

Thomas F. Harris II at the above 

address. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on September 7, 

2005. 

James R. Little, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency and 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 05–18493 Filed 9–16–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. 05–029N] 

National Advisory Committee on 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the National Advisory Committee on 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods 

(NACMCF) will hold public meetings of 

the full Committee and subcommittees 

on September 26–29, 2005. The 

Committee will discuss: (1) Consumer 

guidelines for the safe cooking of 

poultry products, (2) analytical utility of 

Campylobacter methodologies, and (3) 

determination of cooking parameters for 

safe seafood for consumers. 

DATES: The full Committee will hold an 

open meeting on Wednesday, 

September 28, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 

12 p.m. The Subcommittee on 

Consumer Guidelines for the Safe 

Cooking of Poultry Products, will hold 

open meetings on Monday, September 

26, 2005, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on 

Tuesday, September 27, 2005, from 8:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m. The Subcommittee on 

Determination of Cooking Parameters 

for Safe Seafood for Consumers will 

hold open meetings on Wednesday, 

September 28, 2005 from 1 p.m. to 5 

p.m., and on Thursday, September 29, 

2005, from 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Omni Colonnade Hotel, 180 Aragon 

Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33134; 

telephone number 305–441–2600. All 

documents related to full Committee 

meetings will be available for public 

inspection in the Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) Docket Room, 

300 12th Street, SW., Room 102, Cotton 

Annex, Washington, DC 20250, between 

8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, as soon as they become 

available. The NACMCF documents will 

also be available on the Internet at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 

2005_Notices_Index/. 

FSIS will finalize an agenda on or 

before the meeting dates and post it on 

the FSIS Internet Web page http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/News/ 

Meetings_&_Events/. 

Also, the official transcripts of the 

September 2005 full Committee 

meeting, when they become available, 

will be kept in the FSIS Docket Room 

at the above address and will also be 

posted on http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

About/NACMCF_Meetings/. 

FSIS welcomes comments on the 

topics to be discussed at the public 

meeting. Comments may be submitted 

by any of the following methods: 

• Mail, including floppy disks or CD–

ROM’s, and hand- or courier-delivered 

items: Send to Docket Clerk, United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, 300 12th Street, SW., Room 

102, Cotton Annex, Washington, DC 

20250. 

• Electronic mail: 

fsis.regulationscomments@fsis.usda.gov. 

All submissions received must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number 05–029N. 

All comments submitted in response 

to this notice, as well as research and 

background information used by FSIS in 

developing this document, will be 

available for public inspection in the 

FSIS Docket Room at the address listed 

above between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday. The comments 

also will be posted on the Agency’s Web 

site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

regulations/2005_Notices_Index/. 

See the disclaimer section below 

regarding modifications that may be 

necessary due to the presentation of the 

comments. 

The mailing address for the contact 

person below, Karen Thomas, is: Food 

Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, 

Office of Public Health Science, 

Aerospace Center, Room 333, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Persons interested in making a 

presentation, submitting technical 

papers, or providing comments should 

contact Karen Thomas, phone (202) 

690–6620, Fax (202) 690–6334, e-mail 

address: karen.thomas@fsis.usda.gov, or 

at the mailing address above. Persons 

requiring a sign language interpreter or 

other special accommodations should 

notify Ms. Thomas, by September 19, 

2005. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The NACMCF was established in 

1988, in response to a recommendation 

of the National Academy of Sciences for 

an interagency approach to 

microbiological criteria for foods, and in 

response to a recommendation of the 

U.S. House of Representatives 

Committee on Appropriations, as 

expressed in the Rural Development, 

Agriculture, and Related Agencies 

Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988. 

The Charter for the NACMCF is 

available for viewing on the FSIS 

Internet web page at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/About/ 

NACMCF_Charter/. 

The NACMCF provides scientific 

advice and recommendations to the 

Secretary of Agriculture and the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

on public health issues relative to the 

safety and wholesomeness of the U.S. 

food supply, including development of 

microbiological criteria and review and 

evaluation of epidemiological and risk 

assessment data and methodologies for 

assessing microbiological hazards in 

foods. The Committee also provides 

advice to the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention and the Departments of 

Commerce and Defense. 

Dr. Richard Raymond, Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, USDA, is the 

Committee Chairperson; Dr. Robert E. 

Brackett, Director of the Food and Drug 

Administration’s Center for Food Safety 

and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), is the 

Vice-Chairperson; and Gerri Ransom, 

FSIS, is the Executive Secretariat. 

At the meetings the week of 

September 26–29, 2005 the Committee 

will discuss: 

• Consumer guidelines for the safe 

cooking of poultry products,