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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, 

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• analytical utility of Campylobacter 

methodologies, and 

• determination of cooking 

parameters for safe seafood for 

consumers. 

Documents Reviewed by NACMCF 

FSIS intends to make available to the 

public all materials that are reviewed 

and considered by NACMCF regarding 

its deliberations. Generally, these 

materials will be made available as soon 

as possible after the full Committee 

meeting. Further, FSIS intends to make 

these materials available in both 

electronic formats on the FSIS web 

page, as well as in hard copy format in 

the FSIS Docket Room. Often, an 

attempt is made to make the materials 

available at the start of the full 

Committee meeting when sufficient 

time is allowed in advance to do so. 

Disclaimer: For electronic copies, all 

NACMCF documents and comments are 

electronic conversions from a variety of 

source formats into HTML that may 

have resulted in character translation or 

format errors. Readers are cautioned not 

to rely on this HTML document. Minor 

changes to materials in electronic format 

may be necessary in order to meet the 

electronic and information technology 

accessibility standards contained in 

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act in 

which graphs, charts, and tables must be 

accompanied by a text descriptor in 

order for the vision-impaired to be made 

aware of the content. FSIS will add 

these text descriptors along with a 

qualifier that the text is a simplified 

interpretation of the graph, chart, or 

table. Portable Document Format (PDF) 

and/or paper documents of the official 

text, figures, and tables can be obtained 

from the FSIS Docket Room. 

Copyrighted documents will not be 

posted on the FSIS Web site, but will be 

available for inspection in the FSIS 

Docket Room. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that the public, and in particular 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities are aware of this notice, 

FSIS will announce it on-line through 

the FSIS Web page located at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 

2005_Notices_Index/. 

FSIS also will make copies of this 

Federal Register publication available 

through the FSIS Constituent Update, 

which is used to provide information 

regarding FSIS policies, procedures, 

regulations, Federal Register notices, 

FSIS public meetings, recalls, and other 

types of information that could affect or 

would be of interest to our constituents 

and stakeholders. The update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free 

electronic mail subscription service for 

industry, trade, and farm groups, 

consumer interest groups, allied health 

professionals, scientific professionals, 

and other individuals who have 

requested to be included. The update 

also is available on the FSIS web page. 

Through Listserv and the web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader, more diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an electronic 

mail subscription service which 

provides an automatic and customized 

notification when popular pages are 

updated, including Federal Register 

publications and related documents. 

This service is available at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/ 

email_subscription/ and allows FSIS 

customers to sign up for subscription 

options across eight categories. Options 

range from recalls to export information 

to regulations, directives, and notices. 

Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves and have the 

option to protect their accounts with 

passwords. 

Done at Washington, DC on September 13, 

2005. 

Barbara J. Masters, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 05–18491 Filed 9–16–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Ravalli County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Ravalli County Resource 

Advisory Committee will be meeting to 

assign monitors on 2005 projects and 

hold a short public forum (question and 

answer session). The meeting is being 

held pursuant to the authorities in the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463) and under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 200 (Pub. L. 106–

393). The meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 27, 2005, 6:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Ravalli County Administration 

Building, 215 S. 4th Street, Hamilton, 

Montana. Send written comments to 

Daniel G. Ritter, District Ranger, 

Stevensville Ranger District, 88 Main 

Street, Stevensville, MT 59870, by 

facsimile (406) 777–7423, or 

electronically to dritter@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel G. Ritter, Stevensville District 

Ranger and Designated Federal Officer, 

Phone: (406) 777–5461. 

Dated: September 12, 2005. 

David T. Bull, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 05–18533 Filed 9–16–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Proposed Change to the 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service’s National Handbook of 

Conservation Practices 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), 

Department of Agriculture, New York 

State Office. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed changes in the NRCS National 

Handbook of Conservation Practices, 

Section IV of the New York State Field 

Office Technical Guide (FOTG) for 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS to 

issue one revised conservation practice 

standard in its National Handbook of 

Conservation Practices. This standard is: 

Wastewater Treatment Strip (NY635). 

DATES: Comments will be received for a 

30-day period commencing with the 

date of this publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inquire in writing to Paul W. Webb, 

State Resource Conservationist, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 

441 S. Salina Street, Fifth Floor, Suite 

354, Syracuse, New York 13202–2450. 

A copy of this standard is available 

from the above individual. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

343 of the Federal Agricultural 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

states that revisions made after 

enactment of the law to NRCS State 

Technical Guides used to carry out 

highly erodible land and wetland 

provisions of the law shall be made 

available for public review and 

comment. For the next 30 days the 

NRCS will receive comments relative to 

the proposed changes. Following that 

period, a determination will be made to 

the NRCS regarding disposition of those 

comments and final determination of 

change will be made.