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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 70, No. 23

Friday, February 4, 2005

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. 04–116–2] 

Public Meeting; Veterinary Biologics

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This is the second notice to 

producers and users of veterinary 

biological products, and other interested 

individuals, that we will be holding our 

13th public meeting to discuss 

regulatory and policy issues related to 

the manufacture, distribution, and use 

of veterinary biological products. This 

notice provides information on the 

agenda as well as the dates, times, and 

place of the meeting. It also indicates a 

contact person for obtaining registration 

forms, lodging information, and copies 

of the agenda.

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

Wednesday, April 6, through Friday, 

April 8, 2005, from 1 p.m. to 

approximately 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 8 

a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. on 

Thursday, and from 8 a.m. to 

approximately noon on Friday.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in the Scheman Conference Center 

at the Iowa State Center, Ames, IA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Nicole Ruffcorn, Center for Veterinary 

Biologics, VS, APHIS, 510 South 17th 

Street, Suite 104, Ames, IA 50010–8197; 

phone (515) 232–5785, fax (515) 232–

7120; or e-mail: 

Nicole.L.Ruffcorn@aphis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 4, 2004 (69 FR 64268, Docket 

No. 04–116–1), we announced that we 

would be holding our 13th annual 

veterinary biologics public meeting and 

requested that interested persons submit 

suggestions for agenda topics. Based on 

the responses and on other 

considerations, the agenda for the 13th 

public meeting will include, but is not 

limited to, the following: 

• Bovine spongiform encephalopathy 

experience, epidemiology aspects, and 

impact on veterinary biologics; 

• Autogenous biologics issues—

Industry, user, and regulatory 

perspectives; 

• Veterinary Services program 

diseases update; 

• Veterinary Services polices and 

processes related to the importation, 

and transportation of organisms, 

including select agents; 

• Animal Care update; 

• Center for Veterinary Biologics 

regulatory initiatives; 

• Technical harmonization issues; 

and 

• Novel technologies. 

In addition, updates on current topics 

of interest in the form of handouts and 

information stations will include, but 

not be limited to: Quality Assurance, the 

Ames Information Management System, 

document processing (outlines, labels), 

regulatory updates, shipping permits, 

the Agriculture Bioterrorism Act of 

2002, export certificates, the APHIS 

Science Fellows Project, Administrative 

Inspection Reviews, investigations, and 

the National Centers for Animal Health. 

Registration forms, lodging 

information, and copies of the agenda 

for the 13th public meeting may be 

obtained from the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. This 

information is also available on the 

Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

vs/cvb.

The registration deadline is March 26, 

2005. A block of hotel rooms has been 

set aside for this meeting until March 

14, 2005. Early reservation of rooms is 

strongly encouraged.

Done in Washington, DC, this 31st day of 

January 2005. 

Elizabeth E. Gaston, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 05–2152 Filed 2–3–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Addition

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed addition to the 

procurement list; reopening of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for the addition to the 

Procurement List of vegetable oil 

(domestic) to be furnished to the Federal 

government by a nonprofit agency 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. In this 

document, we are clarifying the Federal 

government requirement for this 

product. This action will allow 

interested persons additional time to 

prepare and submit comments.

DATES: Submit your written comments 

on this action on or before March 6, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this action to the Committee for 

Purchase From People Who Are Blind 

or Severely Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, 

Suite 10800, 1421 Jefferson Davis 

Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202–

3259.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT

COMMENTS CONTACT: Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or e-mail 

skennerly@jwod.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 10, 2004, we published in the 

Federal Register (69 FR 71777–71778) a 

notice to add five products and one 

service to the Procurement List, and to 

delete one service from the Procurement 

List. We solicited public comments on 

these actions for 30 days, ending 

January 9, 2005. 

Since the publication of the notice, 

we have determined that it is necessary 

to clarify the Federal government 

requirement for one of the products to 

be added: Vegetable Oil (Domestic), 10 

percent of U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) Requirement, 8945–

00–NSH–0002; NPA: Advocacy and 

Resources Corporation, Cookeville, 

Tennessee; Contracting Activity: USDA, 

Farm Service Agency, Washington, DC. 

At this time the product would be 

provided exclusively as liquid oil (all