27288 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 93 / Friday, May 14, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

South Gifford Pinchot National Forest 

Resource Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The South Gifford Pinchot 

National Forest Resource Advisory 

Committee will meet in Stevenson, 

Washington. The committee is meeting 

as authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343) 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the meeting is make 

recommendations on 36 proposals for 

Title II funding of projects. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, June 17, 2010, 9 a.m–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Skamania County Courthouse 

Annex, 170 NW Vancouver, Ave., 

Stevenson, WA 98648. Written 

comments should be sent to Chris 

Strebig 10600 51st Circle, Vancouver, 

WA 98682. Comments may also be sent 

via e-mail to: cstrebig@fs.fed.us or via 

facsimile to 360–891–5045. 

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 at the 

Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Visitors 

are encouraged to call ahead to 360– 

891–5005 to facilitate entry into the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Strebig, Public Affairs Specialist, 

at (360) 891–5005, or write to Forest 

Headquarters Office, Gifford Pinchot 

National Forest, 10600 NE. 51st Circle, 

Vancouver, WA 98682. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

following business will be conducted: 

Review ongoing Title II projects, elect a 

committee chair and vicechair, request 

an indirect project percentage, and 

provide a public open forum time. 

Persons who wish to bring related 

matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. Public input sessions will 

be provided and individuals who made 

written requests by June 15th will have 

the opportunity to address the 

Committee at those sessions. 

Dated: May 6, 2010. 

Kristie L. Miller, 

Acting Deputy Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11442 Filed 5–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2009–0034] 

New Performance Standards for 

Salmonella and Campylobacter in 

Young Chicken and Turkey Slaughter 

Establishments; New Compliance 

Guides 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

new performance standards for the 

pathogenic micro-organisms Salmonella 

and Campylobacter for use in young 

chicken and turkey slaughter 

establishments. The new performance 

standards were developed in response 

to a charge from the Food Safety 

Working Group. The Agency tentatively 

plans to implement these new 

performance standards for chilled 

carcasses in July 2010. The new 

standards are based on recent FSIS 

Nationwide Microbiological Baseline 

Data Collection Programs: The Young 

Chicken Survey and the Young Turkey 

Survey. The Agency invites comments 

on the new performance standards. 

FSIS is also announcing that it has 

posted on its Web site the third edition 

of the compliance guide for controlling 

Salmonella and Campylobacter in 

poultry and a compliance guide on preharvest management to reduce E. coli 

O157:H7 contamination in cattle. FSIS 

issues guidance documents to present 

current Agency thinking on specific 

topics related to food safety. Though 

Agency guidance documents are 

recommendations rather than regulatory 

requirements and are revised as new 

information becomes available, FSIS 

encourages meat and poultry 

establishments to follow this guidance. 

FSIS requests comments on these 

guidance documents. 

DATES: Comments are due by July 13, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by either of the following 

methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

Web site 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 http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

Mail, including floppy disks or CD– 

ROMs, and hand- or courier-delivered 

items: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

FSIS, Room 2–2127, George Washington 

Carver Center, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, 

Mailstop 5474, Beltsville, MD 20705– 

5474. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2009–0034. Comments received in 

response to this docket will be made 

available for public inspection and 

posted without change, including any 

personal information, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to background 

documents or to comments received, go 

to the FSIS Docket Room at the address 

listed above between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Engeljohn, Ph.D., Deputy 

Assistant Administrator for Office of 

Policy and Program Development, FSIS, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 

349–E, Jamie Whitten Building, 14th 

and Independence, SW., Washington, 

DC 20250–3700; telephone (202) 205– 

0495, fax (202) 720–2025; 

daniel.engeljohn@fsis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

FSIS is the public health regulatory 

agency in the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) that is responsible 

for ensuring that the nation’s 

commercial supply of meat, poultry, 

and processed egg products is safe, 

wholesome, and appropriately labeled 

and packaged. FSIS is a participant in 

the President’s Food Safety Working 

Group (FSWG), which was created by 

President Obama in March 2009 to 

recommend improvements to the U.S. 

food safety system. The FSWG is 

chaired by Secretary of Agriculture Tom 

Vilsack and Health and Human Services 

Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. In July 

2009, the FSWG published Key 

Findings (FSWG Key Findings) 

recommending a new, public healthfocused approach to food safety based 

on three core principles: Prioritizing 

prevention, strengthening surveillance 

and enforcement, and improving 

response and recovery. 

The FSWG charged FSIS with ‘‘cutting 

Salmonella risk in Poultry Products’’ by 

‘‘develop[ing] new standards to reduce 


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