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Vol. 75, No. 15 

Monday, January 25, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

9 CFR Part 392 

[Docket No. FSIS–2009–0029] 

Petitions for Rulemaking; Approval of 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule; information 

collection approval. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) has approved the 

information collection associated with 

its final rule ‘‘Petitions for Rulemaking,’’ 

published April 9, 2009. 

DATES: On July 16, 2009, the Office of 

Management and Budget approved the 

information collection requirements for 

the rule published April 9, 2009, at 74 

FR 16104 and effective June 8, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Edelstein, Director, Policy 

Issuances Division, Office of Policy and 

Program Development, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, USDA, Washington, 

DC 20250, (202) 720–5627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FSIS has 

been delegated the authority to exercise 

the functions of the Secretary as 

specified in the Federal Meat Inspection 

Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et seq.) and 

the Poultry Products Inspection Act 

(PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451, et seq.). FSIS 

protects the public by verifying that 

meat, poultry, and egg products are safe, 

wholesome, unadulterated, and 

correctly labeled and packaged. 

FSIS is notifying the public that OMB 

has approved the information collection 

associated with the final rule ‘‘Petitions 

for Rulemaking,’’ which published on 

April 9, 2009 (74 FR 16104). The final 

rule amended the FSIS administrative 

regulations by adding a new part 392 

that established regulations governing 

the submission of petitions for 

rulemaking to FSIS. 

OMB had not approved the 

information collection requirements 

associated with the Petitions for 

Rulemaking final rule when the final 

rule published. Therefore, in the 

preamble to the rule, FSIS explained 

that it would collect no information 

associated with rule until the 

information collection request received 

OMB approval (74 FR 16104, 16106– 

16107). OMB approved the information 

collection on July 16, 2009; the OMB 

number is 0583–0136. 

Therefore, FSIS will now begin to 

collect information associated with the 

final rule. In addition, now that FSIS is 

authorized to collect such information, 

effective January 25, 2010 the Agency 

will begin to post all petitions for 

rulemaking that it receives, along with 

any supporting documentation, on the 

FSIS Web site at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

regulations_&_policies/Petitions/ 

index.asp (see 9 CFR 392.6(a)). 

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 document, 

FSIS will announce it on-line through 

the FSIS Web page located at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 

2009_Notices_Index/index.asp. 

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, 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 e-mail 

subscription service consisting of 

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 e-mail 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at 

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

news_and_events/email_subscription/. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information to regulations, directives 

and notices. Customers can add or 

delete subscriptions themselves, and 

have the option to password protect 

their accounts. 

Done at Washington, DC, on January 19, 

2010. 

Alfred V. Almanza, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1263 Filed 1–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 440 

[Docket No. EEWAP0515] 

RIN 1904–AB97 

Weatherization Assistance Program for 

Low-Income Persons 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is amending the eligibility 

provisions applicable to multi-unit 

buildings under the Weatherization 

Assistance Program for Low-Income 

Persons. As a result of today’s final rule, 

if a multi-unit building is under an 

assisted or public housing program and 

is identified by the U.S. Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

(HUD), and included on a list published 

by DOE, that building will meet certain 

income eligibility requirements, and 

will also satisfy one or both of the 

procedural requirements to protect 

against rent increases and undue or 

excessive enhancement of the 

weatherized building, as indicated by 

the list, under the Weatherization 

Assistance Program without the need for 

further evaluation or verification. The 

preamble of today’s final rule also 

provides guidance to States with respect 

to addressing the requirement that the 

benefits of weatherization assistance in 

connection with such rental units, 


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