This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 60, No. 75

Wednesday, April 19, 1995

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 905

[Docket No. FV95–905–1]

Referendum Order for Marketing Order

No. 905 Covering Oranges, Grapefruit,

Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in

Florida

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Referendum order.

SUMMARY: This document directs that a

referendum be conducted among

eligible producers of Florida citrus fruit

to determine whether they favor

continuance of the marketing order

regulating the handling of oranges,

grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos

grown in the production area.

DATES: The referendum will be

conducted from October 1 through

October 31, 1995. To vote in this

referendum, growers must have been

producing Florida citrus during the

period August 31, 1994, through

September 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the marketing

order may be obtained from the office of

the referendum agent at P.O. Box 276,

Winter Haven, Florida, 33883–2276, or

the Office of the Docket Clerk,

Marketing Order Administration

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Division,

AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456, Room

2525–S, Washington, DC, 20090–6456;

telephone (202) 720–5053.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doris Jamieson, Southeast Marketing

Field Office, Marketing Order

Administration Branch, Fruit and

Vegetable Division, Agricultural

Marketing Haven, Florida, 33881–2276;

telephone: (813) 299–4770; or Britthany

Beadle, Marketing Order Administration

Branch, Fruit & Vegetable Division,

Agricultural Marketing Service,

Department of Agriculture, room 2536–

S, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC

20090–6456, telephone: (202) 720–5127.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Marketing Order No. 905 [7 CFR part

905], hereinafter referred to as the

‘‘order’’ and the applicable provisions of

the Agricultural Marketing Agreement

Act of 1937, as amended [7 U.S.C. 601–

674], hereinafter referred to as the

‘‘Act’’, it is hereby directed that a

referendum be conducted to ascertain

whether continuance of the order is

favored by the producers. The

referendum shall be conducted during

the period October 1, through October

31, 1995, among Florida citrus

producers in the production area. Only

producers that were engaged in the

production of Florida citrus during the

period of August 31, 1994, through

September 1, 1995, may participate in

the continuance referendum.

The Secretary of Agriculture has

determined that continuance referenda

are an effective means for ascertaining

whether producers favor continuation of

marketing order programs. The

Secretary would consider termination of

the order if less than two-thirds of the

producers voting in the referendum and

producers of less than two-thirds of the

volume of Florida citrus represented in

the referendum favor continuance. In

evaluating the merits of continuance

versus termination, the Secretary will

not only consider the results of the

continuance referendum. The Secretary

will also consider other relevant

information concerning the operation of

the order; the order’s relative benefits

and disadvantages to producers,

handlers, and consumers; and whether

continued operation of the order would

tend to effectuate the declared policy of

the Act.

In any event, section 8c(16)(B) of the

Act requires the Secretary to terminate

an order whenever the Secretary finds

that a majority of all producers affected

by the order favor termination, and such

majority produced for market more than

50 percent of the commodity covered

under such order.

In accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980 [44 U.S.C.

chapter 35], the ballot materials used in

the referendum herein ordered have

been submitted to and approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) and have been assigned OMB

No. 0581–0094 for Florida citrus. It has

been estimated that it will take an

average of 10 minutes for each of the

approximately 11,970 producers of

Florida citrus to cast a ballot.

Participation is voluntary. Ballots

postmarked after October 31, 1995 will

not be included in the vote tabulation.

Doris Jamieson and Christian D.

Nissen of the Southeast Marketing Field

Office, Fruit and Vegetable Division,

Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA,

are hereby designated as the referendum

agents of the Secretary of Agriculture to

conduct such referendum. The

procedure applicable to the referendum

shall be the ‘‘Procedure for the Conduct

of Referenda in Connection With

Marketing Orders for Fruit, Vegetables,

and Nuts Pursuant to the Agricultural

Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as

Amended’’ [7 CFR Part 900.400 et. seq.]

Ballots will be mailed to all producers

of record and may also be obtained from

the referendum agents.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 905

Grapefruit, Marketing agreements,

Oranges, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Tangerines, and Tangelos.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674.

Dated: April 13, 1995.

Patricia Jensen,

Acting Assistant Secretary, Marketing and

Regulatory Programs.

[FR Doc. 95–9614 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

Food Safety and Inspection Service

9 CFR Parts 308, 310, 318, 320, 325,

326, 327, and 381

[Docket No. 95–014N]

Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis

and Critical Control Point (HACCP)

Systems—Notice of Scientific/

Technical Conference

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS) will hold a

scientific/technical conference, ‘‘An

Evaluation of the Role of

Microbiological Criteria in Establishing

Food Safety Performance Standards in

Meat and Poultry Products,’’ on May

18–19, 1995, at the Georgetown

University Conference Center, 3800

Reservoir Road, Washington, DC. The

purpose of the conference is to explore

scientific issues related to
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microbiological criteria in establishing

meat and poultry products safety

performance standards.

DATES: May 18–19, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Georgetown University

Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir

Road, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Robert Brewer, Staff Officer,

Epidemiology and Emergency Response

Program, FSIS, USDA, (202) 205–0293.

To register to attend, call Ms. Becky

LaQuay or Ms. Pat Baker at (202) 205–

0293.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 3, 1995, FSIS published a

proposed rule ‘‘Pathogen Reduction;

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control

Point (HACCP) Systems’’ (60 FR 6774).

In that document, the Agency proposed

a number of regulatory changes

applicable to Federal- and Stateinspected meat and poultry

establishments. The proposed changes

are designed to reduce the occurrence

and numbers of pathogenic

microorganisms in meat and poultry

products, thereby reducing the

incidence of foodborne illness

associated with the consumption of

these products.

In the proposed rule, FSIS stated that

public meetings would be held with the

regulated industry and interested parties

to foster the development of beneficial

new food safety technologies. Therefore,

FSIS is holding a scientific/technical

conference to explore the use of

microbiological criteria for developing

food safety performance standards for

meat and poultry products.

The conference, ‘‘An Evaluation of the

Role of Microbiological Criteria in

Establishing Food Safety Performance

Standards in Meat and Poultry

Products,’’ will be held on May 18–19,

1995, at the Georgetown University

Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir

Road, Washington, DC 20057 (202) 687–

3200. The conference will begin each

day at 8:00 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m.

Conference Agenda

The conference will consist of four

sessions, as follows:

Session I: ‘‘Review of the Green Book,

‘An Evaluation of the Role of

Microbiological Criteria for Foods

and Food Ingredients’ ’’

Several members who served on the

Subcommittee on Microbiological

Criteria for Foods and Food

Ingredients will present papers

reviewing the Green Book’s

concepts and recommendations

applicable to meat and poultry

products.

Session II: ‘‘Current Food Safety Issues

and Logic for Using Microbial-based

Performance Standards’’

Invited speakers will review current

food safety issues, including

emerging pathogens, and the logic

for microbial-based standards

(criteria or targets) as a verification

of HACCP systems.

Session III: ‘‘Basis for Establishing

Criteria for Food Safety

Performance Standards’’

Invited speakers will discuss the basis

for setting criteria (i.e. public

health-based standards versus

technology-based standards) and

data needs for developing

meaningful performance standards,

such as sentinel-site surveillance.

Session IV: ‘‘Synopsis of Conference

Proceedings’’

Panel members will summarize major

issues and points of the

proceedings. The public will be

provided an opportunity to make

comments and ask questions.

Dr. J. Glenn Morris, Jr., Director,

Epidemiology and Emergency Response

Program, FSIS will moderate and be

joined by a panel consisting of: Dr.

Douglas Archer, Department of Food

Science and Human Nutrition,

University of Florida; Dr. Robert Black,

Department of International Health,

Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and

Public Health; Dr. Sherwood Gorbach,

Community Health and Medicine, Tufts

University School of Medicine; and Dr.

Morris Potter, Center for Disease Control

and Prevention, Division Bacterial and

Mycotic Diseases.

A report will be prepared that

summarizes the conference’s processing.

This report will include general

conclusions on the use of

microbiological criteria for developing

food safety performance standards for

meat and poultry products. The report

and transcripts of the conference will be

available in the FSIS Docket Clerk’s

Office, Room 4352, South Agriculture

Building, Food Safety and Inspection

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Washington, DC 20250.

Attendance and Hotel Reservations

Seating space at the conference is

limited. Please call Ms. Becky LaQuay

or Ms. Pat Baker if you wish to attend

the conference (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). People attending

the conference will be responsible for

making their own hotel arrangements. A

limited number of rooms are available at

the Georgetown University Conference

Center. To make reservations call 1–

800–446–9476.

Done at Washington, DC, on: April 12,

1995.

Michael R. Taylor,

Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety.

[FR Doc. 95–9613 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 490

[Docket No. EE–RM–95–110]

RIN 1904–AA64

Alternative Fuel Transportation

Program

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Correction to Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This document contains

corrections to the Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking that was published

Tuesday, February 28, 1995, 60 FR

10970, FR Doc. 95–4764. The notice of

proposed rulemaking relates to the

alternative fueled vehicle acquisition

requirements for States and fuel

providers that becomes effective by

operation of law on September 1, 1995,

when model year 1996 begins.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth R. Katz, Program Manager,

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy (EE–33), U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Ave., SW., Washington,

DC 20585, (202) 586–6116.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Need for Correction

As published the notice of proposed

rulemaking contains errors which may

be misleading and are in need of

clarification.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly, the publication on

February 28, 1995 of the Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking, which was the

subject of FR Doc. 95–4764 is corrected

as follows:

1. On page 10972, in the third

column, first paragraph, delete the word

‘‘underscored’’ in the last sentence.

2. On page 10973, beginning in the

second column, paragraph 4. is

corrected to read as follows:

4. Reformulated gasoline. Although

percentages can vary to a small degree,

it is the Department’s understanding

that reformulated gasoline is comprised