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Vol. 75, No. 191 

Monday, October 4, 2010 

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF 

THE UNITED STATES 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Committee on Regulation 

AGENCY: Administrative Conference of 

the United States. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972, notice 

is hereby given that the Administrative 

Conference of the United States will 

host a public meeting of the Committee 

on Regulation of the Assembly of the 

Conference on Tuesday, October 19, 

2010 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. to consider 

a report examining agency procedures 

for determining whether to preempt 

state law. To facilitate public 

participation, the Administrative 

Conference is inviting public comment 

on the report to be considered at the 

meeting, to be submitted in writing no 

later than October 14, 2010. 

DATES: Meeting to be held October 19, 

2010. Comments must be received by 

October 14, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting to be held at 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States, Suite 706 South, 1120 

20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20036. Submit comments to either of the 

following: 

(1) E-mail: Comments@acus.gov, with 

‘‘Preemption’’ in the subject line; or 

(2) Mail: Preemption Comments, 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States, Suite 706 South, 1120 

20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily F. Schleicher, Designated Federal 

Officer, Administrative Conference of 

the United States, Suite 706 South, 1120 

20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20036; Telephone 202–480–2080. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States (ACUS) is charged with 

developing recommendations for the 

improvement of Federal administrative 

procedures (5 U.S.C. 591). The 

objectives of these recommendations are 

to ensure that private rights may be fully 

protected and regulatory activities and 

other Federal responsibilities may be 

carried out expeditiously in the public 

interest, to promote more effective 

public participation and efficiency in 

the rulemaking process, to reduce 

unnecessary litigation in the regulatory 

process, to improve the use of science 

in the regulatory process, and to 

improve the effectiveness of laws 

applicable to the regulatory process. 

The Conference has engaged a 

Professor of Law at New York 

University School of Law, Catherine M. 

Sharkey, to research and prepare a 

report regarding the best practices of 

federal agencies in obtaining input from 

state and local governments and other 

procedures for determining whether to 

preempt state law (the ‘‘Preemption 

Report’’). A copy of the Preemption 

Report will be available at http:// 

www.acus.gov. The Committee on 

Regulation has been tasked with 

reviewing this report and developing 

recommendations for consideration by 

the Assembly of the Conference. 

From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on October 19, 

2010, the Committee on Regulation will 

hold a meeting to consider the 

Preemption Report and formulate 

appropriate recommendations in 

response thereto. This meeting will be 

open to the public and may end prior 

to 5 p.m. if business is concluded prior 

to that time. Members of the public are 

invited to attend the meeting in person, 

subject to space limitations, and the 

Conference will also provide remote 

public access to the meeting. 

Anyone who wishes to attend the 

meeting in person is asked to RSVP to 

Comments@acus.gov. Remote access 

information will be posted on the 

Conference’s Web site, http:// 

www.acus.gov, by no later than October 

15, 2010, and will also be available by 

the same date by calling the phone 

number listed above. Members of the 

public who attend the Committee’s 

meeting may be permitted to speak only 

at the discretion of the Committee Chair, 

with unanimous approval of the 

Committee. The Conference welcomes 

the attendance of the public and will 

make every effort to accommodate 

persons with physical disabilities or 

special needs. If you need special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please inform the Designated Federal 

Officer no later than 7 days in advance 

of the meeting using the contact 

information provided above. 

Members of the public may submit 

written comments on the report to either 

of the addresses listed above no later 

than October 14, 2010. All comments 

will be delivered to the Designated 

Federal Officer listed on this notice. 

Dated: September 29, 2010. 

Paul R. Verkuil, 

Chairman. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2010–0032] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Food Hygiene 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), and 

the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA), Health and Human Services, are 

sponsoring a public meeting on 

November 2, 2010. The objective of the 

public meeting is to provide information 

and receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft U.S. positions that will 

be discussed at the 42nd Session of the 

Codex Committee on Food Hygiene 

(CCFH) of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (Codex), which will be 

held in Kampala, Uganda, from 

November 29 through December 3, 

2010. The Under Secretary for Food 

Safety and FDA recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 42nd 

session of the CCFH and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Tuesday, November 2, 2010, from 1 

p.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the USDA, Whitten Building, 


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1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

107–A, Washington, DC 20250. 

Documents related to the 42nd Session 

of the CCFH will be accessible via the 

World Wide Web at the following 

address: http://www.codexalimentarius.

net/current.asp. 

Call In Information: 

Call in Number: 1–866–692–3158. 

Passcode: 5986642. 

The U.S. Delegate to the 42nd Session 

of the CCFH, Ms. Jenny Scott, invites 

interested U.S. parties to submit their 

comments electronically to the 

following e-mail address 

Jenny.Scott@fda.hhs.gov. 

For Further Information About the 

42nd Session of the CCFH Contact: 

Barbara McNiff, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 4870, Washington, 

DC 20250, (202) 690–4719, 

Barbara.McNiff@fsis.usda.gov. 

For Further Information About the 

Public Meeting Contact: Jasmine 

Matthews, Program Analyst, U.S. Codex 

Office, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Room 4861, Washington, DC 

20250, (202) 690–1124, 

Jasmine.Matthews@fsis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex was established in 1963 by 

two United Nations organizations, the 

Food and Agriculture Organization 

(FAO) and the World Health 

Organization (WHO). Through adoption 

of food standards, codes of practice, and 

other guidelines developed by its 

committees, and by promoting their 

adoption and implementation by 

governments, Codex seeks to protect the 

health of consumers and ensure fair 

practices in the food trade. 

The CCFH was established to draft 

basic provisions on food hygiene 

applicable to all food; to consider, 

amend if necessary, and endorse 

provisions on hygiene prepared by 

Codex commodity committees and 

contained in Codex codes of practice 

unless, in specific cases, the Codex has 

decided otherwise; to draft provisions 

on hygiene applicable to specific food 

items or food groups, whether coming 

within the terms of reference of a Codex 

commodity committee or not; to 

consider specific hygiene problems 

assigned to it by the Codex; to suggest 

and prioritize areas where there is a 

need for microbiological risk assessment 

at the international level; to develop 

questions to be addressed by the risk 

assessors; and, to consider 

microbiological risk management 

matters in relation to food hygiene, 

including food irradiation, and in 

relation to the risk assessment of FAO 

and WHO. 

The CCFH is hosted by the United 

States of America. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 42nd Session of the CCFH will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters Referred by the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission and Other 

Codex Committees to the CCFH 

• Matters Arising from the Work of 

FAO, WHO, and Other International 

Intergovernmental Organizations: 

(a) Progress Report on the Joint FAO 

and WHO Expert Meetings on 

Microbiological Risk Assessment 

(JEMRA) and Related Matters 

(b) Information from the World 

Organization for Animal Health (OIE) 

• Proposed Draft Guidelines for the 

Control of Campylobacter and 

Salmonella spp. in Chicken Meat at 

Step 4. 

• Proposed Draft Guidelines on the 

Application of General Principles of 

Food Hygiene to the Control of Viruses 

in Food at Step 4. 

• Proposed Draft Revision of the 

Recommended International Code of 

Hygenic Practice for Collecting, 

Processing, and Marketing of Natural 

Mineral Waters at Step 4. 

• Proposed Draft Revision of the 

Principles for the Establishment and 

Application of Microbiological Criteria 

for Foods at Step 4. 

Each issue listed will be fully 

described in documents distributed, or 

to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior 

to the meeting. Members of the public 

may access copies of these documents 

(see ADDRESSES). 

Public Meeting 

At the November 2, 2010, public 

meeting, draft U.S. positions on the 

agenda items will be described and 

discussed, and attendees will have the 

opportunity to pose questions and offer 

comments. Written comments may be 

offered at the meeting or sent to the U.S. 

Delegate for the 42nd Session of the 

CCFH, Jenny Scott (see ADDRESSES). 

Written comments should state that they 

relate to activities of the 42nd Session 

of the CCFH. 

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, gender, 

religion, age, disability, political beliefs, 

sexual orientation, and marital or family 

status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to 

all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s Target Center at 202–720–2600 

(voice and TTY). 

To file a written complaint of 

discrimination, write USDA, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call 

202–720–5964 (voice and TTY). USDA 

is an equal opportunity provider and 

employer. 

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/

2010_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, 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_&_Events/Email_Subscription/. 

Options range from recalls, export 

information, 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 September 28, 

2010. 

Karen Stuck, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

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