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Summary Of Collection: The Food 

Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has 

been delegated the authority to exercise 

the functions of the Secretary as 

provided in the Federal Meat Inspection 

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

Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) 

(21 U.S.C. 451, et. seq.), and the Egg 

Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (21 

U.S.C. 1031). These statues mandate 

that FSIS protect the public by ensuring 

that meat, poultry, and egg products are 

not adulterated, wholesome, and 

properly labeled and packaged. If FSIS 

in-plant personnel discover 

noncompliance with regulatory 

requirements they issue Noncompliance 

Records (NRs). The Noncompliance 

Record, FSIS Form 5400–4, serves as 

FSIS’ official record of noncompliance 

with one or more regulatory 

requirements. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

FSIS will use the form 5400–4 to 

document their findings and provided 

written notification of the 

establishment’s failure to comply with 

regulatory requirement(s). The 

establishment management receives a 

copy of the form and has the 

opportunity to respond in writing using 

the Noncompliance Record form. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 6,800. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 136,000. 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

Title: Food Safety Education 

Conference. 

OMB Control Number: 0583–New. 

Summary of Collection: The Food 

Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has 

been delegated the authority to exercise 

the functions of the Secretary as 

provided in the Federal Meat Inspection 

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

Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) 

(21 U.S.C. 451, et. seq.), and the Egg 

Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (21 

U.S.C. 1031). These statues mandate 

that FSIS protect the public by ensuring 

that meat, poultry, and egg products are 

not adulterated, wholesome, and 

properly labeled and packaged. FSIS is 

conducting a Food Safety Conference to 

provide a forum for attendees to engage 

in a meaningful information exchange 

about strategies for sharing safe food 

handling information with consumers 

and at-risk persons to reduce their risk 

of contracting a foodborne illness. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

FSIS and NSF International will collect 

the following personal data related to 

individual registering on-line using 

their credit card: Name, organization, 

street address, city or town, State, 

country, telephone number, and credit 

card information. The information will 

be used to collect payment and make 

hotel reservations for the respondents. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 400. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (once). 

Total Burden Hours: 67. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2714 Filed 2–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Information Collection Activity; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the 

Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites 

comments on this information 

collection for which RUS intends to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by April 12, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Brooks, Director, Program 

Development and Regulatory Analysis, 

Rural Utilities Service, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, 

Room 5162 South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Telephone: (202) 690–1078. FAX: (202) 

720–4120. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires 

that interested members of the public 

and affected agencies have an 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection and recordkeeping activities 

(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice 

identifies an information collection that 

RUS is submitting to OMB for 

extension. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Agency, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Agency’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Comments may be sent to: 

Michele Brooks, Program Development 

and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

STOP 1522, Room 5162, South 

Building, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. FAX: 

(202) 720–4120. 

Title: Weather Radio Transmitter 

Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0124. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The National Weather 

Service operates an All Hazards Early 

Warning System that alerts people in 

areas covered by its transmissions of 

approaching dangerous weather and 

other emergencies. The National 

Weather Service can typically provide 

warnings of specific weather dangers up 

to fifteen minutes prior to the event. At 

present, this system covers all major 

metropolitan areas and many smaller 

cities and towns; however, many rural 

areas lack NOAA Weather Radio 

coverage. The Rural Utilities Service’s 

Weather Radio Transmitter Grant 

Program finances the installation of new 

transmitters to extend the coverage of 

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration’s Weather Radio system 

(NOAA Weather Radio) in rural 

America thereby promoting public 

safety and awareness. The President of 

the United States and the United States 

Congress have made $5 million in grant 

funds available to facilitate the 

expansion of NOAA Weather Radio 

system coverage into rural areas that are 

not covered or are poorly covered at this 

time. This grant program will continue 

to provide grant funds, on an expedited 

basis, for use in rural areas and 

communities of 50,000 or less 

inhabitants. Grant funds are available 

immediately and applications will be 

processed on a first-come, first-served 

basis until the appropriation is used in 

its entirety. Grant funds are used to 

purchase and install NOAA Weather 

Radio transmitters and antennas that are 

combined with donated tower space and 

other site resources to establish new 

rural NOAA Weather Radio 

transmitters. Eligible applicants must be 


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non-profit corporations or associations 

(including Rural Development Utilities 

Programs electric and 

telecommunications borrower 

cooperatives), units of local or state 

government, or federally-recognized 

Indian tribes. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 5 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 5. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 5. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, at (202) 720–7853, FAX: (202) 

720–4120. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Date: January 26, 2010. 

Jonathan Adelstein, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2770 Filed 2–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2009-0097] 

Notice of Availability of Pest Risk 

Analyses for Importation of Fresh Figs, 

Pomegranates, and Baby Kiwi from 

Chile into the United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have prepared two pest risk 

analyses, one with respect to fresh figs 

and pomegranates grown in Chile and 

one with respect to fresh baby kiwi fruit 

grown in Chile. The analyses evaluate 

the risks associated with the 

importation into the continental United 

States of fresh figs, pomegranates, and 

baby kiwi fruit from Chile. Based on 

those analyses, we believe that the 

application of one or more designated 

phytosanitary measures will be 

sufficient to mitigate the risks of 

introducing or disseminating plant pests 

or noxious weeds via the importation of 

figs, pomegranates, and baby kiwi from 

Chile. We are making the pest risk 

analyses, as well as an environmental 

assessment we have prepared in 

connection with this action, available to 

the public for review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 12, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

∑ Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

(http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2009-0097) to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS-2009-0097, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737-1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS2009-0097. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 of the 

USDA South Building, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690-2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

(http://www.aphis.usda.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning figs and 

pomegranates from Chile, contact Ms. 

Claudia Ferguson, Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737- 

1236; (301) 734-0754. 

For information concerning baby kiwi 

fruit from Chile, contact Mr. David B. 

Lamb, Import Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734- 

0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘SubpartFruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56-1 

through 319.56-50, referred to below as 

the regulations), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent plant pests from being 

introduced into and spread within the 

United States. 

Section 319.56-4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more of the 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 

These measures are: 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are subject 

to inspection upon arrival in the United 

States and comply with all applicable 

provisions of § 319.56-3; 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are 

imported from a pest-free area in the 

country of origin that meets the 

requirements of § 319.56-5 for freedom 

from that pest and are accompanied by 

a phytosanitary certificate stating that 

the fruits or vegetables originated in a 

pest-free area in the country of origin; 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are treated 

in accordance with 7 CFR part 305; 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are 

inspected in the country of origin by an 

inspector or an official of the national 

plant protection organization of the 

exporting country, and have been found 

free of one or more specific quarantine 

pests identified by the risk analysis as 

likely to follow the import pathway; 

and/or 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are a 

commercial consignment. 

APHIS received requests from the 

Government of Chile to allow the 

importation of fresh figs, pomegranates, 

and baby kiwi fruit from Chile into the 

United States. We have completed pest 

risk assessments to identify pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of importation into 

the United States and, based on those 

pest risk assessments, have prepared 

risk management analyses to identify 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to the commodities to mitigate 

the pest risk. We have concluded that 

fresh figs, pomegranates, and baby kiwi 

fruit can be safely imported into the 

continental United States from Chile 

using one or more of the five designated 

phytosanitary measures listed in 

§ 319.56-4(b). Therefore, in accordance 

with § 319.56-4(c), we are announcing 

the availability of our pest risk analyses 

for public review and comment. The 

pest risk analyses may be viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site or in our 

reading room (see ADDRESSES above for 

instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

You may request paper copies of the 

pest risk analyses by calling or writing 

to the persons listed under FOR FURTHER


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