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1The SRT is a standardized questionnaire that 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

9 CFR Part 327 

[Docket No. FSIS–2014–0040] 

RIN 0583–AD57 

Eligibility of Lithuania To Export Meat 

and Meat Products to the United States 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: USDA’s Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing 

to add the Republic of Lithuania 

(Lithuania) to the list of countries 

eligible to export meat and meat 

products to the United States. FSIS’s 

review of Lithuania’s laws, regulations, 

and inspection implementation show 

that its meat inspection system 

requirements are equivalent to the 

Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and 

its implementing regulations. 

Under this proposal, meat from cattle, 

sheep, swine, and goats slaughtered in 

Lithuania, or parts or other products 

thereof, processed in certified 

Lithuanian establishments, would be 

eligible for export to the United States. 

All such products would be subject to 

reinspection at United States ports-ofentry by FSIS inspectors. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 17, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

rule. Comments may be submitted by 

one 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 CD–ROMs, etc.: 

Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, Patriots Plaza 3, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Mailstop 3782, Room 8–163A, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

• Hand- or courier-delivered 

submittals: Deliver to Patriots Plaza 3, 

355 E Street SW., Room 8–163A, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2014–0040. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Daniel Engeljohn, Assistant 

Administrator, Office of Policy and 

Program Development; Telephone: (202) 

205–0495. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

FSIS is proposing to amend the 

Federal meat inspection regulations to 

add Lithuania to the list of countries 

eligible to export meat and meat 

products to the United States (9 CFR 

327.2(b)). Lithuania is not currently 

listed as eligible to export such products 

to the United States. 

Statutory Basis for Proposed Action 

Under the FMIA and the regulations 

that implement it, meat and meat 

products imported into the United 

States must be produced under 

standards for safety, wholesomeness, 

and labeling accuracy that are 

equivalent to those of the United States 

(21 U.S.C. 620). The FMIA also requires 

that the livestock from which such 

imports are produced be slaughtered 

and handled in connection with 

slaughter in a manner that is consistent 

with the Humane Methods of Slaughter 

Act (7 U.S.C. 1901–1906). Section 327.2 

of Title 9 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) sets out the 

procedures by which foreign countries 

may become eligible to export meat and 

meat products to the United States. 

Paragraph 327.2(a) of 9 CFR requires 

that a foreign country’s meat inspection 

system provide standards equivalent to 

those of the United States and to 

provide legal authority for the 

inspection system and its implementing 

regulations that is equivalent to that of 

the United States. Specifically, a 

country’s legal authority and regulations 

must impose requirements equivalent to 

those of the United States with respect 

to: (1) Ante-mortem inspection, humane 

methods of slaughter and handling, and 

post-mortem inspection by, or under the 

direct supervision of, a veterinarian; (2) 

official controls by the national 

government over establishment 

construction, facilities, and equipment; 

(3) direct and continuous official 

supervision of slaughtering and 

preparation of product by inspectors to 

ensure that product is not adulterated or 

misbranded; (4) complete separation of 

establishments certified to export from 

those not certified; (5) maintenance of a 

single standard of inspection and 

sanitation throughout certified 

establishments; (6) requirements for 

sanitation and for sanitary handling of 

product at establishments certified to 

export; (7) official controls over 

condemned product; (8) a Hazard 

Analysis and Critical Control Point 

(HACCP) system; and (9) any other 

requirements found in the FMIA and its 

implementing regulations (9 CFR 

327.2(a)(2)(ii)). 

The country’s inspection system must 

also impose requirements equivalent to 

those of the United States with respect 

to: (1) Organizational structure and 

staffing to ensure uniform enforcement 

of the requisite laws and regulations in 

all certified establishments; (2) national 

government control and supervision 

over the official activities of employees 

or licensees; (3) qualified inspectors; (4) 

enforcement and certification authority; 

(5) administrative and technical 

support; (6) inspection, sanitation, 

quality, species verification and residue 

standards; and (7) any other inspection 

requirements (9 CFR 327.2(a)(2)(i)). 

A foreign country’s inspection system 

must be evaluated by FSIS before 

eligibility to export meat and meat 

products to the United States can be 

granted. This evaluation consists of two 

processes: A document review and an 

on-site review. The document review is 

an evaluation of the laws, regulations, 

and other written materials used by the 

country to effect its inspection program. 

FSIS requests that countries provide 

information about their inspection 

systems through its self-reporting tool 

(SRT).1 Through the SRT, FSIS collects 


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systems according to the six equivalence 

components and as required by 9 CFR 

327.2(a)(2)(iii). FSIS asks foreign governments to 

submit documentation, such as their inspection 

system laws, regulations, and policy issuances, that 

supports their responses to the SRT questions. 

information on practices and procedures 

in six areas, known as equivalence 

components: (1) Government Oversight, 

(2) Statutory Authority and Food Safety 

Regulations, (3) Sanitation, (4) HACCP 

Systems, (5) Chemical Residue Testing 

Programs, and (6) Microbiological 

Testing Programs. FSIS evaluates the 

information submitted to verify that the 

critical points in the six equivalence 

components are addressed satisfactorily 

with respect to standards, activities, 

resources, and enforcement. If the 

document review is satisfactory, an 

onsite review is scheduled using a 

multidisciplinary team to evaluate all 

aspects of the country’s inspection 

program. This comprehensive process is 

described more fully on the FSIS Web 

site at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/

portal/fsis/topics/international-affairs/

importing-products/equivalence/

equivalence-process-overview. 

The FMIA and implementing 

regulations require that foreign 

countries be listed in the CFR as eligible 

to import meat and meat products into 

the United States. FSIS must engage in 

rulemaking to list a country as eligible. 

Countries found eligible to import meat 

or meat products into the United States 

are listed in the meat inspection 

regulations at 9 CFR 327.2(b). Once 

listed, the government of an eligible 

country must certify to FSIS that 

establishments that wish to export meat 

products to the United States are 

operating under requirements 

equivalent to those of the United States 

(9 CFR 327.2(a)(3)). Countries must 

renew certifications of establishments 

annually. 

Section 20 of the FMIA (21 U.S.C. 

620) prohibits importing into the United 

States adulterated or misbranded 

carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or 

meat products of amenable species, 

which are capable of use as human food. 

To verify that products imported into 

the United States are not adulterated or 

misbranded, FSIS reinspects and 

randomly samples those products at 

import, before they enter U.S. 

commerce. 

Evaluation of the Lithuanian Meat 

Inspection System 

In 2004, the government of Lithuania 

initially requested approval to export 

meat, poultry, and egg products to the 

United States. After several 

consultations and FSIS visits to 

Lithuania, the country amended its 

request to include only meat and meat 

products in January 2012. If approved, 

Lithuania stated its immediate intent to 

export canned, dried, or smoked meat 

products of beef and pork to the United 

States. However, if approved, Lithuania 

would not be precluded from exporting 

other meat products in the future 

provided the products meet all 

applicable requirements for those 

products established by the USDA’s 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) as well as by FSIS. 

FSIS conducted a document review of 

Lithuania’s meat (slaughter and 

processing) inspection system through 

information provided through the SRT 

to determine whether that system is 

equivalent to the United States’ meat 

inspection system. Based on that 

review, FSIS concluded that Lithuania’s 

laws, regulations, control programs, and 

procedures were sufficient to achieve 

the level of public health protection 

required by FSIS. 

Accordingly, FSIS proceeded with an 

initial on-site audit of Lithuania’s meat 

inspection system from September 10 to 

26, 2012, to verify whether Lithuania’s 

State Food and Veterinary Service 

(SFVS), which is Lithuania’s central 

competent authority in charge of food 

inspection, effectively implemented a 

meat inspection system equivalent to 

that of the United States. FSIS 

concluded that Lithuania’s meat 

inspection system met each equivalence 

component except sanitation. FSIS 

found that Lithuania had modified its 

inspection requirements since the 

document review, and no longer 

required written standard operating 

procedures for sanitation (Sanitation 

SOPs) from establishments. 

Additionally, the sanitation programs at 

all of the establishments visited by the 

audit team lacked measures to prevent 

recurring deficiencies that could result 

in direct product contamination or 

adulteration. 

The initial on-site audit revealed 

other issues of concern, but none that 

resulted in a failure to meet the other 

five equivalence components. SFVS 

took immediate corrective actions to 

address the audit team’s findings and 

provided a corrective action plan, which 

included new regulations, procedures, 

implementation measures, and 

verification activities. FSIS reviewed the 

plan and concluded that it addressed all 

of the audit findings. The initial audit 

report contains a full discussion of the 

corrective actions proffered by SFVS: 

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

connect/600646a6-75fb-4d24-b82e02361c06f3db/Lithuania2012.pdf?MOD=AJPERES. 

FSIS conducted a second on-site audit 

from September 16 to 24, 2013, to verify 

that Lithuania had satisfactorily 

implemented all the laws, regulations, 

and instructions to the field that FSIS 

found to be equivalent during the 

document analysis and to verify that all 

outstanding issues identified during the 

previous audit had been resolved. FSIS 

concluded, based on this audit, that 

Lithuania had satisfactorily addressed 

all audit findings and had met the FSIS 

equivalence criteria for all six 

components. For example, during the 

audit, FSIS verified that Lithuania had 

reestablished a regulatory requirement 

that establishments develop and 

maintain written Sanitation SOPs as a 

condition for gaining certification to 

export meat products to the U.S. FSIS 

also verified that Lithuania’s inspection 

system has established official 

procedures to verify that each 

establishment has an effective sanitation 

program that meets the regulatory 

requirements, including development 

and maintenance of Sanitation SOPs. 

Similarly, FSIS previously found that 

the SFVS did not ensure that 

establishments’ HACCP corrective 

actions included preventive measures, 

or that establishments were 

documenting their monitoring or 

verification activities. During the most 

recent audit, FSIS verified that 

inspection program personnel are now 

effectively performing verification 

activities designed to ensure that 

establishments are properly 

documenting their monitoring and 

verification activities and are 

documenting preventive measures in 

response to HACCP system deviations. 

In summary, FSIS has completed the 

document review, on-site audit, and 

verification of corrective actions as part 

of the equivalence process, and all 

outstanding issues have been resolved. 

FSIS has determined that, as 

implemented, Lithuania’s meat 

inspection system (slaughter and 

processing) is equivalent to the United 

States’ meat inspection system. The full 

report on Lithuania’s meat inspection 

system (slaughter and processing) can 

be found on the FSIS Web site at: http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/

87776212-0dec-44c3-8ee4- 

155ad0a02b15/Lithuania_2013_

FAR.pdf?MOD=AJPERES. 

Should this rule become final, the 

Government of Lithuania must certify to 

FSIS that those establishments that wish 

to export meat or meat products to the 

United States are operating in 

accordance with requirements 

equivalent to those of the United States. 

FSIS will verify that the establishments 

certified by Lithuania’s government are 


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2This data is from Eurostat, the statistical office 

of the European Union, and is based on Lithuania’s 

official statistics. It is also available at the Global 

Trade Atlas database at: http://www.gtis.com/gta/

secure/gateway.cfm. 

3 Ibid. 

4Source: Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) 

Production, Supply and Distribution (PSD) data, 

available at: https://apps.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/

psdQuery.aspx. 

5This data is from Eurostat, based on Lithuania’s 

official statistics. It is also available at the Global 

Trade Atlas database at: http://www.gtis.com/gta/

secure/gateway.cfm. 

6Source: FAS PSD data, available at: https://

apps.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/psdQuery.aspx. 

meeting the United States’ requirements 

through periodic, regularly scheduled 

audits of Lithuania’s meat inspection 

system. Certified establishments may 

export to the United States any meat or 

meat products from cattle, sheep, swine, 

and goats (9 CFR 327.2(b)). 

Although a foreign country may be 

listed in FSIS’s regulations as eligible to 

export meat and meat products to the 

United States, the exporting country’s 

products must also comply with all 

other applicable requirements of the 

United States. These requirements 

include restrictions under 9 CFR part 94 

of APHIS’ regulations, which also 

regulate the export of meat products 

from foreign countries to the United 

States. 

If this proposed rule is adopted, all 

meat and meat products exported to the 

United States from Lithuania will be 

subject to reinspection at U.S. ports-ofentry for, but not limited to, 

transportation damage, product and 

container defects, labeling, proper 

certification, general condition, and 

accurate count. 

In addition, FSIS will conduct other 

types of reinspection activities, such as 

incubation of canned products to ensure 

product safety and taking product 

samples for laboratory analysis for the 

detection of drug and chemical residues, 

pathogens, species, and product 

composition. Products that pass 

reinspection will be stamped with the 

official USDA mark of inspection and 

allowed to enter U.S. commerce. If they 

do not meet U.S. requirements, they will 

be refused entry, and within 45 days 

they must be returned to the country of 

origin, destroyed, or converted to 

animal food (subject to approval by the 

Food and Drug Administration), 

depending on the violation. The import 

reinspection activities can be found on 

the FSIS Web site at: http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/

topics/international-affairs/importingproducts/port-of-entry-procedures/fsisimport-reinspection/CT_Index9. 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563, and 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

direct agencies to assess all costs and 

benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). Executive Order 13563 

emphasizes the importance of 

quantifying both costs and benefits, of 

reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, 

and of promoting flexibility. This 

proposed rule has been designated a 

‘‘non-significant’’ regulatory action 

under section 3(f) of Executive Order 

(E.O.) 12866. Accordingly, the rule has 

not been reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

E.O. 12866. 

Expected Cost of the Proposed Rule 

If this rule is finalized, Lithuania 

intends to start with exporting canned, 

dried, or smoked beef and pork products 

to the United States. As noted above, if 

this rule is finalized, Lithuania would 

not be precluded from exporting other 

meat products in the future if the 

products meet all applicable APHIS and 

FSIS requirements for those products. 

Lithuania, however, will not be limited 

to the export of canned, dried, or 

smoked beef and pork products only. 

Given the limited market in the United 

States for Lithuanian meat products and 

Lithuania’s low projected export 

volume, there is likely to be little, if any, 

impact on the United States economy. 

Lithuania is a small beef producer 

with limited beef export capacity. Its 

maximum beef export to the world was 

achieved in 2011, when it exported 

$130 million, or 25,000 metric tons 

(MT), worth of beef,2 mainly to the 

European Union and Russia. 

Based on analysis of Lithuania’s 

exports to Russia,3 FSIS estimates that 

Lithuania has an excess beef export 

capacity of $26 million ($130 million ¥ 

$104 million = $26 million) in value, or 

3,000 MT (25,000 MT ¥ 22,000 MT = 

3,000 MT) in volume, that could be 

exported to the United States. 

Accordingly, allowing Lithuanian 

beef exports to enter the 13,050,000 

MT4 United States beef market is 

expected to have minimal effect (3,000 

MT represents a 0.023% increase), 

leaving the total United States beef 

supply almost unchanged. Because 

importing beef from Lithuania is not 

expected to greatly alter the United 

States beef supply, it will not contribute 

to any price change in that market. 

Lithuanian data from CY 2013 5 shows 

that this country has reached its 

maximum pork export capacity, 

meaning it will export little, if any, pork 

to the United States. Considering that 

the United States pork supply is 

11,212,000 MT (CY 2013),6 it is unlikely 

that imports from Lithuania will result 

in price changes in the United States 

pork market. 

The above cost analysis is based on 

Lithuania’s full export capacity. 

Currently, however, only six Lithuanian 

establishments intend to export product 

to the United States. Four are meat 

processors only, one is a slaughter 

facility, and one conducts both meat 

slaughter and processing. Of the four 

processing facilities, three process beef 

and pork, and one processes pork only. 

The slaughter-only facility and the 

facility that conducts both slaughter and 

processing both handle beef and pork. 

The combined export capacity of these 

six establishments is much less than 

Lithuania’s total export capacity. With 

no price change expected in U.S. meat 

markets, adopting this proposed rule 

would lead to no negative effects on 

U.S. consumers. 

Lithuanian companies that export 

product to the U.S. or U.S. companies 

that import products from Lithuania to 

the United States will incur standard 

costs such as export fees and freight and 

insurance costs. They will be willing to 

bear these costs, however, because of 

the anticipated financial benefits 

associated with marketing their 

products in the United States. 

Expected Benefits of the Proposed Rule 

Adoption of this proposed rule will 

increase trade between the United States 

and Lithuania. The volume of trade 

stimulated by the proposed rule is likely 

to be small and is expected to have little 

or no effect on U.S. meat supplies or 

meat prices. U.S. consumers, however, 

are expected to enjoy more choices 

when purchasing meat and meat 

products. Lithuanian establishments 

seek to export commercially sterile meat 

products, including canned meat 

products and ready-to-eat products like 

salamis and other dried and smoked 

meats to the United States. The 

proposed rule would, therefore, expand 

choices for U.S. consumers and promote 

economic competition. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Assessment 

The FSIS Administrator has made a 

preliminary determination that this 

proposed rule would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities in 

the United States, as defined by the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 

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Paperwork Reduction Act 

No new paperwork requirements are 

associated with this proposed rule. 

Foreign countries wanting to export 

meat and meat products to the United 

States are required to provide 

information to FSIS certifying that their 

inspection systems provide standards 

equivalent to those of the United States, 

and that the legal authority for the 

system and their implementing 

regulations are equivalent to those of the 

United States. FSIS provided Lithuania 

with questionnaires asking for detailed 

information about the country’s 

inspection practices and procedures to 

assist that country in organizing its 

materials. This information collection 

was approved under OMB number 

0583–0153. The proposed rule contains 

no other paperwork requirements. 

E-Government Act 

FSIS and USDA are committed to 

achieving the purposes of the EGovernment Act (44 U.S.C. 3601, et 

seq.) by, among other things, promoting 

the use of the Internet and other 

information technologies and providing 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

Executive Order 12988 

This proposed rule has been reviewed 

under Executive Order 12988, Civil 

Justice Reform. Under this proposed 

rule: (1) All State and local laws and 

regulations that are inconsistent with 

this rule will be preempted, (2) no 

retroactive effect will be given to this 

rule, and (3) no retroactive proceedings 

will be required before parties may file 

suit in court challenging this rule. 

Executive Order 13175 

This proposed rule has been reviewed 

in accordance with the requirements of 

Executive Order 13175, Consultation 

and Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments. The review reveals that 

this regulation will not have substantial 

and direct effects on Tribal governments 

and will not have significant Tribal 

implications. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

No agency, officer, or employee of the 

USDA shall, on the grounds of race, 

color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity, sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, or political 

beliefs, exclude from participation in, 

deny the benefits of, or subject to 

discrimination any person in the United 

States under any program or activity 

conducted by the USDA. 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, which 

may be accessed online at http://

www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/

docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_

12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you 

or your authorized representative. 

Send your completed complaint form 

or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: 

Mail 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410. 

Fax 

(202) 690–7442. 

Email 

program.intake@usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) 

should contact USDA’s TARGET Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, FSIS will 

announce this Federal Register 

publication on-line through the FSIS 

Web page located at: http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. 

FSIS also will make copies of this 

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 available on the FSIS 

Web page. Through the Web page, FSIS 

is able to provide information to a much 

broader, more diverse audience. In 

addition, FSIS offers an email 

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/subscribe. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information, regulations, directives, and 

notices. Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves, and have the 

option to password protect their 

accounts. 

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 327 

Imported products. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, FSIS is proposing to amend 9 

CFR part 327 as follows: 

PART 327—IMPORTED PRODUCTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 327 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 601–695; 7 CFR 2.18, 

2.53. 

§ 327.2 [Amended] 

■ 2. Section 327.2 is amended in 

paragraph (b) by adding ‘‘Lithuania’’ in 

alphabetical order to the list of 

countries. 

Done at Washington, DC, on: December 12, 

2014. 

Alfred V. Almanza, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29605 Filed 12–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 951 

[Docket Number: DOE–HQ–2014–0021] 

RIN 1990–AA39 

Convention on Supplementary 

Compensation for Nuclear Damage 

Contingent Cost Allocation 

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE or the Department) 

proposes to issue regulations under 

section 934 of the Energy Independence 

and Security Act of 2007. These 

regulations will establish a retrospective 

risk pooling program by which nuclear 

suppliers are expected to provide funds 

in the same amount as what the United 

States government would be obligated to 

contribute to an international 

supplementary fund under the 

Convention on Supplementary 

Compensation for Nuclear Damage in 

the event of certain nuclear incidents 

not covered by the Price-Anderson Act. 

The risk pooling program will involve a 

premium to be assessed retrospectively 

(i.e., a deferred payment made only if a 

nuclear incident occurs) based on a riskinformed assessment formula taking 

into account specified risk factors and 

exclusionary criteria to provide a fair 

and equitable proration of costs among 

U.S. nuclear suppliers benefited by the 

Convention on Supplementary 

Compensation for Nuclear Damage. 

DATES: Meeting: DOE will hold an 

information session open to the public 

on January 7, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 

12:00 noon in Washington, DC. 

Comments: DOE will accept 

comments, data, and information 


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