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Vol. 79, No. 244 

Friday, December 19, 2014 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Senior Executive Services (SES) 

Performance Review Board: Update 

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General, 

U.S. Agency for International 

Development. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice is hereby given of 

the appointment of members of the 

updated U.S. Agency for International 

Development, Office of Inspector 

General’s Senior Executive Service 

Performance Review Board. 

DATES: December 12, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert S. Ross, Assistant Inspector 

General for Management, Office of 

Inspector General, U.S. Agency for 

International Development, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 8.08– 

029, Washington, DC 20523–8700; 

telephone 202–712–0010; FAX 202– 

216–3392; Internet Email address: 

rross@usaid.gov (for Email messages, 

the subject line should include the 

following reference –USAID OIG SES 

Performance Review Board). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 U.S.C. 

4314(b)(c) requires each agency to 

establish, in accordance with 

regulations prescribed by the Office of 

Personnel Management at 5 CFR part 

430, subpart C and Section 430.307 

thereof in particular, one or more SES 

Performance Review Boards. The board 

shall review and evaluate the initial 

appraisal of each USAID OIG senior 

executive’s performance by his or her 

supervisor, along with any 

recommendations to the appointing 

authority relative to the performance of 

the senior executive. This notice 

updates the membership of the USAID 

OIG’s SES Performance Review Board as 

it was last published on October 2, 

2013. 

Approved: December 12, 2014. 

The following have been selected as 

regular members of the SES 

Performance Review Board of the U.S. 

Agency for International Development, 

Office of Inspector General: 

Lisa Risley, Assistant Inspector General 

for Investigations 

Robert S. Ross, Assistant Inspector 

General for Management 

Lisa S. Goldfluss, Legal Counsel 

Alvin A. Brown, Deputy Assistant 

Inspector General for Audit 

Melinda Dempsey, Deputy Assistant 

Inspector General for Audit 

Lisa McClennon, Deputy Assistant 

Inspector General for Investigations 

Tricia Hollis, Assistant Inspector 

General for Management, Department 

of Treasury 

Rodney DeSmet, Deputy Assistant 

Inspector General for Audit, 

Department of Agriculture 

Frank Rokosz, Deputy Assistant 

Inspector General for Audit, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development 

Dated: December 12, 2014. 

Michael Carroll, 

Acting Inspector General. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29759 Filed 12–18–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2014–0043] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Methods of Analysis and Sampling 

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), Center for Food Safety and 

Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) are 

sponsoring a public meeting on 

February 5, 2015. The objective of the 

public meeting is to provide information 

and receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft United States (U.S.) 

positions that will be discussed at the 

36th Session of the Codex Committee on 

Methods of Analysis and Sampling 

(CCMAS) of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (Codex), taking place in 

Budapest, Hungary, February 23–27, 

2015. The Deputy Under Secretary for 

Food Safety and the Food and Drug 

Administration recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 36th 

Session of CCMAS and to address items 

on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Thursday, February 5, 2015 from 

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place at the Jamie L. Whitten 

Building, United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 107–A, Washington, 

DC 20250. Documents related to the 

36th Session of CCMAS will be 

accessible via the World Wide Web at 

the following address: 

http://www.codexalimentarius.org/

meetings-reports/en/. 

Dr. Gregory O. Noonan, U.S. Delegate 

to the 36th Session of CCMAS, and the 

FDA, invites U.S. interested parties to 

submit their comments electronically to 

the following email address: 

Gregory.Noonan@fda.hhs.gov 

Call in Number 

If you wish to participate in the 

public meeting for the 36th Session of 

CCMAS by conference call, please use 

the call-in number listed below: 

Call in Number: 1–888–844–9904. 

The participant code will be posted 

on the Web page below: http://

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

topics/international-affairs/us-codexalimentarius/public-meetings. 

For Further Information about the 

36th Session of CCMAS Contact: 

Gregory O. Noonan, Ph.D., Research 

Chemist, Center for Food Safety and 

Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), Food and 

Drug Administration, Harvey W. Wiley 

Federal Building, 5100 Paint Branch 

Parkway, College Park, MD 20740, 

Phone: (240) 402–2250, Fax: (301) 436– 

2634, Email: Gregory.Noonan@

fda.hhs.gov 

For Further Information about the 

Public Meeting Contact: Marie Maratos, 

U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 4861, Washington, 

DC 20250. Phone: (202) 205–7760, Fax: 

(202) 720–3157, Email: Marie.Maratos@

fsis.usda.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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Background 

Codex was established in 1963 by two 

United Nations organizations, the Food 

and Agriculture Organization and the 

World Health Organization. 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 that fair practices are used 

in trade. 

The CCMAS is responsible for 

defining the criteria appropriate to 

Codex Methods of Analysis and 

Sampling; serving as a coordinating 

body for Codex with other international 

groups working in methods of analysis 

and sampling and quality assurance 

systems for laboratories; specifying the 

basis of final recommendations 

submitted to it by other bodies; 

considering, amending, and endorsing, 

methods of analysis and sampling 

proposed by Codex (Commodity) 

Committees, except that methods of 

analysis and sampling for residues of 

pesticides or veterinary drugs in food, 

the assessment of microbiological 

quality and safety in food, and the 

assessment of specifications for food 

additives do not fall within the terms of 

reference of this Committee. The 

Committee is charged with elaborating 

sampling plans and procedures; 

considering specific sampling and 

analysis problems submitted to it by the 

Commission or any of its Committees; 

defining procedures, protocols, 

guidelines, or related texts for the 

assessment of food laboratory 

proficiency; and developing quality 

assurance systems for laboratories. 

The Committee is hosted by Hungary. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 36th Session of CCMAS will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Methods of Analysis and Sampling in 

Codex Standards at different steps 

• Proposed Draft Principles for the Use 

of Sampling and Testing in 

International Food Trade-Explanatory 

notes and practical examples 

• Discussion paper on development of 

procedures/guidelines for 

determining equivalency to type I 

methods 

• Discussion paper on criteria approach 

for methods which use a sum of 

components 

• Review and update of methods in 

Codex Stan 234–1999 (Recommended 

Methods of Analysis and Sampling) 

• Follow-up methods of analysis and 

sampling plans 

• Other Business and Future Work 

Each issue listed will be fully 

described in documents distributed, or 

to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior 

to the Committee meeting. Members of 

the public may access or request copies 

of these documents (see ADDRESSES). 

Public Meeting 

At the February 5, 2015 public 

meeting, draft U.S. positions on the 

agenda items will be described, 

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 36th Session of CCMAS, 

Gregory Noonan (see ADDRESSES). 

Written comments should state that they 

relate to activities of the 36th Session of 

CCMAS. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities are aware of 

this notice, FSIS will announce it online through the FSIS Web page located 

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

fsis/topics/regulations/federal-register/

federal-register-notices. 

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, recalls, and other 

types of information that could affect or 

would be of interest to constituents and 

stakeholders. The update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free 

electronic mail subscription service for 

industry, trade and farm groups, 

consumer interest groups, allied health 

professionals, and other individuals 

who have asked to be included. The 

update is available on the FSIS Web 

page. Through the Listserv and Web 

page, FSIS is able to provide 

information to a much broader and 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/wps/portal/fsis/

topics/international-affairs/us-codexalimentarius/committees-and-taskforces/mailing-list/CT_Index. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information to regulations, directives 

and notices. Customers can add or 

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have the option to password protect 

their account. 

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. 

How To File a Complaint of 

Discrimination 

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). 

Done at Washington, DC, on December 15, 

2014. 

Mary Frances Lowe, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

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ARCHITECTURAL AND 

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 

COMPLIANCE BOARD 

Meetings 

AGENCY: Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board (Access Board) plans to hold its 

regular committee and Board meetings 

in Washington, DC, Monday through 

Wednesday, January 12–14, 2015 at the 

times and location listed below. 

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