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• Report of the OIE activities, including 

the harmonization of technical 

requirements for registration of 

veterinary medicinal products (VICH) 

• Draft maximum residue levels (MRLs) 

for monepantel, at Step 7 

• Proposed draft MRLs for derquantel, 

at Step 4 

• Proposed draft MRLs for derquantel, 

emamectin benzoate, ivermectin, 

lasalocid sodium, and monepantel, at 

Step 3 

• Proposed draft RMRs for 

dimitridazole, ipronnidazole, 

metronidazole, and ronidazole, at 

Step 4 

• Draft provisions on establishment of 

MRLs for honey (for inclusion on the 

Risk Analysis Principles applied by 

the CCRVDF) 

• Draft Priority list of veterinary drugs 

requiring evaluation or re-evaluation 

by JECFA (Report of the Electronic 

Working Group (EWG) on Priority) 

• Alternative approach to move 

compounds from the database on 

countries need for MRLs to the JECFA 

Priority List (Report of the EWG on 

countries need for MRLs) 

• Database on countries needs for MRLs 

• 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 Meeting. Members of the public 

may access or request copies of these 

documents (see ADDRESSES). 

Public Meeting 

At the March 19, 2015, 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 22nd session of the 

CCRVDF, Kevin Greenlees (see 

ADDRESSES). Written comments should 

state that they relate to activities of the 

22nd Session of the CCRVDF. 

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. 

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 January 9, 

2015. 

Paulo Almeida, 

Acting, U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00431 Filed 1–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2014–0045] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Food Additives 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Acting 

Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), and 

the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA), U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services are sponsoring a public 

meeting on February 17, 2015, from 9 

a.m. to 12 p.m. The objective of the 

public meeting is to provide information 

and receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft United States (U.S.) 

positions to be discussed at the 47th 

Session of the Codex Committee on 

Food Additives (CCFA) of the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (Codex), 

taking place in Xi’an, China, March 23– 

27, 2015. The Acting Under Secretary 

for Food Safety and FDA recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 47th 

Session of the CCFA and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Tuesday, February 17, 2015, from 

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place at the Harvey Wiley Federal 

Building, U.S. Food and Drug 

Administration, 5100 Paint Branch 

Parkway, Rooms 1A–001 and 1A–002, 

College Park, MD 20740. 

Documents related to the 47th Session 

of the CCFA will be accessible via the 

World Wide Web at the following 

address: http://

www.codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en/. 

Susan Carberry, U.S. Delegate to the 

47th Session of the CCFA and FDA, 

invite U.S. interested parties to submit 

their comments electronically to the 

following email address: ccfa@

fda.hhs.gov. 

Registration 

Attendees may register by emailing 

ccfa@fda.hhs.gov by February 12, 2015. 

Early registration is encouraged because 

it will expedite entry into the building 

and its parking area. If you require 

parking, please include the vehicle 

make and tag number when you register. 

Because the meeting will be held in a 

Federal building, you should also bring 

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photo identification and plan for 

adequate time to pass through security 

screening systems. Attendees that are 

not able to attend the meeting in person 

but wish to participate may do so by 

phone. Those wishing to participate by 

phone should request the call-in 

number and conference code when they 

register for the meeting. 

For Further Information about the 

47th Session of the CCFA Contact: 

Susan Carberry, Ph.D., Supervisory 

Chemist, Office of Food Additive Safety, 

Center for Food Safety and Applied 

Nutrition CFSAN/FDA, Division of 

Petition Review, 5100 Paint Branch 

Parkway, HFS–205, College Park, MD 

20740, Telephone: (240) 402–1269, Fax: 

(301) 436–2972, email: susan.carberry@

fda.hhs.gov. 

For Further Information about the 

Public Meeting Contact: Daniel E. 

Folmer, Ph.D., Review Chemist, Office 

of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food 

Safety and Applied Nutrition CFSAN/

FDA, Division of Petition Review, 5100 

Paint Branch Parkway, HFS–265, 

College Park, MD 20740, Telephone: 

(240) 402–1269, Fax: (301) 436–2972, 

email: daniel.folmer@fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

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 that fair practices are used 

in trade. 

The CCFA establishes or endorses 

permitted maximum levels for 

individual food additives; prepares 

priority lists of food additives for risk 

assessment by the Joint FAO/WHO 

Expert Committee on Food Additives 

(JECFA); assigns functional classes and 

International Numbering System (INS) 

numbers to individual food additives; 

recommends specifications of identity 

and purity for food additives for 

adoption by Codex; considers methods 

of analysis for the determination of 

additives in food; and considers and 

elaborates standards or codes for related 

subjects such as labeling of food 

additives when sold as such. The CCFA 

is hosted by China. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 47th Session of the CCFA will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters Referred by Codex and other 

Codex committees 

• Matters of Interest arising from FAO/ 

WHO and from the 79th Meeting of 

the JECFA 

• Proposed draft Specifications for 

Identity and Purity of Food Additives 

arising from the 79th JECFA Meeting 

• Endorsement or Revision of 

Maximum Levels for Food Additives 

and Processing Aids in Codex 

standards 

• Alignment of the food additive 

provisions of commodity standards 

and relevant provisions of the General 

Standard for Food Additives 

• Provisions in Tables 1 and 2 for food 

additives listed in Table 3 with: (i) 

‘‘acidity regulator’’ function for use 

other than as acidity regulators; and 

(ii) for other Table 3 food additives 

with functions other than ‘‘emulsifier, 

stabilizer, thickener,’’ ‘‘colour,’’ and 

‘‘sweeteners’’—pending from CCFA 

46 

• Provisions in Tables 1 and 2 for food 

additives listed in Table 3 with 

‘‘emulsifier, stabilizer, thickener’’ 

function for their use for 

technological function other than as 

emulsifier, stabilizer, thickener 

• Food additive provisions in Tables 1 

and 2 in food categories 01.2 through 

08.4, with the exclusion of food 

categories 04.1.2.4, 04.2.2.4, 04.2.2.5, 

04.2.2.6, 05.1.1, 05.1.3, and 05.1.4 

• Food additive provisions of food 

category 14.2.3 ‘‘Grape wines’’ and its 

sub-categories (information on actual 

use levels and recommendations) 

• Provisions for cyclotetraglucose (INS 

1504(i)), cyclotetraglucose syrup (INS 

1504(ii)) and nisin (INS 234) 

• Proposal for revision of food category 

01.1 ‘‘Milk and diary based drinks’’ 

and its sub-categories 

• Note 161—Application of alternative 

note to provisions for sweeteners 

• Proposals for new or revision of food 

additive provisions 

• Proposed draft revision to the INS for 

Food Additives 

• Proposals for additions and changes 

to the Priority List of Substances 

proposed for evaluation by JECFA 

• Information on the availability of data 

for the re-evaluation of six priority 

colours 

• Information on commercial use of 

potassium diacetate (INS 261(ii)) in 

food 

• Discussion paper on secondary 

additives 

• Discussion paper on the inconsistent 

terminology related to flavourings in 

Codex texts 

• Other Business and Future Work. 

Each issue listed will be fully 

described in documents distributed, or 

to be distributed, by the Codex 

Secretariat prior to the meeting. 

Members of the public may access these 

documents at ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/

meetings/CCFA/ccfa46/. 

Public Meeting 

At the February 17, 2015, 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 47th Session of the 

CCFA, Dr. Susan Carberry at the 

following email address: ccfa@

fda.hhs.gov. Written comments should 

state that they relate to activities of the 

47th Session of the CCFA. 

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. 

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. 

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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 January 9, 

2015. 

Paulo Almeida, 

Acting, U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00435 Filed 1–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Energy Answers Arecibo Puerto Rico 

Renewable Energy Project: Notice of 

Extension of Public Comment Period, 

Notice of Public Scoping Meeting and 

Intent to Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of a 30-day extension to 

the public comment period, notice of 

public scoping meeting and intent to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement. 

SUMMARY: On November 28, 2014, Rural 

Utilities Service (RUS) published a 

Notice of Intent (NOI) announcing its 

intent to cancel a Supplemental Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(SFEIS) and prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

in association with a financial 

assistance request for a proposal 

submitted to the Agency by Energy 

Answers Arecibo, LLC (Energy 

Answers). RUS is extending the 

comment period by an additional 30 

days from the date of this notice. RUS 

intends to conduct public scoping, 

conduct a public scoping meeting, and 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to meet its 

responsibilities under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

Council on Environmental Quality’s 

regulations for implementing NEPA (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), and RUS’s 

Environmental and Policies and 

Procedures (7 CFR part 1794) in 

connection with potential impacts 

related to the Energy Answers proposal. 

The proposal consists of constructing a 

waste-to-energy generation and resource 

recovery facility in the Cambalache 

Ward of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. RUS is 

providing notice of the intention to 

conduct public scoping and prepare an 

EIS related to the proposal submitted by 

Energy Answers. 

RUS is considering funding this 

application, thereby making the 

proposal an undertaking subject to 

review under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act 

(NHPA), 16 U.S.C. 470(f), and its 

implementing regulation, ‘‘Protection of 

Historic Properties’’ (36 CFR part 800). 

Any party wishing to participate 

directly with RUS as a ‘‘consulting 

party’’ in Section 106 review may 

submit a written request to the RUS 

contact provided below. Pursuant to 36 

CFR 800.3(f)(3), RUS will consider, and 

provide a timely response to, any and 

all requests for consulting party status. 

DATES: Written requests to participate as 

a ‘‘consulting party’’ and/or comments 

concerning the public scoping or about 

this Notice of Intent must be received on 

or before February 13, 2015. A notice of 

availability of a Draft EIS will be 

published in the Federal Register and 

local newspapers announcing its review 

period. A public scoping meeting will 

be held on January 28, 2015 from 3:00– 

7:00 p.m. at the Colegio de Ingenieros y 

Agrimensores de Puerto Rico, Capı ́tulo 

de Arecibo, Ave. Manuel T. Guilla ́n 1, 

Arecibo. The public scoping meeting 

will be conducted in an open house 

format with a court reporter available 

for transcription of verbal comments. 

ADDRESSES: Project-related information 

will be available at RUS’s Web site 

located at: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ 

UWP-AreciboPuertoRico.html and at the 

Tribunal General de Justicia, Centro 

Judicial de Arecibo and at the Casa 

Alcaldı ́a del Municipio de Arecibo. 

To request ‘‘consulting party’’ status, 

submit comments or for further 

information, please contact: Ms. 

Stephanie Strength, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, USDA/RUS, 1400 

Independence Ave. SW., Room 2244–S, 

Stop 1571, Washington, DC 20250– 

1571, Telephone: (970) 403–3559, fax: 

(202) 690–0649, or email: 

stephanie.strength@wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 28, 2014, Rural Utilities 

Service (RUS) published a Notice of 

Intent (NOI) announcing its intent to 

cancel a Supplemental Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(SFEIS) and prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

in association with a financial 

assistance request for a proposal 

submitted to the Agency by Energy 

Answers Arecibo, LLC (Energy 

Answers). RUS is extending the 

comment period by an additional 30 

days from the date of this notice. RUS 

intends to conduct public scoping, 

conduct a public scoping meeting, and 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) and is soliciting public 

comments on the scope of an EIS that 

it intends to prepare for Energy 

Answers’ proposal. In accordance with 

7 CFR 1794.74 and 40 CFR 1502.21, 

RUS intends to incorporate by reference 

the environmental impact analyses and 

documentation prepared by the Puerto 

Rico Industrial Development Company 

(PRIDCO). PRIDCO served as a lead 

agency in preparation of an EIS 

prepared under the Puerto Rico 

Environmental Public Policy Act, 

Article 4(B)(3), (Law No. 416, September 

22, 2004). RUS has copies of this EIS 

and all associated appendices posted on 

this Web site: http://

www.rurdev.usda.gov/UWPAreciboPuertoRico.html. RUS also 

intends to incorporate by reference all of 

the environmental impact and air 

quality analyses and responses to public 

comments prepared by the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(USEPA) as part of its Clean Air Act, 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

(PSD) permit. USEPA issued a final 

effective PSD permit on April 10, 2014, 

and information related to the PSD 

permit can be found on USEPA’s Web 

site—see: http://www.epa.gov/region02/

air/permit/energyanswers/. 

RUS is in receipt of all past public 

involvement activities, public 

comments, and responses to public 

comments from both PRIDCO and 

USEPA actions. While RUS understands 

the concerns expressed in the past by 

the public, the Agency strongly 

encourages all interested parties to 

submit scoping comments to the RUS 

contact listed in the ADDRESSES section 

of this Notice. 

Energy Answers proposes to construct 

a waste-to-energy generation and 

resource recovery facility in the 

Cambalache Ward of Arecibo, Puerto 

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