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• Premises registration. Do you have 

any suggestions on how to make 

premises registration, or the 

identification of farm or ranch locations, 

easier for stakeholders? How should we 

address your concerns regarding 

premises registration? 

• Animal identification. Do you have 

any suggestions on how to make animal 

identification practical and useful to 

stakeholders while simultaneously 

meeting the needs of animal health 

officials who must conduct disease 

tracebacks? 

• Animal tracing. Do you have any 

suggestions on how to make the animal 

tracing component practical, in 

particular the reporting of animal 

movements to other premises, while 

meeting the needs of animal health 

officials who must conduct disease 

tracebacks? 

The meeting schedule is tentative as 

of the date of this publication. Please 

check our Web site at http:// 

www.usda.gov/nais/feedback for the 

most up-to-date meeting information. 

The list of discussion topics is also 

available on the Web site. On-site 

registration will begin at 8 a.m. on the 

day of each meeting. All persons 

attending must register prior to the 

meetings. 

Although preregistration is not 

required, participants are asked to 

preregister by sending APHIS an e-mail 

at NAISSessions@aphis.usda.gov or 

calling 301–734–0799. In the subject 

line of the e-mail, indicate your name 

(or organization name) and the location 

of the meeting you plan to attend. If you 

wish to present comments during one of 

the meetings, please include your name 

(or organization name) and address in 

the body of the message. Members of the 

public who are not able to attend may 

also submit and view comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ 

component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2009-0027. Additional information 

regarding the meetings may be obtained 

from the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of 

May 2009. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–12107 Filed 5–20–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0026] 

National Wildlife Services Advisory 

Committee; Meeting 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a 

meeting of the National Wildlife 

Services Advisory Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 

9 and 10, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

each day. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration’s Plum Brook Station, 

6100 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, OH. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Joanne Garrett, Director, Operational 

Support Staff, WS, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 87, Riverdale, MD 20737; 

(301) 734–7921. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Wildlife Services Advisory 

Committee (the Committee) advises the 

Secretary of Agriculture concerning 

policies, program issues, and research 

needed to conduct the Wildlife Services 

(WS) program. The Committee also 

serves as a public forum enabling those 

affected by the WS program to have a 

voice in the program’s policies. 

The meeting will focus on operational 

and research activities. The Committee 

will discuss WS efforts to increase 

operational capacity through 

prioritizing research objectives. 

Additionally, the Committee will 

discuss pertinent national programs and 

how to increase their effectiveness, as 

well as ensuring WS remains an active 

participant in the goal of agricultural 

protection. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. However, due to time 

constraints, the public will not be 

allowed to participate in the discussions 

during the meeting. Written statements 

on meeting topics may be filed with the 

Committee before or after the meeting 

by sending them to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Written statements may also 

be filed at the meeting. Please refer to 

Docket No. APHIS–2009–0026 when 

submitting your statements. 

This notice of meeting is given 

pursuant to section 10 of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

May 2009. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–11971 Filed 5–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0029] 

Multi-Agency Informational Meeting 

Concerning Compliance With the 

Federal Select Agent Program; Public 

Meeting 

AGENCIES: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This is to notify all interested 

parties, including individuals and 

entities possessing, using, or 

transferring biological agents and toxins 

listed in 7 CFR 331.3, 9 CFR 121.3 and 

121.4, or 42 CFR 73.3 and 73.4, that a 

meeting will be held to provide specific 

regulatory guidance related to the 

Federal Select Agent Program 

established under the Public Health 

Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness 

and Response Act of 2002. The meeting 

is being organized by the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service, the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services’ Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, and the Department of 

Justice’s Federal Bureau of 

Investigation. Issues to be discussed 

include entity registration, security risk 

assessments, biosafety requirements, 

and security measures. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

August 12, 2009, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m. Persons who wish to attend the 

meeting must register by July 1, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Roybal Campus, Auditorium A, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, 

GA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

APHIS: Ms. Aimee M. Hyten, 

Compliance Manager, APHIS 

Agriculture Select Agent Program, PPQ, 

ASAP, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 2, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 734– 

5281. 

CDC: Patrick J. Fenneran, Training & 

Outreach Officer, Division of Select 

Agents and Toxins, CDC, 1600 Clifton 

Road MS A–46, Atlanta, GA 30333; 

(404) 718–2000. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of 

the Public Health Security and 

Bioterrorism Preparedness and 

Response Act of 2002, ‘‘Enhancing 

Controls on Dangerous Biological 

Agents and Toxins’’ (sections 201 

through 231), provides for the regulation 

of certain biological agents and toxins 

by the Department of Health and Human 

Services (subtitle A, sections 201–204) 

and the Department of Agriculture 

(subtitle B, sections 211–213), and 

provides for interagency coordination 

between the two departments regarding 

overlap agents and toxins (subtitle C, 

section 221). For the Department of 

Health and Human Services, the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC) has been designated as the agency 

with primary responsibility for 

implementing the provisions of the Act; 

the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) is the agency fulfilling 

that role for the Department of 

Agriculture. CDC and APHIS list select 

agents and toxins in 42 CFR 73.3 and 

73.4, 7 CFR 331.3, and 9 CFR 121.3 and 

121.4, respectively. The Federal Bureau 

of Investigation’s (FBI) Criminal Justice 

Information Service conducts security 

risk assessments of all individuals and 

nongovernmental entities that request to 

possess, use, or transfer select agents 

and toxins. 

The meeting announced here is an 

opportunity for the regulated 

community (i.e., registered entity 

responsible officials, alternate 

responsible officials, and entity owners) 

and other interested individuals to 

obtain specific regulatory guidance and 

information on standards concerning 

biosafety and biosecurity issues related 

to the Federal Select Agent Program. 

Representatives from CDC, APHIS, and 

the FBI will be present at the meeting 

to address questions and concerns. 

Entity registration, security risk 

assessments, biosafety requirements, 

and security measures are among the 

issues that will be discussed. 

All attendees must register in advance 

of the meeting. For those unable to 

attend in person, the meeting will be 

available at no cost as a Webcast for a 

limited number of registrants. There are 

two ways to register depending upon 

the U.S. citizenship status of the 

attendee: 

• Citizens of the United States must 

complete a U.S. citizen registration form 

online at http://www.selectagents.gov 

and submit it to the CDC by July 1, 

2009; or 

• Non-citizens (including lawful 

permanent residents) must complete a 

non-citizen registration form online at 

http://www.selectagents.gov and submit 

it to the CDC prior to July 1, 2009. 

Registrants must also send copies of all 

required documentation (e.g., passport, 

visa, permanent resident card, etc.) to 

the CDC by the July 1, 2009, deadline. 

A full list of required documentation is 

located at the Web site listed above. In 

addition, non-citizens will need to bring 

all personal documentation to the 

meeting. 

Travel directions to the CDC Roybal 

Campus are available on the Internet at 

http://www.cdc.gov/about/resources/ 

visitGuide.htm. In addition to the 

documents listed above, picture 

identification and vehicle registration/ 

rental car agreement are required to gain 

access to the parking facilities and the 

building. MARTA Route 6 (from Inman 

Park Station on the East/West and 

Proctor Creek lines and Lindbergh 

Center Station on the North/South and 

Northeast/South lines) and Route 245— 

Kensington/Emory Express (from 

Kensington Station on the East/West 

line and Lindbergh Center Station on 

the North/South and Northeast/South 

lines) both serve the CDC Roybal 

Campus. 

If you require special 

accommodations, such as a sign 

language interpreter, please call or write 

one of the individuals listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

May 2009. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–11970 Filed 5–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–08–0109; FV 09–376] 

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) 

Inviting Applications for the Specialty 

Crop Block Grant Program-Farm Bill 

(SCBGP–FB) 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) announces the 

availability of approximately 

$49,000,000 in grant funds, less USDA 

administrative costs, to enhance the 

competitiveness of specialty crops. 

SCBGP–FB funds are authorized by the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008 (the Farm Bill). State departments 

of agriculture are encouraged to develop 

their grant applications promptly. The 

Farm Bill requires USDA to obligate the 

grant funds under this program by the 

end of the fiscal year, September 30, 

2009, which necessitates a short 

application period. State departments of 

agriculture interested in obtaining grant 

program funds are invited to submit 

applications to USDA. State 

departments of agriculture, meaning 

agencies, commissions, or departments 

of a State government responsible for 

agriculture within the 50 States, the 

District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 

American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin 

Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands are eligible to 

apply. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

between May 22, 2009 and not later 

than August 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Applications may be sent 

to: SCBGP, Agricultural Marketing 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 

0235, Room 2077 South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–0235. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Trista Etzig, Phone: (202) 690–4942, email: trista.etzig@usda.gov or your State 

department of agriculture listed on the 

SCBGP and SCBGP–FB Web site at 

http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SCBGP– 

FB is authorized under Section 101 of 

the Specialty Crops Competitiveness 

Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) and 

amended under Section 10109 of the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008, Public Law 110–246 (the Farm 

Bill). SCBGP–FB is currently 

implemented under 7 CFR part 1291 

(published March 27, 2009; 74 FR 

13313). 

The SCBGP–FB assists State 

departments of agriculture in solely 

enhancing the competitiveness of U.S. 

specialty crops. Specialty crops are 

defined as fruits and vegetables, dried 

fruit, tree nuts, horticulture, nursery 

crops (including floriculture). AMS 

encourages States to develop projects 

solely to enhance the competitiveness of 

specialty crops pertaining to the 

following issues affecting the specialty 

crop industry: Increasing child and 

adult nutrition knowledge and 

consumption of specialty crops; 

participation of industry representatives 

at meetings of international standard 

setting bodies in which the U.S. 

government participates; improving 

efficiency and reducing costs of 

distribution systems; assisting all 

entities in the specialty crop 

distribution chain in developing ‘‘Good 

Agricultural Practices’’, ‘‘Good Handling 

Practices’’, ‘‘Good Manufacturing 

Practices’’, and in cost-share 

arrangements for funding audits of such 


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