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Administration and U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, ’’Quantitative Assessment of 

Relative Risk to Public Health from 

Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes 

Among Selected Categories of Ready-toEat Foods,’’ September 2003, http:// 

www.foodsafety.gov/~dms/lmr2- 

toc.html. 

2. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Food Safety and Inspection Service, 

‘‘Draft FSIS Comparative Risk 

Assessment for Listeria monocytogenes 

in Ready-to-eat Meat and Poultry Deli 

Meats,’’ March 2009, http://www.fsis.

usda.gov/Science/Risk_Assessments/

index.asp#RTE. 

3. Risk Assessment of the Public 

Health Impact from Foodborne Listeria 

monocytogenes in Some Ready-to-Eat 

Foods Sliced, Prepared, and/or 

Packaged in Retail Facilities; Request for 

Comments and for Scientific Data and 

Information. (74 FR 3617 (January 21, 

2009)), Docket No. FDA–2008–N–0658, 

http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/

98fr/E9–938.pdf. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that the public and in particular 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities, are aware of this notice, 

FSIS will announce it on-line through 

the FSIS Web page located at http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/2009_

Notices_Index/. FSIS also will make 

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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 

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to our constituents and stakeholders. 

The Update is communicated via 

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service consisting of industry, trade, and 

farm groups, consumer interest groups, 

allied health professionals, scientific 

professionals, and other individuals 

who have requested to be included. The 

Update also is available on the FSIS 

Web page. Through Listserv and the 

Web page, FSIS is able to provide 

information to a much broader, more 

diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an e-mail 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

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Customers can add or delete 

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Done at Washington, DC, on: June 3, 2009. 

Alfred V. Almanza, 

Administrator, FSIS. 

Done at Washington, DC, on: June 3, 2009. 

Jeffrey Shuren, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy and 

Planning, FDA. 

[FR Doc. E9–13378 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Fremont and Winema Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Fremont and Winema 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

in Lakeview Oregon, for the purpose of 

evaluating and recommending resource 

management projects for funding in FY 

2010, under the provisions of Title II of 

the Secure Rural Schools and 

Community Self-Determination Act of 

2008 (Pub. L. 110–343). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 

21 and 22, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Lakeview Interagency Office, 1301 

South G Street, Lakeview, OR 97630. 

Send written comments to Fremont 

and Winema Resource Advisory 

Committee, c/o USDA Forest Service, 

2819 Dahlia Street, Klamath Falls, OR 

97601 or electronically to 

agowan@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Gowan, Designated Federal 

Official, c/o Klamath Ranger District, 

2819 Dahlia Street, Klamath Falls, OR 

97601, telephone (541) 883–6741. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agenda will include a review of FY 2010 

Title II project proposals submitted by 

the Forest Service, the public, nonprofits and other agencies, presentations 

by project proponents, and final 

recommendations for funding of fiscal 

year 2010 projects. 

All Fremont and Winema Resource 

Advisory Committee Meetings are open 

to the public. Public input and comment 

forum will take place in the afternoon 

of July 22, 2009. Interested citizens are 

encouraged to attend. 

Dated: June 1, 2009. 

Amy Gowan, 

Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. E9–13311 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Merger of Northeastern Area and 

Eastern Region 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service, 

Executive Leadership Team (ELT) 

proposes to merge the management of 

the Northeastern Area with the Eastern 

Region. The desire to obtain 

organizational consistency across the 

country has prompted the ELT to 

combine the two units. This step will 

enable a more cohesive forest 

management program to be developed 

and deployed. One lead organizational 

unit will provide a powerful, effective 

suite of Forest Service programs to help 

improve people’s lives and sustain the 

natural resources in the region. 

DATES: Comments on the improved 

delivery of State and Private services 

consistent with the newly merged 

organization must be received in writing 

by July 9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

USDA, Forest Service, Attention: 

Deputy Chief for State and Private 

Forestry, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Mailstop 1109, Washington, DC 

20250–1109. Comments may also be 

sent via e-mail to spf@fs.fed.us. If 

comments are sent electronically, the 

public is requested not to send 

duplicate comments by regular mail. 

Please confine comments to issues 

pertinent to the delivery of services 

under the proposed merger. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at the Office 

of the Deputy Chief, State and Private 

Forestry, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC. Visitors are 

encouraged to call (202) 205–1657 to 

facilitate entry to the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent 

Connaughton, Regional Forester, Eastern 

Region at kconnaughton@fs.fed.us or by 

phone at 414–297–3765. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339