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Vol. 82, No. 165 

Monday, August 28, 2017 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2016–0042] 

Reopening of Nomination Period for 

Membership on the National Advisory 

Committee on Microbiological Criteria 

for Foods 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On December 7, 2016, the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

announced in a Federal Register notice 

that it was soliciting nominations for 

membership on the National Advisory 

Committee on Microbiological Criteria 

for Foods (NACMCF) to fill 15 

vacancies. The closing date for 

nominations was January 6, 2017. This 

notice reopens the nomination period 

for 30 days. This notice also announces 

that there are two more vacancies on the 

committee. Since the original 

announcement was made, two 

additional members have left the 

committee. The USDA is now seeking 

nominations to fill 17 vacancies. 

Nominations submitted during the 

original submission period do not need 

to be resubmitted. 

DATES: All materials must be received 

by September 27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Nomination packages 

should be sent via email to 

karen.thomas-sharp@fsis.usda.gov and 

mailed to: Secretary, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20250, Attn: 

FSIS\Office of Public Health Science/ 

National Advisory Committee on 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods 

(Karen Thomas-Sharp). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karen Thomas-Sharp, Advisory 

Committee Specialist, by telephone at 

202–690–6620 or by email 

karen.thomas-sharp@fsis.usda.gov. 

The Food Safety and Inspection 

Service (FSIS) invites interested persons 

to submit comments on this notice. 

Comments may be submitted by either 

of the following methods: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: This Web site 

(http://www.regulations.gov/) provides 

the ability to type short comments 

directly into the comment field on this 

Web page or attach a file for lengthier 

comments. Follow the online 

instructions at that site for submitting 

comments. Mail, including CD–ROMS 

and hand or courier delivered items: 

Send to Docket Clerk, USDA, FSIS 

Docket Room, Patriots Plaza 3, 355 E 

Street SW., Room 8–163A, Washington, 

DC 20250–3700 between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or email must include the Agency 

name and docket number FSIS–2016– 

0042. 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/. 

Docket: For access to background 

documents or comments received, go to 

the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza 

3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8–164, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700 between 

8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday. All comments 

submitted in response to this notice, as 

well as background information used by 

FSIS in developing this document, will 

be available for public inspection in the 

FSIS Docket Room at the address listed 

above between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The NACMCF was established in 

March 1988, in response to a 

recommendation in a 1985 report of the 

National Academy of Sciences 

Committee on Food Protection, 

Subcommittee on Microbiological 

Criteria, ‘‘An Evaluation of the Role of 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods.’’ The 

current charter for the NACMCF and 

other information about the Committee 

are available to the public for viewing 

on the FSIS Web site at: http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/nacmcf. 

Nominees are sought who have 

scientific expertise in the fields of in the 

fields of microbiology, epidemiology, 

food technology (food, clinical, and 

predictive), toxicology, risk assessment, 

infectious disease, biostatistics, and 

other related sciences. Persons from the 

government, industry, academia, and 

consumer advocacy groups are invited 

to submit nominations. 

The Committee provides scientific 

advice and recommendations to the 

Secretary of Agriculture and the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

concerning the development of 

microbiological criteria by which the 

safety and wholesomeness of food can 

be assessed. For example, one of the 

most recent efforts of the Committee is 

to provide the best scientific 

information available on Shiga Toxin 

producing E. coli, including providing 

recommendations on optimal detection 

and identification methodologies. 

Appointments to the Committee will 

be made by the Secretary of Agriculture 

after consultation with the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services to ensure 

that recommendations made by the 

Committee take into account the needs 

of the diverse groups served by the 

Department. On December 7, 2016, the 

USDA announced that it was seeking 

nominations to fill 15 vacancies (81 FR 

88197). Since the original 

announcement was made, two 

additional members have left the 

committee. The USDA is now seeking to 

fill 17 vacancies. Advisory Committee 

members serve a two-year term, 

renewable for two consecutive terms. 

The full Committee expects to meet at 

least once a year by teleconference or inperson, and the meetings will be 

announced in the Federal Register. The 

subcommittees will meet as deemed 

necessary by the chairperson through 

working group meetings in an open 

public forum. Subcommittees also may 

meet through teleconference or by 

computer-based conferencing 

(Webinars). Subcommittees may invite 

technical experts to present information 

for consideration by the subcommittee. 

The subcommittee meetings will not be 

announced in the Federal Register. FSIS 

will announce the agenda and 

subcommittee working group meetings 

through the Constituent Update, 

available online at: http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/cu. 

NACMCF holds subcommittee 

meetings in order to accomplish the 

work of NACMCF; all subcommittee 

work is reviewed and approved during 

a public meeting of the full Committee, 


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as announced in the Federal Register. 

All data and records available to the full 

Committee are expected to be available 

to the public when the full Committee 

reviews and approves the work of the 

subcommittee. Advisory Committee 

members are expected to attend all inperson meetings during the two-year 

term to ensure the smooth functioning 

of the advisory committee. However, on 

rare occasions, attendance through 

teleconferencing may be permitted. 

Members must be prepared to work 

outside of scheduled Committee and 

subcommittee meetings and may be 

required to assist in document 

preparation. Committee members serve 

on a voluntary basis; however, travel 

expenses and per diem reimbursement 

are available. 

Regarding Nominees Who Are Selected 

All SGE and Federal government 

employee nominees who are selected 

must complete the Office of Government 

Ethics (OGE) 450 Confidential Financial 

Disclosure Report before rendering any 

advice or before their first meeting. With 

the exception of the consumer 

representative committee member, all 

committee members will be reviewed 

pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 208 for conflicts 

of interest relating to specific NACMCF 

work charges, and financial disclosure 

updates will be required annually. 

Members subject to financial disclosure 

must report any changes in financial 

holdings requiring additional 

disclosure. OGE 450 forms are available 

on-line at: https://www2.oge.gov/web/ 

oge.nsf/Confidential%20Financial

%20Disclosure. 

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, August 23, 2017. 

Paul Kiecker, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18168 Filed 8–25–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, August 30, 

2017, 1:30 p.m. EDT. 

PLACE: Broadcasting Board of 

Governors, Cohen Building, Room 3321, 

330 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20237. 

SUBJECT: Notice of Closed Meeting of 

the Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

SUMMARY: The members of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) 

will meet in a special session to discuss 

and approve a budget submission for 

Fiscal Year 2019. According to Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circular A–11, Section 22.1, all agency 

budgetary materials and data are 

considered confidential prior to the 

President submitting a budget to 

Congress. In accordance with section 

22.5 of Circular A–11, the BBG has 

determined that its meeting should be 

closed to public observation pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B). In accordance 

with the Government in the Sunshine 

Act and BBG policies, the meeting will 

be recorded and a transcript of the 

proceedings, subject to the redaction of 

information protected by 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(B), will be made available to 

the public. The publicly-releasable 

transcript will be available for 

download at www.bbg.gov within 21 

days of the date of the meeting. 

Information regarding member votes 

to close the meeting and expected 

attendees can also be found on the 

Agency’s public Web site. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact Oanh Tran 

at (202) 203–4545. 

Oanh Tran, 

Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18309 Filed 8–24–17; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8610–01–P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

Meeting Notice 

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, August 30, 

2017, 2:15 p.m. EDT 

PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3321, 

330 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20237. 

SUBJECT: Notice of Meeting of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

SUMMARY: The Broadcasting Board of 

Governors (Board) will be meeting at the 

time and location listed above. The 

Board will vote on a consent agenda 

consisting of the minutes of its June 14, 

2017 meeting. The Board will receive a 

report from the Chief Executive Officer 

and Director of BBG. 

This meeting will be available for 

public observation via streamed 

webcast, both live and on-demand, on 

the agency’s public Web site at 

www.bbg.gov. Information regarding this 

meeting, including any updates or 

adjustments to its starting time, can also 

be found on the agency’s public Web 

site. 

The public may also attend this 

meeting in person at the address listed 


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