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control Salmonella in their operations. 

SIP does this by granting waivers of 

certain regulatory requirements with the 

condition that establishments test for 

Salmonella, Campylobacter (if 

applicable), and generic Escherichia coli 

or other indicator organisms and share 

all sample results with FSIS. SIP 

benefits public health because it 

encourages establishments to test for 

microbial pathogens, which is a key 

feature of effective process control. 

In return for meeting the conditions of 

SIP, the Agency grants establishments 

appropriate waivers of certain 

regulatory requirements, based upon 

establishment proposals and 

documentation, under FSIS regulations 

at 9 CFR 303.1(h) and 381.3(b). These 

regulations specifically provide for the 

Administrator to waive for limited 

periods any provisions of the 

regulations to permit experimentation 

so that new procedures, equipment, or 

processing techniques may be tested to 

facilitate definite improvements. 

Establishments participating in SIP 

agree to the conditions of SIP regarding 

pathogen testing and sharing of test 

result data with FSIS. 

FSIS is requesting a revision of the 

approved information collection related 

to SIP. The approval for this information 

collection will expire on January 31, 

2018. Based on a decrease in the 

number of SIP approvals that occurred 

as a result of the implementation of the 

New Poultry Inspection System, FSIS 

has decreased its total annual burden 

estimate by 45,511 hours. 

FSIS has made the following 

estimates based upon an information 

collection assessment: 

Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates 

that it will take respondents an average 

of .69 hours per response. 

Respondents: Official slaughter 

establishments that are under a waiver. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

37. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 325. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 8,265 hours. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Copies of this information collection 

assessment can be obtained from Gina 

Kouba, Office of Policy and Program 

Development, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 

Independence SW., 6065, South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250; 

(202)720–5627. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of FSIS’s functions, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of FSIS’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques, or other forms of 

information technology. Comments may 

be sent to both FSIS, at the addresses 

provided above, and the Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC 20253. 

Responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

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: August 28, 

2017. 

Paul Kiecker, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18497 Filed 8–30–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2017–0030] 

Notice of Request for Revision of an 

Approved Information Collection 

(Public Health Information System) 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

its intention to request a renewal of the 

approved information collection 

regarding its Web-based Public Health 

Information System (PHIS). There are no 

changes to the existing information 

collection except a revision to remove 

the FSIS Form 9080–4, Product List, 

because FSIS no longer uses it. This will 

result in a reduction in burden of 41,667 

hours. The approval for this information 

collection will expire on January 31, 

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DATES: Submit comments on or before 

October 30, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

information collection. Comments may 

be submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

Web site provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field on this Web page or 

attach a file for lengthier comments. Go 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.: 

Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, Docket Clerk, 

Patriots Plaza 3, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Mailstop 3782, Room 8– 

163A, Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

• Hand- or courier-delivered 

submittals: Deliver to Patriots Plaza 3, 

355 E Street SW., Room 8–163A, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2017–0030. 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 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina 

Kouba, Office of Policy and Program 

Development, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 6065, 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250; 

(202) 720–5627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Public Health Information 

System (PHIS). 

OMB Number: 0583–0153. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 01/31/ 

2018. 

Type of Request: Revision of an 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the 

authority to exercise the functions of the 

Secretary (7 CFR 2.18, 2.53) as specified 

in the Federal Meat Inspection Act 

(FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et seq.), the 

Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) 

(21 U.S.C. 451, et seq.), and the Egg 

Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (21 

U.S.C. 1031, et seq.). FSIS protects the 

public by verifying that meat, poultry, 

and egg products are safe, wholesome, 

not adulterated, and correctly labeled 

and packaged. 

FSIS is requesting a revision of the 

approved information collection 

regarding the Public Health Information 

System (PHIS). There are no changes to 

the existing information collection 

except a revision to remove the FSIS 

Form 9080–4, Product List, because 

FSIS no longer uses it. This will result 

in a reduction in burden of 41,667 

hours. The approval for this information 

collection will expire on January 31, 

2018. 

FSIS uses a PHIS, a Web-based system 

that improves FSIS inspection 

operations and facilitates industry 

members’ applications for inspection, 

export, and import of meat, poultry, and 

egg products. With PHIS, industry 

members are able to submit forms 

through a series of screens. Paper forms 

are also available to firms that do not 

wish to use PHIS. 

To submit information through PHIS, 

firms’ employees register for a USDA 

eAuthentication account with Level-2 

access. An eAuthentication account 

enables individuals inside and outside 

of USDA to obtain user-identification 

accounts to access a wide range of 

USDA applications through the Internet. 

The Level-2 access provides users the 

ability to conduct official electronic 

business transactions. To register for a 

Level-2 eAuthentication account, the 

user needs to have access to the Internet 

and a valid email address. To learn 

more about eAuthentication and how to 

register for an account, visit http://

www.eauth.egov.usda.gov/. 

Consistent with its current 

procedures, FSIS continues to collect 

information within PHIS from firms 

regarding the application for inspection 

and the export and import of meat, 

poultry, and egg products. Firms may 

complete new forms (screen sets) in 

PHIS when exporting meat, poultry, and 

egg products (9 CFR 322.2, 381.107, and 

590.200). FSIS is requesting the 

continued use of the following forms 

and collection of information for them 

through screen sets within PHIS. 

A Transfer Certificate is submitted by 

exporters to FSIS when product is 

transferred from one establishment or 

plant to another facility before export. 

A ‘‘Split/Consolidations’’ Certificate 

is submitted by exporters to indicate 

that an export shipment approved by 

FSIS for export is being split and sent 

to two separate destinations or that two 

or more FSIS-approved export 

shipments to the same country are being 

combined. 

FSIS Form 9080–3, Establishment 

Application for Export, is completed by 

exporters to specify countries where 

they wish to export product (9 CFR 

322.2 and 381.105). FSIS uses this 

information to track the export of 

product. 

FSIS Form 9060–6, The Application 

for Export Certificate, provides FSIS 

with data necessary to facilitate the 

export of product (9 CFR 322.2 and 

381.105). 

FSIS Form 9010–1, Application for 

the Return of Exported Products to the 

United States, is used by the exporter of 

product that is exported and then 

returned to this country, to notify FSIS 

and to arrange for the product’s entry (9 

CFR 327.17, 381.209, and 590.965). 

The following three forms are 

available in PHIS but not as a series of 

screens. FSIS is requesting the 

continued use of these forms. 

FSIS Form 5200–2, Application for 

Federal Inspection, is submitted by all 

official establishments in order to 

receive a grant of inspection (9 CFR 

304.1 and 381.17). 

FSIS Form 5200–6, Application for 

Approval of Voluntary Inspection, is 

submitted by all establishments that 

want voluntary inspection, (9 CFR 

350.5, 351.4, 352.3, and 362.3). 

FSIS Form 5200–15, Hours of 

Operation, is submitted when an 

establishment wants to notify the 

Agency of a change in its hours of 

operation (9 CFR 307.4, 381.37, 590.124, 

and 592.96). 

FSIS has made the following 

estimates based upon an information 

collection assessment: 

Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates 

that it will take the average number of 

respondents an average of 1 hour per 

year. 

Respondents: Official establishments, 

official plants, importers, and exporters. 

Estimated Average Number of 

Respondents: 1,147. 

Estimated Average Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 88. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 103,814 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

assessment can be obtained from Gina 

Kouba, Office of Policy and Program 

Development, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 

Independence SW., 6065, South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250; 

(202)720–5627. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of FSIS’s functions, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of FSIS’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 


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the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques, or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments may be sent to both FSIS, 

at the addresses provided above, and the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20253. 

Responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

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: August 28, 

2017. 

Paul Kiecker, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18491 Filed 8–30–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Information Collection Activity; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

United States Department of 

Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS), invites comments on this 

information collection for which the 

Agency intends to request approval 

from the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 30, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, USDA Rural Utilities Service, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 

1522, Room 5164–S, Washington, DC 

20250–1522. Telephone: (202) 690– 

4492, Facsimile: (202) 720–8435. Email: 

Thomas.Dickson@wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires 

that interested members of the public 

and affected agencies have an 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection and recordkeeping activities 

(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice 

identifies an existing information 

collection that the Agency is submitting 

to OMB for extension. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) Ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Comments may be sent to: 

Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, USDA Rural Utilities Service, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 

5164–S, STOP 1522, Washington, DC 

20250–1522. Telephone: (202) 690– 

4492, Facsimile: (202) 720–8435, email: 

Thomas.Dickson@wdc.usda.gov. 

Title: Accounting Requirements for 

Electric and Telecommunications 

Borrowers. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0003. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service 

is a credit agency of the USDA which 

makes direct and guaranteed loans to 

finance electric and telecommunications 

facilities in rural areas. Accounting 

requirements that are unique to RUS 

borrowers are contained in 7 CFR parts 

1767 and 1770, and establish basic 

accounting requirements for the 

recording of financial information that 

must be available to the management, 

investors, and lenders of any business 

enterprise. This collection is primarily a 

recordkeeping requirement, although 

the Agency is requiring borrowers to 

establish an index of records. The hours 

of burden to maintain this index are 

directly related to the portions of the 

accounting system that are unique to the 

Agency. There are many important 

financial considerations for retention 

and preservation of accounting records. 

One of the most important 

considerations to RUS is that 

documentation be available so that the 

borrower’s records may be audited for 

proper disbursements of funds. 


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