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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 80, No. 36 

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 18, 2015. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) whether the 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 burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), New Executive Office Building, 

725–17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax 

(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received by 

March 26, 2015. Copies of the 

submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling (202) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Rural Housing Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1901–E, Civil Rights 

Compliance Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0018. 

Summary Of Collection: Rural 

Development (RD) is required to provide 

Federal financial assistance through its 

farmer, housing, and community and 

business programs on an equal 

opportunity basis. The laws 

implemented in 7 CFR 1901–E, require 

the recipients of Rural Development‘s 

Federal financial assistance to collect 

various types of information by race, 

color, and national origin. 

Need and Use of the Information: RD 

will use the information to monitor a 

recipient’s compliance with the civil 

rights laws, and to determine whether or 

not service and benefits are being 

provided to beneficiaries on an equal 

opportunity basis. This information is 

made available to USDA officials, 

officials of other Federal agencies and to 

Congress for reporting purposes. 

Without the required information, RD 

and its recipient will lack the necessary 

documentation to demonstrate that their 

programs are being administered in a 

nondiscriminatory manner and in full 

compliance with the civil rights laws. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit; Farms; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 27,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 560,276. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 18, 2015. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) whether the 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 burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (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 and other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by March 26, 2015 

will be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Commentors are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax 

(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Copies of the submission(s) may 

be obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Forest Service 

Title: Qualified Product List for Wild 

Land Fire Chemicals. 

Omb Control Number: 0596–0182. 

Summary of Collection: In the Forest 

Service (FS) Manual 5162, its objective 

is, ‘‘To have available and utilize 

adequate types and quantities of 

qualified fire chemical products to 

accomplish fire management activities 

safely, efficiently, and effectively.’’ To 

accomplish their objective, FS evaluates 


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chemical products that may be used in 

direct wildland fire suppression 

operations prior to their use on lands 

managed by the FS. Safe products do 

not include ingredients that create an 

enhanced risk, in typical use, to either 

the firefighters involved or the public in 

general. Safety to the environment in 

terms of aquatic (fish, clean water) and 

terrestrial environments (wildlife, 

plants) is also considered. 

Need and Use of the Information: FS 

will collect the listing of individual 

ingredients and quantity of these 

ingredients in the formulation of a 

product being submitted for evaluation 

in order to test the products using 

various Technical Data Sheets and other 

forms. The entity submitting the 

information provides the FS with the 

specific ingredients used in its product 

and identifies the specific source of 

supply for each ingredient. The 

information collected is specific mixing 

requirements and hydration 

requirements of gum-thickened 

retardants. The information provided 

will allow the FS to search the List of 

Known and Suspected Carcinogens, as 

well as the Environmental Protection 

Agency’s List of Highly Hazardous 

Materials, to determine if any of the 

ingredients appear on any of these lists. 

Without the information FS would not 

be able to assess the safety of the 

wildland fire chemicals utilized on FS 

managed land, since the specific 

ingredients and the quantity of each 

ingredients used in a formulation would 

not be known. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 7. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (once). 

Total Burden Hours: 11. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2015–0008] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Pesticide Residues (CCPR) 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

(FSIS), and the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) are sponsoring 

a public meeting on March 16, 2015. 

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 Pesticide Residues 

(CCPR) of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (Codex), taking place in 

Beijing, China, April 13–18, 2015. The 

Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety 

and the EPA recognize the importance 

of providing interested parties the 

opportunity to obtain background 

information on the 47th Session of 

CCPR and to address items on the 

agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Monday, March 16, 2015, from 2:00– 

4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), Room S–7100, 

One Potomac Yard South, 2777 South 

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. 

Documents related to the 47th Session 

of CCPR will be accessible on-line at the 

following address: http://

www.codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en/. 

Barbara Madden, U.S. Delegate to the 

47th Session of the CCPR, the EPA, and 

the USDA, invite interested parties to 

submit their comments electronically to 

the following email address: 

Madden.barbara@epa.gov. 

Call-In Number: 

If you wish to participate in the 

public meeting for the 47th Session of 

the CCPR by conference call on March 

16, 2015, please use the call-in numbers 

and participant codes listed below: 

United States Call-in Number: 1–866– 

299–3188 

International Call-in Number: 1–706– 

758–1822 

Participant Code: 7033056463# 

Registration: 

Attendees may register by emailing 

uscodex@fsis.usda.gov by March 13, 

2015. Early registration is encouraged 

because it will expedite entry into the 

building. The meeting will be held in a 

Federal building, you should also bring 

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. 

For Further Information About the 

47th Session of the CCPR Contact: 

Barbara Madden, Office of Pesticide 

Programs, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, Phone: (703) 

305–6463, Fax: (703) 305–6920, Email: 

madden.barbara@epa.gov. 

For Further Information About the 

Public Meeting Contact: Marie Maratos, 

U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 4861, Washington, 

DC 20250, Phone: (202) 205–7760, Fax: 

(202) 720–3157, Email: Marie.Maratos@

fsis.usda.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 the food trade. 

The CCPR is responsible for 

establishing maximum limits for 

pesticide residues in specific food items 

or in groups of food, establishing 

maximum limits for pesticide residues 

in certain animal feeding stuffs moving 

in international trade where this is 

justified for reasons of protection of 

human health, preparing priority lists of 

pesticides for evaluation by the Joint 

FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide 

Residues (JMPR), considering methods 

of sampling and analysis for the 

determination of pesticide residues in 

food and feed, considering other matters 

in relation to the safety of food and feed 

containing pesticide residues, and 

establishing maximum limits for 

environmental and industrial 

contaminants showing chemical or 

other similarity to pesticides in specific 

food items or groups of food. 

The Committee is hosted by China. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 47th Session of CCPR will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters referred to the committee by 

Codex and other subsidiary bodies 

• Matters of interest arising from FAO 

and WHO 

• Matters of interest arising from other 

international organizations 

• Draft Maximum Residue Limits 

(MRLs) for pesticides 

• Draft Revision to the Classification of 

Food and Feed (CFF) (vegetable 

commodity groups: Group 016—Roots 

and Tubers) 


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