80_FR_24977 80 FR 24893 - General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan

80 FR 24893 - General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 84 (May 1, 2015)

Page Range24893-24894
FR Document2015-10196

We are giving notice of a meeting of the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 84 (Friday, May 1, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24893-24894]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10196]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2015-0026]


General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement 
Plan

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a meeting of the General Conference

[[Page 24894]]

Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan.

DATES: The General Conference Committee meeting will be held on July 
23, 2015, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Little America Hotel, 500 
South Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Denise Brinson, Senior 
Coordinator, National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, USDA, 1506 
Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) 922-3496.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Conference Committee (the 
Committee) of the National Poultry Improvement Plan, representing 
cooperating State agencies and poultry industry members, serves an 
essential function by acting as liaison between the poultry industry 
and the Department in matters pertaining to poultry health.
    Topics for discussion at the upcoming meeting include:
    1. Approved tests,
    2. National Veterinary Services Laboratories avian influenza 
update,
    3. Salmonella update,
    4. Mycoplasma update, and
    5. U.S. Department of Agriculture updates.
    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. 
Statements filed with the Committee should specify that they pertain to 
the July 2015 Committee meeting. Written statements may also be filed 
at the meeting.
    This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of April 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-10196 Filed 4-30-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 84 / Friday, May 1, 2015 / Notices 24893 may not equal the product of the annual FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For (1) Evaluate whether the collection of number of responses multiplied by the information on volunteer service information is necessary for the proper reporting burden per response.) agreements and volunteer service time performance of the functions of the All responses to this notice will be and attendance record, contact Ms. Agency, including whether the summarized and included in the request Beverly Cassidy, HR Specialist, HR information will have practical utility; for OMB approval. All comments will Policy, HRD, APHIS, 4700 River Road (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our also become a matter of public record. Unit 21, Riverdale, MD, 20737; (301) estimate of the burden of the collection Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of 851–2914. For copies of more detailed of information, including the validity of April 2015. information on the information the methodology and assumptions used; Kevin Shea, collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and Administrator, Animal and Plant Health APHIS’ Information Collection clarity of the information to be Inspection Service. Coordinator, at (301) 851–2727. collected; and [FR Doc. 2015–10194 Filed 4–30–15; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (4) Minimize the burden of the Title: Volunteer Service Agreements collection of information on those who BILLING CODE 3410–34–P and Volunteer Service Time and are to respond, through use, as Attendance Record. appropriate, of automated, electronic, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OMB Control Number: 0579–XXXX. mechanical, and other collection Type of Request: Approval of a new technologies; e.g., permitting electronic Animal and Plant Health Inspection information collection. submission of responses. Service Abstract: Section 1526 of the Food Estimate of burden: The public and Agricultural Act of 1981 (7 U.S.C. reporting burden for this collection of [Docket No. APHIS–2015–0024] 2272) permits the Secretary of information is estimated to average 0.22 Notice of Request for Approval of an Agriculture to establish a program to use hours per response. Information Collection; Volunteer volunteers to carry out U.S. Department Respondents: Individuals engaged in Service Agreements and Volunteer of Agriculture (USDA) programs. activities for which they are not paid, Service Time and Attendance Record Departmental Regulation No. 4230–1, except for authorized expenses Volunteer Programs, provides the associated with performance of AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health guidelines USDA agencies must use for volunteer activities. Inspection Service, USDA. acceptance of volunteers and sets a Estimated annual number of ACTION: New information collection; requirement for agencies to publish respondents: 85. comment request. their guidelines. Regulations of the Estimated annual number of Office of Personnel Management (OPM) responses per respondent: 2. SUMMARY: In accordance with the in 5 CFR part 308 provide agencies with Estimated annual number of Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this the authority to establish programs responses: 170. notice announces the Animal and Plant designed to provide educationally Estimated total annual burden on Health Inspection Service’s intention to related work assignments for students in respondents: 38 hours. (Due to request approval of a new information nonpay status. averaging, the total annual burden hours collection associated with volunteer The Marketing and Regulatory may not equal the product of the annual service agreements and volunteer Programs (MRP) mission area of USDA number of responses multiplied by the service time and attendance record. uses several information collection reporting burden per response.) DATES: We will consider all comments activities to assist MRP program All responses to this notice will be that we receive on or before June 30, officials, administrative personnel, and summarized and included in the request 2015. USDA Human Resources offices in for OMB approval. All comments will ADDRESSES: You may submit comments determining a volunteer’s eligibility and also become a matter of public record. by either of the following methods: suitability for volunteer service. The Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to information is necessary to facilitate April 2015. http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket establishment of guidelines for Kevin Shea, Detail;D=APHIS-2015-0024. acceptance of volunteer services; make Administrator, Animal and Plant Health • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: a determination of an individual’s Inspection Service. Send your comment to Docket No. eligibility and suitability to serve as a [FR Doc. 2015–10193 Filed 4–30–15; 8:45 am] APHIS–2015–0024, Regulatory Analysis volunteer in MRP; and comply with BILLING CODE 3410–34–P and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station OPM regulations requiring 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, documentation of volunteer service and Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. maintenance of records. The DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Supporting documents and any information collection activities include comments we receive on this docket a Student Volunteer Service Agreement, Animal and Plant Health Inspection may be viewed at http://www. Nonstudent Volunteer Service Service regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D= Agreement, and Volunteer Time and APHIS-2015-0024 or in our reading Attendance Record. [Docket No. APHIS–2015–0026] room, which is located in Room 1141 of We are asking the Office of General Conference Committee of the mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES the USDA South Building, 14th Street Management and Budget (OMB) to National Poultry Improvement Plan and Independence Avenue SW., approve our use of these information Washington, DC. Normal reading room collection activities for 3 years. AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday The purpose of this notice is to solicit Inspection Service, USDA. through Friday, except holidays. To be comments from the public (as well as ACTION: Notice of meeting. sure someone is there to help you, affected agencies) concerning our please call (202) 799–7039 before information collection. These comments SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a coming. will help us: meeting of the General Conference VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:14 Apr 30, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01MYN1.SGM 01MYN1

24894 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 84 / Friday, May 1, 2015 / Notices Committee of the National Poultry DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As Improvement Plan. directed by the National Forest Forest Service Management Act, the U. S. Department DATES: The General Conference of Agriculture, Forest Service, is Committee meeting will be held on July Revision of Land and Resource preparing the Flathead National Forest’s 23, 2015, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Management Plan for Flathead revised forest plan and an amendment National Forest and an Amendment of to provide relevant direction from the ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Helena, Kootenai, Lewis and Clark, Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem the Little America Hotel, 500 South and Lolo National Forest Plans To (NCDE) Grizzly Bear Conservation Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. Incorporate Relevant Direction From Strategy into the forest plans for the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. the Northern Continental Divide Helena, Kootenai, Lewis and Clark and Denise Brinson, Senior Coordinator, Ecosystem Grizzly Bear Conservation Lolo National Forests. The Forest National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, Strategy Service will prepare a single APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road, environmental impact statement (EIS) AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) for its revised forest plan and the 922–3496. ACTION: Extension of comment period. amendment. The revised Flathead forest plan will SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SUMMARY: The Forest Service published supersede the existing forest plan that General Conference Committee (the a notice of intent to prepare an was approved by the Regional Forester Committee) of the National Poultry environmental impact statement in the in 1986, and amended more than 20 Improvement Plan, representing Federal Register on March 6, 2015, times since. The existing Flathead forest cooperating State agencies and poultry initiating a 60-day comment period on plan will remain in effect until the industry members, serves an essential the proposed action to revise the land revised forest plan takes effect. The function by acting as liaison between and resource management plan (forest management direction pertaining to the poultry industry and the Department plan) of the Flathead National Forest grizzly bear within the current forest in matters pertaining to poultry health. and amend the forest plans of the plans of the Helena National Forest, Helena, Kootenai, Lewis and Clark, and approved by the Regional Forester in Topics for discussion at the upcoming Lolo National Forest Plans to 1986; Kootenai National Forest, meeting include: incorporate relevant direction from the approved by the Regional Forester in 1. Approved tests, Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem 2015; Lewis and Clark National Forest, 2. National Veterinary Services Grizzly Bear Conservation Strategy. The approved by the Regional Forester in Laboratories avian influenza update, closing date for that 60-day comment 1986; and Lolo National Forest, period is May 5, 2015; the Agency is approved by the Regional Forester in 3. Salmonella update, extending the comment period for an 1986, as amended, will remain in effect 4. Mycoplasma update, and additional 10 days. until the proposed amendment takes 5. U.S. Department of Agriculture DATES: Comments must be received by effect. updates. May 15, 2015. In response to this notice, we are ADDRESSES: Send or deliver written asking for comments on the proposed The meeting will be open to the action so we may refine the proposed public. However, due to time comments to the Flathead National Forest Supervisor’s Office, Attn: Forest action and identify possible alternatives constraints, the public will not be to the proposed action. Comments allowed to participate in the discussions Plan Revision, 650 Wolfpack Way, Kalispell, Montana 59901. Comments concerning the scope of the proposed during the meeting. Written statements action must be received by May 15, may also be sent via email to on meeting topics may be filed with the 2015. The draft EIS is expected in flatheadplanrevision@fs.fed.us or via Committee before or after the meeting January 2016 and the final EIS is facsimile to (406) 758–5379. Further by sending them to the person listed expected in June 2017. instructions for providing comments The Flathead National Forest plan under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION that will assist the planning team in CONTACT. Statements filed with the revision Web site (www.fs.usda.gov/ reviewing comments can be found on goto/flathead/fpr) provides the full text Committee should specify that they the Flathead National Forest Web site pertain to the July 2015 Committee of the proposed action, describing www.fs.usda.gov/goto/flathead/fpr. preliminary desired conditions, meeting. Written statements may also be FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe objectives, standards, guidelines, and filed at the meeting. Krueger, Forest Planner, Flathead other plan content; the 2014 This notice of meeting is given National Forest, 650 Wolfpack Way, Assessment; summaries of the public pursuant to section 10 of the Federal Kalispell, Montana 59901, (406) 758– meetings and public meeting materials; Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 5243, or at flatheadplanrevision@ and public comments. The forest plan 2). fs.fed.us. Information regarding the amendment component of the proposed Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of Flathead NF plan revision is available action for the Helena, Kootenai, Lewis April 2015. on the Forest’s Plan Revision Web site and Clark, and Lolo National Forests is at: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/flathead/fpr; located at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ Kevin Shea, information about the amendment is flathead/gbamend, which can be linked Administrator, Animal and Plant Health mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES available at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ from the individual Forest’s Web sites Inspection Service. flathead/gbamend. as well. The material available on these [FR Doc. 2015–10196 Filed 4–30–15; 8:45 am] Individuals who use sites may be updated or revised at any BILLING CODE 3410–34–P telecommunication devices for the deaf time as part of the planning process. (TDD) may call the Federal Information The 2012 Planning Rule is explained Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 in more detail on the Forest Service’s between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Web site at http://www.fs.usda.gov/ Time, Monday through Friday. detail/planningrule/home/ VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:11 Apr 30, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01MYN1.SGM 01MYN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThe General Conference Committee meeting will be held on July 23, 2015, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
ContactDr. Denise Brinson, Senior Coordinator, National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) 922-3496.
FR Citation80 FR 24893 
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