80_FR_37086 80 FR 36962 - Meeting Notice of the Agricultural Research Service-Animal Handling and Welfare Review Panel

80 FR 36962 - Meeting Notice of the Agricultural Research Service-Animal Handling and Welfare Review Panel

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 124 (June 29, 2015)

Page Range36962-36962
FR Document2015-15895

In accordance with section 1409(e) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3124a(e)), Federal-State Partnership and Coordination, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces an open meeting of the Agricultural Research Service--Animal Handling and Welfare Review Panel (ARS-AHWR) to discuss the report and recommendations on the Phase II review of the agency-wide research animal care and well-being policies, procedures, and standards for agricultural livestock in ARS research.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


Meeting Notice of the Agricultural Research Service--Animal 
Handling and Welfare Review Panel

AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 1409(e) of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3124a(e)), Federal-State Partnership and Coordination, the 
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces an open 
meeting of the Agricultural Research Service--Animal Handling and 
Welfare Review Panel (ARS-AHWR) to discuss the report and 
recommendations on the Phase II review of the agency-wide research 
animal care and well-being policies, procedures, and standards for 
agricultural livestock in ARS research.

DATES: The ARS-AHWR will meet virtually on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at 
1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place virtually at the AT&T Meeting 
Room below. Please follow the pre-registration instructions to ensure 
your participation in the meeting.
    Call-In instructions for Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time
    Web Preregistration: Participants may preregister for this 
teleconference at http://emsp.intellor.com?p=420376&do=register&t=8. 
Once the participant registers, a confirmation page will display dial-
in numbers and a unique PIN, and the participant will also receive an 
email confirmation of this information.
    You may submit written comments to: REE Advisory Board Office, 
Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 332A, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20250, or via email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Esch, Executive Director, REE 
Advisory Board Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture; telephone: (202) 
720-3684; fax: (202) 720-6199; or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time a virtual meeting will be conducted for any 
interested stakeholders and/or interested parties to hear the summary 
of findings and recommendations of the Phase II review of the agency-
wide research animal care and well-being policies, procedures, and 
standards for agricultural livestock in ARS research. The Review Panel 
plans to hear stakeholder input received from this meeting as well as 
other written comments. The report will be available at 
www.ree.usda.gov on July 6, 2015.
    This meeting is open to the public and any interested individuals 
wishing to attend.
    Opportunity for verbal public comment will be offered on the day of 
the meeting. Written comments by attendees or other interested 
stakeholders will be welcomed for the public record before and up to 
the day of the meeting (by close of business on Tuesday, July 14, 
2015). All statements will become a part of the official record of the 
REE Mission Area and will be kept on file for public review in the REE 
Advisory Board Office.

    Done at Washington, DC, this 23 day of June 2015.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2015-15895 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                  and quality control program. If the                       Total Burden Hours: 7,660.                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     On
                                                  information were not collected, it would                                                                       Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at 1:00 p.m.
                                                                                                          Ruth Brown,
                                                  cripple the Animal and Plant Health                                                                            Eastern Daylight Time a virtual meeting
                                                                                                          Departmental Information Collection                    will be conducted for any interested
                                                  Inspection Service ability to regulate                  Clearance Officer.
                                                  and prevent the importation or spread of                                                                       stakeholders and/or interested parties to
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2015–15897 Filed 6–26–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  plant pests and diseases from entering                                                                         hear the summary of findings and
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 3410–34–P                                 recommendations of the Phase II review
                                                  the United States.
                                                    Description of Respondents: Not-for-                                                                         of the agency-wide research animal care
                                                                                                                                                                 and well-being policies, procedures, and
                                                  profit institutions; Federal Government.                DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                                                                                                                                                                 standards for agricultural livestock in
                                                    Number of Respondents: 36.                                                                                   ARS research. The Review Panel plans
                                                                                                          Office of the Secretary
                                                    Frequency of Responses:                                                                                      to hear stakeholder input received from
                                                  Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.                  Meeting Notice of the Agricultural                     this meeting as well as other written
                                                    Total Burden Hours: 4,554.                            Research Service—Animal Handling                       comments. The report will be available
                                                                                                          and Welfare Review Panel                               at www.ree.usda.gov on July 6, 2015.
                                                  Animal and Plant Health Inspection                                                                                This meeting is open to the public
                                                  Service                                                 AGENCY: Research, Education, and                       and any interested individuals wishing
                                                                                                          Economics, USDA.                                       to attend.
                                                    Title: Movement of Plants and Plant                   ACTION: Notice of public meeting.                         Opportunity for verbal public
                                                  Products from Hawaii and the                                                                                   comment will be offered on the day of
                                                  Territories (formerly, Revision of Hawaii               SUMMARY:    In accordance with section                 the meeting. Written comments by
                                                  and the Territories Fruits and                          1409(e) of the National Agricultural                   attendees or other interested
                                                  Vegetables Regulations).                                Research, Extension, and Teaching                      stakeholders will be welcomed for the
                                                                                                          Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3124a(e)),                public record before and up to the day
                                                    OMB Control Number: 0579–0346.
                                                                                                          Federal-State Partnership and                          of the meeting (by close of business on
                                                    Summary of Collection: Under the                      Coordination, the United States                        Tuesday, July 14, 2015). All statements
                                                  Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701), the               Department of Agriculture (USDA)                       will become a part of the official record
                                                  Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to               announces an open meeting of the                       of the REE Mission Area and will be
                                                  prohibit or restrict the importation,                   Agricultural Research Service—Animal                   kept on file for public review in the REE
                                                  entry, or movement of fruits, vegetables,               Handling and Welfare Review Panel                      Advisory Board Office.
                                                  plants, and plant pests to prevent the                  (ARS–AHWR) to discuss the report and
                                                                                                                                                                   Done at Washington, DC, this 23 day of
                                                  introduction of pests or diseases into the              recommendations on the Phase II review                 June 2015.
                                                  United States, or dissemination of pests                of the agency-wide research animal care
                                                                                                                                                                 Ann Bartuska,
                                                  and diseases within the United States.                  and well-being policies, procedures, and
                                                                                                                                                                 Deputy Under Secretary, Research,
                                                  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection                  standards for agricultural livestock in
                                                                                                                                                                 Education, and Economics.
                                                  Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and                   ARS research.
                                                                                                                                                                 [FR Doc. 2015–15895 Filed 6–26–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  Quarantine (PPQ), is responsible for                    DATES: The ARS–AHWR will meet
                                                                                                                                                                 BILLING CODE 3410–03–P
                                                  implementing this Act and does so                       virtually on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at
                                                  through the enforcement of its Hawaiian                 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
                                                  and territorial quarantine regulations                  ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place                 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                                                  contained in Part 318 of Title 7, Code                  virtually at the AT&T Meeting Room
                                                  of Federal Regulations.                                 below. Please follow the pre-registration              Foreign Agricultural Service
                                                    Need and Use of the Information:                      instructions to ensure your participation
                                                  APHIS will use the following forms and                  in the meeting.                                        WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based
                                                  activities to collect information: PPQ                    Call-In instructions for Tuesday, July               Safeguard Trigger Levels
                                                  530, PPQ 586, PPQ 519, PPQ 540,                         14, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight                 AGENCY:   Foreign Agricultural Service,
                                                  Labeling of Boxes for Pest Free Areas,                  Time                                                   U.S. Department of Agriculture.
                                                  Inspection and Certification, Trapping                    Web Preregistration: Participants may                ACTION: Notice of product coverage and
                                                  and Surveillance, Contingency Plans                     preregister for this teleconference at                 trigger levels for safeguard measures
                                                  approved by APHIS, Updated Mapping                      http://emsp.intellor.com?p=420376&do                   provided for in the World Trade
                                                  Identifying Places Where Horticultural                  =register&t=8. Once the participant                    Organization (WTO) Agreement on
                                                  or Other Crops are Grown, Written                       registers, a confirmation page will                    Agriculture.
                                                  Request for Facility Approval—and                       display dial-in numbers and a unique
                                                  Recertification, Recordkeeping, and                     PIN, and the participant will also                     SUMMARY:    This notice lists the updated
                                                  Decertification of Pest Free Areas—and                  receive an email confirmation of this                  quantity-based trigger levels for
                                                  Reinstatement. If APHIS did not collect                 information.                                           products which may be subject to
                                                  this information or if APHIS collected                    You may submit written comments to:                  additional import duties under the
                                                  this information less frequently, the                   REE Advisory Board Office, Jamie L.                    safeguard provisions of the WTO
                                                  spread of dangerous plant diseases and                  Whitten Building, Room 332A, 1400                      Agreement on Agriculture. This notice
                                                  pests could cause millions of dollars in                Independence Avenue SW.,                               also includes the relevant period
                                                                                                          Washington, DC 20250, or via email at                  applicable for the trigger levels on each
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                                                  damage to U.S. agriculture.
                                                                                                          ahwrpanel@usda.gov.                                    of the listed products.
                                                    Description of Respondents: Business
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                       DATES: June 29, 2015.
                                                  or other for-profits; State, Local or Tribal
                                                  Government.                                             Michele Esch, Executive Director, REE                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                          Advisory Board Office, U.S. Department                 Safeguard Staff, Import Policies and
                                                    Number of Respondents: 178.                           of Agriculture; telephone: (202) 720–                  Export Reporting Division, Office of
                                                    Frequency of Responses:                               3684; fax: (202) 720–6199; or email:                   Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural
                                                  Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.                  ahwrpanel@usda.gov.                                    Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meeting.
DatesThe ARS-AHWR will meet virtually on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
ContactMichele Esch, Executive Director, REE Advisory Board Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture; telephone: (202) 720-3684; fax: (202) 720-6199; or email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 36962 

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