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)
Office of the Secretary
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 124 (June 29, 2015)
| Page Range | 36962-36962 | |
| FR Document | 2015-15895 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 2015)] [Notices] [Page 36962] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-15895] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 3410-03-P
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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
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plant pests and diseases from entering hear the summary of findings and
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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.
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Quarantine (PPQ), is responsible for DATES: The ARS–AHWR will meet
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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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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of public meeting. | |
| Dates | The ARS-AHWR will meet virtually on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. | |
| 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] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 36962 |
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