81 FR 45121 - General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 133 (July 12, 2016)

Page Range		45121-45121
FR Document		2016-16461

We are giving notice that the Secretary of Agriculture has renewed the charter of the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (Committee) for a 2-year period. The Secretary of Agriculture has determined that the Committee is necessary and in the public interest.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2016-0041]


General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement 
Plan

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the Secretary of Agriculture has 
renewed the charter of the General Conference Committee of the National 
Poultry Improvement Plan (Committee) for a 2-year period. The Secretary 
of Agriculture has determined that the Committee is necessary and in 
the public interest.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the General Conference 
Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (Committee) is to 
maintain and ensure industry involvement in Federal administration of 
matters pertaining to poultry health.
    The Committee Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson shall be elected 
by the Committee from among its members. There are seven members on the 
Committee. The poultry industry elects the members of the Committee. 
The members represent six geographic areas with one member-at-large.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of July 2016.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-16461 Filed 7-11-16; 8:45 am]
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE diseases. Participation in all Plan
contains documents other than rules or programs is voluntary, but breeding
proposed rules that are applicable to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection flocks, hatcheries, and dealers must first
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Service qualify as ‘‘U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid
committee meetings, agency decisions and Clean’’ as a condition for participating
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of [Docket No. APHIS–2016–0013]
petitions and applications and agency
in the other Plan programs.
statements of organization and functions are Notice of Availability of Proposed The Plan identifies States, flocks,
examples of documents appearing in this Changes to the National Poultry hatcheries, dealers, and slaughter plants
section. Improvement Plan Program Standards that meet certain disease control
standards specified in the Plan’s various
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health programs. As a result, customers can
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Inspection Service, USDA. buy poultry that has tested clean of
ACTION: Notice of availability. certain diseases or that has been
Animal and Plant Health Inspection produced under disease-prevention
Service SUMMARY: We are advising the public conditions.
that proposed changes to the National The regulations in 9 CFR parts 56,
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0041] Poultry Improvement Plan Program 145, 146, and 147 (referred to below as
Standards are available for review and the regulations) contain the provisions
General Conference Committee of the comment. of the Plan. The Animal and Plant
National Poultry Improvement Plan DATES: We will consider all comments Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health that we receive on or before August 11, the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Inspection Service, USDA. 2016. (USDA) amends these provisions from
ACTION: Notice of renewal. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments time to time to incorporate new
by either of the following methods: scientific information and technologies
SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to within the Plan.
Secretary of Agriculture has renewed http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket In the past, APHIS has updated the
the charter of the General Conference Detail;D=APHIS–2016–0013. regulations once every 2 years,
Committee of the National Poultry • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: following the Biennial Plan Conference
Improvement Plan (Committee) for a 2- Send your comment to Docket No. of the NPIP General Conference
year period. The Secretary of APHIS–2016–0013, Regulatory Analysis Committee. The NPIP General
Agriculture has determined that the and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station Conference Committee advises the
Committee is necessary and in the 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Secretary on poultry health and
public interest. Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. represents cooperating State agencies
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. The proposed standards and any and poultry industry members. During
Denise L. Brinson, Senior Coordinator, comments we receive may be viewed at its meetings and Biennial Conferences,
National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket the Committee discusses significant
APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road, Detail;D=APHIS-2016-0013 or in our poultry health issues and makes
Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) reading room, which is located in room recommendations to improve the NPIP.
922–3496. 1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th However, while changes in diagnostic
Street and Independence Avenue SW., science, testing technology, and best
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Washington, DC. Normal reading room practices for maintaining sanitation are
purpose of the General Conference
hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday continual, the rulemaking process can
Committee of the National Poultry
through Friday, except holidays. To be be lengthy. As a result, the regulations
Improvement Plan (Committee) is to
sure someone is there to help you, have, at times, become outdated. To
maintain and ensure industry
please call (202) 799–7039 before remedy this problem, we determined
involvement in Federal administration
coming. that we needed a more flexible process
of matters pertaining to poultry health.
for amending provisions of the Plan. On
The Committee Chairperson and the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. July 9, 2014, we published in the
Vice Chairperson shall be elected by the Denise Brinson, DVM, Senior Federal Register (79 FR 38752–38768,
Committee from among its members. Coordinator, National Poultry Docket No. APHIS–2011–0101) a final
There are seven members on the Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, USDA, rule 1 that, among other things, amended
Committee. The poultry industry elects 1506 Klondike Road, Suite 101, the regulations by removing tests and
the members of the Committee. The Conyers, GA 30094–5104; (770) 922– detailed testing procedures, as well as
members represent six geographic areas 3496. sanitation procedures, from part 147,
with one member-at-large.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The and making these available in an NPIP
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Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of National Poultry Improvement Plan Program Standards document.2 The rule
July 2016. (NPIP), also referred to below as ‘‘the
Kevin Shea, Plan,’’ is a cooperative Federal-State- 1 To view the final rule and related documents,

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Industry mechanism for controlling go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=
Inspection Service. APHIS-2011-0101.
certain poultry diseases. The Plan 2 This document may be viewed on the NPIP Web
[FR Doc. 2016–16461 Filed 7–11–16; 8:45 am] consists of a variety of programs site at http://www.poultryimprovement.org/
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P intended to prevent and control poultry Continued

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of renewal.
Contact		Dr. Denise L. Brinson, Senior Coordinator, National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) 922-3496.
FR Citation		81 FR 45121

81 FR 45121 - General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 133 (July 12, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service