82_FR_18491 82 FR 18417 - Notice of Request for Renewal of an Approved Information Collection (Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection)

82 FR 18417 - Notice of Request for Renewal of an Approved Information Collection (Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 74 (April 19, 2017)

Page Range18417-18418
FR Document2017-07906

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to request a renewal of the approved information collection regarding poultry slaughter inspection. The approval for this information collection will expire on September 30, 2017. There are no changes to the existing information collection.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 74 (Wednesday, April 19, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18417-18418]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07906]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. FSIS-2017-0014]


Notice of Request for Renewal of an Approved Information 
Collection (Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection)

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and 
Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to request a 
renewal of the approved information collection regarding poultry 
slaughter inspection. The approval for this information collection will 
expire on September 30, 2017. There are no changes to the existing 
information collection.

DATES: Submit comments on or before June 19, 2017.

ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this 
information collection. Comments may be submitted by one of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: This Web site provides the 
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field on this 
Web page or attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for 
submitting comments.
     Mail, including CD-ROMs, etc.: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Docket 
Clerk, Patriots Plaza 3, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Mailstop 3782, 
Room 8-163A, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
     Hand- or courier-delivered submittals: Deliver to Patriots 
Plaza 3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8-163A, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
    Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must 
include the Agency name and docket number FSIS-2016-0028. Comments 
received in response to this docket will be made available for public 
inspection and posted without change, including any personal 
information, to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Docket: For access to background documents or comments received, go 
to the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza 3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8-
164, Washington, DC 20250-3700 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Kouba, Office of Policy and 
Program Development, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW., Room 6065, South Building, Washington, DC 
20250; (202) 720-5627.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection.
    OMB Number: 0583-0156.
    Expiration Date of Approval: 9/30/2017.
    Type of Request: Renewal of an approved information collection.
    Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the authority to exercise the 
functions of the Secretary as specified in the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451, et seq.). This statute provides 
that FSIS is to protect the public by verifying that poultry products 
are safe, wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and 
packaged.
    FSIS is requesting a renewal of the approved information collection 
regarding poultry slaughter inspection. The approval for this 
information collection will expire on September 30, 2017. There are no 
changes to the existing information collection.
    FSIS requires that all official poultry slaughter establishments, 
other than establishments that slaughter ratites, maintain as part of 
their HACCP plan, sanitation SOP, or other prerequisite program, 
written procedures addressing (1) the prevention throughout the entire 
slaughter and dressing operation, of contamination of carcasses and 
parts by enteric pathogens (e.g., Salmonella and Campylobacter) and by 
fecal material, including microbial test results, and (2) the 
prevention of carcasses and parts contaminated by visible fecal 
material from entering the chiller. This information was previously 
collected under the FSIS information collection for Sanitation SOPs and 
Pathogen Reduction/HACCP (0583-0103). Each establishment operating 
under the New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS) is required to collect 
and maintain additional information concerning poultry slaughter:
     As part of the HACCP system, written procedures to prevent 
carcasses afflicted with septicemia and toxemia from entering the 
chiller; and
     records that document that the products resulting from 
slaughter operations meet the definition of ready-to-cook poultry.
    Additionally, each establishment operating under the NPIS also 
needs to submit on an annual basis an attestation to the management 
member of the local FSIS circuit safety committee stating that it 
maintains a program to monitor and document any work-related conditions 
of establishment workers.
    FSIS has made the following estimates based upon an information 
collection assessment:
    Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates that it will take respondents an 
average of .125 hours to record results and maintain necessary 
documentation.
    Respondents: Official poultry establishments.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 289.
    Estimated No. of Annual Responses per Respondent: 5,291.3.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 19,204 hours.
    Copies of this information collection assessment can be obtained 
from Gina Kouba, Office of Policy and Program Development, Food Safety 
and Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 Independence SW., 6065, South 
Building, Washington, DC 20250; (202)720-5627.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of FSIS's 
functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of FSIS's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques, or other forms of 
information technology. Comments may be sent to both FSIS, at the 
addresses provided above, and the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20253.
    Responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of 
public record.

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Additional Public Notification

    Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy 
development is important. Consequently, FSIS will announce this Federal 
Register publication on-line through the FSIS Web page located at: 
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.
    FSIS also will make copies of this publication available through 
the FSIS Constituent Update, which is used to provide information 
regarding FSIS policies, procedures, regulations, Federal Register 
notices, FSIS public meetings, and other types of information that 
could affect or would be of interest to our constituents and 
stakeholders. The Update is available on the FSIS Web page. Through the 
Web page, FSIS is able to provide information to a much broader, more 
diverse audience. In addition, FSIS offers an email subscription 
service which provides automatic and customized access to selected food 
safety news and information. This service is available at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. Options range from recalls to export 
information, regulations, directives, and notices. Customers can add or 
delete subscriptions themselves, and have the option to password 
protect their accounts.

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    No agency, officer, or employee of the USDA shall, on the grounds 
of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual 
orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, 
income derived from a public assistance program, or political beliefs, 
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authorized representative.
    Send your completed complaint form or letter to USDA by mail, fax, 
or email: Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of 
Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-9410, 
Fax: (202) 690-7442, Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
    Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for 
communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), should contact 
USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).

    Done at Washington, DC, on April 11, 2017.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017-07906 Filed 4-18-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 74 / Wednesday, April 19, 2017 / Notices 18417 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT sections Agency name and docket number FSIS– additional information concerning of this notice. 2016–0028. Comments received in poultry slaughter: Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– response to this docket will be made • As part of the HACCP system, 7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and available for public inspection and written procedures to prevent carcasses 371.3. posted without change, including any afflicted with septicemia and toxemia Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of personal information, to http:// from entering the chiller; and April 2017. www.regulations.gov. • records that document that the Michael C. Gregoire, Docket: For access to background products resulting from slaughter documents or comments received, go to operations meet the definition of ready- Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza to-cook poultry. 3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8–164, Additionally, each establishment [FR Doc. 2017–07840 Filed 4–18–17; 8:45 am] Washington, DC 20250–3700 between operating under the NPIS also needs to BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday submit on an annual basis an attestation through Friday. to the management member of the local DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina FSIS circuit safety committee stating Kouba, Office of Policy and Program that it maintains a program to monitor Food Safety and Inspection Service Development, Food Safety and and document any work-related Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 conditions of establishment workers. [Docket No. FSIS–2017–0014] FSIS has made the following Independence Avenue SW., Room 6065, South Building, Washington, DC 20250; estimates based upon an information Notice of Request for Renewal of an (202) 720–5627. collection assessment: Approved Information Collection Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates (Modernization of Poultry Slaughter SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: that it will take respondents an average Inspection) Title: Modernization of Poultry of .125 hours to record results and AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Slaughter Inspection. maintain necessary documentation. Service, USDA. OMB Number: 0583–0156. Respondents: Official poultry Expiration Date of Approval: 9/30/ establishments. ACTION: Notice and request for 2017. Estimated No. of Respondents: 289. comments. Type of Request: Renewal of an Estimated No. of Annual Responses SUMMARY: In accordance with the approved information collection. per Respondent: 5,291.3. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the Estimated Total Annual Burden on Office of Management and Budget authority to exercise the functions of the Respondents: 19,204 hours. (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and Secretary as specified in the Poultry Copies of this information collection Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 assessment can be obtained from Gina its intention to request a renewal of the U.S.C. 451, et seq.). This statute Kouba, Office of Policy and Program approved information collection provides that FSIS is to protect the Development, Food Safety and regarding poultry slaughter inspection. public by verifying that poultry Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 The approval for this information products are safe, wholesome, not Independence SW., 6065, South collection will expire on September 30, adulterated, and properly labeled and Building, Washington, DC 20250; 2017. There are no changes to the packaged. (202)720–5627. existing information collection. FSIS is requesting a renewal of the Comments are invited on: (a) Whether DATES: Submit comments on or before approved information collection the proposed collection of information June 19, 2017. regarding poultry slaughter inspection. is necessary for the proper performance ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested The approval for this information of FSIS’s functions, including whether persons to submit comments on this collection will expire on September 30, the information will have practical information collection. Comments may 2017. There are no changes to the utility; (b) the accuracy of FSIS’s be submitted by one of the following existing information collection. estimate of the burden of the proposed methods: FSIS requires that all official poultry collection of information, including the • Federal eRulemaking Portal: This slaughter establishments, other than validity of the methodology and Web site provides the ability to type establishments that slaughter ratites, assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance short comments directly into the maintain as part of their HACCP plan, the quality, utility, and clarity of the comment field on this Web page or sanitation SOP, or other prerequisite information to be collected; and (d) attach a file for lengthier comments. Go program, written procedures addressing ways to minimize the burden of the to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow (1) the prevention throughout the entire collection of information, including the on-line instructions at that site for slaughter and dressing operation, of through the use of appropriate submitting comments. contamination of carcasses and parts by automated, electronic, mechanical, or • Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.: enteric pathogens (e.g., Salmonella and other technological collection Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department Campylobacter) and by fecal material, techniques, or other forms of of Agriculture, Food Safety and including microbial test results, and (2) information technology. Comments may Inspection Service, Docket Clerk, the prevention of carcasses and parts be sent to both FSIS, at the addresses Patriots Plaza 3, 1400 Independence contaminated by visible fecal material provided above, and the Desk Officer for from entering the chiller. 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18418 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 74 / Wednesday, April 19, 2017 / Notices Additional Public Notification (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), 2021. The SIPP is a household-based Public awareness of all segments of should contact USDA’s TARGET Center survey designed as a continuous series rulemaking and policy development is at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). of national panels. The SIPP represents important. Consequently, FSIS will Done at Washington, DC, on April 11, a primary source of information about announce this Federal Register 2017. annual and sub-annual dynamics of Alfred V. Almanza, income, family and household content, publication on-line through the FSIS movement into and out of government Web page located at: http:// Administrator. programs, and interactions of these www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. [FR Doc. 2017–07906 Filed 4–18–17; 8:45 am] topics in a single, unified database FSIS also will make copies of this BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P allowing for in-depth, informed publication available through the FSIS analyses. Government domestic policy Constituent Update, which is used to formulators depend heavily upon SIPP provide information regarding FSIS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE information concerning the distribution policies, procedures, regulations, of income received either directly as Federal Register notices, FSIS public Census Bureau money or indirectly as in-kind benefits meetings, and other types of information and the effect of tax and transfer that could affect or would be of interest Proposed Information Collection; programs on that distribution. They also to our constituents and stakeholders. Comment Request; Survey of Income rely on data that provides improved and The Update is available on the FSIS and Program Participation (SIPP) 2018 expanded information on the dynamics Web page. Through the Web page, FSIS Panel of income and the general economic and is able to provide information to a much AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, financial situation of the U.S. broader, more diverse audience. In Commerce. population, in the context of the addition, FSIS offers an email household situation, which the SIPP has ACTION: Notice. subscription service which provides provided on a continuing basis since automatic and customized access to SUMMARY: The Department of 1983. The SIPP has measured levels of selected food safety news and Commerce, as part of its continuing economic well-being and permitted information. This service is available at: effort to reduce paperwork and measurement of changes in these levels http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. respondent burden, invites the general over time. Options range from recalls to export public and other federal agencies to take A portion of the 2018 SIPP Panel will information, regulations, directives, and this opportunity to comment on the use an Event History Calendar (EHC) notices. Customers can add or delete proposed 2018 Survey of Income and that facilitates the collection of dates of subscriptions themselves, and have the Program Participation, as required by events and spells of coverage. The EHC option to password protect their the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. is a tool to assist the respondent’s ability accounts. DATES: To ensure consideration, submit to recall events accurately over the one USDA Non-Discrimination Statement written comments on or before June 19, year reference period and provide 2017. increased data quality and inter-topic No agency, officer, or employee of the consistency for dates reported by ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments USDA shall, on the grounds of race, respondents. The EHC is intended to color, national origin, religion, sex, to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, help respondents recall information in a gender identity, sexual orientation, more natural ‘‘autobiographical’’ disability, age, marital status, family/ Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., manner by using life events as triggers parental status, income derived from a to recall other economic events. The public assistance program, or political Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov). EHC was previously used in the 2014 beliefs, exclude from participation in, Panel. The content of the 2018 SIPP deny the benefits of, or subject to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Panel will match that of the 2014 SIPP discrimination any person in the United Requests for additional information or Panel very closely. As with the 2014 States under any program or activity copies of the information collection Panel, the 2018 Panel SIPP design does conducted by the USDA. instrument(s) and instructions should not contain freestanding topical be directed to Jason M. Fields, U.S. modules; however, a portion of How To File a Complaint of Census Bureau, ADDP, 4600 Silver Hill Discrimination traditional SIPP topical module content Road, Room HQ–7H153, Washington, is integrated into the 2018 SIPP Panel To file a complaint of discrimination, DC 20233–0001, (301) 763–2465 (or via interview. Examples of this content complete the USDA Program the Internet at jason.m.fields@ include questions on medical expenses, Discrimination Complaint Form, which census.gov). child care, retirement and pension plan may be accessed online at http:// SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: coverage, marital history, and adult and www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ child well-being. docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_ I. Abstract The 2018 SIPP Panel begins with a 12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you The Census Bureau plans to conduct new ‘‘Wave 1’’ sample of survey or your authorized representative. the Survey of Income and Program respondents who were not interviewed Send your completed complaint form Participation (SIPP) 2018 Panel in 4 in the previous 2014 SIPP Panel. The or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: waves beginning in February 2018. 2018 SIPP Panel Wave 1 will interview Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wave 1 of the SIPP 2018 Panel will be respondents about the previous calendar jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 conducted from February to May of year, 2017, as the reference period and Independence Avenue SW., 2018. Wave 2 is scheduled to be will proceed with annual interviewing Washington, DC 20250–9410, Fax: (202) conducted from February to May of going forward. The 2018 SIPP Panel will 690–7442, Email: program.intake@ 2019. Wave 3 is scheduled to be use the same interviewing method usda.gov. conducted from February to May of structure as in the 2014 Panel, in which Persons with disabilities who require 2020. 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Document Created: 2018-11-14 09:43:48
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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 and request for comments.
DatesSubmit comments on or before June 19, 2017.
ContactGina Kouba, Office of Policy and Program Development, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 6065, South Building, Washington, DC 20250; (202) 720-5627.
FR Citation82 FR 18417 
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