Federal Register

Federal Register Vol. 75, No. 151 Friday, August 6, 2010
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Public Meeting and Public Comment
ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for public comment [TEXT]  [PDF]
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a public meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) and a request for written comments. This meeting, the 24th biannual meeting of the USCRTF, provides a forum for coordinated planning and action among Federal agencies, State and territorial governments, and nongovernmental partners. Please register in advance by visiting the website under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Advance public comment must be submitted by August 27, 2010, to Liza Johnson at the e-mail, fax, or mailing address listed below. This meeting has time allotted for sharing of in-person public comments, which must be submitted in written format by October 8, 2010. ADDRESSES: World Resort Saipan, Susupe, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (phone: [phone]). DATES: Please be aware of the following dates: Advance Public Comments: Submit to Liza Johnson at the e-mail, fax, or mailing address listed below by August 27, 2010. Tour on Guam: Saturday, September 11, 2010. All Meetings: Registration is required prior to the meeting for all events associated with the meetings. Steering Committee Meeting and Workshop: Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Meeting: Wednesday, September 15 and Thursday, September 16, 2010. Public Comments Given at the Meeting: Submit in writing to Liza Johnson at the e-mail, fax, or mailing address listed below by October 8, 2010. For more information about the meetings, draft agendas, and how to register, go to http://www.coralreef.gov.
Food and Drug Administration
Strategic Plan for Consumer Education via Cooperative Agreement (U18)
ACTION: Notice [TEXT]  [PDF]
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its intention to receive and consider a single source application under a cooperative agreement grant (U18) in fiscal year (FY) 2010 to the Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) located in Washington, DC. This cooperative agreement grant is being provided to facilitate a ``Strategic Plan for Consumer Education'' to determine future directions for PFSE in carrying out a nationwide food safety education program on safe handling practices to prevent foodborne illness. The goal of the cooperative agreement is to help strengthen PFSE, so that FDA's goal may be achieved in improving consumer food safety practices and in turn reduce the incidence of foodborne illness.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Notice of Request for a Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection (Listeria Monocytogenes Control for Ready-to-Eat Products)
ACTION: Paperwork Reduction Act Notice and request for comments [TEXT]  [PDF]
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, this notice announces the Food Safety and Inspection Service's (FSIS) intention to request a revision of a currently approved information collection regarding Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) for ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products because the OMB approval will expire on November 30, 2010, and to reflect its most recent plant data, which supports an estimate of fewer total burden hours. DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before October 5, 2010. Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the authority to exercise the functions of the Secretary as specified in the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et seq.) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451, et seq.). These statutes provide that FSIS is to protect the public by verifying that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged. FSIS regulations (9 CFR 430.4) require official establishments that produce post-lethality exposed RTE meat and poultry products to take measures to prevent product adulteration by the pathogen L. monocytogenes. Official establishments that produce these RTE meat and poultry products are required to at least annually furnish FSIS with information on the production volume of RTE products affected by the regulations and the control measures used by the establishments (9 CFR 430.4(d)).
International Trade Administration
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Results of the First Five-year “Sunset” Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
ACTION: Antidumping Review [A-552-802]  [TEXT]  [PDF]
SUMMARY: On January 4, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published the notice of initiation of the first sunset review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam''). On the basis of the notice of intent to participate by domestic interested parties and adequate substantive responses filed on behalf of the domestic and respondent interested parties, the Department is conducting a full sunset review of the antidumping duty order pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'') and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(2)(i). As a result of this sunset review, the Department preliminarily finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels listed below in the section entitled ``Preliminary Results of Review.'' EFFECTIVE DATE: August 6, 2010.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Endangered and Threatened Species; Recovery Plans
ACTION: Notice of Availability; recovery plan for the fin whale [TEXT]  [PDF]
SUMMARY: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the adoption of an Endangered Species Act (ESA) Recovery Plan for the Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). The Recovery Plan contains revisions and additions in consideration of public comments received on the proposed draft Recovery Plan for the fin whale. Electronic copies of the Recovery Plan and a summary of NMFS' response to public comments on the Recovery Plan are available online at the NMFS Office of Protected Resources website: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/cetaceans/finwhale.htm.
Trade Representative, Office of United States
Request for Public Comments To Compile the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers and Reports on Sanitary and Phytosanitary and Standards-Related Foreign Trade Barriers
ACTION: Notice [TEXT]  [PDF]
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 181 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2241), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is required to publish annually the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE). With this notice, the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is requesting interested persons to submit comments to assist it in identifying significant barriers to U.S. exports of goods, services, and U.S. foreign direct investment for inclusion in the NTE. Once again, the TPSC is requesting that comments on standards-related measures and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures that create barriers to U.S. exports be submitted separately from other NTE comments. This will assist USTR in updating two reports issued for the first time in 2010 highlighting SPS and standards-related measures that may be inconsistent with international trade agreements to which the United States is a party or that otherwise act as significant barriers to U.S. exports. These reports were published as the 2010 Report on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (2010 SPS Report) and the 2010 Report on Technical Barriers to Trade (2010 TBT Report) respectively. The TPSC invites written comments from the public on issues that USTR should examine in preparing the NTE and the reports on SPS and standards-related measures. DATES: Public comments are due not later than October 4, 2010.