[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 10021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5332]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 97-005N]


User Fees To Cover On-site Inspection Costs of Meat, Poultry, and 
Egg Products

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection 
Service (FSIS) will hold a public meeting on March 10, 1997, to discuss 
user fees for the inspection of meat, poultry, and egg products. The 
meeting will be an initial step in identifying the most equitable user 
fee system, and will enable the public to begin focusing on identifying 
criteria to be evaluated and options to be considered in establishing 
such a system.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 1:00 p..m. to 5:00 p.m. on March 
10, 1997, in the Patio in the Jamie A. Whitten Building, Department of 
Agriculture, 12th and Jefferson Drive, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for the meeting, contact 
Ms. Lisa Parks at (202) 501-7138, FAX (202) 501-7642, or E-mail 
usdafsis/[email protected]. For questions about the meeting or 
to obtain copies of a draft agenda, contact Mr. Charles Danner, FSIS, 
at (202) 501-7138.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Administration believes that the 
collection of user fees is essential to the successful long-term 
implementation of meat, poultry and egg inspection reforms. In 
Fiscal Year 1998, it is estimated that the new fees would generate 
$390 million for the Federal Government and result in savings to 
taxpayers. This March 10, 1997, public meeting will be convened for 
the purpose of identifying the criteria FSIS will use in 
considering available user fee options. Attendees will be asked to 
address (1) What criteria should be used in developing and 
evaluating user fee options? and (2) What user fees options FSIS 
should be considering?

    Done at Washington, DC, on February 27, 1997.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-5332 Filed 2-27-97; 5:06 pm]
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