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Notices Federal Register

48982

Vol. 62, No. 181

Thursday, September 18, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Invitation for Nominations for the

Dietary Guidelines Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Food, Nutrition and Consumer

Services, and Research, Education, and

Economics, U.S. Department of

Agriculture; and Office of Public Health

and Science, U.S. Department of Health

and Human Services.

ACTION: Dietary Guidelines Advisory

Committee: Invitation for nominations.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Agriculture (USDA) and the Department

of Health and Human Services (HHS)

announce their intention to establish a

Dietary Guidelines advisory Committee

and invite nominations for the

Committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Junko Alice Tamaki, Co-Executive

Secretary from USDA to the Dietary

Guidelines Advisory Committee,

Agricultural Research Service, 10300

Baltimore Blvd., Room 332, Building

005, Beltsville, MD 20705, (301) 504–

6216; William M. Layden, Co-Executive

Secretary from USDA to the Dietary

Guidelines Advisory Committee, Center

for Nutrition Policy and Promotion,

1120 20th St., NW, Suite 200 North

Lobby, Washington, DC 20036, (202)

418–2312; or Kathryn McMurry or

Linda Meyers, Co-Executive Secretaries

from HHS to the Dietary Guidelines

Advisory Committee, Office of Public

Health and Science, Room 738G,

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20201, (202)

205–4872.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Dietary Guidelines for Americans form

the basis of Federal food and nutrition

education activities. The Guidelines

were first published by USDA and HHS

in 1980, with revisions in 1985, 1990,

and 1995. The National Nutrition

Monitoring and Related Research Act of

1990 (Pub. L. 101–445) requires the

Secretaries of USDA and HHS to

publish the Dietary Guidelines for

Americans at least every five years.

Prospective members of the Dietary

Guidelines Advisory Committee should

be knowledgeable of current scientific

research in human nutrition and be

respected and published experts in their

fields. They should be familiar with the

purpose and application of the Dietary

Guidelines and have demonstrated

interest in the public’s health and wellbeing through their research and/or

educational endeavors. The Committee

will determine if revision of the 1995

Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary

Guidelines for Americans is warranted

based on thorough evaluation of recent

scientific and applied literature and, if

so, will proceed to develop

recommendations for these revisions in

a report to the Secretaries of Agriculture

and Health and Human Services. Copies

of the Report of the Dietary Guidelines

Advisory Committee on the Dietary

Guidelines for Americans, 1995 are

available upon request from either of the

Co-Executive Secretaries from USDA at

the addresses listed above.

The Departments invite nominations

for Committee membership of

individuals qualified to carry out the

above-mentioned tasks. Nominations

should describe and document the

nominee’s qualifications in the relevant

subject areas. Equal opportunity

practices, in line with USDA and HHS

policies, will be followed in all

membership appointments to the

Committee. To ensure that

recommendations of the Committee take

into account the needs of the diverse

groups served by USDA and HHS,

membership shall include, to the extent

practicable, individuals with

demonstrated ability to represent

minorities, women, and persons with

disabilities.Nominations must be

submitted to William M. Layden, Junko

Alice Tamaki, Kathryn McMurry, or

Linda Meyers at the addresses above up

to 60 days after publication of this

notice.

Dated: August 25, 1997.

Pearlie S. Reed,

Acting Assistant Secretary for

Administration, Department of Agriculture.

August 28, 1997.

John M. Eisenberg,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Research, Education, and Economics

Notice of the National Agricultural

Research, Extension, Education, and

Economics Advisory Board

Performance Assessment and Public

Education Working Group Meeting

AGENCY: Research, Education, and

Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App., the United States

Department of Agriculture in

conjunction with the National

Agricultural Research, Extension,

Education, and Economics Advisory

Board representing 30 constituent

categories as specified in section 802 of

the Federal Agriculture Improvement

and Reform Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–

127) announces a meeting of the

Advisory Board’s Performance

Assessment and Public Education

Working Group with USDA

Communications Office officials.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Performance Assessment and Public

Education Working Group, a subgroup

of the Advisory Board, comprised of five

Board members, will meet with public

communications officials of USDA to

gain a better understanding and insight

on the structure, function, and potential

of USDA in communicating agricultural

information to the public. This activity

represents an initial information

gathering effort by the Working Group

addressing public understanding and

appreciation of agricultural research,

education, and extension (as discussed

at the Advisory Board meeting of

August 4–5, 1997). The Working Group

will take these preliminary findings to

the full Advisory Board for their

consideration as they develop future

recommendations on mechanisms for
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improving communication to the public

on food and agriculture, as charged by

the Secretary of Agriculture.

Also, the Working Group will be

joined by a few other Board members,

who will meet on October 15 for a

planning meeting on priority setting.

The purpose of this Working Group

meeting is to develop and plan an

effective agenda for the Advisory Board

meeting in November 1997, which will

focus on research, extension, education,

and economics priority setting for the

FY 2000 Budget.

Dates: October 14, 1997, 12:30 p.m. to

4:30 p.m. and October 15, 1997, 8:30

a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Place: U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Cooperative State Research, Education,

and Extension Service Conference Room

338C-Aerospace Building, 901 D Street,

SW, Washington, DC.

Type of Meeting: Open to the public.

Comments: The public may file

written comments before or after the

meeting with the contact person listed

below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Hanfman, Executive Director,

National Agricultural Research,

Extension, Education, and Economics

Advisory Board, Research, Education,

and Economics Advisory Board Office,

Room 3918 South, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, STOP: 2255, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250–2255.

Telephone: 202–720–3684. Fax: 202–

720–6199.

Done at Washington, DC, this 12th day of

September 1997.

I. Miley Gonzalez,

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and

Economics.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Public Briefings on Development of a

U.S. Action Plan on Food Security

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service,

Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of meeting

postponement.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

public workshops regarding

development of a U.S. Action Plan on

Food Security originally scheduled for

September 23 and 24 have been

postponed. The workshops are for the

purpose of briefing the public on the

draft mini-papers, responding to

questions and receiving reactions to the

papers in order to facilitate public

participation in the process of

developing the U.S. Action Plan on

Food Security.

DATES: New dates for the workshops

will be announced as soon as possible.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Inquiries

may be directed to the Office of the

National Food Security Coordinator,

Foreign Agricultural Service, Room

3008 South Building, U.S. Department

of Agriculture, 14th and Independence

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20250,

telephone (202) 690–0776 or fax (202)

720–6103.

Signed in Washington, DC, September 11,

1997.

Timothy J. Galvin,

Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural

Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to the

Natural Resources Conservation

Service’s National Handbook of

Conservation Practices

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.

Department of Agriculture, New York

State Office.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in the NRCS National

Handbook of Conservation Practices,

Section IV of the New York State NRCS

Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) for

review and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS to

issue a series of new conservation

practice standards in its National

Handbook of Conservation Practices.

These new standards include; Grass

Filter Strip (NY393s) and Grass Filter

Area (NY393a).

DATES: Comments will be received on or

before October 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Richard D.

Swenson, State Conservationist, Natural

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),

441 S. Salina Street, Fifth Floor, Suite

354, Syracuse, New York, 13202–2450.

Copies of these standards are

available from the above individual.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agricultural

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

states that revisions made after

enactment of the law to NRCS State

Technical Guides used to carry out

highly erodible land and wetland

provisions of the law shall be made

available for public review and

comment. For the next 30 days the

NRCS will receive comments relative to

the proposed changes. Following that

period a determination will be made by

the NRCS regarding disposition of those

comments and a final determination of

change will be made.

Richard D. Swenson,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, Syracuse, NY.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to Section

IV of the Field Office Technical Guide

(FOTG) of the Natural Resources

Conservation Service in Delaware

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) in

Delaware.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in Section IV of the

FOTG for review and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in

Delaware to issue a revised conservation

practice standard Wetland Development

or Restoration (Code 657) in Section IV

of the FOTG.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elesa K. Cottrell, State Conservationist,

Natural Resources Conservation Service

(NRCS), Suite 101, 1203 College Park

Dr., Dover, Delaware 19904–8713,

telephone (302) 678–4160. Copies of the

practice standards will be made

available upon written request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agricultural

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

states that revisions made after

enactment of the law to NRCS state

technical guides used to carry out

highly erodible land and wetland

provisions of the law shall be made

available for public review and

comment. For the next 30 days, the

NRCS in Delaware will receive

comments relative to the proposed

changes. Following that period, a

determination will be made by the

NRCS in Delaware regarding disposition

of those comments and a final

determination of change will be made.

Dated: September 9, 1997.

Elesa K. Cottrell,

State Conservationist.

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