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serve as a member of the Committee, if 

selected; (2) the name, address, 

telephone number, and electronic mail 

address of the nominator and the 

individual being nominated; (3) a copy 

of the nominee’s curriculum vitae, 

which should be limited to no more 

than 15 pages; and (4) the following 

administrative form: AD–755 (Advisory 

Committee Membership Background 

Information, OMB Number 0505–0001), 

available on the internet at: https://

www.ocio.usda.gov/document/ad-755. 

Where prohibited by Federal law or 

regulations, nominations will not be 

accepted directly from USDA research 

and promotion boards. Self-nominations 

and nominations by members of 

research and promotion boards in their 

individual capacity will be considered. 

The curriculum vitae should include 

the following information: (a) 

Education; (b) experience (current and 

former); (c) affiliations (food, nutrition, 

public health, and/or other relevant 

associations, including positions held); 

(d) memberships (expert panels, 

committees, or other relevant groups, 

including positions held); (e) peerreviewed publications (for past 10 

years); (f) oral presentations (for past 5 

years); (g) editorials, opinion pieces, and 

blogs (for past 5 years); (h) grant funding 

(for past 15 years); (i) name of any 

corporation, professional society, 

association, panel, company, firm, 

government agency (Federal, state, and 

local), research organization, 

educational institution, or other 

organization or institution (government, 

private, and not-for-profit; domestic and 

foreign) in which the nominee’s services 

have been, will be, or are expected to be 

provided, with or without 

compensation, including on a part-time 

or seasonal basis as an officer, medical 

staff, board member, owner, trustee, 

director, expert advisor, consultant, 

official spokesperson, member of 

speakers bureau, or expert witness (for 

past 5 years and upcoming); (j) other 

paid travel or honoraria received, not 

included above (for past 5 years). Web 

links to publications, presentations, and 

other materials available online are 

requested, when available. In all cases, 

a limited selection of earlier 

publications, presentations, affiliations, 

etc. applicable to the qualifications may 

also be included. 

Dated: August 28, 2018. 

Brandon Lipps, 

Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Food, 

Nutrition, and Consumer Services, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

Dated: August 28, 2018. 

Dated: August 29, 2018. 

Brett P. Giroir, 

Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service, 

Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human Services. 

Chavonda Jacobs-Young, 

Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Research, 

Education, and Economics, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

U.S. Codex Office 

[Docket No. FSIS–2018–0035] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Food Import and Export Inspection and 

Certification Systems (CCFICS) 

AGENCY: U.S. Codex Office. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Codex Office is 

sponsoring a public meeting on 

September 26, 2018. The objective of the 

public meeting is to provide information 

and receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft United States positions 

to be discussed at the 24th Session of 

the Codex Committee on Food Import 

and Export Inspection and Certification 

Systems (CCFICS) of the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (Codex), 

taking place in Brisbane, Australia, 

October 22–26, 2018. The U.S. Manager 

for Codex Alimentarius and the Under 

Secretary, Office of Trade and Foreign 

Agricultural Affairs, recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 24th 

Session of the CCFICS and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Wednesday, September 26, from 2:00 

p.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place at the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

Jamie L. Whitten Building, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Room 107– 

A, Washington, DC 20250. 

Documents related to the 24th Session 

of the CCFICS will be accessible via the 

internet at the following address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en. 

Mary Stanley, U.S. Delegate to the 

24th Session of the CCFICS invites U.S. 

interested parties to submit their 

comments electronically to the 

following email address: Mary.Stanley@

fsis.usda.gov. 

Call-In-Number: If you wish to 

participate in the public meeting for the 

24th Session of the CCFICS by 

conference call, please use the call-innumber listed below: 

Call-In-Number: 1–888–844–9904. 

The participant code will be posted 

on the web page below: http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/ 

topics/international-affairs/us-codexalimentarius/public-meetings. 

Registration: Attendees may register 

to attend the public meeting by emailing 

Ken.Lowery@osec.usda.gov by 

September 22, 2018. Early registration is 

encouraged because it will expedite 

entry into the building. The meeting 

will take place in a Federal building. 

Attendees should bring photo 

identification and plan for adequate 

time to pass through the security 

screening systems. Attendees who are 

not able to attend the meeting in person, 

but who wish to participate, may do so 

by phone, as discussed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

About the 24th Session of the CCFICS— 

Mary Stanley, Senior Advisor, Office of 

International Coordination, Food Safety 

and Inspection Service, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Room 2925, South 

Agriculture Building, Washington, DC 

20250, Phone: (202) 720–0287, Fax: 

(202) 720–4929, Email: Mary.Stanley@

fsis.usda.gov. 

About the public meeting—Kenneth 

Lowery, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Room 4861, 

South Agriculture Building, 

Washington, DC 20250 Phone: (202) 

690–4042, Fax: (202) 720–3157, Email: 

Ken.Lowery@osec.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Codex was established in 1963 by two 

United Nations organizations, the Food 

and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and 

the World Health Organization (WHO). 

Through adoption of food standards, 

codes of practice, and other guidelines 

developed by its committees, and by 

promoting their adoption and 

implementation by governments, Codex 

seeks to protect the health of consumers 

and ensure fair practices in the food 

trade. 

The CCFICS is responsible for: 

(a) Developing principles and 

guidelines for food import and export 

inspection and certification systems, 

with a view to harmonizing methods 

and procedures that protect the health 

of consumers, ensure fair trading 

practices, and facilitate international 

trade in foodstuffs; 

(b) Developing principles and 

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measures by the competent authorities 

of exporting and importing countries to 

provide assurance, where necessary, 

that foodstuffs comply with 

requirements, especially statutory 

health requirements; 

(c) Developing guidelines for the 

utilization, as and when appropriate, of 

quality assurance systems to ensure that 

foodstuffs conform with requirements 

and to promote the recognition of these 

systems in facilitating trade in food 

products under bilateral/multilateral 

arrangements by countries; 

(d) Developing guidelines and criteria 

with respect to format, declarations and 

language of such official certificates as 

countries may require with a view 

towards international harmonization; 

(e) Making recommendations for 

information exchange in relation to food 

import/export control; 

(f) Consulting as necessary with other 

international groups working on matters 

related to food inspection and 

certification systems; and 

(g) Considering other matters assigned 

to it by the Commission in relation to 

food inspection and certification 

systems. 

The CCFICS is hosted by Australia. 

The United States attends CCFICS as a 

member country of Codex. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the Agenda 

for the 24th Session of the CCFICS will 

be discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters referred by the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission and its 

subsidiary bodies 

• Information on activities of FAO and 

WHO and other international 

organizations relevant to the work of 

CCFICS 

• Proposed draft guidance on the use of 

systems equivalence 

• Proposed draft guidance on paperless 

use of electronic certificates (revision 

of the Guidelines for Design, 

Production, Issuance and Use of 

Generic Official Certificates) 

• Proposed draft guidance on regulatory 

approaches to third party assurance 

schemes in food safety and fair 

practices in the food trade 

• Discussion paper on food integrity 

and food authenticity 

• Discussion paper on consideration of 

emerging issues and future directions 

for the work of CCFICS 

• Assessment of the experimental 

approach for intersessional Physical 

Working Groups (PWGs) 

• Other businesses and future work 

Each issue listed will be fully 

described in documents distributed, or 

to be distributed by the Secretariat 

before to the Committee Meeting. 

Members of the public may access or 

request copies of these documents (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Public Meeting 

At the September 26, 2018, public 

meeting, draft U.S. positions on the 

agenda items will be described and 

discussed, and attendees will have the 

opportunity to pose questions and offer 

comments. Written comments may be 

offered at the meeting or sent to Mary 

Stanley, U.S. Delegate for the 24th 

Session of the CCFICS (see ADDRESSES). 

Written comments should state that they 

relate to activities of the 24th Session of 

the CCFICS. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, the U.S. 

Codex Office will announce this Federal 

Register publication on-line through the 

FSIS web page located at: http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. The 

U.S. Codex Office also 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. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

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, exclude from participation in, 

deny the benefits of, or subject to 

discrimination any person in the United 

States under any program or activity 

conducted by the USDA. 

How To File a Complaint of 

Discrimination 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, which 

may be accessed online at: http://

www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ 

docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_

12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you 

or your 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 August 15, 

2018. 

Mary Lowe, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Rural Housing Service 

Rural Utilities Service 

Rural Development Cooperative 

Agreement Program; Correction. 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, Rural Housing Service, and 

Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects one 

item in the initial notice that published 

in the Federal Register on August 17, 

2018, entitled ‘‘Rural Development 

Cooperative Agreement Program.’’ This 

correction revises the maximum 

available points for one scoring criteria. 

DATES: Effective September 6, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Sorensen, Regional 

Coordinator, christine.sorensen@

wdc.usda.gov, (202) 568–9832. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc. 

2018–17765 appearing on page 41046 in 

the Federal Register of August 16, 2018, 

make the following correction: 

Correction 

On page 41052 in the second column, 

third paragraph, section d. reads ‘‘The 

applicant will demonstrate how their 

proposal will utilize partnerships 

outside of RD . . . (10 points),’’ replace 

with ‘‘The applicant will demonstrate 

how their proposal will utilize 

partnerships outside of RD . . . (5 

points).’’ 

Dated: August 30, 2018. 

Joby Young, 

Chief of Staff, USDA Rural Development. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19357 Filed 9–5–18; 8:45 am] 

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