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More information on PSOs can be 

obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site 

at http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/ 

index.html. 

Dated: September 8, 2011 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24100 Filed 9–21–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2009–D–0271] 

Guidance for Industry; Measures to 

Address the Risk for Contamination by 

Salmonella Species in Food 

Containing a Pistachio-Derived 

Product as an Ingredient; Availability 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing the 

availability of a guidance entitled 

‘‘Guidance for Industry: Measures to 

Address the Risk for Contamination by 

Salmonella Species in Food Containing 

a Pistachio-Derived Product as an 

Ingredient.’’ The guidance clarifies for 

manufacturers who produce foods 

containing a pistachio-derived product 

as an ingredient that there is a risk that 

Salmonella species may be present in 

the incoming pistachio-derived product, 

and recommends measures to address 

that risk. 

DATES: Submit either electronic or 

written comments on Agency guidances 

at any time. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for 

single copies of the guidance to the 

Division of Plant and Dairy Food Safety, 

Center for Food Safety and Applied 

Nutrition (HFS–317), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5100 Paint Branch 

Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740. Send 

two self-addressed adhesive labels to 

assist that office in processing your 

request. See the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for electronic 

access to the guidance. 

Submit electronic comments on the 

guidance to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Submit written comments on the 

guidance to the Division of Dockets 

Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael E. Kashtock, Center for Food 

Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS– 

317), Food and Drug Administration, 

5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, 

MD 20740, 240–402–2022. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In the Federal Register of June 29, 

2009 (74 FR 31038), FDA announced the 

availability of a draft guidance entitled 

‘‘Guidance for Industry: Measures to 

Address the Risk for Contamination by 

Salmonella Species in Food Containing 

a Pistachio-Derived Product as an 

Ingredient’’ and gave interested parties 

an opportunity to submit comments by 

August 28, 2009. The Agency reviewed 

and evaluated these comments and has 

modified the guidance where 

appropriate. 

The guidance clarifies for 

manufacturers who produce foods 

containing a pistachio-derived product 

as an ingredient that there is a risk that 

Salmonella species may be present in 

the incoming pistachio-derived product, 

and recommends measures to address 

that risk. Pistachio-derived products 

include roasted in-shell pistachios and 

shelled pistachios (also called kernels) 

that are roasted or raw. FDA is issuing 

this guidance as level 1 guidance 

consistent with FDA’s good guidance 

practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). 

The guidance represents the Agency’s 

current thinking on measures to address 

the risk for contamination by 

Salmonella spp. in food containing a 

pistachio-derived product as an 

ingredient. It does not create or confer 

any rights for or on any person and does 

not operate to bind FDA or the public. 

An alternate approach may be used if 

such approach satisfies the 

requirements of the applicable statutes 

and regulations. 

II. Comments 

Interested persons may submit to the 

Division of Dockets Management (see 

ADDRESSES) either electronic or written 

comments regarding the guidance. It is 

only necessary to send one set of 

comments. It is no longer necessary to 

send two copies of mailed comments. 

Identify comments with the docket 

number found in brackets in the 

heading of this document. Received 

comments may be seen in the Division 

of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. 

III. Electronic Access 

Persons with access to the Internet 

may obtain the guidance at http:// 

www.fda.gov/FoodGuidances or http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: September 16, 2011. 

Leslie Kux, 

Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24317 Filed 9–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2011–0096] 

Homeland Security Advisory Council 

AGENCY: The Office of Policy, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference 

Federal Advisory Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Homeland Security 

Advisory Council (HSAC) will meet via 

teleconference for the purpose of 

reviewing and deliberating on 

recommendations by the HSAC’s 

Southwest Border Task Force. 

DATES: The HSAC conference call will 

take place from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT on 

Monday, October 17, 2011. Please be 

advised that the meeting is scheduled 

for one hour and may end early if all 

business is completed before 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The HSAC meeting will be 

held via teleconference. Members of the 

public interested in participating in this 

teleconference meeting may do so by 

following the process outlined below 

(see ‘‘Public Participation’’). Written 

comments must be submitted and 

received by October 14, 2011. 

Comments must be identified by Docket 

No. DHS–2011–0096 and may be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: HSAC@dhs.gov. Include 

docket number in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: (202) 282–9207 

• Mail: Homeland Security Advisory 

Council, Department of Homeland 

Security, Mailstop 0445, 245 Murray 

Lane, SW., Washington, DC 20528. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and DHS–2011– 

0096, the docket number for this action. 

Comments received will be posted 

without alteration at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read comments received by the DHS 

Homeland Security Advisory Council, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat 

McQuillan at hsac@dhs.gov or 202–447– 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

The HSAC provides independent advice 

to the Secretary of the Department of 

Homeland Security to aid in the 

creation and implementation of critical 

and actionable policies and capabilities 

across the spectrum of homeland 

security operations. The HSAC will 

meet to review and approve the 

Southwest Border Task Force’s report of 

findings and recommendations. 

Public Participation: Members of the 

public will be in listen-only mode. The 

public may register to participate in this 

HSAC teleconference via afore 

mentioned procedures. Each individual 

must provide his or her full legal name, 

e-mail address and phone number no 

later than 5 p.m. EDT on October 14, 

2011, to Pat McQuillan via e-mail at 

HSAC@dhs.gov or via phone at (202) 

447–3135. HSAC conference call details 

and the draft Southwest Border Task 

Force report will be provided to 

interested members of the public at the 

time they register. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: For 

information on facilities or services for 

individuals with disabilities, or to 

request special assistance during the 

teleconference, contact Pat McQuillan 

(202) 447–3135. 

Dated: September 16, 2011. 

Becca Sharp, 

Executive Director, Homeland Security 

Advisory Council, DHS. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24393 Filed 9–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9M–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

Published Privacy Impact 

Assessments on the Web 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Publication of Privacy 

Impact Assessments (PIA). 

SUMMARY: The Privacy Office of DHS is 

making available twenty-six PIAs on 

various programs and systems in DHS. 

These assessments were approved and 

published on the Privacy Office’s Web 

site between June 1, 2011 and August 

31, 2011. 

DATES: The PIAs will be available on the 

DHS Web site until November 21, 2011, 

after which they may be obtained by 

contacting the DHS Privacy Office 

(contact information below). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief Privacy 

Officer, Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528, or email: pia@hq.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Between 

June 1, 2011 and August 31, 2011, the 

Chief Privacy Officer of the DHS 

approved and published twenty-six 

Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) on 

the DHS Privacy Office Web site, 

http://www.dhs.gov/privacy, under the 

link for ‘‘Privacy Impact Assessments.’’ 

These PIAs cover twenty-six separate 

DHS programs. Below is a short 

summary of those programs, indicating 

the DHS component responsible for the 

system, and the date on which the PIA 

was approved. Additional information 

can be found on the Web site or by 

contacting the Privacy Office. 

System: DHS/USCIS/PIA–029(a) 

Eligibility Risk and Fraud Assessment 

Testing Environment (EFRA) Update. 

Component: United States Citizenship 

and Immigration Services (USCIS). 

Date of approval: June 1, 2011. 

The Office of Transformation 

Coordination of USCIS is planning to 

update the EFRA Testing Environment. 

This update describes the next phase of 

this tool to develop, test, and refine the 

tool’s risk and fraud business rules and 

to load biographic data from legacy 

systems before deploying to a full 

production environment. 

System: DHS/USCIS/PIA–037 

Standard Lightweight Operational 

Programming Environment—RulesBased Tools Prototype (SLOPE–RBTP). 

Component: USCIS. 

Date of approval: June 2, 2011. 

DHS USCIS Office of Information 

Technology (IT) developed the SLOPE– 

RBTP to streamline the adjudication of 

Form I–90, Application to Replace 

Permanent Resident Card. SLOPE–RBTP 

electronically organizes and automates 

the adjudication of pending Form I–90 

applications. USCIS is conducting this 

PIA because SLOPE–RBTP collects and 

uses personally identifiable information. 

System: DHS/ICE/PIA–028 

Automated Threat Prioritization (ATP) 

Web Service. 

Component: Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE). 

Date of approval: June 6, 2011. 

The Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, in coordination with the Offices 

of Homeland Security Investigations 

and Enforcement and Removal 

Operations within ICE, is developing 

and implementing the Automated 

Threat Prioritization (ATP) Web service, 

which is an IT tool that uses 

configurable and scalable search and 

data sharing capabilities to improve and 

automate existing IT systems. ATP 

electronically receives processes and 

transmits criminal history information 

about individuals who are the subjects 

of a broad range of enforcement actions 

or whose criminal history is required to 

be evaluated by law to determine 

eligibility for a benefit or credential. For 

example, this service is intended to 

enhance and support ICE’s investigative 

and enforcement operations by 

automating criminal history data 

processing and aid in its prioritization 

of enforcement actions. ICE is 

conducting this PIA because the ATP 

service will transmit and process PII. 

This PIA, however, only describes the 

general functionality of the ATP service 

and not its implementation. 

System: DHS/USCIS/PIA–010(e)— 

USCIS Person Centric Query Service 

(PCQS) Supporting Immigration Status 

Verifiers of the USCIS Enterprise 

Service Directorate/Verification 

Division Update. 

Component: USCIS. 

Date of approval: June 8, 2011. 

This is an update to the existing PIA 

for the USCIS PCQS. This update 

describes the privacy impact of 

expanding the status verifier’s personsearch capability by adding the 

American Association of Motor Vehicle 

Administrators Network Service system 

to the existing PCQS query inventory. 

System: DHS/ALL/PIA–033 Google 

Analytics. 

Component: DHS. 

Date of approval: June 9, 2011. 

DHS is planning to utilize Google 

Analytics (http://www.google.com/ 

analytics) for viewing and analyzing 

traffic to DHS’s public-facing Web 

site(s), including components. Google 

Analytics is a free, external, third-party 

hosted, Web site analytics solution that 

generates robust information about the 

interactions of public-facing Web site 

visitors with DHS. Google Analytics 

must collect the full Internet Protocol 

(IP) address, which Google masks prior 

to use and storage, and provides DHS 

with non-identifiable aggregated 

information in the form of custom 

reports. DHS implemented the IP 

address masking feature within Google 

Analytics to avoid the use and storage 

of the full IP address. For example, 

when the last octet is truncated from the 

IP address, 192.168.0.1 becomes 

192.168.0. This masking will affect the 

geographic location metric within 

Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses 

first-party cookies to track visitor 

interactions. DHS shall not collect, 

maintain, or retrieve PII including a 

visitor’s IP address during this analytics 

process operated by Google. Google 

Analytics shall not provide to DHS, 

share with Google or any Google 

product for additional analysis, or use 


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