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industry, trade and farm groups, 

consumer interest groups, allied health 

professionals and other individuals who 

have asked to be included. The Update 

is also available on the FSIS Web page. 

Through the Listserv and Web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

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audience. 

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Done at Washington, DC, on August 12, 

2008. 

Alfred V. Almanza, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E8–19043 Filed 8–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the New Jersey Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, that a day-long briefing 

meeting before a subcommittee of the 

Pennsylvania State Advisory Committee 

of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 

will convene at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, 

September 8, 2008, at the Monroe 

County Administrative Center, 1 Quaker 

Plaza, Room 203, Stroudsburg, 

Pennsylvania 19360. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

receive presentations from experts on 

civil rights matters in Monroe County, 

PA. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

Eastern Regional Office by September 

22, 2008. The address is 624 Ninth 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20425. 

Persons wishing to e-mail their 

comments, or who desire additional 

information should contact Alfreda 

Greene, Secretary, 202–376–7533, TTY 

202–376–8116 or by e-mail: 

agreene@usccr.gov. 

Hearing impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

service of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Eastern Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Eastern Regional Office at the above email or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

Dated in Washington, DC, August 12, 2008. 

Christopher Byrnes, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. E8–18979 Filed 8–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Current Industrial Reports 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0476. 

Form Number(s): Various. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 28,131. 

Number of Respondents: 19,728. 

Average Hours Per Response: 42 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census 

Bureau conducts a series of monthly, 

quarterly, and annual surveys as part of 

the Current Industrial Reports (CIR) 

Program. The CIR surveys request 

primarily the quantity and value of 

shipments of particular products and 

occasionally data on production and 

inventories; unfilled orders, receipts, 

stocks, and consumption; and 

comparative data on domestic 

production, exports, and imports of the 

products they cover. 

Previously, the CIR surveys were 

divided into three separate waves and 

submitted separately for OMB review. 

Due to the reduced number of surveys 

in the CIR Program, the CIR surveys are 

being combined into one wave. During 

the economic census years, in the years 

ending in 2 and 7 all voluntary annual 

surveys are made mandatory. 

Primary users of these data are 

government and regulatory agencies, 

business firms, trade associations, and 

private research and consulting 

organizations. The Federal Reserve 

Board (FRB) uses CIR data in its 

monthly index of industrial production 

as well as its annual revision to the 

index. The Bureau of Economic 

Analysis (BEA) and the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) use the CIR data in the 

estimate of components of gross 

domestic product (GDP) and the 

estimate of output for productivity 

analysis, respectively. Many 

government agencies, such as the 

Department of Agriculture, Food and 

Drug Administration, Department of 

Energy, Federal Aviation 

Administration, BEA, and International 

Trade Administration use the data for 

industrial analysis, projections, and 

monitoring import penetration. Private 

business firms and organizations use the 

data for trend projections, market 

analysis, product planning, and other 

economic and business-oriented 

analysis. Since the CIR program is the 

sole, consistent source of information 

regarding specific manufactured 

products in the intercensal years, the 

absence thereof would severely hinder 

the Federal Government’s ability to 

measure and monitor important 

segments of the domestic economy, as 

well as the effect of import penetration. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Monthly, quarterly, and 

annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary 

and mandatory, depending on the 

survey. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Sections 61, 81, 131, 182, 

224, and 225. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 


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