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meeting will be held on October 30 and 

31, 2008, from 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. E.S.T. 

on both days. (b) Written comments on 

the Guidelines received by October 24, 

2008 will be ensured transmission to the 

Committee prior to this meeting. 

Written comments will, however, be 

accepted throughout the Committee’s 

deliberations. 

ADDRESSES: The first meeting will take 

place at the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Jefferson Auditorium, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250. Written comments are 

encouraged to be submitted 

electronically at http:// 

www.DietaryGuidelines.gov. A ‘‘submit 

comments’’ button will be available to 

click on. Comments can also be mailed 

to the following address: Carole Davis, 

Co-Executive Secretary of the Dietary 

Guidelines Advisory Committee, Center 

for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park 

Center Drive, Room 1034, Alexandria, 

VA 22302, (703) 305–7600 (telephone), 

(703) 305–3300 (fax). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USDA Co-Executive Secretaries: Carole 

Davis (telephone 703–305–7600), Center 

for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, 

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1034, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302; or, Shanthy 

Bowman (telephone 301–504–0619), 

Agricultural Research Service (ARS), 

Beltsville Human Nutrition Research 

Center, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, 

Building 005, Room 125, BARC–WEST, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705. HHS CoExecutive Secretaries: Kathryn McMurry 

(telephone 240–453–8280) or Holly 

McPeak (telephone 240–453–8280), 

Office of Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion, Office of Public Health and 

Science, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 

LL100, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Additional information is available on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.DietaryGuidelines.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Meeting: Section 301 of 

Public Law 101–445 (7 U.S.C. 5341, the 

National Nutrition Monitoring and 

Related Research Act of 1990, Title III) 

directs the Secretaries of USDA and 

HHS to publish the Dietary Guidelines 

for Americans at least every five years. 

Based on a thorough review of the most 

current scientific and applied literature, 

the Dietary Guidelines Advisory 

Committee will advise the Secretaries as 

to whether a revision of the Dietary 

Guidelines for Americans, 2005 is 

warranted. If the Committee decides a 

revision is warranted, it will provide its 

recommendations in an advisory report 

to the Secretaries. 

Meeting Agenda: The meeting agenda 

will include (a) Orientation for the 

Committee members, (b) presentations 

on the history of the Dietary Guidelines 

and how they are used, (c) presentation 

on USDA’s Nutrition Evidence Library, 

(d) formulation of plans for future work 

of the Committee. 

Public Participation and Building 

Access 

The Jefferson Auditorium is in the 

USDA South Building, located on the 

corner of Independence Ave. and 14th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC. The 

meeting is open to the public. Due to the 

need for security screening, preregistration is required and all visitors 

must bring a photo I.D. To pre-register, 

please go to http:// 

www.DietaryGuidelines.gov and click on 

the link for Meeting Registration or call 

the scheduler through the meeting 

planner, Crystal Tyler, at 202–314–4701 

by 5 p.m. E.S.T., October 28, 2008. 

Registration must include name, 

affiliation, phone number or e-mail, and 

days attending. Space is limited for this 

meeting. Early registration is 

recommended. Following preregistration, individuals will receive a 

confirmation of registration via e-mail. 

This e-mail will also include important 

information regarding security 

procedures for entering the South 

Building, instructions to the Jefferson 

Auditorium, and metro, parking, and 

hotel information. Written comments 

from the public will be accepted; 

opportunities to present oral comments 

may be provided at future meetings. 

Please call Crystal Tyler at 202–314– 

4701 should you require a sign language 

interpreter or require other special 

accommodations. Documents pertaining 

to Committee deliberations will be 

available for public viewing at the 

meeting, and thereafter, will also be 

accessible 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern 

time, Monday through Friday (except 

Federal holidays) at the Reference Desk 

of the National Agricultural Library, 

USDA/ARS, 10301 Baltimore Avenue, 

Beltsville, MD 20705. The Reference 

Desk telephone phone number is 301– 

504–5755; however, no advanced 

appointments are necessary. Documents 

will be made available the day before 

and following the meeting. Meeting 

materials (i.e. , agenda, meeting 

minutes, and transcript) will be made 

available at http:// 

www.DietaryGuidelines.gov. 

Dated: August 22, 2008. 

Brian Wansink, 

Executive Director, Center for Nutrition Policy 

and Promotion, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture. 

Dated: August 27, 2008. 

Edward B. Knipling, 

Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

Dated: August 22, 2008. 

Penelope Slade Royall, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health 

(Disease Prevention and Health Promotion), 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0066] 

Notice of Decision To Issue Permits for 

the Importation of Guavas From 

Mexico Into the United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to begin issuing permits for 

the importation into the United States of 

fresh guava fruit from Mexico. Based on 

the findings of a pest risk analysis, 

which we made available to the public 

for review and comment through a 

previous notice, we believe that the 

application of one or more designated 

phytosanitary measures will be 

sufficient to mitigate the risks of 

introducing or disseminating plant pests 

or noxious weeds via the importation of 

guavas from Mexico. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 14, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David B. Lamb, Import Specialist, 

Commodity Import Analysis and 

Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; (301) 734–8758. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart— 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56 

through 319.56–47, referred to below as 

the regulations), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent plant pests from being 

introduced into and spread within the 

United States. 


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1To view the notice, the pest risk analysis, the 

risk management analysis, and the comments we 

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

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS–2008–0066. 

Section 319.56–4 of the regulations 

contains a performance-based process 

for approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more of the 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 

Under that process, APHIS publishes a 

notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the availability of the pest 

risk analysis that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation of a 

particular fruit or vegetable. Following 

the close of the 60-day comment period, 

APHIS may begin issuing permits for 

importation of the fruit or vegetable 

subject to the identified designated 

measures if: (1) No comments were 

received on the pest risk analysis; (2) 

the comments on the pest risk analysis 

revealed that no changes to the pest risk 

analysis were necessary; or (3) changes 

to the pest risk analysis were made in 

response to public comments, but the 

changes did not affect the overall 

conclusions of the analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk. 

In accordance with that process, we 

published a notice 1 in the Federal 

Register on June 26, 2008 (73 FR 36296– 

36297, Docket No. APHIS–2008–0066), 

in which we announced the availability, 

for review and comment, of a pest risk 

analysis that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation into the 

United States of fresh guava fruit from 

Mexico. We solicited comments on the 

notice for 60 days ending on August 25, 

2008. We received seven comments by 

that date, from guava producers, a State 

department of agriculture, and the 

Mexican department of agriculture. Six 

of the commenters supported the 

importation of guavas from Mexico 

under the conditions described in the 

risk management document. One 

commenter raised concerns about those 

conditions. These concerns are 

addressed in an appendix to the pest 

risk analysis. We have made a change to 

the pest risk analysis in response to this 

comment, but the change did not affect 

the overall conclusions of the analysis 

and the Administrator’s determination 

of risk. The amended portion of the pest 

risk analysis and the appendix may be 

viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site 

or in our reading room (see ADDRESSES

above for instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

Therefore, in accordance with the 

regulations in § 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we 

are announcing our decision to begin 

issuing permits for the importation into 

the United States of guavas from Mexico 

subject to the following phytosanitary 

measures: 

• The guavas must be irradiated with 

a minimum absorbed dose of 400 gray. 

• Each consignment of guavas must 

be inspected by the national plant 

protection organization (NPPO) of 

Mexico and accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate issued by the 

NPPO of Mexico. The phytosanitary 

certificate must document that the 

consignment received the required 

irradiation treatment. The phytosanitary 

certificate must also contain an 

additional declaration that states: 

The fruit in this shipment was treated by 

irradiation with a minimum absorbed dose of 

400 Gy and inspected and found free of 

Oligonychus biharensis, Oligonychus 

psidium, Mycovellosiella psidii, 

Pestalotiopsis psidii, and Sphaceloma psidii. 

• The guavas may be imported into 

the United States in commercial 

consignments only. 

These conditions will be listed in the 

fruits and vegetables manual (available 

at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ 

import_export/plants/manuals/ports/ 

downloads/fv.pdf). In addition to those 

specific measures, guavas from Mexico 

will be subject to the general 

requirements listed in § 319.56–3 that 

are applicable to the importation of all 

fruits and vegetables. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and 

7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 8th day of 

October 2008. 

Cindy Smith, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

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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: Quarterly Survey of Public 

Employee Retirement Systems. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0143. 

Form Number(s): F–10. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 300. 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Average Hours per Response: 45 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: Over 2.9 trillion 

dollars in public-employee retirement 

system assets in the financial markets 

are controlled by a small number of 

large systems. The 2002 Census of 

Governments identified 2,670 state and 

local government administered publicemployee retirement systems. The 100 

largest systems, as measured by the 

system assets, account for about 90 

percent of the total assets of all systems. 

This form is used to collect financial 

data from these 100 systems for policy 

makers and economists to follow the 

changing characteristics of these funds. 

This survey was initiated by the 

Census Bureau at the request of both the 

Council of Economic Advisors and the 

Federal Reserve Board. The most 

important information this survey 

provides is the quarterly change in 

composition of the securities holdings 

of the public employee retirement 

systems component of the economy. 

The Federal Reserve Board uses these 

data to track the public sector portion of 

the flow of funds accounts. The Bureau 

of Economic Analysis uses the quarterly 

retirement information on corporate 

stock holdings to estimate dividends 

received by state and local government 

retirement systems that, in turn, are 

used in preparing the national income 

and product accounts. Additionally, 

these data are a significant part of the 

information base needed to analyze 

investment trends and help in the 

formulation of governmental economic 

policies and investment decisions. 

A minor revision is being made to 

clarify part A.4. Earnings on 

investments. The statement, ‘The net of 

gains and losses on the sale of 

investments is reported at 4c’ was 

removed; and the statement ‘Include 

both realized + unrealized gains (losses)’ 

was added to part A.4.c. Net gain or loss 

on investments. 

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal 

government. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

Section 182. 

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). 


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