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Vol. 69, No. 27

Tuesday, February 10, 2004

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Appointment of Members to 

the National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board

AGENCY: Research, Education, and 

Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Appointment of members.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App 2, the United States 

Department of Agriculture announces 

the appointments made by the Secretary 

of Agriculture to the 12 vacancies on the 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board. The appointees, by 

vacancy category, are as follows: 

Category A. ‘‘National Farm 

Organizations,’’ Alan Foutz, Owner/

Operator, Foutz Farms, Akron CO; 

Category C. ‘‘Food Animal Commodity 

Producers,’’ Carol Keiser, President, CBAR Cattle Co. Inc., and President, CARC Enterprises, Inc., Champaign, IL; 

Category E. ‘‘National Animal 

Commodity Organizations,’’ Alois Kertz, 

Principal, ANDHILL, LLC, and 

Managing Partner, KKC Tech, LLC, St. 

Louis, MO; Category F. ‘‘National Crop 

Commodity Organizations,’’ Gary Davis, 

Farmer/Veterinarian, Gar-Mar Farms 

and Greenbriar Veterinary Services, Inc., 

Delaware, OH; Category K. ‘‘National 

Human Health Associations,’’ John 

Cunningham, Deputy Provost and 

Professor of Nutrition, University of 

Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; Category 

P. ‘‘Hispanic Serving Institutions,’’ 

Ricardo Chavez Rel, Special Assistant to 

the Secretary of Agriculture, New 

Mexico State University, Department of 

Agriculture, Las Cruces, NM; Category 

Q. ‘‘American Colleges of Veterinary 

Medicine,’’ Glen Hoffsis, Dean, College 

of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State 

University, Columbus, OH; Category R. 

‘‘Non-Land Grant College or University 

with Historic Commitment to Research 

in the Food and Agricultural Sciences,’’ 

David Wehner, Dean, College of 

Agriculture, California Polytechnic State 

University, San Luis Obispo, CA; 

Category T. ‘‘Transportation of Food and 

Agricultural Products (foreign and 

domestic),’’ James Lugg, President, 

TransFRESH Corporation, Salinas, CA; 

Category V. ‘‘Food and Fiber 

Processors,’’ Gilbert Leveille, Vice 

President, System Design, Cargill, Inc., 

and President, Charles Valentine Riley 

Memorial Foundation, Wayzata, MN 

(reappointment); Category AA. 

‘‘International Development/Private 

Sector Organizations,’’ Shirley Dunlap 

Bowser, Self-Employed Farmer/Chair of 

Kellogg Foundation, Williamsport, OH 

(reappointment); and Category DD. 

‘‘National Social Science Associations,’’ 

Cornelia Flora, Director, North Central 

Regional Center for Rural Development, 

Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

DATES: Appointments by the Secretary 

of Agriculture are for a three-year term, 

effective October 1, 2003 until 

September 30, 2006.

ADDRESSES: National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education, and 

Economics Advisory Board; Research, 

Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board Office, Room 344A, Jamie L. 

Whitten Building, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture; STOP 2255; 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2255

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Hanfman, Executive Director, 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720–

3684; fax: (202) 720–6199 or e-mail: 

dhanfman@csrees.usda.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

802 of the Federal Agricultural 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

authorized the creation of the National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, 

Education, Economics Advisory Board. 

The Board is composed of 31 members, 

each representing a specific category 

related to agriculture. The Board was 

first appointed in September 1996 and 

at the time one-third of the original 

members were appointed for a one, two, 

and three-year term, respectively. Due to 

the staggered appointments, the terms 

for 12 of the 31 members expired 

September 30, 2003. Each member is 

appointed by the Secretary of 

Agriculture to a specific category on the 

Board, including: farming or ranching, 

food production and processing, forestry 

research, crop and animal science, landgrant institutions, non-land grant 

college or university with a historic 

commitment to research in the food and 

agricultural sciences, food retailing and 

marketing, rural economic development, 

and natural resource and consumer 

interest groups, among many others.

Done at Washington, DC this 29th day of 

January 2004. 

Joseph J. Jen, 

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and 

Economics.

[FR Doc. 04–2763 Filed 2–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service 

Revisions to the Guidelines for State 

Plans of Work for the Agricultural 

Research and Extension Formula 

Funds

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service, 

USDA.

ACTION: Final notice.

SUMMARY: The Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service (CSREES) is implementing the 

Revisions to the Guidelines for State 

Plans of Work for the Agricultural 

Research and Extension Formula Funds 

(64 FR 19242–19248). These guidelines 

prescribe the procedures to be followed 

by the eligible institutions receiving 

Federal agricultural research and 

extension formula funds under the 

Hatch Act of 1887, as amended (7 U.S.C. 

361a et seq.); sections 3(b)(1) and (c) of 

the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 343 (b)(1) and (c)); 

and sections 1444 and 1445 of the 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3221 and 

3222). The recipients of these funds are 

commonly referred to as the 1862 landgrant institutions and 1890 land-grant 

institutions, including Tuskegee 

University and West Virginia State 

College. CSREES is also revising and 

reinstating a previously approved