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applicants. Submit all comments to Eric 

J. Jabs at the above address or at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

We consider applications, comments, 

and other available information when 

determining which applicants will be 

designated. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k. 

Alan R. Christian, 

Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, 

Packers and Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5245 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, March 8, 

2012, 3:15 p.m. 

PLACE: Middle East Broadcasting 

Networks, Suite D, 7600 Boston Blvd., 

Springfield, VA 22153. 

SUBJECT: Notice of Meeting of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

SUMMARY: The Broadcasting Board of 

Governors (BBG) will be meeting at the 

time and location listed above. At the 

meeting, the BBG will consider a 

resolution to award and present David 

Burke Distinguished Journalism 

Awards, three resolutions honoring 

employees for their service, a resolution 

honoring the 10th anniversary of Radio 

Sawa, and a resolution for 2012 policy 

statements on sexual harassment and 

equal employment opportunity. The 

BBG will receive and consider a report 

from the Governance Committee 

regarding Board leadership, Board 

operating procedures, and the status of 

BBG-sponsored grantees consolidation 

and future structure for U.S. 

international broadcasting. The BBG 

will recognize the anniversaries of 

Agency language services and receive a 

budget update and an update on the 

Commission on Innovation. The BBG 

will receive reports from the 

International Broadcasting Bureau 

Director, the Communications and 

External Affairs Director, the VOA 

Director, the Office of Cuba 

Broadcasting Director, and the 

Presidents of Radio Free Europe/Radio 

Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and the 

Middle East Broadcasting Networks. 

The meeting is open to public 

observation via streamed webcast, both 

live and on-demand, on the BBG’s 

public Web site at www.bbg.gov. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact Paul 

Kollmer-Dorsey at (202) 203–4545. 

Paul Kollmer-Dorsey, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5417 Filed 3–1–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8610–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Arkansas Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

Arkansas Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene by conference 

call at 2 p.m. and adjourn at 

approximately 3:30 p.m. on Monday, 

April 2, 2012. The purpose of this 

meeting is to continue planning civil 

rights project. 

This meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number: (866) 364–7584, conference call 

access code number 56024166. Any 

interested member of the public may 

call this number and listen to the 

meeting. Callers can expect to incur 

charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and contact 

name Farella E. Robinson. 

To ensure that the Commission 

secures an appropriate number of lines 

for the public, persons are asked to 

register by contacting Corrine Sanders of 

the Central Regional Office and TTY/ 

TDD telephone number, by 4 p.m. on 

March 26, 2012. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by May 2, 2012. The 

address is U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 908, 

Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Comments 

may be emailed to frobinson@usccr.gov. 

Records generated by this meeting may 

be inspected and reproduced at the 

Central 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, 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Central 

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 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, February 29, 

2012. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5244 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Louisiana Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a State Advisory 

Committee (SAC) meeting of the 

Louisiana Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene on Thursday, 

March 29, 2012 at 2 p.m. and adjourn 

at approximately 5 p.m. (CST). The 

meeting will convene at BERIA Bank, 

1101 East Admiral Doyle Drive, Suite 

202, New Iberia, LA 70560. The purpose 

of the meeting is to conduct a briefing 

and planning meeting to collect 

preliminary information concerning 

potential racial disparities in the high 

incarceration of African-Americans in 

state-operated prisons. 

The meeting is open to the public or 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number 1 (866) 364–7584, conference 

call access code number 56366308. Any 

interested member of the public may 

call this number and listen to the 

meeting. Callers can expect to incur 

charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and contact 

name Farella E. Robinson. 

To ensure that the Commission 

secures an appropriate number of lines 

for the public, persons are asked to 

register by contacting Corrine Sanders of 

the Central Regional Office and TTY/ 

TDD telephone number, by 4 p.m. on 

March 22, 2012. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 


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