Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 166 / Friday, August 28, 2009 / Notices 44347 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Document No. AMS–DA–09–0058] 

Dairy Industry Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to establish the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

Dairy Industry Advisory Committee and 

a Request for Nominations. 

SUMMARY: The USDA intends to 

establish the Dairy Industry Advisory 

Committee (Committee). The purpose of 

the Committee is to review the issues of 

farm milk price volatility and dairy 

farmer profitability and provide 

suggestions and ideas to the Secretary 

on how USDA can best address these 

issues to meet the dairy industry’s 

needs. USDA also seeks nominations of 

individuals to be considered for 

selection as Committee members. 

DATES: Written nominations must be 

received on or before September 28, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to Brandon Willis, Deputy 

Administrator, Farm Programs, Farm 

Service Agency, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

3612–S, Stop 0510, Washington, DC 

20250–0510; Facsimile: (202) 720–4726; 

E-mail: brandon.willis@usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Solomon Whitfield, Designated Federal 

Official; Phone: (202) 720–7901; E-mail: 

solomon.whitfield@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. II), notice is 

hereby given that the Secretary of 

Agriculture intends to establish the 

Committee for two years. The purpose 

of the Committee is to review the issues 

of: (1) Farm milk price volatility and (2) 

dairy farmer profitability and provide 

suggestions and ideas to the Secretary 

on how USDA can best address these 

issues to meet the dairy industry’s 

needs. 

The Deputy Administrator of the 

Farm Service Agency’s Farm Programs 

will serve as the Committee’s Executive 

Secretary. Representatives from USDA 

mission areas and agencies affecting the 

dairy industry will participate in the 

Committee’s meetings as determined by 

the Committee Chairperson. 

The Secretary of Agriculture will 

appoint industry members to serve 2- 

year terms. Membership will consist of 

up to fifteen (15) members representing 

various dairy industry groups including: 

producers and producer organizations, 

processors and processor organizations, 

handlers, consumers, academia, 

retailers, and state agencies involved in 

organic and non-organic dairy at the 

local, regional, national and 

international levels. The members of the 

established Committee will elect the 

Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of 

the Committee. In the absence of the 

Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson will 

act in the Chairperson’s stead. 

The Secretary of Agriculture invites 

those individuals, organizations, and 

groups affiliated with the categories 

listed above to nominate individuals for 

membership on the established 

Committee. Nominations should 

describe and document the proposed 

member’s qualifications for membership 

to the Committee, and list their name, 

title, address, telephone, and fax 

number. The Secretary of Agriculture 

seeks a diverse group of members 

representing a broad spectrum of 

persons interested in providing 

suggestions and ideas on how USDA 

can tailor its programs to meet the dairy 

industry’s needs. 

USDA will provide individuals who 

are nominated with the necessary forms 

for membership. The biographical 

information and clearance forms must 

be completed and returned to USDA 

within 10 working days of notification, 

to expedite the requisite clearance 

process before the Secretary of 

Agriculture selects Committee members. 

Equal opportunity practices will be 

followed in all appointments to the 

Committee in accordance with USDA 

policies. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Committee 

have taken into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by USDA, 

membership shall include, to the extent 

practicable, individuals with 

demonstrated ability to represent 

minorities, women, persons with 

disabilities, and limited resource 

agriculture producers. 

Dated: August 24, 2009. 

Jonathan Coppess, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. E9–20733 Filed 8–25–09; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Proposed Changes to the 

National Handbook of Conservation 

Practices for the Natural Resources 

Conservation Service 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed changes in the NRCS National 

Handbook of Conservation Practices for 

public review and comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

intention of NRCS to issue a series of 

revised conservation practice standards 

in the National Handbook of 

Conservation Practices. These standards 

include: Aquaculture Ponds (Code 397), 

Contour Orchard and Other Perennial 

Crops (Code 331), Forage and Biomass 

Planting (Code 512), Forest Trails and 

Landings (Code 655), Heavy Use Area 

Protection (Code 561), Herbaceous Wind 

Barriers (Code 603), Integrated Pest 

Management (Code 595), Obstruction 

Removal (Code 500), Pumping Plant 

(Code 533), Sediment Basin (Code 350), 

Spoil Spreading (Code 572), Trail and 

Walkways (Code 568), and Vegetative 

Barrier (Code 601). Notice is also hereby 

given of the rescission of Prescribed 

Forestry (Code 409), effective October 1, 

2009. NRCS State Conservationists who 

choose to adopt these practices for use 

within their States will incorporate 

them into section IV of their respective 

electronic Field Office Technical 

Guides. These practices may be used in 

conservation systems that treat highly 

erodible land (HEL) or on land 

determined to be a wetland. Section 343 

of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 

and Reform Act of 1996, requires NRCS 

to make available for public review and 

comment, all proposed revisions to 

conservation practice standards used to 

carry out HEL and wetland provisions of 

the law. 

DATES: Effective Date: This is effective 

August 28, 2009. 

Comment date: Submit comments on 

or before September 28, 2009. Final 

versions of these new or revised 

conservation practice standards will be 

adopted after the close of the 30-day 

period, and after consideration of all 

comments. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted using any of the following 

methods: 

• Mail: Wayne Bogovich, National 

Agricultural Engineer, Conservation 

Engineering Division, Department of 

Agriculture, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 6136 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250. 

• E-mail: 

wayne.bogovich@wdc.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wayne Bogovich, National Agricultural 

Engineer, Conservation Engineering 

Division, Department of Agriculture, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 


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