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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42257-42258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17534]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2012-0045]

General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement 
Plan; Solicitation for Membership

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for membership.

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the Secretary of Agriculture is 
soliciting nominations for the election of regional membership for the 
General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan.

DATES: Consideration will be given to nominations received on or before 
September 4, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Completed nomination forms should be sent to the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. C. Stephen Roney, Senior 
Coordinator, National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, 1506 
Klondike Road, Suite 300, Conyers, GA 30094-5173, (770) 922-3496.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Conference Committee (the 
Committee) of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is the

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Secretary's Advisory Committee on poultry health. The Committee serves 
as a forum for the study of problems relating to poultry health and, as 
necessary, makes specific recommendations to the Secretary concerning 
ways the U.S. Department of Agriculture may assist the industry in 
addressing these problems. The Committee assists the Department in 
planning, organizing, and conducting the Biennial Conference of the 
NPIP. The Committee recommends whether new proposals should be 
considered by the delegates to the Biennial Conference and serves as a 
direct liaison between the NPIP and the United States Animal Health 
Association.
    Terms will expire for current regional members of the Committee in 
September 2012. We are soliciting nominations from interested 
organizations and individuals to replace members on the Committee for 
the South Atlantic Region (Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, 
Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, 
Virginia, and West Virginia), South Central Region (Alabama, Arkansas, 
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas), and 
West North Central Region (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, 
North Dakota, and South Dakota). There must be at least two nominees 
for each position. Nomination forms are available on the Internet at 
http://www.ocio.usda.gov/forms/doc/AD-755.pdf or may be obtained from 
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. To ensure the 
recommendations of the Committee have taken into account the needs of 
the diverse groups served by the Department, membership should include, 
to the extent practicable, individuals with demonstrated ability to 
represent underrepresented groups (minorities, women, and persons with 
disabilities). At least one nominee from each of the three regions must 
be from an underrepresented group. The voting will be by secret ballot 
of official delegates from the respective region, and the results will 
be recorded.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of July 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-17534 Filed 7-17-12; 8:45 am]
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