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Vol. 72, No. 99 

Wednesday, May 23, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Solicitation for Members To Fill 

Vacancies to the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education, and 

Economics Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Research, Education, and 

Economics, USDA. 

ACTION: Solicitation for membership. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

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

Department of Agriculture announces 

solicitation for nominations to fill 10 

vacancies on the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education, and 

Economics Advisory Board. 

DATES: Deadline for Advisory Board 

member nominations is July 20, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The nominee’s name, 

resume, and completed Form AD–755 

must be sent to the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education, and 

Economics Advisory Board Office, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW.; Room 344– 

A, Whitten Building; Washington, DC 

20250–2255. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shirley Morgan-Jordan, Program 

Support Coordinator; National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, 

Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board; telephone: 202–720–3684; fax: 

202–720–6199; e-mail: 

smorgan@csrees.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1408 of the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, and Teaching 

Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123) was 

amended by the Farm Security and 

Rural Investment Act of 2002 by adding 

one additional member to the National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, 

Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board, which totals 31 members. Since 

the Advisory Board’s inception by 

congressional legislation in 1996, each 

member has represented a specific 

category related to farming or ranching, 

food production and processing, forestry 

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

colleges or universities 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. 

The Board was first appointed by the 

Secretary of Agriculture in September 

1996 and one-third of its members were 

appointed for a one-, two-, and threeyear term, respectively. The terms for 10 

of the 31 members who represent the 

specific categories to be filled will 

expire September 30, 2010. 

Nominations for a 3-year appointment 

for these 10 vacant categories are 

sought. All nominees will be carefully 

reviewed for their expertise, leadership, 

and relevance to each category. 

The 10 categories to be filled are: 

Category H. National Food Animal 

Science Society. 

Category I. National Crop, Soil, 

Agronomy, Horticulture or Weed 

Science Societies. 

Category N. 1890 Land-Grant Colleges 

and Universities. 

Category O. 1994 Equity in Education 

Land-Grant Institutions. 

Category Q. American Colleges of 

Veterinary Medicine. 

Category U. Food Retailing and 

Marketing Interests. 

Category W. Rural Economic 

Development. 

Category X. National Consumer 

Interest Group. 

Category Y. National Forestry Group. 

Category Z. National Conservation or 

Natural Resource Group. 

Nominations are being solicited from 

organizations, associations, societies, 

councils, federations, groups, and 

companies that represent a wide variety 

of food and agricultural interests 

throughout the country. Nominations 

for one individual who fits several of 

the categories listed above, or for more 

than one person who fits one category, 

will be accepted. In your nomination 

letter, please indicate the specific 

membership category for each nominee. 

Each nominee must fill out a form AD– 

755, ‘‘Advisory Committee Membership 

Background Information’’ (which can be 

obtained from the contact person above 

or from the following Web site: http:// 

www.ree.usda.gov/nareeeab/downloads/ 

forms/AD–755.pdf. All nominees will be 

vetted before selection. 

Nominations are open to all 

individuals without regard to race, 

color, religion, sex, national origin, age, 

mental or physical handicap, marital 

status, or sexual orientation. To ensure 

that recommendations of the Advisory 

Board take into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by the 

Department, membership shall include, 

to the extent practicable, individuals 

with demonstrated ability to represent 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities. 

Appointments to the National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, 

Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board will be made by the Secretary of 

Agriculture. 

Done at Washington, DC this 10th day of 

May 2007. 

Gale Buchanan, 

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and 

Economics. 

[FR Doc. E7–9891 Filed 5–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Development; Notice of 

Privatization of the National Sheep 

Industry Improvement Center 

AGENCY: Rural Development, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture 

approved the Transition Plan to 

privatize the National Sheep Industry 

Improvement Center. The American 

Sheep and Goat Center, a Utah nonprofit corporation, became the successor 

to the National Sheep Industry 

Improvement Center on October 1, 2006. 

DATES: Privatization was effective 

Midnight, September 30, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas C. Dorr, Under Secretary, USDA 

Rural Development, Room 205-W, Mail 

Stop 0107, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–0107, 

telephone: 202–720–4581, TTY: 800– 

877–8339 (Federal Information Relay 

Service). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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