58984 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 3, 2000 / Notices

5. Docket A–POL–98–007, Rev. 1, re:

Commodity Credit Corporation Claims

Policy.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Juanita B. Daniels, Acting Secretary,

Commodity Credit Corporation, Stop

0571, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

1400 Independence Avenue SW,

Washington, D.C. 20250–0571.

Dated: September 28, 2000.

Juanita B. Daniels,

Acting Secretary, Commodity Credit

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 00–25420 Filed 9–28–00; 4:49 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

Notice of the National Agricultural

Research, Extension, Education, and

Economics Advisory Board Meeting

AGENCY: Research, Education, and

Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

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

Department of Agriculture announces a

meeting of the National Agricultural

Research, Extension, Education, and

Economics Advisory Board.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Agricultural Research,

Extension, Education, and Economics

Advisory Board, which represents 30

constituent categories, as specified in

section 802 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

(Pub. L. No. 104–127), has scheduled a

National Agricultural Research,

Extension, Education, and Economics

Advisory Board Meeting, October 16–

18, 2000.

On Monday, October 16 through

Wednesday, October 18, 2000, the

Advisory Board will hold a fall General

Meeting which will include Orientation

for new members, on Monday morning

and a General Business Session in the

afternoon. The Business Session will

include reports from several Working

Groups of the Advisory Board, two of

which will be reporting on the ARS Peer

Review process recommendations and

follow-up to the ‘‘Cutting-Edge Science

and Technology’’ meeting held in July

2000. A Focus Session with the theme,

‘‘Improving Advocacy and Funding for

Research, Education, and Economics in

USDA,’’ will be held on Tuesday,

October 17, 2000, which will include (1)

statement of the problem, (2) the present

USDA budget process, (3) advocacy

strategy, and (4) successful and new

approaches for budget support. Speakers

from the White House Office of Science

and Technology Policy, USDA, AESOP

Enterprises, Ltd., other groups

supporting the National Institutes of

Health and the National Science

Foundation, and a variety of other

interests will be invited to present

policy and funding strategies for

research and education. The objective of

this meeting will be to provide the

Advisory Board an opportunity to

understand USDA and Federal

Government approaches to budget

formation and successful funding

strategies. On Wednesday, October 18,

2000, the Advisory Board will hold the

election of their new Chair, Vice Chair,

and Executive Committee, and focus on

future efforts of the Board in addressing

the transition in the Administration.

They will be articulating their findings

from the ‘‘Cutting-Edge Science and

Technology’’ meeting and the previous

day’s focus sessions into formal

recommendations for the Secretary of

Agriculture. They will also begin setting

their agenda for the coming year, which

will include establishment of a rapport

with the new Administration on

communicating high priority USDA

research and education opportunities.

Limited time will be provided for

comments from the public as noted in

a forthcoming agenda. Also written

comments will be accepted for public

record up to 2 weeks following the

Board meeting. Final agenda will be

available to the public prior to the

meeting.

Dates:

October 16—9:00 a.m. to Noon—

Orientation of New Members

October 16—1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.—

General Meeting

October 16—6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.—

Working Reception

October 17—9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.—

Focus Session

October 18—9:00 a.m. to Noon—Focus

Session Wrap-up and Discussion

Place: Loew’s L’Enfant Plaza Hotel,

480 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington,

DC (Rooms to be announced)

Type of Meeting: Open to the public.

Comments: The public may file

written comments before or after the

meeting with the contact person. All

statements will become a part of the

official records of the National

Agricultural Research, Extension,

Education, and Economics Advisory

Board and will be kept on file for public

review in the Office of the Advisory

Board; Research, Education, and

Economics; U.S. Department of

Agriculture; Washington, DC 20250–

2255.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Hanfman, Executive Director,

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.

Telephone: 202–720–3684, Fax: 202–

720–6199, or e-mail: lshea@reeusda.gov.

Done at Washington, DC this 27th day of

September 2000.

I. Miley Gonzalez,

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and

Economics.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Deschutes Provincial Interagency

Executive Committee (PIEC), Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Deschutes PIEC Advisory

Committee will meet on October 17,

2000 in the Chinook Conference Room

at the Kah-Nee-Ta resort located

approximately 14 miles east of Warm

Springs, Oregon on 100 Main Street.

Agenda items will include an Open

Space Planning session starting at 0900

to assess where the committee would

like to focus their future attention in the

province, Info Sharing and a Public

Forum from 4 pm till 4:30 pm. All

Deschutes Province Advisory

Committee Meetings are open to the

public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mollie Chaudet, Province Liaison,

USDA, Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District,

1230 N.E. 3rd, Bend, OR 97701, Phone

(541) 383–4769.

Leslie A.C. Weldon,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 00–25320 Filed 10–2–00; 8:45 am]

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ARCHITECTURAL AND

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

COMPLIANCE BOARD

Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory

Committee; Meeting

AGENCY: Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.