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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 65, No. 24

Friday, February 4, 2000

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. 104–127), has scheduled a

National Agricultural Research,

Extension, Education, and Economics

Advisory Board Meeting, March 13–15,

2000.

On Monday, March 13, the Advisory

Board will sponsor its 4th National

Stakeholder Symposium, focusing on

the Integrated Authority for Research,

Education, and Extension, as announced

in Press Release No. 7.99, Secretary of

Agriculture, USDA. The Symposium

will begin promptly at 9 a.m. and use

a panel format as in previous years.

Each panelist will be permitted to make

a presentation, with time limits to be

announced, and will receive questions

from the Advisory Board members. If

you wish to be considered as a panelist

or would like to nominate a panelist,

please forward speaker names, phone

numbers, and a brief summary, outline,

or similar indication of the intended

remarks regarding the topic area to the

contact person below for Board

consideration. Names for panelists will

be reviewed and selections will be made

by the Advisory Board and its Executive

Committee. The general Advisory Board

meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday,

March 14, and continue until

approximately noon on Wednesday,

March 15. During this time, the

Advisory Board will (1) incorporate

input of stakeholders for use in

recommendations for the FY 2002

priorities and the integrated authority;

(2) hear a report on the progress of REE

programs and projects with regard to

relevance to research priorities and

adequacy of funding; (3) hear progress

reports on Advisory Board working

group activities; (4) conduct a focus

session on ‘‘Changing Pricing and

Marketing Structures in the Food and

Fiber System;’’ (5) discuss plans for a

summer regional listening session; (6)

and conduct other business as needed.

Dates: March 13—9:00 a.m. to 5:00

p.m. 4th National Stakeholder

Symposium; March 14—9:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m.; March—15 9:00 a.m. to Noon.

Place: Crown Plaza Hotel (Crystal

City), Grand Ballroom, 1489 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.

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 20th day of

January 2000.

I. Miley Gonzalez,

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and

Economics.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Appointment of the Advisory

Committee on Agricultural

Biotechnology

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary,

Research, Education, and Economics,

USDA.

ACTION: Notification of Appointment of

the Advisory Committee on Agricultural

Biotechnology.

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under

Secretary, Research, Education, and

Economics of the Department of

Agriculture, in accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. 2, announces members

appointed to the Advisory Committee

on Agricultural Biotechnology. Thirtyeight members were appointed from

nominations of more than 220 wellqualified individuals, representing the

biotechnology industry, conventional,

sustainable, and organic farmers, food

manufacturers, commodity processors

and shippers, environmental and

consumer groups, along with academic

researchers as well as experts on

consumer attitudes, bioethics, and legal

issues. Equal opportunity practices were

followed in appointing committee

members. To assure that

recommendations of the advisory

committee take into account the needs

of diverse groups served by the

Department, membership includes, to

the extent practicable, individuals with

demonstrated ability to represent

minorities, women, and persons with

disabilities.

The following appointments to the

Advisory Committee on Agricultural

Biotechnology have been made:

Dennis E. Eckart will serve as Chair of

the Committee. He is an attorney at

Baker and Hostetler, LLP, in

Washington, DC, and a former member

of Congress from Ohio;

Dale E. Bauman, Liberty Hyde Bailey

Professor and Professor of Nutritional

Biochemistry in the Department of

Animal Science and the Division of

Nutritional Sciences at Cornell

University in Ithaca, New York;

Daniel R. Botkin, Research Professor,

Department of Ecology, Evolution and

Marine Biology, University of

California, in Santa Barbara, California;

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Carolyn Brickey, Executive Director,

National Campaign for Pesticide Policy

Reform, in San Francisco, California,

and member, National Organic

Standards Board;

R. Jeffrey Burkhardt, Professor of Food

and Resource Economics, Food and

Resource Economics Department,

University of Florida in Gainesville,

Florida, and member, US/EU Committee

on Ethics and Food Biotechnology;

R. James Cook, R. James Cook

Endowed Chair in Wheat Research,

Department of Plant Pathology,

Washington State University, in

Pullman, Washington;

James F. Dodson, Farmer and seed

sales representative for Pioneer Hi-Bred

International, Inc., in Robstown, Texas

and Chairman, Environmental Task

Force, National Cotton Council;

Linda J. Fisher, Vice President for

Government and Public Affairs,

Monsanto Company, in Washington,

DC;

Carol T. Foreman, Distinguished

Fellow and Director, the Food Policy

Institute, Consumer Federation of

America, in Chevy Chase, Maryland,

and member, USDA Meat and Poultry

Inspection Advisory Committee;

David J. Frederickson, President,

Minnesota Farmers Union, in St. Paul,

Minnesota;

Rebecca J. Goldburg, Senior Scientist,

Environmental Defense Fund, in New

York, New York;

Michael K. Hansen, Research

Associate, Consumer Policy Institute,

Consumers Union, in Yonkers, New

York;

Neil E. Harl, Professor of Economics

and Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished

Professor in Agriculture, Iowa State

University, in Ames, Iowa;

Thomas J. Hoban, Professor,

Department of Sociology and

Anthropology, North Carolina State

University, in Raleigh, North Carolina;

Marjorie A. Hoy, Eminent Scholar and

Davies, Fischer, and Eckes Professor of

Biological Control, Department of

Entomology and Nematology, University

of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida;

Charles S. Johnson, Chairman,

President and Chief Executive Officer,

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., and

member, USDA-Foreign Agricultural

Service Emerging Market Committee, in

Des Moines, Iowa;

Anne R. Kapuscinski, Professor and

Extension Specialist, Department of

Fisheries and Wildlife, University of

Minnesota, in St. Paul, Minnesota;

Edward L. Korwek, Attorney at Hogan

and Hartson, LLP, in Washington, DC;

Sharan A. Lanini, Farmer and Sales/

Marketing Manager for Growers

Transplanting, Inc./Rocket Farms, and

member, California Department of Food

and Agriculture Organic Food Act

Advisory Committee, in Salinas,

California;

Mark Lipson, Organic Farmer and

Policy Program Director, Organic

Farming Research Foundation, in

Davenport, California;

Marshall A. Martin, Professor,

Department of Agricultural Economics,

Purdue University, in West Lafayette,

Indiana, and member, National

Agricultural Biotechnology Council;

Mary-Howell Martens, Organic

Farmer and Adjunct Biology Instructor,

Finger Lakes Community College, in

Penn Yan, New York;

J. Calman McCastlain, Attorney at

Pender, McCastlain, and Ptak, P.A.,

Farmer and Grain Elevator Operator,

and Director, Arkansas Wheat

Promotion Board, in Little Rock,

Arkansas;

E. Bruce McEvoy, Chief Executive

Officer, Seald Sweet Growers, Inc., in

Vero Beach, Florida;

Margaret G. Mellon, Director,

Agriculture and Biotechnology Program,

Union of Concerned Scientists, in

Washington, DC;

Lorraine D. Nakai, Entomologist and

Farmer, Navajo Agricultural Products

Industry, in Farmington, New Mexico;

Philip T. Nelson, Farmer, Chairman,

Livestock and Dairy GRITS Committee,

Illinois Farm Bureau, and Chairman,

American Farm Bureau Federation

Swine Advisory Committee, in Seneca,

Illinois;

Carol Nottenburg, Attorney and

Director of Intellectual Property and

Principal Scientist, Center for the

Application of Molecular Biology to

International Agriculture, in Red Hill,

Australia;

Roger C. Pine, Farmer and President,

National Corn Growers Association, in

Lawrence, Kansas;

Channapatna S. Prakash, Professor of

Plant Molecular Genetics, College of

Agriculture, Tuskegee University, in

Auburn, Alabama, and member of the

U.S. Sweetpotato Crop Advisory

Committee;

Frank L. Sims, President, North

American Grain, Cargill, Inc., in

Minnetonka, Minnesota, and member,

Chicago Board of Trade;

J. Michael Sligh, Director for

Sustainable Agriculture, Rural

Advancement Foundation

International—U.S.A., in Chapel Hill,

North Carolina;

Jerome B. Slocum, Farmer and

President, North Mississippi Grain

Company, in Biloxi, Mississippi;

Austin P. Sullivan, Jr., Senior Vice

President for Corporate Relations,

General Mills, Inc., in Plymouth,

Minnesota, and Chairman,

Biotechnology Task Force, Grocery

Manufacturers of America;

Virginia V. Weldon, Physician and

Director, Center for the Study of

American Business, Washington

University, in St. Louis, Missouri, and

member, President’s Committee of

Advisors on Science and Technology;

David M. Winkles, Jr., Farmer and

President, South Carolina Farm Bureau,

in Sumter, South Carolina, and member,

United Soybean Board;

Margaret M. Wittenberg, VicePresident of Government and Public

Affairs, Whole Foods Market, Inc., in

Dripping Springs, Texas, and member,

National Organic Standards Board;

Michael W. Yost, Farmer and

President, American Soybean

Association, in Murdock, Minnesota.

Committee members will serve twoyear terms. In the event of a vacancy,

the Secretary will appoint a new

member as appropriate and subject to

the provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. The duties of the

Committee are solely advisory. The

Committee will advise the Secretary of

Agriculture on a broad array of issues

related to the expanding dimensions of

agricultural biotechnology. These issues

may include: effects of industry

concentration and consolidation on

farmers and consumers; effects of

changing intellectual property right

status of agricultural materials on

farmers; ways to maximize or encourage

potential benefits of biotechnology and

minimize potential adverse effects in

different sectors of the agricultural

economy; guidance on priorities and

resource allocations for research, and for

other activities to help the functioning

of the agricultural marketplace;

recommendations for scientific studies

that might be conducted by the new

USDA-sponsored Standing Committee

on Biotechnology at the National

Research Council; ways to improve

public understanding and input into

USDA’s regulatory process; and USDA’s

role in assuring that farmers have an

array of choices for future agricultural

technology and practices.

The Committee will advise the

Secretary through an annual report and

other means as necessary and

appropriate.

The Committee will meet in

Washington, DC, up to four (4) times per

year.

Committee members will serve

without pay. Reimbursement of travel

expenses and per diem costs shall be

made to Committee members who

would be unable to attend Committee

meetings without such reimbursement.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions should be e-mailed to

michael.g.schechtman@usda.gov, faxed

to 202–690–4265, or telephoned to

Michael Schechtman, 202–720–3817; all

mailed correspondence should be sent

to Michael Schechtman, Designated

Federal Official, Office of the Deputy

Secretary, USDA, 202B Jamie L. Whitten

Federal Building, 14th and

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250.

Dated: January 21, 2000.

I. Miley Gonzalez,

Under Secretary, Reserach, Education, and

Economics.

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Proposed Additions

and Deletions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed Additions to and

Deletions from Procurement List.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposals to add to the Procurement List

commodities and services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities, and to

delete commodities and services

previously furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: March 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leon A. Wilson, Jr. (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

actions.

Additions

If the Committee approves the

proposed additions, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the commodities and services

listed below from nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities. I certify

that the following action will not have

a significant impact on a substantial

number of small entities. The major

factors considered for this certification

were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

2. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

3. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List. Comments on this

certification are invited. Commenters

should identify the statement(s)

underlying the certification on which

they are providing additional

information.

The following commodities and

services have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Commodities

Line, Multi-Loop

1670–01–062–6305

NPA: Industrial Opportunities, Inc.,

Marble, North Carolina

Thumbtacks, Maptacks and Pushpins

7510–00–272–6886 (Thumbtacks)

7510–00–272–6887 (Thumbtacks)

7510–00–272–3099 (Maptacks)

7510–00–285–5844 (Maptacks)

7510–00–940–0935 (Pushpins)

NPA: Delaware County Chapter, NYSARC,

Walton, New York

Services

Base Supply Center, Operation of Individual

Equipment Element Store and

HAZMART, McConnell Air Force Base,

Kansas

NPA: Envision, Inc.,Wichita, Kansas

Commissary Shelf Stocking, Custodial and

Warehousing, Fort Hamilton

Commissary, Brooklyn, New York

NPA: Goodwill Industries of Greater New

York, Astoria, New York

Food Service Attendant, Air National Guard

Base, 50 Sabre Street, Battle Creek,

Michigan

NPA: Calhoun County Community Mental

Health Services Board, Battle Creek,

Michigan

Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Army Reserve

Center, Worcester, Massachusetts

NPA: Seven Hills Occupational &

Rehabilitation Services, Inc., Worcester,

Massachusetts

Janitorial/Custodial, 126th Air Refueling

Wing, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

NPA: St. Clair Associated Vocational

Enterprises, Inc., Belleville, Illinois

Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Army Reserve

Center, OMS, Kittanning, Kittanning,

Pennsylvania

NPA: ICW Vocational Services, Inc.,

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Office Supply Store, Main Interior Building,

1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC

NPA: Blind Industries & Services of

Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

Operation of Individual Equipment Element

Store, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

NPA: Raleigh Lions Clinic for the Blind,

Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina

Operation of Individual Equipment Element

Store, Youngstown Air Reserve Station,

910th Air Lift Wing, Vienna, Ohio

NPA: North Central Sight Services, Inc.,

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Telephone Switchboard Operations, Dyess

Air Force Base, Texas

NPA: San Antonio Lighthouse, San

Antonio, Texas

Deletions

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities.

2. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

3. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities and

services proposed for deletion from the

Procurement List.

The following commodities and

services have been proposed for

deletion from the Procurement List:

Commodities

Amplifier Subassembly

5831–00–087–3408

Kit, Shaving, Surgical Preparation

6530–00–676–7372

Specimen Kit, Urine

6530–00–075–6636

Pillowcase, Disposable

6532–01–125–3269

Aerosol Paint, Lacquer

8010–00–721–9483

Enamel, Lacquer

8010–00–852–9034

8010–00–616–9144

8010–00–878–5761

8010–00–764–8434

8010–00–782–9356

Enamel, Aerosol, Waterbase

8010–01–363–1632

Services

Commissary Shelf Stocking, Naval Training

Center, San Diego, California