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Vol. 65, No. 201

Tuesday, October 17, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Solicitation for Membership

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

the appointments to the 10 vacancies on

the National Agricultural Research,

Extension, Education, and Economics

Advisory Board.

DATES: Appointments are for a 3-year

term, effective from October 1, 2000,

until September 30, 2003 (pending

reauthorization of the Advisory Board

beyond September 30, 2002, Pub. L.

104–127, Sec. 802).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

802 of the Federal Agricultural

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

(The Farm Bill) authorized the creation

of the National Agricultural Research,

Extension, Education, and Economics

Advisory Board. The Board is composed

of 30 members, each representing a

specific category related to farming or

ranching, food production and

processing, forestry research, crop and

animal science, land-grant institutions,

food retailing and marketing, rural

economic development, and natural

resource and consumer interest groups,

among many others. The Board was first

appointed in September 1996 and onethird of the 30 members were appointed

for a 1, 2, and 3-year term, respectively.

As a result of the staggered

appointments, the terms for 10 of the 30

members who represent 10 specific

categories expired September 30, 2000.

The Secretary of Agriculture made 3-

year appointments for all 10 of the

vacant categories. Appointees by

category of the 10 new members are as

follows: Representing Category A,

National Farm Organization, Ronald R.

Warfield, President of the Illinois Farm

Bureau and Director of the American

Farm Bureau Federation Executive

Committee, was reappointed to a second

term, Bloomington, Illinois; Category C.

Food Animal Commodity Producer,

Patricia Blum, beef rancher for 40 years

and past President of South Dakota Beef

Industry Council, Reliance, South

Dakota; Category F. National Crop

Commodity Organization, Marc S.

Curtis, National and State President of

the American Soybean Association, and

farmer of rice, wheat, corn and

soybeans, Leland, Mississippi; Category

K. National Human Health Association,

Judith S. Stern, Professor, Department of

Internal Medicine, Division of

Endocrinology, Clinical Nutrition and

Vascular Medicine, University of

California-Davis, California; Category P.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions, John

Cordova, President, South Mountain

Community College, Maricopa

Community College System, Phoenix,

Arizona; Category Q. American Colleges

of Veterinary Medicine, Oscar J.

Fletcher, Dean, College of Veterinary

Medicine and Professor of Farm Animal

Health and Resource Management,

North Carolina State University,

Raleigh, North Carolina; Category S.

Transportation of Food and Agricultural

Products to Domestic and Foreign

Markets, Emma Jean Cervantes,

President of Cervantes Enterprises/

Agribusiness, 35-year producer of chile

peppers, cotton, alfalfa, vegetables, and

pecans, La Mesa, New Mexico,

previously appointed to a 1-year term

and was reappointed to a full term;

Category U. Food and Fiber Processors,

John Rogers Farquharson, President of

the International Food Safety Council,

and Executive Emeritus, ARAMARK

Corporation, Sewell, New Jersey, was

reappointed to a second term; Category

Z. Private Sector Organization involved

in International Development, Shirley

Dunlap Bowser, a diversified family

farmer, engaged in the international

dimension of agriculture, and Chair of

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Board,

Williamsport, Ohio; and Category CC.

National Social Science Association,

Jean Clarkson-Frisbie, Pratt County

Extension Agent, Family and Consumer

Sciences & R-H and Youth, Cooperative

Extension Service, Kansas State

University, Pratt, Kansas. Appointees

term will begin on October 1, 2000 and

end September 30, 2003 (pending

reauthorization of the Advisory Board

beyond September 30, 2002). They will

actively participate in their first meeting

October 16–18, 2000, beginning at 9

a.m. October 16–17 and from 8 a.m.–12

noon October 18, at the Loew’s L’Enfant

Plaza Hotel, Ballroom A, Section A, 480

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC.

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.

Eileen Kennedy,

Deputy Under Secretary, Research,

Education, and Economics.

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BILLING CODE 3410–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Federal Invention Available

for Licensing and Intent To Grant

Exclusive License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability and intent.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the table grape variety designated

‘‘Summer Royal’’ is available for

licensing and that the U.S. Department

of Agriculture, Agricultural Research

Service, intends to grant to the

California Table Grape Commission of

Fresno, California, an exclusive license

to this variety in selected countries

outside the United States where

breeder’s rights are available.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before January 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1158,

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June

Blalock of the Office of Technology