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voice mail at (301) 734–8139. Leave a

message with your name, telephone

number, organization, if any, and an

estimate of the time you need to speak.

You may also register at the meeting

itself. Please register at the meeting

room between 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m.,

before the meeting officially begins.

Starting with the advance registrants,

we will call speakers in the order in

which they registered.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and

is scheduled to end at 3 p.m. We may

end the meeting early if all the

registered speakers have had a chance to

speak and if no one else wants to speak.

We may also extend the meeting, or

limit the time allowed for each speaker,

if necessary, so all interested persons

have an opportunity to participate.

An APHIS representative will preside

at the meeting. The meeting will be

recorded. We encourage speakers to

present written statements, though it is

not required. If you choose to present a

written statement, please provide the

chairperson with a copy. The complete

record, including the transcript and all

written comments, will be available to

the public.

This meeting is the first in a planned

series of public meetings. We plan to

hold additional meetings in Idaho,

Illinois (Chicago), Maine, Mississippi,

Pennsylvania, and Washington. We will

publish a notice or notices in the

Federal Register announcing the dates,

times, and locations of the meetings.

Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of

November 2000.

Bobby R. Acord,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 00–29831 Filed 11–21–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

Advisory Committee on Beginning

Farmers and Ranchers

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for requesting additional nominations.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture

intends to renew the charter of the

Advisory Committee on Beginning

Farmers and Ranchers (Committee). The

Committee provides advice to the

Secretary on ways to encourage Federal

and State beginning farmer programs to

provide joint financing to beginning

farmers and ranchers. A notice was

published in the Federal Register on

August 24, 2000, soliciting nominations

of persons to serve on the Committee,

and a September 25, 2000, deadline was

established for accepting nominations.

In order to obtain a sufficient pool of

nominees, USDA is extending the

deadline to December 7, 2000.

DATES: Nominations should be

submitted by December 7, 2000 to Mark

Falcone, Designated Federal Official

(DFO) for the Committee, at the address

below.

ADDRESSES: Mark Falcone, DFO for the

Advisory Committee on Beginning

Farmers and Ranchers, Farm Service

Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room

5438–S, STOP 0522, Washington, DC

20250–0522; telephone (202) 720–1632;

FAX (202) 690–1117; e-mail

mark_falcone@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Falcone at (202) 720–1632.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 5

of the Agricultural Credit Improvement

Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–554) required

the Secretary of Agriculture to establish

the Committee for the purpose of

advising the Secretary on, among other

issues, the development of a program of

coordinated financial assistance to

qualified beginning farmers and

ranchers and methods of maximizing

the number of new farming and

ranching opportunities created through

the program.

The law requires that Committee

members include representatives from

the Farm Service Agency (FSA); State

beginning farmer programs (as defined

in section 309(i)(5) of the Consolidated

Farm and Rural Development Act);

commercial lenders; private nonprofit

organizations with active beginning

farmer or rancher programs; the

Cooperative State Research, Education,

and Extension Service; community

colleges or other educational

institutions with demonstrated

experience in training beginning farmers

or ranchers; and other entities or

persons providing lending or technical

assistance to qualified beginning

farmers or ranchers. The Secretary has

also appointed farmers and ranchers to

the Committee.

FSA is now accepting nominations of

individuals to serve for a 2-year term on

the Committee, which is comprised of

18 individuals. One-third of the existing

Committee membership will be replaced

when the Committee charter expires on

November 25, 2000. No member, other

than a USDA employee, can serve for

more than 6 consecutive years.

Nominations are being sought through

the media, the Federal Register, and

other appropriate methods. Persons

nominated for the Committee will be

required to complete and submit an

Advisory Committee Membership

Background Information Questionnaire

(Form AD 755). The questionnaire is

available on the Internet at http://

www.fsa.usda. gov/dafl/

LoanForms.htm. Questionnaires can be

completed on-line. However, nominees

must print their completed forms from

an Adobe PDF file and mail or fax them

to the above address or fax number. The

form may also be requested by

telephone, fax, or e-mail. All inquiries

and submissions should be made to

Mark Falcone at the addresses and

numbers listed above.

Appointments to the Committee will

be made by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Equal opportunity practices, consistent

with USDA policies, will be followed in

all appointments to the Committee. To

ensure that 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 minorities, women, persons

with disabilities, and senior citizens.

Signed in Washington, D.C. on November

9, 2000.

Parks Shackelford,

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 00–29818 Filed 11–21–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

President’s Commission on Improving

Economic Opportunity in Communities

Dependent on Tobacco Production

While Protecting Public Health

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Executive Order 13168

published September 22, 2000,

established the President’s Commission

on Improving Economic Opportunity in

Communities Dependent on Tobacco

Production While Protecting Public

Health (Commission). This meeting will

be devoted to reviewing written and oral

comments received to establish a list of

issues on tobacco and health related

issues the Commission will consider in

issuing its Reports to the President. This

notice announces a public meeting to be

conducted by the Commission on

December 5, 2000. All meetings are

open to the public; however, seating is

limited and available on a first-come

basis. Written comments may be filed

with the committee before or after the