[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10464]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 98-047-1]


Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry 
Diseases; Meeting

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a meeting of the Secretary's Advisory 
Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases.

PLACE, DATES, AND TIME OF MEETING: The meeting will be held in Training 
Rooms 3 and 4 of the USDA Center at Riverside, 4700 River Road, 
Riverdale, MD 20737. Sessions will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 
5-6, 1998, and from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on May 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Quita Bowman, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Emergency Programs Staff, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 
41, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-8073; or e-mail: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e392818c948e828da382938b8a90cd96908782cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="07766568706a66694766776f6e74297274636629606871">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary's Advisory Committee on 
Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases (the Committee) advises the 
Secretary of Agriculture on actions necessary to prevent the 
introduction of foreign diseases of livestock and poultry into the 
United States. In addition, the Committee advises the Secretary on 
contingency planning and on maintaining a state of preparedness to deal 
with these diseases, if introduced.
    The meeting will focus on the U.S. animal health emergency 
management system and the foreign animal disease situation worldwide 
and its relevance to the United States. The meeting will be open to the 
public. However, due to the time constraints, the public will not be 
allowed to participate in the Committee's discussions. Written 
statements on meeting topics may be filed with the Committee before or 
after the meeting by sending them to Dr. Quita Bowman at the address 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Written comments may also 
be filed at the time of the meeting. Please refer to Docket No. 98-047-
1 when submitting your comments.
    This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of April 1998.
Charles P. Schwalbe,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-10464 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]
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