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study the scope and effectiveness of 

research, extension, and economics 

programs affecting the specialty crop 

industry. The congressional legislation 

defines ‘‘specialty crops’’ as fruits, 

vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits and 

nursery crops (including floriculture). In 

order to carry out its responsibilities 

effectively, the Committee is holding a 

stakeholder listening session. The 

listening session will elicit stakeholder 

input from industry and state 

representatives, researchers and 

educators, national organizations and 

institutions, local producers, and other 

groups about topics of relevance to 

research, extension or economics 

programs on which the Specialty Crop 

Committee is charged to report through 

the Board to the Secretary of Agriculture 

and Congress. The list of specific topics 

of interest is available on the Committee 

charge on the NAREEE Web site 

(http://nareeeab.ree.usda.gov). In 

addition, the Committee seeks input on 

the Specialty Crop Research Initiative 

priorities and program administration, 

as well as its interaction with any 

research undertaken by the state 

administered Specialty Crop Block 

Grant Program funded through the 

USDA. Several panel sessions will be 

organized to stimulate discussion, each 

relating to one or more specific issues 

delineated in the Committee’s charge. 

Each panel will be followed with 

questions by Committee members and 

opportunity for brief presentations and 

general discussion from the floor. An 

open session for further brief 

presentations will be also be scheduled. 

Succinct written comments by attendees 

and other interested stakeholders will 

be welcomed as additional public input 

before and up to two weeks following 

the listening sessions. All statements 

will become part of the official public 

record of the Board’s Specialty Crop 

Committee. 

In order to encourage input from a 

wide array of interested parties and 

stakeholders from diverse regions of the 

country, the Committee will host an 

additional listening session focused on 

the same topics. This session will be 

held in Sacramento, CA on June 10, 

2010. Details regarding this meeting will 

be announced in the near future. 

Done at Washington, DC, June 2, 2010. 

Ann M. Bartuska, 

Acting Under Secretary, Research, Education, 

and Economics. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13798 Filed 6–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Solicitation for Members of 

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 

solicitation for nominations to fill 9 

vacancies on the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education and 

Economics Advisory Board. 

DATES: Deadline for Advisory Board 

member nominations is July 9, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The nominee’s name, 

resume, completed Form AD–755, and 

any letters of support must be sent to 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

National Research, Extension, 

Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board Office, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 321–A, Whitten 

Building, Washington, DC 20250–0321. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Kelly, Acting Executive Director, 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education and Economics 

Advisory Board, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 321–A, Whitten 

Building, Washington, DC 20250–0321, 

telephone: 202–720–4421; fax: 202– 

720–6199; e-mail: 

david.kelly@ars.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1408 of the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, and Teaching 

Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123) was 

amended by the Food, Energy and 

Conservation Act of 2008 by deleting six 

members of the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education and 

Economics Advisory Board, to total 25 

members. Since the inception of the 

Advisory Board by congressional 

legislation in 1996, each member has 

represented a specific category related 

to farming or ranching, food production 

and processing, forestry research, crop 

and animal science, land-grant 

institutions, non-land grant college or 

university with a historic commitment 

to research in the food and agricultural 

sciences, food retailing and marketing, 

rural economic development, and 

natural resource and consumer interest 

groups, among many others. The Board 

was first appointed by the Secretary of 

Agriculture in September 1996 and onethird of its members were appointed for 

one, two, and three-year terms, 

respectively to allow for approximately 

one-third of the Board to change each 

year. The terms for 8 members who 

represent specific categories will expire 

September 30, 2010. Nominations for 

these and other vacant categories are 

sought. All nominees will be carefully 

reviewed for their expertise, leadership, 

and relevance to a category. 

Appointments will be made for two- or 

three-year terms to maintain the 

approximate one-third change in 

membership each year dictated by the 

original legislation. 

The 9 slots to be filled are: 

Category F. National Food Animal 

Science Society 

Category G. National Crop, Soil, 

Agronomy, Horticulture, or Weed 

Science Society 

Category K. 1862 Land-Grant Colleges 

and Universities 

Category L. 1890 Land-Grant Colleges 

and Universities 

Category P. American Colleges of 

Veterinary Medicine 

Category T. Rural Economic 

Development 

Category U. National Consumer Interest 

Group 

Category V. National Forestry Group 

Category W. National Conservation or 

Natural Resource Groups 

Nominations are being solicited from 

organizations, associations, societies, 

councils, federations, groups, and 

companies that represent a wide variety 

of food and agricultural interests 

throughout the country. Nominations 

for one individual who fits several of 

the categories listed above or for more 

than one person who fits one category 

will be accepted. In your nomination 

letter, please indicate the specific 

membership category for each nominee. 

Each nominee must fill out, sign, and 

return a form AD–755, ‘‘Advisory 

Committee Membership Background 

Information’’ (which can be obtained 

from the contact person below or may 

be printed out from the following Web 

site: http://www.ree.usda.gov/nareeeab/ 

downloads/forms/AD–755.pdf). All 

nominees will be vetted before 

selection. 

Nominations are open to all 

individuals without regard to race, 

color, religion, sex, national origin, age, 

mental or physical handicap, marital 

status, or sexual orientation. To ensure 

that recommendations of the Advisory 

Board take into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by the 

Department, membership shall include, 

to the extent practicable, individuals 

with demonstrated ability to represent 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities. 


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Appointments to the National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, 

Education and Economics Advisory 

Board will be made by the Secretary of 

Agriculture. 

Done at Washington, DC, June 2, 2010. 

Ann M. Bartuska, 

Acting Under Secretary, Research, Education, 

and Economics. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13799 Filed 6–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection; Application for 

Payment of Amounts Due Persons 

Who Have Died, Disappeared, or Have 

Been Declared Incompetent 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) are 

requesting comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. The CCC and 

FSA are using the collected information 

to determine whether representatives or 

survivors of a producer are entitled to 

receive payments earned by a producer 

who dies, disappears, or is declared 

incompetent before receiving payments 

or other disbursements. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before August 9, 2010 to 

be assured consideration. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, volume, and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Mail: Mike Sienkiewicz, 

Agricultural Program Specialist, USDA, 

FSA, STOP 0572, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

0572. 

• E-mail: 

mike.sienkiewicz@wdc.usda.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 720–0051. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the 

information collection may be requested 

by contacting Mike Sienkiewicz at the 

above addresses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Sienkiewicz, Agricultural Program 

Specialist, (202) 720–8959. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Application for Payment of 

Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died, 

Disappeared, or Have Been Declared 

Incompetent. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0026. 

Expiration Date: November 30, 2010. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Persons desiring to claim 

payment due a person who has died, 

disappeared, or has been declared 

incompetent must complete a form 

FSA–325 of Application for Payment of 

Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died, 

Disappeared, or Have Been Declared 

Incompetent. This information is used 

by FSA county office employees to 

document the relationship of heirs or 

beneficiaries and determine the order of 

precedence for disbursing payments to 

survivors of the person who has died, 

disappeared, or been declared 

incompetent. 

Information is obtained only when a 

producer eligible to receive a payment 

or disbursement dies, disappears, or is 

declared incompetent, and 

documentation is needed to determine if 

any survivors are entitled to receive 

such payments or disbursements. 

Estimated Average Time to Respond: 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average .5 hours (30 minutes) per 

response. The average travel time, 

which is included in the total annual 

burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per 

respondent. 

Type of Respondents: Producers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: 2,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

3,000. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection 

and to help us to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of FSA, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA’s 

estimate of burden including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission for Office of Management 

and Budget approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on June 3, 2010. 

Carolyn B. Cooksie, 

Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity 

Credit Corporation, and Administrator, Farm 

Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13866 Filed 6–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Annual List of Newspapers To Be Used 

by the Alaska Region for Publication of 

Legal Notices of Proposed Actions and 

Legal Notices of Decisions Subject to 

Administrative Appeal Under 36 CFR 

215 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the 

newspapers that Ranger Districts, 

Forests, and the Regional Office of the 

Alaska Region will use to publish legal 

notice of all decisions subject to appeal 

under 36 CFR part 215 and to publish 

legal notices for public comment on 

actions subject to the notice and 

comment provisions of 36 CFR 215, as 

updated on June 4, 2003. The intended 

effect of this action is to inform 

interested members of the public which 

newspapers will be used to publish 

legal notice of actions subject to public 

comment and decisions subject to 

appeal under 36 CFR part 215, thereby 

allowing them to receive constructive 

notice of a decision or proposed action, 

to provide clear evidence of timely 

notice, and to achieve consistency in 

administering the appeals process. 

DATES: Publication of legal notices in 

the listed newspapers begins on July 1, 

2010. This list of newspapers will 

remain in effect until it is superceded by 

a new list, published in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Ken Post, Appeals 

Specialist; Forest Service, Alaska 

Region; P.O. Box 21628; Juneau, Alaska 

99802–1628. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Post, Appeals Specialist; (907) 586– 

8796. 


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