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provided for comments from the public

as noted in a forthcoming agenda. Also

written comments will be accepted for

public record up to 2 weeks following

the Board meeting. The final agenda

will be available to the public prior to

the meeting.

DATES:

March 19—9:00 a.m. to Noon—General

Business Session

March 19—1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.—

Special Presentations

March 20—8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.—

National Stakeholder Symposium

March 20—12–1:00 p.m.—Working

Lunch w/Speaker

March 20—5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.—

Working Reception

March 21—8:00 a.m. to Noon—Focus

Session Wrap-up and Discussion

Place: DoubleTree Park Terrace Hotel,

1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC.; Terrace Ballroom and

State Room.

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, D.C. 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 344–A 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:

mhumphreys@reeusda.gov.

Done at Washington, DC this 26th day of

February 2001.

Dawn Riley,

Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Research,

Education, and Economics.

[FR Doc. 01–5820 Filed 3–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P

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 No. 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 notice

announces that the Commission will

conduct a public meeting on March 20,

2001. The purpose of the meeting will

be to review comments received on the

Commission’s Preliminary Report since

its February 21, 2001, meeting and to

finalize recommendations from tobacco,

economic development, and health

working groups in preparation for work

on the Commission’s Final Report.

DATES: The Commission will meet on

March 20, 2001, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

at 2101 L Street, NW., Room 303A,

Washington, DC. If special

accommodations are required, please

contact Doug Richardson, at the address

specified below, by COB March 16,

2001. All times are Eastern Standard

Time. All meetings are open to the

public; however, seating is limited and

available on a first-come basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doug Richardson, Executive Director,

Tobacco Commission, United States

Department of Agriculture, (USDA),

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP

0574, Washington, DC, 20250–0574 or

telephone (202) 418–4266 or toll free

(866) 804–6698; FAX (202) 418–4270;

Internet: tobcom@wdc.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Commission is to advise

the President on changes occurring in

the tobacco farming economy and

recommend such measures as may be

necessary to improve economic

opportunity and development in

communities that are dependent on

tobacco production, while protecting

consumers, particularly children, from

hazards associated with smoking. The

Commission collected and reviewed

information about changes in the

tobacco farming economy and Federal,

State, and local initiatives intended to

help tobacco growers, tobacco quota

holders, and communities dependent on

tobacco production pursue new

economic opportunities. The

Commission issued its Preliminary

Report on January 26, 2001, with

comments requested through March 8,

2001. Copies of the Preliminary Report

are available on the Commission’s

website at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/

tobcom/ or by contacting the

Commission’s office at the contact

information listed above. All comments

received through February 20, 2001,

with respect to the Preliminary Report

were reviewed by the Commission in its

public meeting conducted on February

21, 2001.

The Commission, in its February 21,

2001, meeting, also reviewed draft

recommendations from three working

groups representing the farm, economic

development and health areas of the

Commission. After this review, the

Commission directed that each working

group revise their recommendations

based on input received from the

meeting and other recommendations to

the Commission.

The purpose of the March 20, 2001,

meeting is to review additional public

input received on the Preliminary

Report and to review the revised reports

from the tobacco, economic

development and health working groups

in order to prepare the Final Report to

the President.

Written comments may be sent to the

contact person listed above.

Signed at Washington, D.C. on March 5,

2001.

James R. Little,

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 01–5775 Filed 3–5–01; 4:24 pm]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

[00–04–C]

Opportunity to Comment on the

Applicants for the Fremont (NE) Area

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on

the applicants for designation to provide

official services in the geographic areas

assigned to Fremont Grain Inspection

Department, Inc. (Fremont).

DATES: Comments must be postmarked,

or sent by telecopier (FAX) by March 31,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be

submitted in writing to USDA, GIPSA,

Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch,

Compliance Division, STOP 3604, Room

1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue,

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SW., Washington, DC 20250–3604.

Telecopier (FAX) users may send

comments to the automatic telecopier

machine at 202–690–2755, attention:

Janet M. Hart. All comments received

will be made available for public

inspection at the above address at 1400

Independence Avenue, SW., during

regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart at 202–720–8525, e-mail

janhart@gipsadc.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

Action has been reviewed and

determined not to be a rule or regulation

as defined in Executive Order 12866

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1;

therefore, the Executive Order and

Departmental Regulation do not apply

to this action.

In the December 1, 2000, Federal

Register (65 FR 175237), GIPSA asked

persons interested in providing official

services in the Fremont area to submit

an application for designation. There

were two applicants for the Fremont

area: Fremont and Sioux City Inspection

and Weighing Service Company (Sioux

City). Fremont applied for designation

to provide official services in the entire

area currently assigned to them. Sioux

City, a designated official grain

inspection agency operating in Iowa,

Nebraska, and South Dakota, applied for

designation to provide official services

in all or part of the Fremont

geographical area.

GIPSA is publishing this notice to

provide interested persons the

opportunity to present comments

concerning the applicants. Commenters

are encouraged to submit reasons and

pertinent data for support or objection

to the designation of the applicants. All

comments must be submitted to the

Compliance Division at the above

address. Comments and other available

information will be considered in

making a final decision. GIPSA will

publish notice of the final decision in

the Federal Register, and GIPSA will

send the applicants written notification

of the decision.

Authority: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.).

Dated: February 20, 2001.

David R. Shipman,

Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection,

Packers and Stockyards Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–5648 Filed 3–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

[01–01–A]

Opportunity for Designation in the

Amarillo (TX), Cairo (IL), Fostoria (OH),

Louisiana, North Carolina, Belmond

(IA), and Wisconsin Areas, and

Request for Comments on the Official

Agencies Serving These Areas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA),

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The designations of the

official agencies listed below will end in

September and November 2001. GIPSA

is asking persons interested in providing

official services in the areas served by

these agencies to submit an application

for designation. GIPSA is also asking for

comments on the services provided by

these currently designated agencies:

Amarillo Grain Exchange, Inc.

(Amarillo); Cairo Grain Inspection

Agency, Inc. (Cairo); Fostoria Grain

Inspection, Inc. (Fostoria); Louisiana

Department of Agriculture and Forestry

(Louisiana); North Carolina Department

of Agriculture (North Carolina); D. R.

Schaal Agency, Inc. (Schaal); and

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,

Trade and Consumer Protection

(Wisconsin).

DATES: Applications and comments

must be postmarked or sent by

telecopier (FAX) on or before March 31,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit applications and

comments to USDA, GIPSA, Janet M.

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance

Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647–S,

1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–3604; FAX 202–

690–2755. If an application is submitted

by FAX, GIPSA reserves the right to

request an original application. All

applications and comments will be

made available for public inspection at

Room 1647–S, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW., during regular business

hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart at 202–720–8525, e-mail

janhart@gipsadc.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

Action has been reviewed and

determined not to be a rule or regulation

as defined in Executive Order 12866

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1;

therefore, the Executive Order and

Departmental Regulation do not apply

to this Action.

Section 7(f)(1) of the United States

Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act),

authorizes GIPSA’s Administrator to

designate a qualified applicant to

provide official services in a specified

area after determining that the applicant

is better able than any other applicant

to provide such official services.

Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides

that designations of official agencies

shall end not later than triennially and

may be renewed according to the

criteria and procedures prescribed in

Section 7(f) of the Act.

1. Current Designations Being

Announced for Renewal

Official agency Main office Designation

start

Designation

end

Amarillo ......................................................................... Amarillo, TX .................................................................. 12/01/1998 11/30/2001

Cairo ............................................................................. Cairo, IL ........................................................................ 11/01/1998 09/30/2001

Fostoria ......................................................................... Fostoria, OH ................................................................. 12/01/1998 11/30/2001

Louisiana ...................................................................... Baton Rouge, LA .......................................................... 10/01/1998 09/30/2001

North Carolina .............................................................. Raleigh, NC .................................................................. 10/01/1998 09/30/2001

Schaal ........................................................................... Belmond, IA .................................................................. 12/01/1998 11/30/2001

Wisconsin ..................................................................... Madison, WI .................................................................. 12/01/1998 11/30/2001.

a. Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the

Act, the following geographic area, in

the States of Oklahoma and Texas, is

assigned to Amarillo.

In Texas:

Bounded on the North by the TexasOklahoma State line to the eastern Clay

County line;

Bounded on the East by the eastern

Clay, Archer, Throckmorton,

Shackelford, and Callahan County lines;

Bounded on the South by the

southern Callahan, Taylor, and Nolan

County lines;

Bounded on the West by the western

Nolan, Fisher, Stonewall, King, and

Cottle County lines; the western