Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-18969
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Farm, Ranch, and Rural Community Federal Advisory Committee
Posted Date: 2016-04-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 22976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08914]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9945-20-OA]

Notification of Public Teleconference of the Farm, Ranch, and 
Rural Community Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hereby provides notice of a 
teleconference of the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee 
(FRRCC). This teleconference is open to the public. Members of the 
public are encouraged to provide comments relevant to the specific 
issues being considered by the FRRCC.

DATES: The public teleconference will be held from noon to 2:00 p.m. 
(Eastern Time); 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Central Time); 10:00 a.m. to 
noon (Mountain Time); 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) on April 
28, 2016.
    Location: The presentation will be available through adobe connect 
and audio will be available through a teleconference number that will 
be available to public participants by contacting Donna Perla.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants 
further information concerning this public teleconference may contact 
Donna Perla, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the 
Administrator (MC1101A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20460; via email at perla.donna@epa.gov, or via telephone at 202-564-
0184. General information concerning the EPA FRRCC can be found at 
http://www2.epa.gov/faca/frrcc.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: EPA established the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 
Committee (FRRCC) in 2008 to provide independent policy advice, 
information, and recommendations to the Administrator on a range of 
environmental issues and policies that are of importance to agriculture 
and rural communities.
    The purpose of this teleconference is to provide a briefing from 
two North Dakotan agricultural producers, (Mr. Mark Jennings and Mr. 
Rocklin Bateman, Supervisor of Morton County Soil Conservation 
District), on their adoption of soil health practices and their 
perspectives on resulting challenges and benefits.
    Meeting Access: For information on access to this teleconference or 
services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Donna Perla 
at 202-564-0184 or perla.donna@epa.gov. If special accommodations are 
needed, please request them at least four working days prior to the 
teleconference, to allow sufficient time to process your request.

    Dated: April 11, 2016.
Ron Carleton,
Counselor to the Administrator for Agricultural Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-08914 Filed 4-18-16; 8:45 am]
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