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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 94-004-1]

 

Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry 
Diseases; of Solicitation for Membership

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for membership.

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice that we anticipate renewing the 
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases 
(Committee) for a 2-year period. The Secretary is soliciting 
nominations for membership for this Committee.

DATES: Consideration will be given to nominations received on or before 
July 5, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Nominations received should be addressed to the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John Williams, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Emergency Programs Staff, Veterinary Services, APHIS, 
USDA, room 745, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 
20782, (301) 436-8092.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary's Advisory Committee on 
Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases (Committee) advises the Secretary 
of Agriculture on actions necessary to keep foreign diseases of 
livestock and poultry from being introduced into the United States. In 
addition, the Committee advises on contingency planning and on 
maintaining a state of preparedness to deal with these diseases, if 
introduced.
    The Committee Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall be elected by 
the Committee from among its members.
    Terms will expire for the current members of the Committee in July 
1994. We are soliciting nominations from interested organizations and 
individuals to replace members on the Committee. An organization may 
nominate individuals from within or outside its membership. The 
Secretary will select members to obtain the broadest possible 
representation on the Committee, in accordance with the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and USDA Department Regulation 
1043-31. Equal opportunity practices, in line with the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture 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, 
and persons with disabilities.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of May 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-12095 Filed 5-17-94; 8:45 am]
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