[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 68 (Monday, April 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 18086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8662]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


Census Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics; Notice of 
Public Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463 as 
amended by Pub. L. 94-409), we are giving notice of a meeting of the 
Census Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics. The meeting will 
be held on May 18, 1995 at California State University, Fresno, 
California.
    The Committee advises the Director, Bureau of the Census, on the 
conduct of periodic censuses of agriculture and related surveys, and 
the kind of information that should be obtained from respondents about 
agriculture production and operations; prepares recommendations 
regarding the conduct of agriculture data programs and the contents of 
agriculture reports; and presents the views of major suppliers and 
users of agriculture statistics on agriculture data programs and 
products.
    The Committee is composed of 21 members. Twenty members are 
appointed by the presidents of the nonprofit organizations having 
representatives on the Committee, and one member is a representative 
from the Department of Agriculture.
    The May 18 meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m., and 
the meeting agenda is: (1) call to order and introduction; (2) 
introductory remarks by the Deputy Director, Bureau of the Census; (3) 
reorganization and the role of the Agriculture and Financial Statistics 
Division; (4) data sharing initiative; (5) 1992 Census of Agriculture 
data and products; (6) plans for the 1997 Census of Agriculture; (7) 
status of 1994 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey; (8) rural data needs; 
(9) public questions and comments; (10) Committee recommendations; and 
(11) election of chairperson for 1996.
    This meeting is open to the public and a brief period is set aside 
for public comments and questions. Persons with extensive questions or 
statements must submit them in writing to the Census Bureau official 
named below at least three days before the meeting.
    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should also be directed to the Census Bureau official named below in 
advance of the meeting.
    Persons wishing additional information regarding this meeting or 
who wish to submit written statements may contact Mr. Joseph Reilly, 
Agriculture and Financial Statistics Division, Bureau of the Census, 
Room 437, Iverson Mall, Suitland, Maryland. (Mailing address: 
Washington, D.C. 20233) Telephone (301) 763-8557--TDD (301) 457-2540, 
FAX (301) 763-8315.

    Dated: March 30, 1995.
Martha Farnsworth Riche,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 95-8662 Filed 4-7-95; 8:45 am]
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