[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 235 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 95-29868]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


Agricultural Biotechnology Research Advisory Committee Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of October 
1972 (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770-776), the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA), Research, Education, and Economics, announces the 
following advisory committee meeting:

    Name: Agricultural Biotechnology Research Advisory Committee.
    Date: January 19, 1996.
    Time: 9:00 a.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m.
    Place: Club Room, Westpark Hotel, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive, 
Arlington (Rosslyn), Virginia 22209.
    Type of Meeting: This meeting is open to the public. Persons may 
participate in the meeting as time and space permit. Members of the 
public wishing to speak at the meeting may be given such an 
opportunity at the discretion of the Chair.
    Comments: The public may file written comments before or after 
the meeting with the contact person specified below.
    Purpose: To review matters pertaining to agricultural 
biotechnology research and to develop advice for the Secretary 
through the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics 
with respect to policies, programs, operations and activities 
associated with the conduct of agricultural biotechnology research. 
The items to be considered at this meeting include the 
implementation of performance standards for research with 
genetically modified aquatic organisms and the scope of biological 
risk assessment research programs.
    Contact Persons: Dr. Alvin L. Young, Director, or Dr. Daniel D. 
Jones, Deputy Director, Office of Agricultural Biotechnology, 
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
Department of Agriculture, Room 3868, South Building, 14th and 
Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-0904, phone (202) 
720-5853.

    Done at Washington, D.C., this 27th day of November, 1995.
Karl N. Stauber,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 95-29868 Filed 12-06-95; 8:45 am]
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