[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10259]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 96-021-1]


Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry 
Diseases; Meeting

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a meeting of the Secretary's Advisory 
Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases.

PLACE, DATES, AND TIME OF MEETING: The meeting will be held in 
Conference Rooms B, C, and D of the USDA Center at Riverside, 4700 
River Road, Riverdale, MD. The Committee will meet on May 15-16, 1996. 
Sessions will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 15, and from 8 a.m. 
until noon on May 16.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John Williams, Chief Staff 
Veterinarian, Emergency Programs, VS, APHIS, Suite 3B08, 4700 River 
Road Unit 41, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, (301) 734-8073.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary`s Advisory Committee on 
Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases (Committee) advises the Secretary 
of Agriculture of means to suppress, control, or eradicate an outbreak 
of foot-and-mouth disease, or other destructive foreign animal or 
poultry diseases, in the event these diseases should enter the United 
States. The Committee also advises the Secretary of Agriculture on 
prevention of these diseases.
    The meeting will focus on emergency preparedness and will be open 
to the public. However, due to time constraints, the public will not be 
allowed to participate in the Committee's discussions. Written 
statements concerning the meeting topic may be filed with the Committee 
before or after the meeting by sending them to Dr. John Williams at the 
address listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of April 1996.
Terry L. Medley,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-10259 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]
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