[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 97-427]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 96-097-1]


General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement 
Plan 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 General Conference 
Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan.

PLACE, DATE, AND TIME OF MEETING: The meeting will be held at the World 
Congress Center, Room 204 Red East, Atlanta, GA; (404) 223-4300. The 
General Conference Committee will meet on January 22, 1997 from 1:30 
p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Andrew Rhorer, Senior Coordinator, 
NPIP, VS, APHIS, 1500 Klondike Road, Suite A 102, Conyers, GA 30207, 
(770) 922-3496.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Conference Committee (the 
Committee) of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), 
representing cooperating State agencies and poultry industry members, 
serves an essential function by acting as liaison between the poultry 
industry and the Department in matters pertaining to poultry health.
    Tentative topics for discussion at the upcoming meeting include:
    1. The Georgia pullorum-typhoid study of susceptibility in the 
ostrich.
    2. Technical evaluation of the current pollorum-typhoid serological 
assays as they apply to the ostrich.
    3. Technical review of alternative testing for pullorum-typhoid at 
the hatchery for the ostrich.
    4. California's ostrich health program.
    5. Ratite diseases.
    6. USDA import requirements for the ostrich.
    7. Export requirements for the ostrich (China and Taiwan).
    8. Proposed changes to the provisions of the NPIP.
    The meeting 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 on the meeting topics may 
be filed with the committee before or after the meeting by sending them 
to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Written 
statements may also be filed at the meeting. Please refer to Docket No. 
96-097-1 when submitting your statements.
    This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of January 1997.
Terry L. Medley,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-427 Filed 1-6-97; 8:45 am]
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