[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22524]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 97-075-1]


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 the 
Conference Center of the USDA Center at Riverside, 4700 River Road, 
Riverdale, MD 20737. Sessions will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 
September 9-10, 1997, and from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on September 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Quita Bowman, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Emergency Programs Staff, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 
41, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-7707; or e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary's Advisory Committee on 
Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases (the Committee) advises the 
Secretary of Agriculture on actions necessary to prevent the 
introduction of foreign diseases of livestock and poultry into the 
United States. In addition, the Committee advises the Secretary on 
contingency planning and on maintaining a state of preparedness to deal 
with these diseases, if introduced.
    The meeting will focus on emerging issues, the design of an 
emergency management system, and the foreign animal disease situation 
worldwide and its relevance to the United States. The meeting will be 
open to the public. However, due to the time constraints, the public 
will not be allowed to participate in the Committee's discussions. 
Written statements on meeting topics may be filed with the Committee 
before or after the meeting by sending them to Dr. Quita Bowman at the 
address listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Written comments 
may also be filed at the time of the meeting. Please refer to Docket 
No. 97-075-1 when submitting your comments.
    This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act.

    Done in Washington, DC this 19th day of August 1997.
Terry L. Medley,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-22524 Filed 8-22-97; 8:45 am]
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