[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 19238] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-10200] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 74 / Friday, April 17, 1998 / Notices [[Page 19238]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service [Docket No. 98-042-1] National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee (Formerly Known as the National Animal Damage Control Advisory Committee); Notice of Solicitation for Membership AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of solicitation for membership. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We are giving notice that we anticipate renewing the National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee for a 2-year period. The Secretary is soliciting nominations for membership for this Committee. DATES: Consideration will be given to nominations received on or before June 1, 1998. ADDRESSES: Nominations should be addressed to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Martin Mendoza, Director, Operational Support Staff, WS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 87, Riverdale, MD 20737-1234, (301) 734-7921. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee (the Committee) advises the Secretary of Agriculture on policies, program issues, and research needed to conduct the Wildlife Services (WS) program. The Committee also serves as a public forum enabling those affected by the WS program to have a voice in the program's policies. The Committee Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall be elected by the Committee from among its members. Terms will expire for the current members of the Committee in June 1998. We are soliciting nominations from interested organizations and individuals to replace members on the Committee. An organization may nominate individuals from within or outside its membership. The Secretary will select members to obtain the broadest possible representation on the Committee, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Regulation 1041-1. Equal opportunity practices, in line with the USDA policies, will be followed in all appointments to the Committee. To ensure that the recommendations of the Committee have taken into account the needs of the diverse groups served by the Department, membership should include, to the extent practicable, individuals with demonstrated ability to represent minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of April 1998. Charles P. Schwalbe, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. 98-10200 Filed 4-16-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-34-P