[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 98-10200]


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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.

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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]
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