[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. CN-98-005]


Advisory Committee on Universal Cotton Standards; Meeting

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announces a 
forthcoming meeting of the Advisory Committee on Universal Cotton 
Standards.

DATES: June 11, 1998, at 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on June 12, 1998, 
at 9:00 a.m. until the review is complete.

PLACE: June 11, Peabody Hotel, 149 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 
38103. Phone (901) 529-4000.
    June 12 at USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service, Cotton Programs 
offices at 3275 Appling Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38133. Phone (901) 
384-3000. The meeting is open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Don West, Standardization and Quality 
Assurance Branch, Cotton Programs, AMS, USDA, 3275 Appling Road, 
Memphis, Tennessee 38133; Phone: (901) 384-3015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee includes representatives of 
all segments of the U.S. cotton industry and the twenty-one overseas 
associations that are signatories to the Universal Cotton Standards 
Agreement which is authorized under the United States Cotton Standards 
Act (U.S.C. 51-65). The purpose of the meeting is: (1) to recommend to 
the Secretary of Agriculture any changes considered necessary to the 
Universal Standards; and (2) to review freshly prepared sets of 
Universal Cotton Standards for conformity with existing standards.
    The meeting is open to the public. Written comments may be 
submitted in advance or following the meeting to Mr. West. Notice of 
this meeting is provided in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law No. 92-463).

    Dated: April 15, 1998.
Mary E. Atienza,
Deputy Administrator, Cotton Program.
[FR Doc. 98-11993 Filed 5-5-98; 8:45 am]
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