[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5357]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service
[S&T99-001]


Plant Variety Protection Advisory Board; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming meeting of the Plant Variety Protection Advisory Board.

DATES: March 24, 1999, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the National Agricultural 
Library Building, Conference Room 1400 (Fourteenth Floor), Beltsville, 
Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan A. Atchley, Acting Commissioner, 
Plant Variety Protection Office, Room 500, National Agricultural 
Library Building, Beltsville, Maryland 20705 (301/504-5518).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the provisions of section 10(a) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.L. 92-463), this notice is 
given concerning a Plant Variety Protection Advisory Board meeting. The 
Board is established pursuant to the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 2321, et seq.). The proposed agenda for the meeting will include 
discussions of: (1) a proposal to increase user fees for the Plant 
Variety Protection Office, (2) the handling of Plant Variety Protection 
Office decisions which are being protested by applicants, (3) long term 
strategic planning for efficient functioning of the Plant Variety 
Protection Office, and (4) and other related topics. Written comments 
may be submitted to the contact person listed above before or after the 
meeting.

    Dated: February 26, 1999.
Kenneth C. Clayton,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-5357 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]
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