[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 41073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19419]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 
Economics Advisory Board, Southern Regional Listening Session

AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Listening Session.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. App., the United States Department of Agriculture announces a 
Southern Regional Listening Session of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Hanfman, Executive Director, 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board, Research, Education, and Economics Advisory Board 
Office, Room 3918 South Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP: 
2255, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-2255. 
Telephone: 202-720-3684. Fax: 202-720-6199, or e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board, which represents 30 
constituent categories, as specified in section 802 of the Federal 
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-127), will 
send representatives of its membership (11 members, the Executive 
Director, and a USDA administrative support person) to the Southern 
Region to hold a Southern Regional Listening Session, 8:00 a.m. until 
3:00 p.m. on August 2, 1999.
    The Southern Regional Listening Session will engage southern 
stakeholders (small farmers, producers/ranchers, academia including 
1890 and 1994 institutions, the private sector, and other stakeholder 
groups) in panel sessions to present statements to Advisory Board 
members on agricultural research and education priorities and other 
issues of significant concern to the South. Findings of this Listening 
Session will be presented to the full Advisory Board for consideration 
in its ongoing effort to advise USDA on future agricultural research 
and education priorities. Time will be allowed at the end of Listening 
Session panels for open discussion and audience participation.
    Dates: Southern Regional Listening Session, August 2, 1999, 8:00 
a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
    Place: Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS.
    Type of Meeting: Open to the public.
    Comments: The public may file written comments before or within 2 
weeks after the meeting with the contact person. All statements will 
become a part of the official records of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board and will 
be kept on file for public review in the Office of the Advisory Board; 
Research, Education, and Economics; U.S. Department of Agriculture; 
Washington, D.C. 20250-2255.

    Done at Washington, D.C. this 26th day of July 1999.
Eileen Kennedy,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 99-19419 Filed 7-28-99; 8:45 am]
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