[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 171 (Friday, September 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 53261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22501]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Appointment of the National Genetic Resources Advisory 
Council

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary, Research, Education, and 
Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notification of appointment of the National Genetic Resources 
Advisory Council.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Under Secretary, Research, Education, and 
Economics of the Department of Agriculture, in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., announces members 
appointed to the National Genetic Resources Advisory Council. Five 
members were appointed from nominations to replace five members whose 
terms had expired. Four members continue for the remaining two years of 
their four-year appointment. The following appointments to the National 
Genetic Resources Advisory Council have been made:
    Roni Sue DeNise, Department of Animal Science, University of 
Arizona, Tucson, AZ, David R. MacKenzie, Executive Director 
Northeastern Regional Association of State, Agricultural Experiment 
Stations, College Park, MD, Ru Nguyen, Entomologist, Florida Department 
of Agriculture, Gainesville, FL, Antonio Sotomayor-Rios, Agronomist, 
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, Stoney J. Wright, Agronomist, 
Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Palmer, AK.
    The following members will continue on the Advisory Council: Neil 
D. Hamilton, serving as Chair, Agricultural Law Center, Drake 
University, Des Moines, IA, Jennie Hunter-Cevera, Maryland 
Biotechnology Institute, College Park, MD, Charles A. Panton, North 
Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, Charles G. Sattler, 
National Association of Animal Breeders, Columbia, MO.
    Council members will serve four-year terms. In the event of a 
vacancy, the Secretary will appoint a new member as appropriate and 
subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The 
duties of the Council are solely advisory to the Secretary and the 
Director of the National Genetic Resources Program on matters 
concerning the National Genetic Resources Program of the USDA.
    Council members will serve without pay. Reimbursement of travel 
expenses and per diem costs shall be made to members who would be 
unable to attend council meetings without such reimbursement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions should be e-mailed to 
[email protected], faxed to 301-504-6191, or telephoned to 301-504-5541; 
all mailed correspondence should be sent to Peter Bretting, Designated 
Federal Official, USDA-ARS, Room 4-2212, George Washington Carver 
Center, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705-5139.

    Dated: August 25, 2000.
Peter Bretting,
Assistant Administrator for Genetic Resources, USDA-ARS.
[FR Doc. 00-22501 Filed 8-31-00; 8:45 am]
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