[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 222 (Thursday, November 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 69283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29474]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Advisory Committee Meeting

    Pursuant to the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the 
following committee meeting:

    Name: Grain Inspection Advisory Committee.
    Dates: November 28-29, 2000.
    Place: Crystal City Marriott, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, Virginia.
    Time: 8 am-5 pm on November 28 and 8 am-11:30 am on November 29, 
2000.
    Purpose: To provide advice to the Administrator of the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) with 
respect to the implementation of the U.S. Grain Standards Act (7 
U.S.C. 71 et seq.).

    The agenda includes a review and discussion of GIPSA's financial 
status, wheat dockage proposal, reauthorization, biotechnology, 
research initiatives, standardization and training services for the 
grain industry, certification of producers and grain elevators, and 
other related issues concerning the delivery of grain inspection and 
weighing services to American agriculture.
    Public participation will be limited to written statements, unless 
permission is received from the Committee Chairman to orally address 
the Committee. Persons, other than members, who wish to address the 
Committee or submit written statements before or after the meeting, 
should contact the Administrator, GIPSA, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 3601, Washington, DC 
20250-3601, telephone (202) 720-0219 or FAX (202) 205-9237.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Persons with disabilities 
who require alternative means of communication of program information 
or related accommodations should contact Marianne Plaus, telephone 
(202) 690-3460 or FAX (202) 205-9237.

    Dated: November 9, 2000.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-29474 Filed 11-15-00; 8:45 am]
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