[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6203]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service


Notice of Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture 
Statistics

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notification of appointment to the Advisory Committee on 
Agriculture Statistics.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, announces members 
appointed to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics. Twelve 
open positions were filled on the twenty-five member committee with 
members selected to serve 2-year terms. Selections were from seven 
categories that cover a broad range of agricultural disciplines and 
interests. Appointed members by categories they represent are:
    Consumer and Information Organizations--James Dennis Rieck, 
Winfield, IL. Educational Organizations--Ling-Jung (Kelvin) Koong, 
Corvallis, OR; Gumecindo Salas, Springfield, VA. Farm Services 
Organizations--John Irving Gifford, Rock Island, IL; Jack Charles 
Mitenbuler, Indianapolis, IN. Government Agencies--Robert Dale 
Epperson, Fresno, CA. National Farm Organizations--Mark W. Jenner, Mt. 
Prospect, IL; Ivan W. Wyatt, Cedar Point, KS. Producer and Marketing 
Organizations--Mary Ashby Pamplin, Reston, VA; Lee F. Schrader, West 
Lafayette, IN; Topper Thorpe, Castle Rock, CO. Professional 
Organizations--Walter J. Armbruster, Darien, IL.

COMMENTS: The duties of the Committee are solely advisory. The 
Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture 
with regards to the agricultural statistics program of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and such other matters as it may 
deem advisable, or which the Secretary of Agriculture, Under Secretary 
for Research, Education, and Economics, or the Administrator of NASS 
may request. The Advisory Committee's next meeting will take place 
April 3-4, 2001, in the Washington, DC area. All meetings are open to 
the public. Committee members will be reimbursed for official travel 
expenses only.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Questions should be e-mailed to 
[email protected], faxed to (202) 720-9013, OR telephoned to Rich 
Allen, Associate Administrator, NASS, at (202) 720-4333. All mailed 
correspondence should be sent to Rich Allen, Associate Administrator, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 4117 South Building, 
Washington, DC 20250-2000.

    Signed at Washington, DC, January 29, 2001.
R. Ronald Bosecker,
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
[FR Doc. 01-6203 Filed 3-12-01; 8:45 am]
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