[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10384]


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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.
    Date: May 8, 2001.
    Place: Hilton Kansas City Airport, 8801 NW 112th Street, Kansas 
City, MO 64153.
    Time: 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on May 8, 2001.
    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, biotechnology, component end-use testing, information 
technology initiatives, the status of the official commodity 
program, 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 address 
the Committee orally. 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, D.C. 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: April 20, 2001.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-10384 Filed 4-25-01; 8:45 am]
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