[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 21117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10566]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency


President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in 
Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While Protecting Public 
Health

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA

ACTION: Notice of publication of final report and public briefings.

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SUMMARY: Executive Order 13168 published September 22, 2000, 
established the President's Commission on Improving Economic 
Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While 
Protecting Public Health (Commission). This notice announces that the 
Commission's Final Report will be published on May 14, 2001 and that 
two public briefings will be conducted by the Commission on May 14, 
2001. The purpose of the public briefings will be to inform the public 
of the findings and recommendations, as set out in the Commission's 
Final Report. All meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The Commission will conduct the first briefing on May 14, 2001, 
from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the McKimmon Center, North Carolina State 
University, 1101 Gorman St., Raleigh, NC and the second at the 
Executive Inn Hotel, 978 Phillips Lane, Louisville, KY, on May 14, 
2001, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Copies 
of the Final Report will be available on the Commission's website at 
http:www.fsa.usda.gov/tobcom/ or by contacting Solomon Whitfield or 
Eloise Taylor at the Tobacco and Peanuts Division at the contact 
information listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Richardson, Executive Director, 
Tobacco Commission, United States Department of Agriculture, (USDA), 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0574, Washington, DC, 20250-0574 or 
telephone (202) 418-4266 or toll free (866) 804-6698; FAX (202) 418-
4270; Internet: [email protected] or Solomon Whitfield, 
Acting Director, Tobacco and Peanuts Division, telephone (202) 720-5988 
or Eloise Taylor, Agricultural Program Specialist, telephone (202) 720-
9106; FAX (202) 690-2298; Internet: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Commission is to advise 
the President on changes occurring in the tobacco farming economy and 
recommend such measures as may be necessary to improve economic 
opportunity and development in communities that are dependent on 
tobacco production, while protecting consumers, particularly children, 
from hazards associated with smoking. The Commission collected and 
reviewed information about changes in the tobacco farming economy and 
Federal, State, and local initiatives intended to help tobacco growers, 
tobacco quota holders, and communities dependent on tobacco production 
pursue new economic opportunities. The Commission received public input 
through two public forums, its website, written comments and experts in 
tobacco farming, tobacco health issues, and economic development. After 
reviewing all input, the Commission is issuing its findings and 
recommendations in the Final Report, regarding the economic situation 
facing tobacco producers and tobacco dependent communities.
    If special accommodations are required, please contact Doug 
Richardson, at the address specified above, by COB May 7, 2001.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. on April 24, 2001.
James R. Little,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 01-10566 Filed 4-26-01; 8:45 am]
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