[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27718]


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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: December 4-5, 2001.
    Place: Hilton Chicago Hotel, 720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 
Illinois 60605.
    Time: 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on December 4 and 7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. on 
December 5, 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 an overview of GIPSA's financial status, a 
panel discussion on the evolving bulk and value-enhanced commodity 
markets, and updates on biotechnology, policies, and procedures, 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 accommodation should contact Marianne 
Plaus, telephone (202) 690-3460 or FAX (202) 205-9237.

    Dated: October 31, 2001.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 01-27718 Filed 11-5-01; 8:45 am]
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