[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 7128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3800]


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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. The 
appointment for the twenty-five member committee, which has 
representation across seven categories which covers a broad range of 
agricultural disciplines and interests, was signed on February 5, 2002. 
Appointed members by their associated category are: Consumer and 
Information Organizations--Robert W. Spear, Nobleboro, ME; Ross Ronald 
Racine, Billings, MT; James Dennis Rieck, Winfield, IL. Educational 
Organizations--Ling-Jung (Kelvin) Koong, Corvallis, OR; Bobby Ray 
Phills, Tallahassee, FL; Gumecindo Salas, Springfield, VA. Farm 
Services Organizations--Jacklyn M. Folsom, Cabot, VT; John Irving 
Gifford, Rock Island, IL; Jack Charles Mitenbuler, Indianapolis, IN; 
Ranvir Singh, Marysville, CA; Mark Edward Whalon, East Lansing, MI. 
Government Agencies--Robert Dale Epperson, Fresno, CA. National Farm 
Organizations--Carol Ann Gregg, Grove City, PA; Mark W. Jenner, Mt. 
Prospect, IL; Sheila Kay Massey, Animas, NM; Ivan W. Wyatt, Cedar 
Point, KS. Producer and Marketing Organizations--Mark Dale Lange, 
Cordova, TN; Andrew William LaVigne, Lakeland, FL; Roger M. Cryan, 
Fairfax, VA; Ashby Pamplin Ruden, Reston, VA; Lee F. Schrader, West 
Lafayette, IN; Topper Thorpe, Castle Rock, CO; Hugh Anslum Warren, 
Greenwood, MS. Professional Organizations--Walter J. Armbruster, 
Darien, IL; Ronald C. Wimberley, Raleigh, NC.
    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 will be meeting on February 19-20, 
2002. All meetings are open to the public. Committee members will be 
reimbursed for official travel expenses only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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, February 6, 2002.
R. Ronald Bosecker,
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
[FR Doc. 02-3800 Filed 2-14-02; 8:45 am]
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