[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 21081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8847]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics


Notice of Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology 
and 21st Century Agriculture

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service.

ACTION: Notice of appointment to the Advisory Committee on 
Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of Agriculture announces members 
appointed to fill 9 vacancies on the Advisory Committee on 
Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture, in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. Those appointed are as 
follows: Daryl Buss, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of 
Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Leon Corzine, Farmer/President, LPC Farms, 
Assumption, IL; Carole Cramer, Professor, Department of Plant 
Pathology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Michael Dykes, Vice 
President, Government Affairs, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO; Carol 
Tucker Foreman, Director, Food Policy Institute, Consumer Federation of 
America; Randal Giroux, Scientific Lead, Corporate Agricultural 
Biotechnology, Cargill, Inc., Wayzata, MN; Margaret Mellon, Director, 
Food and Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists, 
Washington, DC; Ronald Olson, Vice President, Grain Division, General 
Mills, Minneapolis, MN; and Jerome Slocum, Farmer/President, North 
Mississippi Grain Company, Coldwater, MS.

DATES: Appointments by the Secretary are for a two-year term, effective 
February 13, 2004 until February 12, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Schechtman, Designated Federal 
Official, Office of the Deputy Secretary, USDA, 202B Jamie L. Whitten 
Federal Building, 12th and Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20250; Telephone (202) 720-3817; Fax (202) 690-4265; E-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The members of the committee cover a broad 
range of agricultural disciplines and interests. The duties of the 
committee are solely advisory. The Advisory Committee on Biotechnology 
and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) is charged with examining the long-
term impacts of biotechnology on the U.S. food and agriculture system 
and USDA, and providing guidance to USDA on pressing individual issues, 
identified by the Office of the Secretary, related to the application 
of biotechnology in agriculture.
    The AC21 was first appointed in February 2003 and at the time half 
of the appointments were for a one-year term and half for a two-year 
term. Due to the staggered appointments, the terms for 9 of the 18 
members expired on February 12, 2004. Members of the AC21 may be 
reappointed by the Secretary of Agriculture but no member may serve 
more than six consecutive years. Members serve without pay, but with 
reimbursement of travel expenses and per diem for attendance at AC21 
and subcommittee functions for those committee members who require 
assistance in order to attend the meetings.

    Dated: April 13, 2004.
Rodney J. Brown,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 04-8847 Filed 4-19-04; 8:45 am]
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