[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 35575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14434]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 04-053-1]


Horse Protection Technology Meeting; Animal Care

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice to horse industry members and other 
interested persons that Animal Care will host a series of educational 
meetings to present current information on new technology being 
explored for use in the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act. This 
notice provides the agenda for the meetings, information on the 
location and dates of the first meeting, and general information on 
subsequent meetings.

DATES: The first meeting will be held in Lexington, KY, on June 29, 
2004. Registration will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. The 
meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and end at noon. Additional meetings are 
being planned for July through October 2004, for Tennessee, Missouri, 
and Oregon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Four Points Sheraton, 1938 
Stanton Way, Lexington, KY 40511, (859) 259-1311.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Tuck, Management Analyst, 
PPD, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-5819.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS), Animal Care, is announcing a series of educational 
meetings on the new technology being tested to enforce the Horse 
Protection Act. The meetings are designed to provide a forum for 
information dissemination on various topics that are important for the 
horse industry to understand. This series of meetings will be held in 
various geographical locations to facilitate attendance by most of our 
regulated parties that maintain horses.
    The first meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at the 
Four Points Sheraton, Lexington, KY. Additional meetings are being 
planned for July through October 2004, for Tennessee, Missouri, and 
Oregon.
    The series of meetings have been developed to provide current 
information and ideas on a variety of technological innovations Animal 
Care is testing to assist in the enforcement of the Horse Protection 
Act. Each meeting will, with the exception of possible minor 
modifications, follow the same agenda:

7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.--Registration
8:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.--Welcome Overview
8:45 a.m.-9:30 a.m.--Thermography Technology
9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.--Sniffer Technology
10:45 a.m.-Noon--Other Horse Protection Enforcement Issues

    Meeting notices are also available on the Animal Care Web site at 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac.
    Please note that these meetings are being held to provide and 
disseminate information on the technology being tested by Animal Care 
to enforce the Horse Protection Act and is not an opportunity to submit 
formal comments on proposed rules or other regulatory initiatives.
    Pre-registration is requested by calling (301) 734-7833, or 
emailing Animal Care at [email protected] and providing your name, 
number of attendees, phone number, email address or other contact 
address. This information is needed in the event of any changes to the 
meeting schedule so we may inform registrants in a timely manner. 
Please pre-register for the meeting by June 28, 2004.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of June, 2004.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 04-14434 Filed 6-24-04; 8:45 am]
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