[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 122 (Monday, June 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 36315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10020]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0086]


National Poultry Improvement Plan; General Conference Committee 
Meeting and Biennial Conference

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice of meetings of the General Conference 
Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan and of the Biennial 
Conference.

DATES: The General Conference Committee will meet on September 7, 2006, 
from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The Biennial Conference will meet on September 
8, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on September 9, 2006, from 8 a.m. 
to noon.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Red Lion Hotel on the 
River, 909 N. Hayden Island Drive, Portland, OR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Andrew R. Rhorer, Senior 
Coordinator, National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, 1498 
Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) 922-3496.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Conference Committee (the 
Committee) of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), 
representing cooperating State agencies and poultry industry members, 
serves an essential function by acting as liaison between the poultry 
industry and the Department in matters pertaining to poultry health. In 
addition, the Committee assists the Department in planning, organizing, 
and conducting the NPIP Biennial Conference.
    Topics for discussion at the upcoming meetings include:
    1. H5/H7 low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) program for 
commercial layers, broilers, and turkeys;
    2. Compartmentalization of notifiable avian influenza free zones;
    3. H5/H7 LPAI program for raised-for-release upland gamebird 
flocks;
    4. Evaluation of rapid detection assays for Salmonella;
    5. Evaluation of antigen detection assays for avian influenza; and
    6. Modification of the current H5/H7 LPAI monitored program for 
commercial poultry flocks and slaughter premises.
    The meetings will be open to the public. The sessions held on 
September 8 and 9, 2006, will include delegates to the NPIP Biennial 
Conference. However, due to time constraints, the public will not be 
allowed to participate in the discussions during either of the 
meetings. Written statements on meeting topics may be filed with the 
Committee before or after the meetings by sending them to the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Written statements may 
also be filed at the meetings. Please refer to Docket No. APHIS-2006-
0086 when submitting your statements.
    This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act. (5 U.S.C. App. 2).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of June 2006.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
 [FR Doc. E6-10020 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am]
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