[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 76 (Friday, April 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21095-21096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8417]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0040]


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 June 5, 2008, from 
8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The Biennial Conference will be held on June 6, 2008, 
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on June 7, 2008, from 8 a.m. to noon.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Portland Marriott at Sable 
Oaks, 200 Sable Oaks Drive, South Portland, ME.

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) is the 
Secretary's Advisory Committee on poultry health. The Committee 
represents cooperating State agencies and poultry industry members, and 
serves an essential program 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;

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    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; and
    5. Evaluation of antigen detection assays for avian influenza.
    The meetings will be open to the public. The sessions held on June 
6 and 7, 2008, 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-2008-0040 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 14th day of April 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
 [FR Doc. E8-8417 Filed 4-17-08; 8:45 am]
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