[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 17001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7021]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


USDA Public Stakeholder Meeting: Match Making in the Biofuels 
Value Chain

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Economist, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is hosting 
a match making day at the USDA, to promote the necessary connections 
between agricultural producers of energy feedstocks (and their related 
businesses) with biorefiners seeking to produce biofuels for commercial 
sale and consumption. Officials from the U.S. Department of Navy, U.S. 
Department of Energy, and the U.S. Department of Transportation will 
also be attending, making presentations and answering questions. The 
objectives of this match making session will be to improve awareness 
and increase understanding of the biofuels supply chain links between 
all those involved in feedstock production and the processors of that 
feedstock into biofuels. This includes logistical challenges, potential 
roles of ancillary service providers, and potential pitfalls and 
blindspots. At this meeting, federal officials will provide a short 
profile of each section of the supply chain and representatives from 
the participating stakeholders will respond with short formal 
presentations that outline their experiences in that respective supply 
chain sector, barriers and lessons learned, and potential growth and 
opportunities. Short presentations will be made at the top of each hour 
followed by table discussions, at which a representative from each of 
the sectors of the biofuels supply chain should be seated, as well as 
one or more government officials.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 30, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 5 
p.m. Attendees are requested to arrive by 9:30 a.m. in order to pass 
through USDA's security clearance.

ADDRESSES: Patio, United States Department of Agriculture Whitten 
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harry S. Baumes, Director, Office of 
Energy Policy and New Uses, Office of the Chief Economist; telephone 
(202) 401-0461; or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In order to assure sufficient space and 
seating, prospective attendees are asked to register by sending an 
email to [email protected]: identify as the Subject 
``MARCH 30 REGISTRATION''; and include the following information:

Name of the Company:

Name and Title of Attendees:

Address:

Phone number:

Email:

Web site:

    Please Describe Your Position on the Biofuels Production Value 
Chain: (feedstock seed developer or provider, feedstock grower or 
harvester, feedstock processor, feedstock transporter, feedstock 
storage provider, bio-refiner, feedstock machinery manufacturer/
provider, other).

    Signed in Washington, DC on March 19, 2012.
Joseph W. Glauber,
Chief Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, Department of 
Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2012-7021 Filed 3-22-12; 8:45 am]
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