[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 19316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07847]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2014-0012]


General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement 
Plan and 42nd Biennial Conference

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a meeting of the General Conference 
Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) and the 
NPIP's 42nd Biennial Conference.

DATES: The General Conference Committee meeting will be held on July 
10, 2014, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Biennial Conference will meet 
on July 11, 2014, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on July 12, 2014, from 8 
a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting and conference will be held at the Omni 
Charlotte Hotel, 132 E. Trade Street, Charlotte, NC 28202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Denise Brinson, Director, National 
Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road, Suite 
101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) 922-3496.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Conference Committee (the 
Committee) of the National Poultry Improvement Plan, 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.
    Topics for discussion at the upcoming meeting include:
    1. Salmonella update.
    2. Approval of rapid assays.
    3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on Salmonella 
infections.
    4. Agency budget and cooperative agreements updates.
    The meeting will be open to the public. However, due to time 
constraints, the public will not be allowed to participate in the 
discussions during the meeting. Written statements on meeting topics 
may be filed with the Committee before or after the meeting by sending 
them to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 
Written statements may also be filed at the meeting. Please refer to 
Docket No. APHIS-2014-0012 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 2nd day of April 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-07847 Filed 4-7-14; 8:45 am]
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