[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13324-13325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05790]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


Meeting Notice of the Agricultural Research Service--Animal 
Handling and Welfare Review Panel

AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 7 U.S.C. 3124a, Federal-State Partnership 
and Coordination, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 
announces an open meeting of the Agricultural Research Service--Animal 
Handling and Welfare Review Panel (ARS-AHWR) to discuss their report 
and recommendations on the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center.

DATES: The ARS-AHWR will meet virtually on March 18, 2015, at 1 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place virtually at the AT&T Meeting 
Room below. Please follow the pre-registration instructions to ensure 
your participation in the meeting.
    Call-In instructions for Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time:
    Web Preregistration: Participants may preregister for this 
teleconference at http://emsp.intellor.com?p=419075&do=register&t=8. 
Once the participant registers, a confirmation page will display dial-
in numbers and a unique PIN, and the participant will also

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receive an email confirmation of this information.
    You may submit written comments to: REE Advisory Board Office, 
Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 332A, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20250, or via email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Esch, Executive Director, REE 
Advisory Board Office, US Department of Agriculture; telephone: (202) 
720-3684; fax: (202) 720-6199; or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time a virtual meeting will be conducted for any 
interested stakeholders and/or interested parties, to hear the summary 
of findings and recommendations on the review of the animal handling, 
care, and welfare at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center. The Review 
Panel plans to hear stakeholder input received from this meeting as 
well as other written comments. The report will be available at 
www.ree.usda.gov on March 9, 2015.
    This meeting is open to the public and any interested individuals 
wishing to attend.
    Opportunity for verbal public comment will be offered on the day of 
the meeting. Written comments by attendees or other interested 
stakeholders will be welcomed for the public record before and up to 
the day of the meeting (by close of business Wednesday, March 18, 
2015). All statements will become a part of the official record of the 
REE Mission Area and will be kept on file for public review in the REE 
Advisory Board Office.

    Done at Washington, DC this 10th day of March 2015.
Catherine E. Woteki,
Under Secretary, REE, Chief Scientist, USDA.
[FR Doc. 2015-05790 Filed 3-12-15; 8:45 am]
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