[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 16624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07145]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


Meeting Notice of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
Education, and Economics Advisory Board

AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. App 2, Section 1408 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123), and the 
Agricultural Act of 2014, the United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) announces an open virtual meeting of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board.

DATES: The National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 
Economics Advisory Board will meet via teleconference on April 14, 
2015, at 2:00 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 Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time:
    Web Preregistration: Participants may preregister for this 
teleconference at http://emsp.intellor.com?p=419202&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 receive an 
email confirmation of this information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Esch, Designated Federal 
Officer and Executive Director, National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0321, Washington, DC 
20250-0321; telephone: (202) 720-3684; fax: (202) 720-6199; or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time a virtual meeting of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board will be 
conducted 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, hear stakeholder input received from this 
meeting as well as other written comments, and provide input on the 
report. The report is available at www.ree.usda.gov. 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 Tuesday, April 14, 2015). All written 
statements must be sent to Michele Esch, Designated Federal Officer and 
Executive Director, National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
Education, and Economics Advisory Board, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0321, Washington, DC 
20250-0321; or email: [email protected]. All statements will become a 
part of the official record of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board and will be kept on 
file for public review in the Research, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board Office.

    Done at Washington, DC, this 20th day of March 2015.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2015-07145 Filed 3-27-15; 8:45 am]
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