[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 36962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15895]


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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 section 1409(e) of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3124a(e)), 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 the report and 
recommendations on the Phase II review of the agency-wide research 
animal care and well-being policies, procedures, and standards for 
agricultural livestock in ARS research.

DATES: The ARS-AHWR will meet virtually on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at 
1:00 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, July 14, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time
    Web Preregistration: Participants may preregister for this 
teleconference at http://emsp.intellor.com?p=420376&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.
    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, U.S. Department of Agriculture; telephone: (202) 
720-3684; fax: (202) 720-6199; or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, July 14, 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 of the Phase II review of the agency-
wide research animal care and well-being policies, procedures, and 
standards for agricultural livestock in ARS research. 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 July 6, 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 on Tuesday, July 14, 
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 23 day of June 2015.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2015-15895 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3410-03-P