[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 42787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17708]


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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 August 11, 
2015, at 2 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, 
August 11, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time: Web 
Preregistration: Participants may preregister for this teleconference 
at http://emsp.intellor.com?p=420632&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]. For additional information on the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory 
Board, visit http://nareeeab.ree.usda.gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at 2 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 from the 
Animal Handling and Welfare Review Panel's Phase II report on the 
research animal care and well-being policies, procedures, and standards 
at the Agricultural Research Service. The National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board will 
provide additional advice and recommendations to USDA on the report and 
hear stakeholder input received at this meeting, as well as, other 
written comments. The report, entitled Findings and Recommendations on 
the Phase II Review of the Animal Care and Well-Being at the 
Agricultural Research Service to the Research, Education, and Economics 
Under Secretary, 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, 
August 11, 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 10 day of July, 2015.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2015-17708 Filed 7-17-15; 8:45 am]
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