[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 81 (Friday, April 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19654-19655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08601]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2017-0021]


General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement 
Plan; Meeting

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.

DATES: The General Conference Committee meeting will be held on May 18, 
2017, from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The General Conference Committee meeting will be held at the 
Doubletree by Hilton, 363 Maine Mall Road, Portland, ME 04106.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Denise Brinson, Senior 
Coordinator, 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. National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) Avian Influenza 
Update.
    2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/Veterinary Services 
Update.
    3. Compartmentalization Program for Primary Breeders.
    4. NVSL Salmonella Update.
    5. New Diagnostic Tests.

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    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-2017-0021 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 24th day of April 2017.
Jere L. Dick,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-08601 Filed 4-27-17; 8:45 am]
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