[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 81 (Monday, April 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 23326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08881]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2019-0085]


General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement 
Plan and 45th Biennial Conference

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 (GCC or the Committee) of the National Poultry Improvement 
Plan (NPIP) and the NPIP's 45th Biennial Conference.

DATES: The General Conference Committee meeting will be held on August 
25, 2020, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The General Session of the 
Biennial Conference will be held on August 26, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and August 27, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting and conference will be held at the Omni 
Providence Hotel, One West Exchange Street, Providence, RI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Elena Behnke, 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 (NPIP), 
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. NPIP diagnostic tests seeking NPIP approval.
    2. Salmonella update.
    3. National Veterinary Services Laboratories avian influenza and 
Newcastle disease virus update.
    4. Mycoplasma update.
    The meeting will be open to the public; however, public 
participation in discussions during the sessions will only be allowed 
if time permits. Written statements may be filed at the meeting or 
filed with the Committee before or after the meeting by sending them to 
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer 
to Docket No. APHIS-2019-0085 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 22nd day of April 2020.
 Mark Davidson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-08881 Filed 4-24-20; 8:45 am]
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