[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 43988]
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[FR Doc No: 2021-17068]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2021-0028]


General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement 
Plan; Virtual Public Meeting

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of virtual public meeting.

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the General Conference Committee of 
the National Poultry Improvement Plan will be holding a virtual public 
meeting.

DATES: The General Conference Committee virtual public meeting will be 
held on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight 
Time.

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; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Conference Committee (the 
Committee) of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is the 
Secretary's Advisory Committee on poultry health. The Committee serves 
as a forum for the study of problems relating to poultry health and, as 
necessary, makes specific recommendations to the Secretary concerning 
ways the U.S. Department of Agriculture may assist the industry in 
addressing these problems.
    The Committee has scheduled a virtual public meeting to be held on 
September 22, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time using Zoom, a 
web conferencing service. The meeting will start with a brief comment 
by the NPIP Senior Coordinator and GCC Chairperson, after which, new 
diagnostic tests will be presented, reviewed, and voted on by the 
Committee. The Committee will then attend to old and new business. 
Anyone may observe and/or participate as indicated below, and we ask 
that, if you are new to Zoom, to please visit https://support.zoom.us 
prior to the meeting to allow time to help you get started and to 
familiarize yourself with the web conferencing service.

To Join as a Participant

    Time permitting, participants may provide oral comments for no more 
than five (5) minutes per participant. Due to time constraints, it may 
not be possible to accommodate all who wish to speak. Participants in 
the open session can speak and may be asked questions by the Committee. 
If you wish to participate with an unmuted line, you must request to be 
scheduled as a full participant no later than September 15, 2021, via 
email to NPIP Program Analyst, Penny Kesler, [email protected] 
with a copy to [email protected]. Please submit your name and 
organizational affiliation in this request. After you pre-register, you 
will receive a unique link and instructions via email on how to fully 
participate.

To Join as an Observer

    Observers can watch the open session, but they cannot speak. It is 
not necessary to pre-register to observe. To join as an observer, a 
link and call-in lines will be posted at www.poultryimprovement.org 
with further instructions on September 1, 2021.

Reasonable Accommodations

    If needed, please request reasonable accommodations no later than 
August 20, 2021, by email to [email protected] with a copy to 
[email protected]. Requests made after that date may be considered, 
but it may not be possible to fulfill them.
    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 5th day of August 2021.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-17068 Filed 8-10-21; 8:45 am]
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