[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 44211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17391]
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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 147 / Wednesday, July 30, 2008 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of the Specialty Crop Committee's Stakeholder Listening
Sessions
AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of stakeholder listening sessions.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App 2, the United States Department of Agriculture announces
three stakeholder listening sessions of the Specialty Crop Committee,
under the auspices of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory Board.
DATES: The Specialty Crop Committee will hold three stakeholder
listening sessions August 20, 2008 from 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m., August 21,
2008 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and on September 4, 2008 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The stakeholder listening sessions of the Specialty Crop
Committee will take place on August 20, 2008, at the Cotton Tree Inn,
2300 Market Street, Mt. Vernon, Washington 98273; August 21, 2008 at
the Ellensburg Quality Inn, 1700 Canyon Road, Ellensburg, WA 98926; and
September 4, 2008 at The Inn on the Lake, 770 South Main Street,
Canandaigua, NY 14424.
The public may file written comments before or up to two weeks
after the listening session with the contact person identified in this
notice at: The National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education,
and Economics Advisory Board Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 344-A, Jamie L. Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-2255.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Hunter, Executive Director,
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720-3684; fax: (202) 720-6199; or e-
mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Specialty Crop Committee was established
in accordance with the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004
under Title III, Section 303 of Public Law 108-465. This Committee is a
permanent committee of the National Agricultural Research Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory Board (the Board). The Committee's
charge is to study the scope and effectiveness of research, extension,
and economics programs affecting the specialty crop industry. The
congressional legislation defines ``specialty crops'' as fruits,
vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits and nursery crops (including
floriculture). In order to carry out its responsibilities effectively,
the Committee is holding these stakeholder listening sessions. The
Committee seeks stakeholder input from industry and state
representatives, national organizations and institutions, local
producers, agricultural researchers and extension educators, and other
groups interested in the issues with which the Specialty Crop Committee
is charged. Comments on measures to improve the efficiency,
productivity, profitability and economic stability of specialty crop
producers; on regional or national data or information needed by the
industry to evaluate its competitive position; and on measures designed
to improve the competitiveness of research, extension and economics
programs affecting the industry are particularly sought. The format
will focus on several panel sessions, each relating to one or more
specific issues delineated in the Committee's charge. Each panel will
be followed with questions or comments by Committee members and from
the floor. Opportunities for brief presentations and general discussion
from the public participants will be provided. Also, written comments
by attendees and other interested stakeholders will be welcomed as
additional public input before and up to two weeks following the
listening sessions. All statements will become part of the official
public record of the Board's Specialty Crop Committee.
Done at Washington, DC, this 24th day of July, 2008.
Gale A. Buchanan,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. E8-17391 Filed 7-29-08; 8:45 am]
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