[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 94 (Monday, May 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27536-27537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11690]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of the Specialty Crop Committee's Stakeholder Listening
Session
AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of stakeholder listening session.
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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 a
stakeholder listening session of the Specialty Crop Committee, under
the auspices of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory Board (NAREEE).
DATES: The Specialty Crop Committee will hold the stakeholder listening
session on May 25, 2010 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The stakeholder listening session of the Specialty Crop
Committee will take place at the San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk, 889
East Market Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205.
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: David Kelly, Acting Executive
Director, National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720-4421; 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, as amended under
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, under Title VII,
Section 7103 of Public Law 110-246. This Committee is a permanent
committee of the National Agricultural Research Extension, Education,
and Economics Advisory Board. The Committee's charge is to
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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
a stakeholder listening session. The listening session will elicit
stakeholder input from industry and state representatives, researchers
and educators, national organizations and institutions, local
producers, and other groups about topics of relevance to research,
extension or economics programs on which the Specialty Crop Committee
is charged to report through the Board to the Secretary of Agriculture
and Congress. The list of specific topics of interest is available on
the Committee charge on the NAREEE Web site (http://nareeeab.ree.usda.gov). In addition, the Committee seeks input on the
Specialty Crop Research Initiative priorities and program
administration, as well as its interaction with any research undertaken
by the state administered Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funded
through the USDA. Several panel sessions will be organized to stimulate
discussion, each relating to one or more specific issues delineated in
the Committee's charge. Each panel will be followed with questions by
Committee members and opportunity for brief presentations and general
discussion from the floor. An open session for further brief
presentations will also be scheduled. Succinct 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.
In order to encourage input from a wide array of interested parties
and stakeholders from diverse regions of the country, the Committee
will host an additional listening session focused on the same topics.
This session will be held in Sacramento, CA on June 10, 2010. Details
regarding this meeting will be announced in the near future.
Done at Washington, DC, this 11th day of April 2010.
Molly Jahn,
Acting Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2010-11690 Filed 5-14-10; 8:45 am]
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