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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. TB-00-14]
Burley Tobacco Advisory Committee; Meeting
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.) announcement is made of the following committee meeting:
Name: Burley Tobacco Advisory Committee.
Date: June 14, 2000.
Time: 9 a.m.
Place: Campbell House Inn, South Colonial Hall, 1375 Harrodsburg
Road, Lexington, Kentucky 40504.
Purpose: To elect officers, recommend opening dates, discuss
selling schedules, review the operational policies and procedures,
and other related matters for the 2000-2001 burley tobacco marketing
season.
The meeting is open to the public. Persons, other than members,
who wish to address the Committee at the meeting should contact John
P. Duncan III, Deputy Administrator, Tobacco Programs, AMS, USDA, AG
0280, Room 502 Annex Building, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, D.C.
20090-6456; (202) 205-0567, prior to the meeting. Written statements
may be submitted to the Committee before, at, or after the meeting.
If you need any accommodations to participate in the meeting, please
contact the Tobacco Programs at (202) 205-0567 by June 7, 2000, and
inform us of your needs.
Dated: May 4, 2000.
John P. Duncan III,
Deputy Administrator, Tobacco Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Farm Service Agency (FSA) intends to request
an extension for a currently approved information collection in support
of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before July 10,
2000 to be assured consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia A. Blevins, Agricultural
Foreign Investment Specialist, Regulatory Review and Foreign Investment
Disclosure Branch, Operations Review and Analysis Staff, USDA, FSA,
STOP 0540, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0540,
(202) 720-0604.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act Report.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0097.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2000.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: AFIDA requires foreign persons who hold, acquire, or
dispose of any interest in U.S. agricultural land to report the
transactions to the FSA on an AFIDA report. The information so
collected is made available to States. Also, although not required by
law, the information collected from the AFIDA reports is used to
prepare an annual report to Congress and the President concerning the
effect of foreign investment upon family farms and rural communities so
that Congress may review the annual report and decide if further
regulatory action is required.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information
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is estimated to average .4818 hours per response.
Respondents: Foreign investors, corporate employees, farm managers
or attorneys.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,375.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Number of Responses: 4,375.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,108 hours.
Proposed topics for comment include: (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collected;
or (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of the information
on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments should be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503 and to Patricia A. Blevins, Agricultural Foreign
Investment Specialist, Regulatory Review and Foreign Investment
Disclosure Branch, Operations Review and Analysis Staff, USDA, FSA,
STOP 0540, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0540,
(202) 720-0604.
All comments to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on May 8, 2000.
Keith Kelly,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 00-043-1]
National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee; 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 National Wildlife
Services Advisory Committee.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June 14-15, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Wildlife Research
Center in the Longs Peak Room, 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Joanne Garrett, Acting Director,
Operational Support Staff, WS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 87,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1234; (301) 734-7921.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Wildlife Services Advisory
Committee (Committee) advises the Secretary of Agriculture concerning
policies, program issues, and research needed to conduct the Wildlife
Services (WS) program. The Committee also serves as a public forum
enabling those affected by the WS program to have a voice in the
program's policies.
The meeting will focus on operational and research activities and
will be open to the public. Due to time constraints, the public will
not be able to participate in the Committee's discussions. However,
written statements concerning meeting topics may be filed with the
Committee before or after the meeting by sending them to Ms. Joanne
Garrett at the address listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, or
may be filed at the meeting. Please refer to Docket No. 00-043-1 when
submitting your statements.
This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Done in Washington, DC, this 4th day of May 2000.
Bobby R. Acord,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Revision to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide;
Oregon and Washington State
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 343 of Subtitle E of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (FAIRA) that requires
the Secretary of Agriculture to provide public notice and comment under
Section 553 of Title 5, United States Code, with regard to any future
technical guides that are used to carry out Subtitles A, B, and C of
title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.),
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, gives notice of revisions to applicable conservation
practices in Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG)
located in Oregon and Washington State.
The proposed revisions to conservation practices in Section IV of
State Technical Guides are subject to these provisions, since one or
more could be used as part of a conservation management system to
comply with the Highly Erodible Land Conservation or Wetland
Conservation requirements.
At this time, two versions of conservation practice standard 777
Residue Management, Direct Seed (Interim) are being added and/or
revised to Section IV of the FOTG; one for Oregon and one for
Washington (see below):
<bullet> Residue Management, Direct Seed (Interim) (Oregon)--NRCS Code
Number 777
<bullet> Residue Management, Direct Seed (Interim) (Washington)--NRCS
Code Number 777
You may request a hard copy of the practice standards and provide
your comments to:
Oregon
Roy Carlson, State Resource Conservationist, 101 SW Main Street,
Suite 1300, Portland, OR, 97204-3221, (503) 414-3277
Washington
Marty Seamons, Program Support Specialist, W. 316 Boone Avenue,
Suite 450, Spokane, WA 99201-2348, (509) 323-2967
You may also obtain a copy of both Oregon and/or Washington's
practice standard by accessing the NRCS Washington State Internet
website. The internet address is: http://www.wa.nrcs.usda.gov/nrcs/
Click on ``Field Office Technical Guide'' on the left side of the
page, then click on ``Section IV,'' then ``Index of Draft Standards and
Specifications for Review and Comment,'' and finally click on the blue
star of the appropriate standard.
Dated: April 28, 2000.
Leonard Jordan,
State Conservationist.
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