[Federal Register: September 1, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 171)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Appointment of the National Genetic Resources Advisory
Council
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary, Research, Education, and
Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Notification of appointment of the National Genetic Resources
Advisory Council.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Under Secretary, Research, Education, and
Economics of the Department of Agriculture, in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., announces members
appointed to the National Genetic Resources Advisory Council. Five
members were appointed from nominations to replace five members whose
terms had expired. Four members continue for the remaining two years of
their four-year appointment. The following appointments to the National
Genetic Resources Advisory Council have been made:
Roni Sue DeNise, Department of Animal Science, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ, David R. MacKenzie, Executive Director
Northeastern Regional Association of State, Agricultural Experiment
Stations, College Park, MD, Ru Nguyen, Entomologist, Florida Department
of Agriculture, Gainesville, FL, Antonio Sotomayor-Rios, Agronomist,
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, Stoney J. Wright, Agronomist,
Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Palmer, AK.
The following members will continue on the Advisory Council: Neil
D. Hamilton, serving as Chair, Agricultural Law Center, Drake
University, Des Moines, IA, Jennie Hunter-Cevera, Maryland
Biotechnology Institute, College Park, MD, Charles A. Panton, North
Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, Charles G. Sattler,
National Association of Animal Breeders, Columbia, MO.
Council members will serve four-year terms. In the event of a
vacancy, the Secretary will appoint a new member as appropriate and
subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The
duties of the Council are solely advisory to the Secretary and the
Director of the National Genetic Resources Program on matters
concerning the National Genetic Resources Program of the USDA.
Council members will serve without pay. Reimbursement of travel
expenses and per diem costs shall be made to members who would be
unable to attend council meetings without such reimbursement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions should be e-mailed to
pbk@ars.usda.gov, faxed to 301-504-6191, or telephoned to 301-504-5541;
all mailed correspondence should be sent to Peter Bretting, Designated
Federal Official, USDA-ARS, Room 4-2212, George Washington Carver
Center, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705-5139.
Dated: August 25, 2000.
Peter Bretting,
Assistant Administrator for Genetic Resources, USDA-ARS.
[FR Doc. 00-22501 Filed 8-31-00; 8:45 am]
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