[Federal Register: March 13, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 49)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture
Statistics
AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notification of appointment to the Advisory Committee on
Agriculture Statistics.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, announces members
appointed to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics. Twelve
open positions were filled on the twenty-five member committee with
members selected to serve 2-year terms. Selections were from seven
categories that cover a broad range of agricultural disciplines and
interests. Appointed members by categories they represent are:
Consumer and Information Organizations--James Dennis Rieck,
Winfield, IL. Educational Organizations--Ling-Jung (Kelvin) Koong,
Corvallis, OR; Gumecindo Salas, Springfield, VA. Farm Services
Organizations--John Irving Gifford, Rock Island, IL; Jack Charles
Mitenbuler, Indianapolis, IN. Government Agencies--Robert Dale
Epperson, Fresno, CA. National Farm Organizations--Mark W. Jenner, Mt.
Prospect, IL; Ivan W. Wyatt, Cedar Point, KS. Producer and Marketing
Organizations--Mary Ashby Pamplin, Reston, VA; Lee F. Schrader, West
Lafayette, IN; Topper Thorpe, Castle Rock, CO. Professional
Organizations--Walter J. Armbruster, Darien, IL.
COMMENTS: The duties of the Committee are solely advisory. The
Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture
with regards to the agricultural statistics program of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and such other matters as it may
deem advisable, or which the Secretary of Agriculture, Under Secretary
for Research, Education, and Economics, or the Administrator of NASS
may request. The Advisory Committee's next meeting will take place
April 3-4, 2001, in the Washington, DC area. All meetings are open to
the public. Committee members will be reimbursed for official travel
expenses only.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Questions should be e-mailed to
hq_aa@nass.usda.gov, faxed to (202) 720-9013, OR telephoned to Rich
Allen, Associate Administrator, NASS, at (202) 720-4333. All mailed
correspondence should be sent to Rich Allen, Associate Administrator,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics
Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 4117 South Building,
Washington, DC 20250-2000.
Signed at Washington, DC, January 29, 2001.
R. Ronald Bosecker,
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
[FR Doc. 01-6203 Filed 3-12-01; 8:45 am]
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