[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42675-42676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18172]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0125]


Secretary's Advisory Committee on Animal Health; Meeting Agenda

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice to inform the public of the topics on the 
agenda for an upcoming meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on 
Animal Health. The meeting is organized by the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service to discuss matters of animal health.

DATES: The meeting will be held July 22, 2011, from noon to 5 p.m. 
(eastern daylight time).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be conducted as a multi-site 
teleconference. Opportunities for public participation are described in 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael R. Doerrer, Chief 
Operating Officer, Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, 4700 River Road 
Unit 37, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-5665; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Animal 
Health (the Committee) advises the Secretary of Agriculture on means to 
prevent, conduct surveillance on, monitor, control, or eradicate animal 
diseases of national importance. In doing so, the Committee will 
consider public health, conservation of natural resources, and the 
stability of livestock economies.
    In a notice published in the Federal Register on May 19, 2011 (76 
FR 28910), we announced that the next meeting of the Committee will be 
held on July 22, 2011, and that we would publish a notice in advance of 
that meeting to provide information on the meeting's agenda. This 
notice provides that information. At the July 2011 public meeting, 
topics to be discussed will include:
    1. Bovine tuberculosis/brucellosis program update and feedback on 
new framework.
    2. Wildlife Services: Its mission and collaboration with other 
units and agencies.
    3. Changes to the Scrapie Flock Certification Program.
    4. National Veterinary Stockpile: Its mission, outreach, and 
interaction with other agencies in emergency response.
    5. Update on the National Animal Health Laboratory Network.
    6. Emergency Management and Response: Foot and Mouth Disease 
Vaccination Supply Challenge.
    7. VS 2015: A New Perspective.
    Additional information, including the final agenda, will be posted 
on the Committee's Web site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/acah/.

Public Participation

    This meeting will be a multi-site teleconference. Public attendees 
may join the call in ``listen-only'' mode. Members of the public who 
wish to listen in on the teleconference may do so by dialing 1-888-790-
3291, followed by a public passcode, 1411045.
    Questions and written statements for the meetings may be submitted 
up to 5 working days in advance of the meeting for the Committee's 
consideration. Questions and written statements may be sent via e-mail 
to [email protected] or mailed to the person listed under 
FOR

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FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at the beginning of this notice. Statements 
may also be filed with the Committee after the meeting by sending them 
to [email protected].
    This notice of the meeting agenda is given pursuant to section 10 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of July 2011.
Gregory L. Parham,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-18172 Filed 7-18-11; 8:45 am]
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