[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 22208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08651]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 73 / Friday, April 15, 2016 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2016-0029]
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Animal Health; Meeting
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This is a notice to inform the public of the next meetings of
the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Animal Health. The meetings are
being organized by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to
discuss matters of animal health.
DATES: The meetings will be held May 2, 2016, and June 16, 2016, from
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. eastern standard time.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be conducted as multisite teleconferences.
Opportunities for public attendance are described in the Supplementary
Information section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. R.J. Cabrera, Designated Federal
Officer, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 34, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851-3478; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Animal
Health (the Committee) advises the Secretary of Agriculture on matters
of animal health, including 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.
Tentative topics for discussion during the May 2, 2016, meeting
include:
One Health
[cir] U.S. Department of Agriculture Antimicrobial Resistance
Action Plan; and
[cir] Zoonotic Diseases.
Tentative topics for discussion during the June 16, 2016, meeting
include:
Emerging Disease Response; and
Comprehensive Integrated Animal Health Surveillance.
A final agenda will be posted on the Committee Web site 2 weeks
prior to each scheduled meeting.
Those wishing to listen in on the meetings should complete a brief
registration form by clicking on the ``SACAH Meeting Sign-up'' button
on the Committee's Web site (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animalhealth/sacah). Members of the public may join the teleconference in ``listen-
only'' mode by dialing 1-800-619-4086 and then entering the public
passcode, 4414646# for the May 2 meeting, and 9786716# for the June 16
meeting.
Questions and written statements for the Committee's consideration
may be submitted up to 5 working days before each scheduled meeting.
They may be sent to [email protected] or mailed to the
person listed in this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Statements filed with the Committee must include the name of the
individual listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, the docket
number listed in this notice, and specify the meeting to which they
pertain.
This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).
Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of April 2016.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-08651 Filed 4-14-16; 8:45 am]
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