[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 199 (Friday, October 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26924]
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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. Twenty-
five members were appointed from seven categories that cover a broad
range of agricultural disciplines and interests.
Appointed members by categories they represent are:
Consumer and Information Organizations--Arthur R. Brown Jr., Egg
Harbor, NJ; Ross Ronald Racine, Billings, MT; James Dennis Rieck,
Winfield, IL. Educational Organizations--Ling-Jung (Kelvin) Koong,
Corvallis, OR; Bobby Ray Phills, Tallahassee, FL; Gumecindo Salas,
Springfield, VA. Farm Services Organizations--Charles Edward Adams,
Senath, MO; John Irving Gifford, Rock Island, IL; Thomas Howard Kimmel,
Reston, VA; Jack Charles Mitenbuler, Indianapolis, IN; Mark Edward
Whalon, East Lansing, MI. Government Agencies--Robert Dale Epperson,
Fresno, CA. National Farm Organizations-- Carol Ann Gregg, Grove City,
PA; Mark W. Jenner, Mt. Prospect, IL; Sheila Kay Massey, Animas, NM;
Ivan W. Wyatt, Cedar Point, KS. Producer and Marketing Organizations--
Mark Dale Lange, Germantown, TN; Andrew William LaVigne, Lakeland, FL;
Edward Jerome Pennick, College Park, GA; Ashby Pamplin Ruden, Reston,
VA; Lee F. Schrader, West Lafayette, IN; Topper Thorpe, Castle Rock,
CO; Hugh Anslum Warren, Greenwood, MS. Professional Organizations--
Walter J. Armbruster, Darien, IL; Ronald C. Wimberley, Raleigh, NC.
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 first meeting will take place
before the end of the 1999 calendar year. 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
[email protected], 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, D.C., September 28, 1999.
Donald M. Bay,
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
[FR Doc. 99-26924 Filed 10-14-99; 8:45 am]
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