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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Office of the Under Secretary,
Research, Education, and Economics;
Notice of the Advisory Committee on
Biotechnology and 21st Century
Agriculture Meeting
Agricultural Research Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
United States Department of Agriculture
announces a meeting of the Advisory
Committee on Biotechnology and 21st
Century Agriculture (AC21).
DATES: January 5–6, 2006, 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. on January 5 and 8 am to 4 pm on
January 6. Written requests to make oral
presentations at the meeting must be
received by the contact person
identified herein at least three business
days before the meeting.
ADDRESSES: Room 107A, USDA Jamie L.
Whitten Building, 12th Street and
Jefferson Drive, SW., Washington, DC
20250. Members of the public should
enter the building through the Jefferson
Drive entrance. Requests to make oral
presentations at the meeting may be sent
to the contact person at USDA, Office of
the Deputy Secretary, 202 B Jamie L.
Whitten Federal Building, 12th Street
and Jefferson Drive, SW., Washington,
DC 20250.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Schechtman, Designated
Federal Official, Office of the Deputy
Secretary, USDA, Telephone (202) 720–
3817; Fax (202) 690–4265; E-mail
mschechtman@ars.usda.gov.
The
eleventh meeting of the AC21 has been
scheduled for January 5–6, 2006. The
AC21 consists of 19 members
representing the biotechnology industry,
international plant genetics research,
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farmers, food manufacturers,
commodity processors and shippers,
environmental and consumer groups,
and academic researchers. In addition,
representatives from the Departments of
Commerce, Health and Human Services,
and State, and the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Council on
Environmental Quality, and the Office
of the United States Trade
Representative serve as ‘‘ex officio’’
members.
At this meeting, the Committee will
aim to complete major work on a paper
examining the impacts of agricultural
biotechnology on American agriculture
and USDA over the next 5 to 10 years,
through review and revision of the
current draft Chair’s text for the paper,
and prepare for future work of the
committee.
Background information regarding the
work of the AC21 will be available on
the USDA Web site at https://
www.usda.gov/agencies/biotech/
ac21.html. On January 5, 2006, if time
permits, reasonable provision will be
made for oral presentations of no more
than five minutes each in duration.
The meeting will be open to the
public, but space is limited. If you
would like to attend the meetings, you
must register by contacting Ms. Dianne
Harmon at (202) 720–4074, by fax at
(202) 720–3191 or by e-mail at
dharmon@ars.usda.gov at least 5 days
prior to the meeting. Please provide
your name, title, business affiliation,
address, and telephone and fax numbers
when you register. If you require a sign
language interpreter or other special
accommodation due to disability, please
indicate those needs at the time of
registration.
Bernice Slutsky,
Special Assistant for Biotechnology.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Shasta-Trinity National Forest;
California; Gemmill Thin
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent (NOI) to prepare
an environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Shasta-Trinity National
Forest proposes to thin trees and reduce
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existing fuels on approximately 1,700
acres of National Forest System lands in
the Gemmill Thin project. The project is
in T.29 and 30 N., R.10 and 11 W., Mt.
Diablo Meridian, immediately north and
east of the community of Wildwood,
California and south of Chanchelulla
Wilderness and Roadless areas.
Treatments will consist of thinning
harvest to remove competing understory
trees, road restroation, and removal of
small trees and shrubs to protect and
enhance an area designated by the
Forest Land and Resource Management
Plan (LRMP) as Late Successional
Reserve (LSR). The project falls within
a 4,800 acre analysis area which
includes all or portions of Hall City
Creek, Wilson Creek and Chanchelulla
Creek. These creeks and many of their
tributaries are also identified within the
LRMP as Riparian Reserves (RR).
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received no later
than 30 days after the publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected in January 2006 and the final
environmental impact statement is
expected in April 2006.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Gemmill Thin Comments, South Fork
Management Unit, P.O. Box 159,
Hayfork, CA 96041.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Carrothers, Gemmill Thin IDT
Lead, South Fork Management Unit,
P.O. Box 159, Hayfork at (530) 628–5227
or visit the Shasta-Trinity National
Forest Web site at https://www.fs.fed.us/
r5/shastatrinity/projects.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
The Gemmill Thin project responds to
two problems within the Upper Hayfork
Creek fifth field watershed and
Chanchelulla late successional reserve
(LSR). 1) There is less late successional
old growth (LSOG) habitat than desired;
2) The risk of losing existing and
developing LSOG habitat to wildfire is
increasing. Thinning the forest will
improve the growing conditions for the
remaining trees by making more
sunlight, water and other nutrients
available for use. Tree health and
growth in the treated sounds would
improve; LSOG habitat would
development at a faster rate. Ladder
fuels, the small conifers, shrubs and
hardwoods in the understory, provide a
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Office of the Under Secretary, Research, Education, and
Economics; Notice of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st
Century Agriculture Meeting
AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
United States Department of Agriculture announces a meeting of the
Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture
(AC21).
DATES: January 5-6, 2006, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on January 5 and 8 am to 4
pm on January 6. Written requests to make oral presentations at the
meeting must be received by the contact person identified herein at
least three business days before the meeting.
ADDRESSES: Room 107A, USDA Jamie L. Whitten Building, 12th Street and
Jefferson Drive, SW., Washington, DC 20250. Members of the public
should enter the building through the Jefferson Drive entrance.
Requests to make oral presentations at the meeting may be sent to the
contact person at USDA, Office of the Deputy Secretary, 202 B Jamie L.
Whitten Federal Building, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Schechtman, Designated Federal
Official, Office of the Deputy Secretary, USDA, Telephone (202) 720-
3817; Fax (202) 690-4265; E-mail mschechtman@ars.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The eleventh meeting of the AC21 has been
scheduled for January 5-6, 2006. The AC21 consists of 19 members
representing the biotechnology industry, international plant genetics
research, farmers, food manufacturers, commodity processors and
shippers, environmental and consumer groups, and academic researchers.
In addition, representatives from the Departments of Commerce, Health
and Human Services, and State, and the Environmental Protection Agency,
the Council on Environmental Quality, and the Office of the United
States Trade Representative serve as ``ex officio'' members.
At this meeting, the Committee will aim to complete major work on a
paper examining the impacts of agricultural biotechnology on American
agriculture and USDA over the next 5 to 10 years, through review and
revision of the current draft Chair's text for the paper, and prepare
for future work of the committee.
Background information regarding the work of the AC21 will be
available on the USDA Web site at https://www.usda.gov/agencies/biotech/
ac21.html. On January 5, 2006, if time permits, reasonable provision
will be made for oral presentations of no more than five minutes each
in duration.
The meeting will be open to the public, but space is limited. If
you would like to attend the meetings, you must register by contacting
Ms. Dianne Harmon at (202) 720-4074, by fax at (202) 720-3191 or by e-
mail at dharmon@ars.usda.gov at least 5 days prior to the meeting.
Please provide your name, title, business affiliation, address, and
telephone and fax numbers when you register. If you require a sign
language interpreter or other special accommodation due to disability,
please indicate those needs at the time of registration.
Bernice Slutsky,
Special Assistant for Biotechnology.
[FR Doc. E5-7165 Filed 12-9-05; 8:45 am]
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