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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. FV–08–376]
Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory
Committee
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is
to notify all interested parties that the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
will hold a Fruit and Vegetable Industry
Advisory Committee (Committee)
meeting that is open to the public. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
established the Committee to examine
the full spectrum of issues faced by the
fruit and vegetable industry and to
provide suggestions and ideas to the
Secretary of Agriculture on how USDA
can tailor its programs to meet the fruit
and vegetable industry’s needs. This
notice sets forth the schedule and
location for the meeting.
DATES: Thursday, February 7, 2008,
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday,
February 8, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 12
noon.
The Committee meeting
will be held at the Capital Hilton, 1001
16th Street, NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Hatch, Designated Federal
Official, USDA, AMS, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs. Telephone: (202)
690–0182. Facsimile: (202) 720–0016. Email: andrew.hatch@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. II), the Secretary
of Agriculture established the
Committee in August 2001 to examine
the full spectrum of issues faced by the
fruit and vegetable industry and to
provide suggestions and ideas to the
Secretary on how USDA can tailor its
programs to meet the fruit and vegetable
industry’s needs. The Committee was
re-chartered in July 2003, June 2005 and
again in May 2007 with new members
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appointed by USDA from industry
nominations.
AMS Deputy Administrator for Fruit
and Vegetable Programs, Robert C.
Keeney, serves as the Committee’s
Executive Secretary. Representatives
from USDA mission areas and other
government agencies affecting the fruit
and vegetable industry will be called
upon to participate in the Committee’s
meetings as determined by the
Committee Chairperson. AMS is giving
notice of the Committee meeting to the
public so that they may attend and
present their recommendations.
Reference the date and address section
of this announcement for the time and
place of the meeting.
Topics of discussion at the advisory
committee meeting will include: the
Agricultural Marketing Service’s role in
food safety related activities; the Food
and Drug Administration’s import food
safety plan; fresh produce procurement
activities under the National School
Lunch Program; Country of Origin
Labeling; and agriculture transportation
matters. Additional agenda items can be
expected.
Those parties that would like to speak
at the meeting should register on or
before January 31, 2008. To register as
a speaker, please e-mail your name,
affiliation, business address, e-mail
address, and phone number to Mr.
Andrew Hatch at:
andrew.hatch@usda.gov or facsimile to
(202) 720–0016. Speakers who have
registered in advance will be given
priority. Groups and individuals may
submit comments for the Committee’s
consideration to the same e-mail
address. The meeting will be recorded,
and information about obtaining a
transcript will be provided at the
meeting.
The Acting Secretary of Agriculture
selected a diverse group of members
representing a broad spectrum of
persons interested in providing
suggestions and ideas on how USDA
can tailor its programs to meet the fruit
and vegetable industry’s needs. Equal
opportunity practices were considered
in all appointments to the Committee in
accordance with USDA policies.
If you require special
accommodations, such as a sign
language interpreter, please use either
contact name listed above.
Dated: January 14, 2008.
Lloyd Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Spruce Gulch Bark Beetle and Fuels
Reduction Project
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA—
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act,
notice is hereby given that the Forest
Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National
Forests, will prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement to
disclose the environmental
consequences of the proposed Spruce
Gulch Bark Beetle and Fuels Reduction
project (Spruce Gulch). The Spruce
Gulch analysis area encompasses
approximately 32,000 acres of National
Forest System (NFS) land, 390 acres of
interspersed private land, and 150 acres
of State of Wyoming land. The majority
of the analysis area is situated within
the Ecological Restoration—Forest
Products Management Area (MA 5.15).
MA 5.15 is managed to maintain or
restore healthy ecological conditions
through a variety of management
activities, including timber harvest,
while providing a mix of ecological and
human needs. The remaining area is
situated within a Wildland—Residential
Interface Management Area (MA 7.1).
National Forest System (NFS) lands
adjacent to the residential interface
areas are managed to minimize risks of
catastrophic fires and insect and disease
epidemics.
Mountain pine beetles (Dendroctonus
ponderosae) are at epidemic levels in
northern Colorado and southern
Wyoming and are causing significant
mortality of lodgepole pine trees. In
response to this situation, a Mountain
Pine Beetle Epidemic Declaration was
issued by the Rocky Mountain Regional
Office on June 25, 2007. The declaration
was based on analysis of aerial survey
data and ground survey data sets of
forests containing lodgepole pine at risk
for mountain pine beetle infestation.
The mountain pine beetle epidemic
declaration encompasses the Spruce
Gulch analysis area in southern
Wyoming. Proposed treatments
associated with the Spruce Gulch
project will focus on salvaging dead and
dying timber to promote regeneration of
future lodgepole pine stands and
reducing hazardous fuel concentrations
adjacent to private lands and egress
routes.
The Forest Supervisor of the Medicine
Bow-Routt National Forests has
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. FV-08-376]
Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to notify all interested parties
that the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will hold a Fruit and
Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (Committee) meeting that is open
to the public. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) established
the Committee to examine the full spectrum of issues faced by the fruit
and vegetable industry and to provide suggestions and ideas to the
Secretary of Agriculture on how USDA can tailor its programs to meet
the fruit and vegetable industry's needs. This notice sets forth the
schedule and location for the meeting.
DATES: Thursday, February 7, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday,
February 8, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
ADDRESSES: The Committee meeting will be held at the Capital Hilton,
1001 16th Street, NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Hatch, Designated Federal
Official, USDA, AMS, Fruit and Vegetable Programs. Telephone: (202)
690-0182. Facsimile: (202) 720-0016. E-mail: andrew.hatch@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. II), the Secretary of Agriculture established
the Committee in August 2001 to examine the full spectrum of issues
faced by the fruit and vegetable industry and to provide suggestions
and ideas to the Secretary on how USDA can tailor its programs to meet
the fruit and vegetable industry's needs. The Committee was re-
chartered in July 2003, June 2005 and again in May 2007 with new
members appointed by USDA from industry nominations.
AMS Deputy Administrator for Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Robert
C. Keeney, serves as the Committee's Executive Secretary.
Representatives from USDA mission areas and other government agencies
affecting the fruit and vegetable industry will be called upon to
participate in the Committee's meetings as determined by the Committee
Chairperson. AMS is giving notice of the Committee meeting to the
public so that they may attend and present their recommendations.
Reference the date and address section of this announcement for the
time and place of the meeting.
Topics of discussion at the advisory committee meeting will
include: the Agricultural Marketing Service's role in food safety
related activities; the Food and Drug Administration's import food
safety plan; fresh produce procurement activities under the National
School Lunch Program; Country of Origin Labeling; and agriculture
transportation matters. Additional agenda items can be expected.
Those parties that would like to speak at the meeting should
register on or before January 31, 2008. To register as a speaker,
please e-mail your name, affiliation, business address, e-mail address,
and phone number to Mr. Andrew Hatch at: andrew.hatch@usda.gov or
facsimile to (202) 720-0016. Speakers who have registered in advance
will be given priority. Groups and individuals may submit comments for
the Committee's consideration to the same e-mail address. The meeting
will be recorded, and information about obtaining a transcript will be
provided at the meeting.
The Acting Secretary of Agriculture selected a diverse group of
members representing a broad spectrum of persons interested in
providing suggestions and ideas on how USDA can tailor its programs to
meet the fruit and vegetable industry's needs. Equal opportunity
practices were considered in all appointments to the Committee in
accordance with USDA policies.
If you require special accommodations, such as a sign language
interpreter, please use either contact name listed above.
Dated: January 14, 2008.
Lloyd Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service
[FR Doc. E8-801 Filed 1-16-08; 8:45 am]
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