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study the scope and effectiveness of
research, extension, and economics
programs affecting the specialty crop
industry. The congressional legislation
defines ‘‘specialty crops’’ as fruits,
vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits and
nursery crops (including floriculture). In
order to carry out its responsibilities
effectively, the Committee is holding a
stakeholder listening session. The
listening session will elicit stakeholder
input from industry and state
representatives, researchers and
educators, national organizations and
institutions, local producers, and other
groups about topics of relevance to
research, extension or economics
programs on which the Specialty Crop
Committee is charged to report through
the Board to the Secretary of Agriculture
and Congress. The list of specific topics
of interest is available on the Committee
charge on the NAREEE Web site
(https://nareeeab.ree.usda.gov). In
addition, the Committee seeks input on
the Specialty Crop Research Initiative
priorities and program administration,
as well as its interaction with any
research undertaken by the state
administered Specialty Crop Block
Grant Program funded through the
USDA. Several panel sessions will be
organized to stimulate discussion, each
relating to one or more specific issues
delineated in the Committee’s charge.
Each panel will be followed with
questions by Committee members and
opportunity for brief presentations and
general discussion from the floor. An
open session for further brief
presentations will be also be scheduled.
Succinct written comments by attendees
and other interested stakeholders will
be welcomed as additional public input
before and up to two weeks following
the listening sessions. All statements
will become part of the official public
record of the Board’s Specialty Crop
Committee.
In order to encourage input from a
wide array of interested parties and
stakeholders from diverse regions of the
country, the Committee will host an
additional listening session focused on
the same topics. This session will be
held in Sacramento, CA on June 10,
2010. Details regarding this meeting will
be announced in the near future.
Done at Washington, DC, June 2, 2010.
Ann M. Bartuska,
Acting Under Secretary, Research, Education,
and Economics.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Solicitation for Members of
the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, Education and Economics
Advisory Board
AGENCY: Research, Education and
Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Solicitation for membership.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App., the United States
Department of Agriculture announces
solicitation for nominations to fill 9
vacancies on the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education and
Economics Advisory Board.
DATES: Deadline for Advisory Board
member nominations is July 9, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The nominee’s name,
resume, completed Form AD–755, and
any letters of support must be sent to
the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
National Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory
Board Office, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 321–A, Whitten
Building, Washington, DC 20250–0321.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Kelly, Acting Executive Director,
National Agricultural Research,
Extension, Education and Economics
Advisory Board, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 321–A, Whitten
Building, Washington, DC 20250–0321,
telephone: 202–720–4421; fax: 202–
720–6199; e-mail:
david.kelly@ars.usda.gov.
Section
1408 of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching
Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123) was
amended by the Food, Energy and
Conservation Act of 2008 by deleting six
members of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education and
Economics Advisory Board, to total 25
members. Since the inception of the
Advisory Board by congressional
legislation in 1996, each member has
represented a specific category related
to farming or ranching, food production
and processing, forestry research, crop
and animal science, land-grant
institutions, non-land grant college or
university with a historic commitment
to research in the food and agricultural
sciences, food retailing and marketing,
rural economic development, and
natural resource and consumer interest
groups, among many others. The Board
was first appointed by the Secretary of
Agriculture in September 1996 and onethird of its members were appointed for
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one, two, and three-year terms,
respectively to allow for approximately
one-third of the Board to change each
year. The terms for 8 members who
represent specific categories will expire
September 30, 2010. Nominations for
these and other vacant categories are
sought. All nominees will be carefully
reviewed for their expertise, leadership,
and relevance to a category.
Appointments will be made for two- or
three-year terms to maintain the
approximate one-third change in
membership each year dictated by the
original legislation.
The 9 slots to be filled are:
Category F. National Food Animal
Science Society
Category G. National Crop, Soil,
Agronomy, Horticulture, or Weed
Science Society
Category K. 1862 Land-Grant Colleges
and Universities
Category L. 1890 Land-Grant Colleges
and Universities
Category P. American Colleges of
Veterinary Medicine
Category T. Rural Economic
Development
Category U. National Consumer Interest
Group
Category V. National Forestry Group
Category W. National Conservation or
Natural Resource Groups
Nominations are being solicited from
organizations, associations, societies,
councils, federations, groups, and
companies that represent a wide variety
of food and agricultural interests
throughout the country. Nominations
for one individual who fits several of
the categories listed above or for more
than one person who fits one category
will be accepted. In your nomination
letter, please indicate the specific
membership category for each nominee.
Each nominee must fill out, sign, and
return a form AD–755, ‘‘Advisory
Committee Membership Background
Information’’ (which can be obtained
from the contact person below or may
be printed out from the following Web
site: https://www.ree.usda.gov/nareeeab/
downloads/forms/AD–755.pdf). All
nominees will be vetted before
selection.
Nominations are open to all
individuals without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, age,
mental or physical handicap, marital
status, or sexual orientation. To ensure
that recommendations of the Advisory
Board take into account the needs of the
diverse groups served by the
Department, membership shall include,
to the extent practicable, individuals
with demonstrated ability to represent
minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities.
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Appointments to the National
Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education and Economics Advisory
Board will be made by the Secretary of
Agriculture.
Done at Washington, DC, June 2, 2010.
Ann M. Bartuska,
Acting Under Secretary, Research, Education,
and Economics.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection; Application for
Payment of Amounts Due Persons
Who Have Died, Disappeared, or Have
Been Declared Incompetent
Commodity Credit Corporation
and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) are
requesting comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on an
extension of a currently approved
information collection. The CCC and
FSA are using the collected information
to determine whether representatives or
survivors of a producer are entitled to
receive payments earned by a producer
who dies, disappears, or is declared
incompetent before receiving payments
or other disbursements.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received on or before August 9, 2010 to
be assured consideration.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, volume, and
page number of this issue of the Federal
Register. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
• Mail: Mike Sienkiewicz,
Agricultural Program Specialist, USDA,
FSA, STOP 0572, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
0572.
• E-mail:
mike.sienkiewicz@wdc.usda.gov.
• Fax: (202) 720–0051.
You may also send comments to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the
information collection may be requested
by contacting Mike Sienkiewicz at the
above addresses.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Sienkiewicz, Agricultural Program
Specialist, (202) 720–8959.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application for Payment of
Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died,
Disappeared, or Have Been Declared
Incompetent.
OMB Control Number: 0560–0026.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2010.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Persons desiring to claim
payment due a person who has died,
disappeared, or has been declared
incompetent must complete a form
FSA–325 of Application for Payment of
Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died,
Disappeared, or Have Been Declared
Incompetent. This information is used
by FSA county office employees to
document the relationship of heirs or
beneficiaries and determine the order of
precedence for disbursing payments to
survivors of the person who has died,
disappeared, or been declared
incompetent.
Information is obtained only when a
producer eligible to receive a payment
or disbursement dies, disappears, or is
declared incompetent, and
documentation is needed to determine if
any survivors are entitled to receive
such payments or disbursements.
Estimated Average Time to Respond:
Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to
average .5 hours (30 minutes) per
response. The average travel time,
which is included in the total annual
burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per
respondent.
Type of Respondents: Producers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 2,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
3,000.
We are requesting comments on all
aspects of this information collection
and to help us to:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of FSA,
including whether the information will
have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA’s
estimate of burden including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
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are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
submission for Office of Management
and Budget approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 3, 2010.
Carolyn B. Cooksie,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity
Credit Corporation, and Administrator, Farm
Service Agency.
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Forest Service
Annual List of Newspapers To Be Used
by the Alaska Region for Publication of
Legal Notices of Proposed Actions and
Legal Notices of Decisions Subject to
Administrative Appeal Under 36 CFR
215
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice lists the
newspapers that Ranger Districts,
Forests, and the Regional Office of the
Alaska Region will use to publish legal
notice of all decisions subject to appeal
under 36 CFR part 215 and to publish
legal notices for public comment on
actions subject to the notice and
comment provisions of 36 CFR 215, as
updated on June 4, 2003. The intended
effect of this action is to inform
interested members of the public which
newspapers will be used to publish
legal notice of actions subject to public
comment and decisions subject to
appeal under 36 CFR part 215, thereby
allowing them to receive constructive
notice of a decision or proposed action,
to provide clear evidence of timely
notice, and to achieve consistency in
administering the appeals process.
DATES: Publication of legal notices in
the listed newspapers begins on July 1,
2010. This list of newspapers will
remain in effect until it is superceded by
a new list, published in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: Ken Post, Appeals
Specialist; Forest Service, Alaska
Region; P.O. Box 21628; Juneau, Alaska
99802–1628.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken
Post, Appeals Specialist; (907) 586–
8796.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Solicitation for Members of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board
AGENCY: Research, Education and Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Solicitation for membership.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App., the United States Department of Agriculture announces
solicitation for nominations to fill 9 vacancies on the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory
Board.
DATES: Deadline for Advisory Board member nominations is July 9, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The nominee's name, resume, completed Form AD-755, and any
letters of support must be sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
National Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
Office, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 321-A, Whitten Building,
Washington, DC 20250-0321.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Kelly, Acting Executive
Director, National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and
Economics Advisory Board, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 321-A,
Whitten Building, Washington, DC 20250-0321, telephone: 202-720-4421;
fax: 202-720-6199; e-mail: david.kelly@ars.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1408 of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123)
was amended by the Food, Energy and Conservation Act of 2008 by
deleting six members of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education and Economics Advisory Board, to total 25 members. Since the
inception of the Advisory Board by congressional legislation in 1996,
each member has represented a specific category related to farming or
ranching, food production and processing, forestry research, crop and
animal science, land-grant institutions, non-land grant college or
university with a historic commitment to research in the food and
agricultural sciences, food retailing and marketing, rural economic
development, and natural resource and consumer interest groups, among
many others. The Board was first appointed by the Secretary of
Agriculture in September 1996 and one-third of its members were
appointed for one, two, and three-year terms, respectively to allow for
approximately one-third of the Board to change each year. The terms for
8 members who represent specific categories will expire September 30,
2010. Nominations for these and other vacant categories are sought. All
nominees will be carefully reviewed for their expertise, leadership,
and relevance to a category. Appointments will be made for two- or
three-year terms to maintain the approximate one-third change in
membership each year dictated by the original legislation.
The 9 slots to be filled are:
Category F. National Food Animal Science Society
Category G. National Crop, Soil, Agronomy, Horticulture, or Weed
Science Society
Category K. 1862 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities
Category L. 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities
Category P. American Colleges of Veterinary Medicine
Category T. Rural Economic Development
Category U. National Consumer Interest Group
Category V. National Forestry Group
Category W. National Conservation or Natural Resource Groups
Nominations are being solicited from organizations, associations,
societies, councils, federations, groups, and companies that represent
a wide variety of food and agricultural interests throughout the
country. Nominations for one individual who fits several of the
categories listed above or for more than one person who fits one
category will be accepted. In your nomination letter, please indicate
the specific membership category for each nominee. Each nominee must
fill out, sign, and return a form AD-755, ``Advisory Committee
Membership Background Information'' (which can be obtained from the
contact person below or may be printed out from the following Web site:
https://www.ree.usda.gov/nareeeab/downloads/forms/AD-755.pdf). All
nominees will be vetted before selection.
Nominations are open to all individuals without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical
handicap, marital status, or sexual orientation. To ensure that
recommendations of the Advisory Board take into account the needs of
the diverse groups served by the Department, membership shall include,
to the extent practicable, individuals with demonstrated ability to
represent minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
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Appointments to the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education and Economics Advisory Board will be made by the Secretary of
Agriculture.
Done at Washington, DC, June 2, 2010.
Ann M. Bartuska,
Acting Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2010-13799 Filed 6-8-10; 8:45 am]
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