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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Advisory Committee on Beginning
Farmers and Ranchers
Departmental Management,
Office of Advocacy and Outreach,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The Office of Advocacy and
Outreach is issuing this notice to advise
the public that meetings of the Advisory
Committee on Beginning Farmers and
Ranchers (Committee) will be held to
discuss and explore USDA policy
options designed to create and sustain
‘‘New and Beginning Farmers and
Ranchers.’’
SUMMARY:
The public meetings will be held
December 15th and 16th, 2010.
Opportunities for public comment will
be made available on December 15th,
2010, from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. The second meeting will
be held on December 16th, 2010, from
9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Requests to
make oral statements should be received
no later than 12 noon EDT on December
13th, 2010. For more information, see
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
ADDRESSES: All meetings will be located
in Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20008.
Attendance is open to all interested
persons but limited to space available.
Anyone wishing to make an oral
statement should submit their request in
writing (letter, fax, or e-mail) to Quinton
N. Robinson, Designated Federal
Official for the Advisory Committee on
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers,
Departmental Management, Office of
Advocacy and Outreach, Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 520 Whitten, STOP,
Washington, DC 20250–0522; fax (202)
720–205–5490; phone (202) 720–3058;
e-mail Quinton.Robinson@dm.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Quinton N. Robinson at 202–720–3058.
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Requests
to make oral statements should be
received no later than 12 noon EDT on
December 13th, 2010. Requests should
include the name and affiliation of the
individual who will make the
presentation and an outline of the issues
to be addressed. The floor will be open
to oral presentations beginning at 1 p.m.
on December 15th, 2010. Comments will
be limited to 5 minutes, and presenters
will be approved on a first-come, firstserved basis.
Section 5 of the Agriculture Credit
Improvement Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–
554) requires the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish the New and
Beginning Farmer and Rancher
Advisory Committee for the purpose of
advising the Secretary on: (1) The
development of a program of
coordinated financial assistance to
qualified beginning farmers and
ranchers required by Section 309(i) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (this program consists
of Federal and State beginning farmer
programs that provide joint financing to
beginning farmers and ranchers); (2)
methods of maximizing the number of
new farming and ranching opportunities
created through the program; (3)
methods of encouraging States to
participate in the program; (4) the
administration of the program; and (5)
other methods of creating new farming
or ranching opportunities.
USDA’s Departmental Management’s
Office of Advocacy and Outreach is
responsible for the performance and
oversight of the New and Beginning
Farmer and Rancher Advisory
Committee pursuant to Section 14013 of
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act
of 2008, Public Law 110–246.
If special accommodations are
required, please contact Mr. Robinson at
the address specified above, by COB
December 3, 2010.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Signed in Washington, DC on November
19, 2010.
Pearlie S. Reed,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on the following information
collections for which RUS intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by January 25, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michele Brooks, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis,
Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522,
Room 5162, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Fax: (202)
720–8435.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13) requires that interested
members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities [see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)]. This notice identifies
information collections that RUS is
submitting to OMB for extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
this collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Comments may
be sent to Michele Brooks, Director,
SUMMARY:
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
AGENCY: Departmental Management, Office of Advocacy and Outreach, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Advocacy and Outreach is issuing this notice to
advise the public that meetings of the Advisory Committee on Beginning
Farmers and Ranchers (Committee) will be held to discuss and explore
USDA policy options designed to create and sustain ``New and Beginning
Farmers and Ranchers.''
DATES: The public meetings will be held December 15th and 16th, 2010.
Opportunities for public comment will be made available on December
15th, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The second
meeting will be held on December 16th, 2010, from 9 a.m. and end at 4
p.m. Requests to make oral statements should be received no later than
12 noon EDT on December 13th, 2010. For more information, see the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
ADDRESSES: All meetings will be located in Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500
Calvert Street, NW., Washington, DC 20008. Attendance is open to all
interested persons but limited to space available. Anyone wishing to
make an oral statement should submit their request in writing (letter,
fax, or e-mail) to Quinton N. Robinson, Designated Federal Official for
the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers, Departmental
Management, Office of Advocacy and Outreach, Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 520 Whitten, STOP, Washington, DC
20250-0522; fax (202) 720-205-5490; phone (202) 720-3058; e-mail
Quinton.Robinson@dm.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Quinton N. Robinson at 202-720-3058.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests to make oral statements should be
received no later than 12 noon EDT on December 13th, 2010. Requests
should include the name and affiliation of the individual who will make
the presentation and an outline of the issues to be addressed. The
floor will be open to oral presentations beginning at 1 p.m. on
December 15th, 2010. Comments will be limited to 5 minutes, and
presenters will be approved on a first-come, first-served basis.
Section 5 of the Agriculture Credit Improvement Act of 1992 (Pub.
L. 102-554) requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the New
and Beginning Farmer and Rancher Advisory Committee for the purpose of
advising the Secretary on: (1) The development of a program of
coordinated financial assistance to qualified beginning farmers and
ranchers required by Section 309(i) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (this program consists of Federal and State beginning
farmer programs that provide joint financing to beginning farmers and
ranchers); (2) methods of maximizing the number of new farming and
ranching opportunities created through the program; (3) methods of
encouraging States to participate in the program; (4) the
administration of the program; and (5) other methods of creating new
farming or ranching opportunities.
USDA's Departmental Management's Office of Advocacy and Outreach is
responsible for the performance and oversight of the New and Beginning
Farmer and Rancher Advisory Committee pursuant to Section 14013 of the
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, Public Law 110-246.
If special accommodations are required, please contact Mr. Robinson
at the address specified above, by COB December 3, 2010.
Signed in Washington, DC on November 19, 2010.
Pearlie S. Reed,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-29697 Filed 11-24-10; 8:45 am]
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