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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2024–0007]
General Conference Committee of the
National Poultry Improvement Plan;
Solicitation for Membership
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation for
membership.
AGENCY:
We are giving notice that the
Secretary of Agriculture is soliciting
nominations for the election of a
member at-large and regional members
and their alternates for the General
Conference Committee of the National
Poultry Improvement Plan.
DATES: Consideration will be given to
nominations received on or before July
15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please submit completed
nomination forms to the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Elena Behnke, Senior Coordinator,
National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS,
APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road,
Suite 301, Conyers, GA 30094; phone
(770) 922–3496; email: elena.behnke@
usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
General Conference Committee (the
Committee) of the National Poultry
Improvement Plan (NPIP) is the
Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
poultry health. The Committee serves as
a forum for the study of problems
relating to poultry health and, as
necessary, makes specific
recommendations to the Secretary
concerning ways the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) may assist the
industry in addressing these problems.
The Committee assists the Department
in planning, organizing, and conducting
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the Biennial Conference of the NPIP.
The Committee recommends whether
new proposals should be considered by
the delegates to the Biennial Conference
and serves as a direct liaison between
the NPIP and the United States Animal
Health Association.
The Committee consists of an elected
member-at-large who is an NPIP
participant and an elected member (and
alternate) from each of the six U.S.
regions represented on the Committee.
Terms will expire for three current
regional members and the member-atlarge of the Committee in August 2024.
We are soliciting nominations from
interested organizations and individuals
to replace the member-at-large as well as
the members and alternates from the
North Atlantic (Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, and Vermont), East North
Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Ohio, and Wisconsin), and Western
(Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and
Wyoming).
Member selection is determined by a
majority vote of the NPIP delegates from
the respective regions. There must be at
least two nominees for each position.
Persons interested in serving on the
Committee or nominating another
individual to serve must submit a
nomination with information and a
complete Form AD–755, which is
available on the internet at https://www.
usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/
ad-755.pdf or may be obtained by
contacting the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
To ensure the recommendations of the
Committee have taken into account the
needs of the diverse groups served by
the Department, membership should
include, to the extent practicable,
individuals with demonstrated ability to
represent underrepresented groups
(minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities). At least one nominee from
each of the three regions must have
demonstrated the ability to represent an
underrepresented group. The voting will
be by secret ballot of official delegates
from their respective region, and the
results will be recorded.
USDA programs are prohibited from
discriminating based on race, color,
national origin, religion, sex, gender
identity (including gender expression),
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sexual orientation, disability, age,
marital status, family/parental status,
income derived from a public assistance
program, political beliefs, or reprisal or
retaliation for prior civil rights activity,
in any program or activity conducted or
funded by USDA (not all bases apply to
all programs). Remedies and complaint
filing deadlines vary by program or
incident.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means of communication for
program information (e.g., Braille, large
print, audiotape, American Sign
Language, etc.) should contact the
responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET
Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and
TTY) or contact USDA through the
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
Additionally, program information may
be made available in languages other
than English.
Equal opportunity practices in
accordance with USDA’s policies will
be followed in all appointments to the
Committee. To ensure that the
recommendations of the Committee
have taken in account the needs of the
diverse groups served by USDA,
membership shall include to the extent
possible, individuals with demonstrated
ability to represent minorities, women
and person with disabilities.
USDA is an equal opportunity
provider, employer, and lender.
Dated: February 27, 2024.
Egypt Simon,
Acting USDA Committee Management
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2024–0008]
General Conference Committee of the
National Poultry Improvement Plan and
46th Biennial Conference
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
We are giving notice of a
meeting of the General Conference
Committee (GCC or the Committee) of
the National Poultry Improvement Plan
(NPIP) and the NPIP’s 46th Biennial
Conference.
SUMMARY:
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The General Conference
Committee meeting will be held on
August 27, 2024, from 1:30 p.m. to 6
p.m. The General Session of the
Biennial Conference will begin on
August 28, 2024, at 7:30 a.m. and end
no later than August 30, 2024, at 2:30
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting and conference
will be held at the Omni Providence
Hotel, One West Exchange Street,
Providence, RI.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Elena Behnke, Senior Coordinator,
National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS,
APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road,
Suite 301, Conyers, GA 30094; (770)
922–3496.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
General Conference Committee (the
Committee) of the National Poultry
Improvement Plan (NPIP), representing
cooperating State agencies and poultry
industry members, serves an essential
function by acting as liaison between
the poultry industry and the Department
in matters pertaining to poultry health.
Topics for discussion at the upcoming
meeting include:
1. New diagnostic tests seeking NPIP
approval.
2. Salmonella update.
3. National Veterinary Services
Laboratories avian influenza and
Newcastle disease virus update.
4. Mycoplasma update.
The meeting will be open to the
public; however, public participation in
discussions during the sessions will
only be allowed if time permits. Written
statements may be filed at the meeting
or filed with the Committee before or
after the meeting by sending them to the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to
Docket No. APHIS–2024–0008 when
submitting your statements.
DATES:
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Reasonable Accommodations
If needed, please request reasonable
accommodations no later than July 29,
2024, by contacting the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. Requests made after that date
may be considered, but it may not be
possible to fulfill them.
This notice of meeting is given
pursuant to section 10 of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 10).
U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) programs are prohibited from
discriminating based on race, color,
national origin, religion, sex, gender
identity (including gender expression),
sexual orientation, disability, age,
marital status, family/parental status,
income derived from a public assistance
program, political beliefs, or reprisal or
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retaliation for prior civil rights activity,
in any program or activity conducted or
funded by USDA (not all bases apply to
all programs). Remedies and complaint
filing deadlines vary by program or
incident.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means of communication for
program information (e.g., Braille, large
print, audiotape, American Sign
Language, etc.) should contact the
responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET
Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and
TTY) or contact USDA through the
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
Additionally, program information may
be made available in languages other
than English.
Equal opportunity practices in
accordance with USDA’s policies will
be followed in all appointments to the
Committee. To ensure that the
recommendations of the Committee
have taken in account the needs of the
diverse groups served by USDA,
membership shall include to the extent
possible, individuals with demonstrated
ability to represent minorities, women
and person with disabilities. USDA is
an equal opportunity provider,
employer, and lender.
Dated: February 27, 2024.
Egypt Simon,
Acting USDA Committee Management
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0113]
Bayer U.S.-Crop Science: Availability
of a Petition for a Determination of
Nonregulated Status for LepidopteranProtected Maize
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service has received a
petition from Bayer U.S.-Crop Science
seeking a determination of nonregulated
status for maize (corn) event MON
95379 that has been developed using
genetic engineering to produce two
insecticidal proteins to protect against
feeding damage caused by target
lepidopteran pests. We are making the
petition available for review and
comment to help us identify potential
issues and impacts that we may
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determine should be considered in our
evaluation of the petition.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before May 3,
2024.
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and enter
APHIS–2020–0113 in the Search field.
Select the Documents tab, then select
the Comment button in the list of
documents.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2020–0113, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
The petition and any comments we
receive on this docket may be viewed at
www.regulations.gov by entering
APHIS–2020–0113 in the Search field,
or in our reading room, which is located
in Room 1620 of the USDA South
Building, 14th Street and Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal
reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 799–7039
before coming.
The petition is also available on the
APHIS website at: https://www.aphis.
usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/biotechnology/
regulatory-processes/petitions/petitionstatus/petitions-table. Search for APHIS
petition 20–205–01p.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Subray Hegde, Biotechnology
Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1238; (301) 851–3901; email: subray.
hegde@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
authority of the plant pest provisions of
the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701
et seq.), the regulations in 7 CFR part
340, ‘‘Movement of Organisms Modified
or Produced Through Genetic
Engineering,’’ regulate, among other
things, the importation, interstate
movement, or release into the
environment of organisms modified or
produced through genetic engineering
that are plant pests or pose a plausible
plant pest risk.
The petition for nonregulated status
described in this notice is being
evaluated under the version of the
regulations effective at the time that it
was received. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
issued a final rule, published in the
Federal Register on May 18, 2020 (85
FR 29790–29838, Docket No. APHIS–
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2024-0008]
General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement
Plan and 46th Biennial Conference
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a meeting of the General Conference
Committee (GCC or the Committee) of the National Poultry Improvement
Plan (NPIP) and the NPIP's 46th Biennial Conference.
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DATES: The General Conference Committee meeting will be held on August
27, 2024, from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The General Session of the Biennial
Conference will begin on August 28, 2024, at 7:30 a.m. and end no later
than August 30, 2024, at 2:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting and conference will be held at the Omni
Providence Hotel, One West Exchange Street, Providence, RI.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Elena Behnke, Senior Coordinator,
National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road,
Suite 301, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) 922-3496.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Conference Committee (the
Committee) of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP),
representing cooperating State agencies and poultry industry members,
serves an essential function by acting as liaison between the poultry
industry and the Department in matters pertaining to poultry health.
Topics for discussion at the upcoming meeting include:
1. New diagnostic tests seeking NPIP approval.
2. Salmonella update.
3. National Veterinary Services Laboratories avian influenza and
Newcastle disease virus update.
4. Mycoplasma update.
The meeting will be open to the public; however, public
participation in discussions during the sessions will only be allowed
if time permits. Written statements may be filed at the meeting or
filed with the Committee before or after the meeting by sending them to
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer
to Docket No. APHIS-2024-0008 when submitting your statements.
Reasonable Accommodations
If needed, please request reasonable accommodations no later than
July 29, 2024, by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Requests made after that date may be considered,
but it may not be possible to fulfill them.
This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 10).
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs are prohibited from
discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex,
gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation,
disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived
from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or
retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity
conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs).
Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of
communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible
Agency or USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or
contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
Additionally, program information may be made available in languages
other than English.
Equal opportunity practices in accordance with USDA's policies will
be followed in all appointments to the Committee. To ensure that the
recommendations of the Committee have taken in account the needs of the
diverse groups served by USDA, membership shall include to the extent
possible, individuals with demonstrated ability to represent
minorities, women and person with disabilities. USDA is an equal
opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Dated: February 27, 2024.
Egypt Simon,
Acting USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-04515 Filed 3-1-24; 8:45 am]
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