99-31079. Announcement of New Appointments to the Membership of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 66838]
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[FR Doc No: 99-31079]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


Announcement of New Appointments to the Membership of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board

AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Announcement of Appointments.

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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 the 
appointments by the Secretary of Agriculture to fill 11 vacancies on 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board.

DATE: Effective October 1, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 802 of the Federal Agricultural 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (The Farm Bill) authorized the 
creation of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, 
and Economics Advisory Board. The Board is composed of 30 members, each 
representing a specific category related to farming or ranching, food 
production and processing, forestry research, crop and animal science, 
land-grant institutions, food retailing and marketing, rural economic 
development, and natural resource and consumer interest groups, among 
many others.
    The Board was first appointed in September 1996 and one-third of 
the 30 members were appointed for a l, 2, and 3 year term, 
respectively. As a result of the staggered appointments, the terms for 
10 of the 30 members expired September 30, 1999, and one member 
resigned which made a total of 11 vacancies to be filled. Secretary of 
Agriculture Dan Glickman made the following appointments effective 
October 1, 1999, to begin a 3-year term to the Advisory Board (listed 
by category of representation: Category B, Farm Cooperatives, David 
Harlow, Harlow Farms, Inc., Palouse, Washington; Category D, Plant 
Commodity Producers, Daniel M. Dooley (reappointed), Dooley and Herr, 
LLD, Visalia, California; Category G, National Aquaculture 
Associations, T. Michael Freeze (reappointed), Keo Fish Farm, Keo, 
Arkansas; Category J, National Food Science Organizations, Susan Kay 
Harlander, The Pillsbury Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Category L, 
National Nutritional Science Societies, Cutberto Garza, Cornell 
University, Ithaca, New York; Category M, Land-Grant Colleges and 
Universities--1862--Victor L. Lechtenberg (reappointed), Purdue 
University, West Lafayette, Indiana; Category R, Scientific Community 
not closely associated with Agriculture, William Scouten (reappointed), 
Utah State University, Logan, Utah; Category S, Transportation of Food 
and Agricultural Products (foreign and domestic), Emma Jean Cervantes, 
Farmer/Producer, La Mesa, NM; Category AA, An agency of USDA lacking 
Research Capabilities, Homer L. Wilkes, Natural Resources Conservation 
Service, Jackson, Mississippi; Category BB, Research agency of the 
Federal Government other than USDA, Mary Clutter (reappointed), 
National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia; and Category DD, 
National Organization directly concerned with REE, Marlyn Jorgensen, 
Jorg-Anna Farms, Inc., Garrison, Iowa.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Hanfman, Executive Director, 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board, Research, Education, and Economics Advisory Board 
Office, Room 344A Jamie L. Whitten Building, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, STOP: 2255, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 
20250-2255. Telephone: [phone]. Fax: [phone], or e-mail: 
[e-mail].

    Done at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of November 1999.
I. Miley Gonzalez,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 99-31079 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]
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