94-10222. Agricultural Biotechnology Research Advisory Committee; Renewal

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary

 

Agricultural Biotechnology Research Advisory Committee; Renewal

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), 
notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture is re-
establishing the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Advisory Committee 
(ABRAC). The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary 
through the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education with respect 
to policies, programs, operations and activities associated with the 
conduct of agricultural biotechnology research.
    The Secretary has determined that the work of the Committee is in 
the public interest and is relevant to the duties of the Department of 
Agriculture.
    The Committee, including the Chair and Vice-Chair, will consist of 
15 voting members, of whom no more than three will be federal 
employees. The members of the Committee will have professional or 
personal qualifications or experience in one or more of the following 
areas: Recombinant-DNA research in plants, animals and microbes; food 
science; fisheries science; ecology/environmental science; 
agricultural; production practices; biological containment and field 
release; applicable laws and regulations; standards of professional 
conduct and practice; public attitudes; public health/epidemiology; 
occupational health and ethics; human medicine; and socioeconomic 
impacts.

    Done at Washington, DC this 21st day of April, 1994.
Wardell Townsend,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-10222 Filed 4-28-94; 8:45 am]
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