98-8729. Advisory Committee Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 65 (Monday, April 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 16758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8729]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Advisory Committee Meeting

    Pursuant to the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the 
following committee meeting:

    Name: Grain Inspection Advisory Committee.
    Date: May 13-14, 1998.
    Place: Kansas City Airport, Marriott, 775 Brasilia, Kansas City, 
Missouri.
    Time: 8:00 am-5:00 pm on May 13; and 8:00 am-11:30 am on May 14, 
1998.
    Purpose: To provide advice to the Administrator of the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) with 
respect to the implementation of the U.S. Grain Standards Act (7 
U.S.C. 71 et seq.).
    The agenda includes a tour of the Agency's Technical Center and 
a review and discussion of GIPSA's financial status, moisture meter 
implementation plan, strategy for implementing corn protein, oil, 
and starch testing, and wheat research results.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Public participation 
will be limited to written statements, unless permission is received 
from the Committee Chairman to orally address the Committee. 
Persons, other than members, who wish to address the Committee or 
submit written statements before or after the meeting, should 
contact the Administrator, GIPSA, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW, STOP 3601, Washington, D.C. 20250-
3601, telephone [phone] or FAX [phone].

    Dated: March 27, 1998.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-8729 Filed 4-3-98; 8:45 am]
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