[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 25013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11993]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. CN-98-005]
Advisory Committee on Universal Cotton Standards; Meeting
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announces a
forthcoming meeting of the Advisory Committee on Universal Cotton
Standards.
DATES: June 11, 1998, at 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on June 12, 1998,
at 9:00 a.m. until the review is complete.
PLACE: June 11, Peabody Hotel, 149 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee
38103. Phone (901) 529-4000.
June 12 at USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service, Cotton Programs
offices at 3275 Appling Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38133. Phone (901)
384-3000. The meeting is open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Don West, Standardization and Quality
Assurance Branch, Cotton Programs, AMS, USDA, 3275 Appling Road,
Memphis, Tennessee 38133; Phone: (901) 384-3015.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee includes representatives of
all segments of the U.S. cotton industry and the twenty-one overseas
associations that are signatories to the Universal Cotton Standards
Agreement which is authorized under the United States Cotton Standards
Act (U.S.C. 51-65). The purpose of the meeting is: (1) to recommend to
the Secretary of Agriculture any changes considered necessary to the
Universal Standards; and (2) to review freshly prepared sets of
Universal Cotton Standards for conformity with existing standards.
The meeting is open to the public. Written comments may be
submitted in advance or following the meeting to Mr. West. Notice of
this meeting is provided in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law No. 92-463).
Dated: April 15, 1998.
Mary E. Atienza,
Deputy Administrator, Cotton Program.
[FR Doc. 98-11993 Filed 5-5-98; 8:45 am]
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