[Federal Register: May 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 86)]
[Notices]              
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary

Notice of appointment to the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service.

ACTION: Notice of appointment to the Advisory Committee on
Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture.

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of Agriculture announces members appointed to fill 9 vacancies on the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21), in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Those appointed are as follows:

Richard Crowder, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Seed Trade Association, in Alexandria, Virginia;

Duane Grant, Farmer, in Rupert, Idaho;

Robert Herdt, Adjunct International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York;

Josephine Hunt, Program Manager, Global Science and Regulatory Affairs, Kraft Foods, in Glenview, Illinois;

Gregory Jaffe, Director, Biotechnology Project, Center for Science in the Public Interest, in Washington, DC;

Patricia Layton, Professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University, in Clemson, South Carolina (AC21 Chair);

Bradley Shurdut, Global Leader, Government Relations, Regulatory Affairs, and Science Policy, Dow AgroSciences LLC, in Washington, DC;

Alison Van Eenennaam, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Animal Science, University of California in Davis, California; and

Lisa Zannoni, Director, Global Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations, BASF Corporation, in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

DATES: Appointments by the Secretary are for a two-year term, effective April 12, 2005 until April 11, 2007.

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