Washington, DC
August 25, 2008
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) will hold a teleconference meeting of the Plant
Variety Protection (PVP) Board on Sept. 9, 2008. The meeting
will be held in the AMS Conference Room, Room 3074, South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. The
meeting notice and proposed agenda will be published in the Aug.
22, 2008, Federal Register.
The meeting is open to the public. All prospective attendees
planning to attend are required to register with the Plant
Variety Protection office at (301) 504-5518 before Sept. 5.
The board consists of 14 individuals who are experts in various
areas of varietal development. These individuals are appointed
by the Secretary of Agriculture, and include representatives
from the private or seed industry sector, the public or
government sector, and farmer representatives. The function of
the board is to advise the secretary about rules and regulations
needed to facilitate proper administration of the PVP Act; to
make advisory decisions on all appeals from the examiner; and to
advise the secretary on questions related to section 44 of the
PVP Act on public interest in wide usage of a protected variety.
Minutes of the meeting will be available for public review 30
days following the meeting and will be posted on the Web site,
www.ams.usda.gov/PVPO.
AMS administers the Plant Variety Protection Act, which provides
time-limited marketing protection to developers of new and
distinct seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants, ranging
from farm crops to flowers.
For more information, contact the Plant Variety Protection
office at (301) 504-5518, fax (301) 504-5291, or the Internet at
www.ams.usda.gov/PVPO. |
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