[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28047-28048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10807]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics; Notice of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture Meeting
AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
2, the United States Department of Agriculture announces a meeting of
the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture
(AC21). The committee is being convened to: consider work of the three
ad hoc subgroups on the progress of their analyses relevant to the new
AC21 charge; discuss a draft outline for the committee's next report
and selected draft content, including a draft guidance document for
producers and a draft model for facilitating local conversations around
coexistence; and continue overall discussions on the committee charge
and planning the completion of its work.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday-Tuesday, June 13-14, 2016,
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. This meeting is open to the public. On
June 13, 2016, if time permits, reasonable provision will be made for
oral presentations of no more than five minutes each in duration,
starting at 3:30 p.m. Members of the public who wish to make oral
statements should also inform Dr. Schechtman in writing or via Email at
the indicated addresses below at least three business days before the
meeting.
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