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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service

 
Notice of Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture 
Statistics

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notification of appointment to the Advisory Committee on 
Agriculture Statistics.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, announces members 
appointed to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics. Twenty-
five members were appointed from seven categories that cover a broad 
range of agricultural disciplines and interests.
    Appointed members by categories they represent are:

Consumer and Information Organizations--Arthur R. Brown Jr., Egg 
Harbor, NJ; Ross Ronald Racine, Billings, MT; James Dennis Rieck, 
Winfield, IL. Educational Organizations--Ling-Jung (Kelvin) Koong, 
Corvallis, OR; Bobby Ray Phills, Tallahassee, FL; Gumecindo Salas, 
Springfield, VA. Farm Services Organizations--Charles Edward Adams, 
Senath, MO; John Irving Gifford, Rock Island, IL; Thomas Howard Kimmel, 
Reston, VA; Jack Charles Mitenbuler, Indianapolis, IN; Mark Edward 
Whalon, East Lansing, MI. Government Agencies--Robert Dale Epperson, 
Fresno, CA. National Farm Organizations-- Carol Ann Gregg, Grove City, 
PA; Mark W. Jenner, Mt. Prospect, IL; Sheila Kay Massey, Animas, NM; 
Ivan W. Wyatt, Cedar Point, KS. Producer and Marketing Organizations--
Mark Dale Lange, Germantown, TN; Andrew William LaVigne, Lakeland, FL; 
Edward Jerome Pennick, College Park, GA; Ashby Pamplin Ruden, Reston, 
VA; Lee F. Schrader, West Lafayette, IN; Topper Thorpe, Castle Rock, 
CO; Hugh Anslum Warren, Greenwood, MS. Professional Organizations--
Walter J. Armbruster, Darien, IL; Ronald C. Wimberley, Raleigh, NC.

    Comments: The duties of the Committee are solely advisory. The 
Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture 
with regards to the agricultural statistics program of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and such other matters as it may 
deem advisable, or which the Secretary of Agriculture, Under Secretary 
for Research, Education, and Economics, or the Administrator of NASS 
may request. The Advisory Committee's first meeting will take place 
before the end of the 1999 calendar year. All meetings are open to the 
public. Committee members will be reimbursed for official travel 
expenses only.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Questions should be e-mailed to 
hq__aa@nass.usda.gov, faxed to (202) 720-9013, OR telephoned to Rich 
Allen, Associate Administrator, NASS, at (202) 720-4333. All mailed 
correspondence should be sent to Rich Allen, Associate Administrator, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 4117 South Building, 
Washington, DC 20250-2000.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., September 28, 1999.
Donald M. Bay,
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
[FR Doc. 99-26924 Filed 10-14-99; 8:45 am]
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