[Federal Register: April 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 70)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

 
Advisory Committee Meeting

    Pursuant to the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the 
following committee meeting:

    Name: Grain Inspection Advisory Committee.
    Date: May 11-12, 1999.
    Place: Hilton Kansas City Airport, 8801 NW 112th Street, Kansas 
City, Missouri.
    Time: 8:00 am-5:00 pm on May 11; and 8:00 am-11:30 am on May 12, 
1999.
    Purpose: To provide advice to the Administrator of the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) with 
respect to the implementation of the U.S. Grain Standards Act (7 
U.S.C. 71 et seq.).
    The agenda includes a tour of the Agency's Technical Center and 
a review and discussion of GIPSA's financial status, moisture meter 
implementation plan, grain elevator safety, future inspection 
service needs, wheat cleanliness, and other related issues 
concerning the delivery of grain inspection and weighing services to 
American agriculture.
    Public participation will be limited to written statements, 
unless permission is received from the Committee Chairman to orally 
address the Committee. Persons, other than members, who wish to 
address the Committee or submit written statements before or after 
the meeting, should contact the Administrator, GIPSA, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, STOP 3601, 
Washington, D.C. 20250-3601, telephone (202) 720-0219 or FAX (202) 
205-9237.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Persons with 
disabilities who require alternative means of communication of 
program information or related accommodation should contact GIPSA. 
Information contact is Marianne Plaus, telephone (202) 690-3460 or 
FAX (202) 205-9237.

    Dated: April 7, 1999.
James R. Baker,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-9184 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]
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