[Federal Register: April 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 76)]
[Notices]
[Page 21095-21096]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0040]
National Poultry Improvement Plan; General Conference Committee
Meeting and Biennial Conference
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: We are giving notice of meetings of the General Conference
Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan and of the Biennial
Conference.
DATES: The General Conference Committee will meet on June 5, 2008, from
8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The Biennial Conference will be held on June 6, 2008,
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on June 7, 2008, from 8 a.m. to noon.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Portland Marriott at Sable
Oaks, 200 Sable Oaks Drive, South Portland, ME.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Andrew R. Rhorer, Senior
Coordinator, National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, 1498
Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) 922-3496.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Conference Committee (the
Committee) of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is the
Secretary's Advisory Committee on poultry health. The Committee
represents cooperating State agencies and poultry industry members, and
serves an essential program function by acting as liaison between the
poultry industry and the Department in matters pertaining to poultry
health. In addition, the Committee assists the Department in planning,
organizing, and conducting the NPIP Biennial Conference.
Topics for discussion at the upcoming meetings include:
1. H5/H7 low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) program for
commercial layers, broilers, and turkeys;
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2. Compartmentalization of notifiable avian influenza free zones;
3. H5/H7 LPAI program for raised-for-release upland gamebird
flocks;
4. Evaluation of rapid detection assays for Salmonella; and
5. Evaluation of antigen detection assays for avian influenza.
The meetings will be open to the public. The sessions held on June
6 and 7, 2008, will include delegates to the NPIP Biennial Conference.
However, due to time constraints, the public will not be allowed to
participate in the discussions during either of the meetings. Written
statements on meeting topics may be filed with the Committee before or
after the meetings by sending them to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Written statements may also be filed at
the meetings. Please refer to Docket No. APHIS-2008-0040 when
submitting your statements.
This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. (5 U.S.C. App. 2).
Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of April 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8-8417 Filed 4-17-08; 8:45 am]
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