[Federal Register: January 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 11)]
[Notices]
[Page 2902-2903]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0003]
Horse Protection; Public Meeting
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service's Animal Care program will host a meeting to present
current information on the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act
(HPA) and provide a forum for horse industry members and other
interested persons to comment on the Horse Protection Program,
development of the HPA Operating Plan for 2007 and beyond, and other
Horse Protection matters. This notice provides the meeting's agenda,
location, and date.
DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on February 8,
2006. Registration will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Blue Ribbon Circle Club,
1110 Evans Street, Shelbyville, TN 37160.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Darby G. Holladay, APHIS
Legislative and Public Affairs, 4700 River Road Unit 51, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 734-3265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), Animal Care, is announcing a meeting to discuss the
enforcement of the Horse Protection Act (HPA). This meeting is designed
to provide a forum for information dissemination on current initiatives
by Animal Care. Further, this meeting will provide the opportunity for
industry members and other interested parties to provide suggestions
for the HPA Operating Plan for 2007 and beyond and comments on other
Horse Protection Program matters during the listening session period on
the agenda. Each speaker will indicate at registration their intention
to address the Deputy Administrator during the listening session and
will be allotted a set amount of time. Additional meetings of this type
are tentatively scheduled to occur on the following dates and times:
March 13, 2006, in Springfield, MO; April 19, 2006 in Dallas, TX; June
12, 2006, in Pomona, CA; September 11, 2006, in Chattanooga, TN; and
December 11, 2006, in Riverdale, MD. These meetings will be announced
in future Federal Register notices.
The meeting will, with the exception of possible minor
modifications, follow the agenda below:
8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.--Registration
9 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.--Welcome and Overview
9:15 a.m. to 11 a.m.--Horse Protection Program Update
11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.--Listening Session
12:45 p.m. to 1 p.m.--Remarks and Closing
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Meeting notices, copies of the Horse Protection Act, HPA
regulations, the HPA Operating Plan for 2004-2006, and other relevant
documents are available on the Animal Care Web site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/hpainfo.html
.
Please note that this meeting is being held to provide for the
exchange of information on the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act
and is not an opportunity to submit formal comments on proposed rules
or other regulatory initiatives. Written comments will be accepted and
should be mailed to: USDA, APHIS, Animal Care, 4700 River Road Unit 84,
Riverdale, MD 20737.
Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of January 2006.
Paul R. Eggert,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E6-444 Filed 1-17-06; 8:45 am]
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