[Federal Register: September 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 173)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

 
Commission on 21st Century Production Agriculture

ACTION: Notice of public listening sessions.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has established the 
Commission on 21st Century Production Agriculture. In accordance with 
Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), notice 
is hereby given of three public listening sessions in September of the 
Commission on 21st Century Production Agriculture. The purpose of these 
sessions is to gather public input on the future role of the Federal 
Government in support of production agriculture. These sessions will be 
open to the public.

Place, Date, and Time of Meetings

    These sessions will be held on September 21, 1999, at the Wyndham 
Hotel Northwest Chicago, 400 Park Boulevard, Itasca, Illinois 60143 
from 9:00 CDT-5:00 CDT; September 23, 1999, at the Montgomery Civic 
Center, 300 Bibb Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104, from 9:00 CDT-5:00 
CDT; and September 25, 1999, at the Lackawanna Junior College 
Auditorium, 501 Vine Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18509, from 9:00 
EDT-5:00 EDT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy M. Peters (202-720-4860), Assistant Director, Commission on 
21st Century Production Agriculture, Room 3702 South Building, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0524.

    Dated: September 1, 1999.
Keith J. Collins,
Chief Economist.
[FR Doc. 99-23308 Filed 9-7-99; 8:45 am]
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