82 FR 8174 - Visioning of United States, (U.S.) Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production Stakeholder Listening Session Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 14 (January 24, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 8174-8175] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-01506] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Office of the Secretary Visioning of United States, (U.S.) Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production Stakeholder Listening Session Meeting AGENCY: Office of the Chief Scientist of the United States Department of Agriculture, OCS, USDA. ACTION: Notice of a meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The OCS, USDA announces a Visioning of U.S. Agriculture Systems for Sustainable Production Listening Session for those interested in the long-term health and viability of U.S. Agriculture and for concurrently improving the economic, environmental, security, and health benefits to the U.S. through agriculture over the next 50 years. DATES: Listening session: The listening session will be on Thursday, March 2, 2017 will begin at 8:30 a.m. and is scheduled to end by 5:00 p.m. Registration: You must register by February 27, 2017, to attend in person and to provide oral comments during the listening session. The number of attendees and oral commenters is limited due to time and space constraints (see below) on a first come, first served basis. All interested, regardless of attending, are welcome to submit written comments. Comments: Written comments are due by March 9, 2017. Written comments must be submitted electronically to the Contact Person identified in this notice. ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Jamie L. Whitten Building, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW., Washington, DC 20250. All participants are required to enter through the Jefferson Drive entrance to the building. This is the entrance facing the National mall. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seth Murray, Senior Advisor, Office of the Chief Scientist; telephone: (202) 692-0204; fax: (202) 260-8786; or email: seth.murray@osec.usda.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCS was established in 2011 [FR Doc. 2011-4128] within the Research, Education and Economics (REE) mission area of USDA, to identify the authorities of the Under Secretary for REE (Chief Scientist of the Department) and the Director of the OCS with respect to scientific integrity within USDA and the coordination of agricultural research, education, and extension programs and activities. The Chief Scientist provides leadership and coordination for four agencies of the mission area--the Agricultural Research Service; Economic Research Service; National Institute of Food and Agriculture; and the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Agricultural Systems include row crops, horticultural crops, rangeland, livestock, aquaculture, forest, urban agriculture, and alternative agricultural production systems for food, fiber and fuel in addition to the water, landscape and ecosystem services they depend on and affect. New technologies and scientific discoveries are creating possibilities for novel agricultural systems that could better meet holistic societal needs beyond existing systems. Researching, designing and implementing these systems requires coordination across extremely diverse stakeholders, recognition of regional differences, and a longer timeline than incremental improvements to existing systems. The listening session will elicit stakeholder input from industry and state representatives, federal representatives from within USDA and other agencies, national organizations and institutions, local producers, and other groups interested in issues facilitating opportunities in the long-term for sustainable agricultural production. Short term (less than seven years) and incremental solutions are outside the scope of this particular listening session. On Thursday, March 2, 2017 the listening session will be held from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. in room 107A of the Jamie L. Whitten building. A consultant may be assisting with coordinating and facilitating the session. The morning session will include brief introductions to relevant USDA agencies, other Federal agencies and invited subject matter experts, relevant to long-term support and visioning of agricultural systems. After this, approximately 10 minute presentations will be given by stakeholders that discuss strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and/or threats of future agricultural production systems. Following lunch, stakeholder presentations will continue. In the afternoon, a summary and discussion session will take place in which participants will be asked to discuss their reactions to the information presented earlier in the day as well as respond to a set of questions presented by the organizers aimed at getting feedback for the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in current and future agricultural systems towards sustainable production. An updated schedule will be available online at least one month before the session from https://www.usda.gov/ocs, or by emailing seth.murray@osec.usda.gov. All stakeholders are welcome to apply for a 10-minute presentation slot, however, due to time constraints, a [[Page 8175]] limited number will be selected. Selections will be made to maintain a diversity of topics (e.g. animal, aquaculture, grain, fruit, landscape, plant, soil, etc.) and geographies but on a first come, first served basis. To apply for a slot, please email the Contact Person, Dr. Seth Murray, listed above with a one to two sentence topic description. All presentations may be oral and/or in PowerPoint, however, a written transcript of the talk should be submitted no later than one week after the event. All parties interested in attending this event must RSVP no later than February 27, 2017 to the Contact Person, Dr. Seth Murray, listed previously. Due to size constraints in the meeting room, only the first 70 responders will be accepted. Written comments by attendees or other interested stakeholders will be welcomed before and up to one week following the listening session (March 9, 2017). All statements will become a part of the official record of the OCS and will be kept on file in that office. Done at Washington, DC, this 17th day of January 2017. Ann Bartuska, Acting Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics. [FR Doc. 2017-01506 Filed 1-23-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-03-P
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Notices Federal Register
Vol. 82, No. 14
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER term health and viability of U.S. and ecosystem services they depend on
contains documents other than rules or Agriculture and for concurrently and affect.
proposed rules that are applicable to the improving the economic, New technologies and scientific
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, environmental, security, and health discoveries are creating possibilities for
committee meetings, agency decisions and benefits to the U.S. through agriculture novel agricultural systems that could
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
over the next 50 years. better meet holistic societal needs
petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are DATES: Listening session: The listening beyond existing systems. Researching,
examples of documents appearing in this session will be on Thursday, March 2, designing and implementing these
section. 2017 will begin at 8:30 a.m. and is systems requires coordination across
scheduled to end by 5:00 p.m. extremely diverse stakeholders,
Registration: You must register by recognition of regional differences, and
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE February 27, 2017, to attend in person a longer timeline than incremental
and to provide oral comments during improvements to existing systems. The
Agricultural Research Service the listening session. The number of listening session will elicit stakeholder
attendees and oral commenters is input from industry and state
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive limited due to time and space representatives, federal representatives
License constraints (see below) on a first come, from within USDA and other agencies,
AGENCY: Research, Education, and first served basis. All interested, national organizations and institutions,
Economics, USDA. regardless of attending, are welcome to local producers, and other groups
ACTION: Notice of intent; correction. submit written comments. interested in issues facilitating
Comments: Written comments are due opportunities in the long-term for
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that by March 9, 2017. Written comments sustainable agricultural production.
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, must be submitted electronically to the Short term (less than seven years) and
Agricultural Research Service, is Contact Person identified in this notice. incremental solutions are outside the
correcting the notice stating it intends to ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place scope of this particular listening
grant to Huvepharma, Inc. of Peachtree at the Jamie L. Whitten Building, 12th session.
City, Georgia, an exclusive license to Street and Jefferson Drive SW., On Thursday, March 2, 2017 the
U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 15/ Washington, DC 20250. All participants listening session will be held from 8:30
108,725, ‘‘MUTATED SALMONELLA are required to enter through the a.m.–5:00 p.m. in room 107A of the
ENTERIACA’’, filed on June 28, 2016. Jefferson Drive entrance to the building. Jamie L. Whitten building. A consultant
This is the entrance facing the National may be assisting with coordinating and
Correction
mall. facilitating the session. The morning
In the Federal Register of January 13, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seth session will include brief introductions
2017 in FR Doc. 9, on page 4279, of the Murray, Senior Advisor, Office of the to relevant USDA agencies, other
summary section, 3rd and fourth line Chief Scientist; telephone: (202) 692– Federal agencies and invited subject
should read as follows: 0204; fax: (202) 260–8786; or email: matter experts, relevant to long-term
‘‘MUTATED SALMONELLA seth.murray@osec.usda.gov . support and visioning of agricultural
ENTERICA’’, filed on June 28, 2016. systems. After this, approximately 10
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCS
Yvette Anderson, was established in 2011 [FR Doc. 2011– minute presentations will be given by
Federal Register Liaison Officer for ARS, ERS, 4128] within the Research, Education stakeholders that discuss strengths,
and NASS. and Economics (REE) mission area of weaknesses, opportunities and/or
[FR Doc. 2017–01385 Filed 1–23–17; 8:45 am] USDA, to identify the authorities of the threats of future agricultural production
BILLING CODE 3410–03–P Under Secretary for REE (Chief Scientist systems. Following lunch, stakeholder
of the Department) and the Director of presentations will continue. In the
the OCS with respect to scientific afternoon, a summary and discussion
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE integrity within USDA and the session will take place in which
coordination of agricultural research, participants will be asked to discuss
Office of the Secretary education, and extension programs and their reactions to the information
activities. The Chief Scientist provides presented earlier in the day as well as
Visioning of United States, (U.S.) leadership and coordination for four respond to a set of questions presented
Agricultural Systems for Sustainable agencies of the mission area—the by the organizers aimed at getting
Production Stakeholder Listening Agricultural Research Service; feedback for the strengths, weaknesses,
Session Meeting Economic Research Service; National opportunities and threats in current and
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Scientist of Institute of Food and Agriculture; and future agricultural systems towards
sustainable production. An updated
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the United States Department of the National Agricultural Statistics
Agriculture, OCS, USDA. Service. schedule will be available online at least
ACTION: Notice of a meeting. Agricultural Systems include row one month before the session from
crops, horticultural crops, rangeland, https://www.usda.gov/ocs, or by
SUMMARY: The OCS, USDA announces a livestock, aquaculture, forest, urban emailing seth.murray@osec.usda.gov.
Visioning of U.S. Agriculture Systems agriculture, and alternative agricultural All stakeholders are welcome to apply
for Sustainable Production Listening production systems for food, fiber and for a 10-minute presentation slot,
Session for those interested in the long- fuel in addition to the water, landscape however, due to time constraints, a
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| Contact | Seth Murray, Senior Advisor, Office of the Chief Scientist; telephone: (202) 692-0204; fax: (202) 260-8786; or email: [email protected] . | |
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