[Federal Register: April 27, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 82)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in
Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While Protecting Public
Health
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA
ACTION: Notice of publication of final report and public briefings.
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SUMMARY: Executive Order 13168 published September 22, 2000,
established the President's Commission on Improving Economic
Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While
Protecting Public Health (Commission). This notice announces that the
Commission's Final Report will be published on May 14, 2001 and that
two public briefings will be conducted by the Commission on May 14,
2001. The purpose of the public briefings will be to inform the public
of the findings and recommendations, as set out in the Commission's
Final Report. All meetings are open to the public.
DATES: The Commission will conduct the first briefing on May 14, 2001,
from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the McKimmon Center, North Carolina State
University, 1101 Gorman St., Raleigh, NC and the second at the
Executive Inn Hotel, 978 Phillips Lane, Louisville, KY, on May 14,
2001, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Copies
of the Final Report will be available on the Commission's website at
http:www.fsa.usda.gov/tobcom/ or by contacting Solomon Whitfield or
Eloise Taylor at the Tobacco and Peanuts Division at the contact
information listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Richardson, Executive Director,
Tobacco Commission, United States Department of Agriculture, (USDA),
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0574, Washington, DC, 20250-0574 or
telephone (202) 418-4266 or toll free (866) 804-6698; FAX (202) 418-
4270; Internet: doug_richardson@wdc.fsa.usda.gov or Solomon Whitfield,
Acting Director, Tobacco and Peanuts Division, telephone (202) 720-5988
or Eloise Taylor, Agricultural Program Specialist, telephone (202) 720-
9106; FAX (202) 690-2298; Internet: eloise_taylor@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Commission is to advise
the President on changes occurring in the tobacco farming economy and
recommend such measures as may be necessary to improve economic
opportunity and development in communities that are dependent on
tobacco production, while protecting consumers, particularly children,
from hazards associated with smoking. The Commission collected and
reviewed information about changes in the tobacco farming economy and
Federal, State, and local initiatives intended to help tobacco growers,
tobacco quota holders, and communities dependent on tobacco production
pursue new economic opportunities. The Commission received public input
through two public forums, its website, written comments and experts in
tobacco farming, tobacco health issues, and economic development. After
reviewing all input, the Commission is issuing its findings and
recommendations in the Final Report, regarding the economic situation
facing tobacco producers and tobacco dependent communities.
If special accommodations are required, please contact Doug
Richardson, at the address specified above, by COB May 7, 2001.
Signed at Washington, D.C. on April 24, 2001.
James R. Little,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 01-10566 Filed 4-26-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-05-P
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