[Federal Register: April 24, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 78)]
[Notices]              
[Page 20971-20972]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. TM-06-05]

Nominations for members of the National Organic Standards Board

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA) of 1990, as amended, requires the establishment of a National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The NOSB is a 15-member board that is responsible for developing and recommending to the Secretary a proposed National List of Approved and Prohibited Substances. The NOSB also advises the Secretary on other aspects of the National Organic Program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is requesting nominations to fill four (4) upcoming vacancies on the NOSB. The positions to be filled are:

• Organic handler (1 position),
• scientist (1 position),
• consumer public interest (1 position), and
• an environmentalist (1 position).

The Secretary of Agriculture will appoint a person to each position to serve a 5-year term of office that will commence on January 24, 2007, and run until January 24, 2012. USDA encourages eligible minorities,
women, and persons with disabilities to apply for membership on the NOSB.

DATES: Written nominations, with cover letters and resumes, must be post-marked on or before July 14, 2006.

Full document in PDF format:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-6075.pdf