Symposium Discussion Forum

USDA Public Forums, July-Aug, 1996: Contributed Comments

"The U. S. Department of Agriculture will be holding several public forums to receive comments from the public concerning the Karnal Bunt Program currently being conducted in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas."

Full Text of the USDA Public Forums Announcement

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Taylor Walsh - 11:46pm Jul 17, 1996 EDT (#1 of 3)

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Well, this idea seems to be sending people scurrying in the other direction. Is that you don't want to provide comments to the public record using this structure? Haven't gotten around to it?

Should we be thinking of another way to accept comments for official inclusion in the USDA public hearing program?

William Brown - 01:25pm Jul 21, 1996 EDT (#2 of 3)

Taylor--right on. If they are really interested in getting public comments, maybe APS should help them by offering this format.. It has been outstanding for this discussion--and more public it "could not get!" I am a little concerned that we might be in that "yee olde mode of don't confuse me with the facts."

Taylor Walsh - 03:06pm Jul 21, 1996 EDT (#3 of 3)

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William, we are asking USDA now whether this format might be acceptable to their collection of public commentary. Since this framework is a "first," it is something new for them to think about, so of course it may take some time for them to see how this fits.


 



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