Document Headings

                    Document headings vary by document type but may contain                    the following:                  
                -                       the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document                    
                -                       the number of the CFR title and the number of each part                      the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly                      related to                    
                -                       the agency docket number / agency internal file number                    
                -                       the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in                      the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory                      Actions                    

                    See the                                          Document Drafting Handbook                                        for more details.                  

###### Department of Agriculture

###### Agricultural Marketing Service 

          - [Docket No. ST-05-07] 

# AGENCY:

Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. 

# ACTION:

Notice of meeting. 

# SUMMARY:

This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Plant Variety Protection Board. 

# DATES:

October 6, 2005, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., open to the public. 

# ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held in the United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Blvd, Beltsville, Maryland. 

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Mrs. Janice M. Strachan, Plant Variety Protection Office, Science and Technology Program, United States Department of Agriculture, 10301 Baltimore Blvd., Room 401, National Agricultural Library Building, Beltsville, MD 20705-2351, Telephone number (301) 504-5518, fax (301) 504-5291, or e-mail                         *PVPOmail@usda.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Pursuant to the provisions of section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice is given regarding a Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Advisory Board meeting. The board is constituted under section 7 of the PVP Act (7 U.S.C. 2327). The proposed agenda for the meeting will include discussions of: (1) The accomplishments of the PVP Office, (2) the financial status of the PVP Office, (3) E-business update, (4) Use of molecular data as a tool to determine distinctness, uniformity and stability, role of the AMS National Science Laboratory, and accreditation procedures, and (5) other related topics. Upon entering the National Agricultural Library Building, visitors should inform security personnel that they are attending the PVP Advisory Board Meeting. Identification will be required to be admitted to the building. Security personnel will direct visitors to the registration table located outside of Room 1400. Registration upon arrival is necessary for all participants. 

                    If you require accommodations, such as sign language interpreter, please contact the person listed under                     **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.**                     Minutes of the meeting will be available for public review 30 days following the meeting at the address listed under                     **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.**                     The minutes will also be posted on the Internet Web site                     *http://www.ams.usda.gov/​science/​PVPO/​PVPindex.htm.*

The agenda for the upcoming meeting will be as follows:

Plant Variety Protection (PVP) 2005 Advisory Board Meeting 

Agenda, October 6, 2005 

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Call to Order 

Introductions 

Opening Remarks 

Adoption of Agenda 

Adoption of May 2004 Board Meeting Minutes 

Appeals to the Secretary of Agriculture 

Overview of the PVP Office and PVP Act 

PVP Office Accomplishment Report 

PVP Office Financial Update 

PVP Office E-business Update 

Use of Molecular Data in Determinations of Distinctness, Uniformity, and Stability, 

Roles of the AMS National Science Laboratory, and Accreditation Procedures 

Topics brought forward by Board members 

Future Program Activities 

Meeting Summary 

Adjourn 

Dated: September 12, 2005. 

Kenneth C. Clayton, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 05-18378 Filed 9-15-05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410-02-P