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plants; rDNA research and applications 

using animals; rDNA research and 

applications using microbes; food 

science; silviculture and related forest 

science; fisheries science; ecology; 

veterinary medicine; the broad range of 

farming or agricultural practices; weed 

science; plant pathology; biodiversity; 

applicable laws and regulations relevant 

to agricultural biotechnology policy; 

risk assessment; consumer advocacy 

and public attitudes; public health/ 

epidemiology; ethics, including 

bioethics; human medicine; 

biotechnology industry activities and 

structure; intellectual property rights 

systems; and international trade. 

Members will be selected by the 

Secretary of Agriculture in order to 

achieve a balanced representation of 

viewpoints to address effectively USDA 

biotechnology policy issues under 

consideration. Over the next two years, 

it is expected that the AC21 will address 

topics related to biotechnology 

coexistence issues, priorities for 

development of biotechnology-derived 

crops other than major uses of 

commodity crops, transgenic animals, 

and perhaps other topics. 

Nominations for AC21 membership 

must be in writing and provide the 

appropriate background documents 

required by USDA policy, including 

background disclosure form AD–755. 

The AC21 meets in Washington, DC, 

up to four (4) times per year. The 

function of the AC21 is solely advisory. 

Members of the AC21 and its 

subcommittees serve without pay, but 

with reimbursement of travel expenses 

and per diem for attendance at AC21 

and subcommittee functions for those 

AC21 members who require assistance 

in order to attend the meetings. While 

away from home or their regular place 

of business, those members will be 

eligible for travel expenses paid by REE, 

USDA, including per diem in lieu of 

subsistence, at the same rate as a person 

employed intermittently in the 

government service is allowed under 

Section 5703 of Title 5, United States 

Code. 

Submitting Nominations: 

Nominations should be typed and 

include the following: 

1. A brief summary of no more than 

two (2) pages explaining the nominee’s 

suitability to serve on the AC21. 

2. A resume or curriculum vitae. 

3. A completed copy of form AD–755. 

Nominations should be sent to 

Michael Schechtman at the address 

listed above, and be postmarked no later 

than November 14, 2005. 

Dated: October 6, 2005. 

Bernice Slutsky, 

Senior Advisor to the Secretary for 

Biotechnology. 

[FR Doc. 05–20478 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Special Supplemental 

Nutrition Program for Women, Infants 

and Children (WIC) Proposed 

Collection; Comment Request—

Monitoring Trends in the Public Health 

Workforce Survey 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is 

publishing for public comment a 

summary of a proposed information 

collection. FNS wishes to monitor 

trends in education and training, work 

experience, areas of practice, and 

training needs of the public health and 

community nutrition workforce at the 

State and local government levels. A 

descriptive profile will assist FNS to 

determine the extent to which the 

current and future workforce has the 

necessary training to administer the 

WIC Program, for which FNS is 

responsible. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 12, 2005 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments and 

requests for copies of this proposed 

collection of information to Patricia N. 

Daniels, Director, Supplemental Food 

Programs Division; Food and Nutrition 

Service; 3101 Park Center Drive; Room 

528; Alexandria, VA 22302–1500. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. All responses to this notice 

will be summarized and included in the 

request for OMB clearance. All 

comments will thus become public 

documents. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Debra Whitford, Chief, Policy and 

Program Development Branch, 

Supplemental Food Programs Division, 

Food and Nutrition Service, Department 

of Agriculture, (703) 305–2746. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Monitoring Trends in the Public 

Health Nutrition Workforce. 

OMB Number: Not yet assigned. 

Expiration Date: N/A. 

Type of Request: New collection of 

information. 

Abstract: The Department of 

Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and 

Nutrition Service (FNS) wishes to obtain 

information to assess the agency’s 

efforts to recruit and retain public 

health and community nutritionists to 

staff the WIC Program. Goal 2, Objective 

2.2 of the USDA/FNS Corporate 

Priorities focuses on improving agency 

support for Program management. This 

priority addresses management of 

human capital to ensure a high quality 

workforce and work environment that 

attracts and retains employees. Since 

1992, FNS has been involved in an 

initiative targeted at assisting WIC State 

and local agencies in recruiting and 

retaining qualified nutrition staff. 

Recruitment and retention of qualified 

staff is essential to maintaining quality 

nutrition services by providing an 

environment where staff are 

appropriately selected, trained, and 

supported. Opportunities for ongoing 

training, job advancement, challenging 

duties, and competitive salaries are 

important considerations in recruiting 

and retaining qualified nutrition staff. 

Workforce profile data are essential to 

evaluate the impact of the agency’s 

effort to recruit and retain public health 

and community nutritionists. State 

nutrition directors use descriptive 

information about the community 

nutrition workforce in their respective 

States to support recruitment and 

retention efforts, design training 

programs, and advise on licensure and 

certification policy. According to the 

findings from previous workforce 

surveys conducted by the Association of 

State and Territorial Public Health 

Nutrition Directors, 90 percent of the 

public health and community nutrition 

workforce is employed in WIC 

Programs. 

This survey will be implemented as a 

Web-based survey to expedite the 

survey and data collection and analysis 

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process. In addition to the Web-based 

version, a paper version of the 

questionnaire will be available for those 

respondents who do not have Internet 

access. 

This data collection will be carried 

out by State public health nutrition 

directors through their professional 

association—the Association of State 

and Territorial Public Health Nutrition 

Directors (ASTPHND), and will result in 

a national profile of the public health 

and community nutrition workforce. 

State nutrition directors will be 

responsible for coordinating data 

collection within their respective State 

including identifying appropriate 

respondents, assigning unique 

identifiers, distributing the Web site 

URL and/or paper version of the 

questionnaire, providing technical 

assistance to respondents on how to 

complete the web-or paper version of 

the questionnaire, answering any 

questions from respondents, providing 

follow-up to non-respondents, and 

assisting in editing data as needed. 

ASTPHND has conducted five previous 

surveys of the public health and 

community nutrition workforce and the 

State nutrition directors have performed 

a similar function in the previous 

surveys. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 20 hours per 

State nutrition director. Per individual 

respondent, the average estimated 

burden is 20.6 minutes for those who 

are completing the Web-based 

questionnaire and 25.1 minutes for 

those completing the written, fixedresponse version (print version) of the 

questionnaire. 

Respondents: There are two classes or 

levels of respondents: (1) The 

designated State and territorial public 

health nutrition directors and (2) 

persons employed in public health 

nutrition programs within States, 

including persons employed by InterTribal Organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Fifty-five State and territorial public 

health nutrition directors will be 

surveyed. They will survey 

approximately 10,000 nutrition workers 

in their respective States and territories. 

It is expected that 85 percent of 

individual respondents will complete 

the web-based survey (8,500) and 15 

percent will complete the paper version 

(1,500). 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: One. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: Public reporting burden 

for this collection of information is 

estimated to average 20 hours per State 

or 1,100 hours (calculated at 20 hours 

by 55 State designees). In addition, the 

estimated reporting burden for 

individual respondents using the webbased version is 2,918 hours (calculated 

at 20.6 minutes per individual with 

8,500 respondents) and 627 hours 

(calculated at 25.1 minutes per 

individual respondent with 1,500 

respondents) for the paper version for a 

total estimated individual reporting 

burden of 3,545 hours. The total 

expected public reporting burden is 

4,645 hours. 

Dated: October 5, 2005. 

Roberto Salazar, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 05–20515 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Meeting of the Land Between The 

Lakes Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Land Between The Lakes 

Advisory Board will hold a meeting on 

Thursday, November 3, 2005. Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2. 

The meeting agenda includes the 

following: 

(1) Welcome/Introductions/Agenda. 

(2) Panel Discussion Between 

Incoming/Outgoing Members. 

(3) Recognition of Outgoing Members. 

(4) Orientation for Incoming 

Members. 

(5) Introduction of Nature Watch 

Demonstration Area Topic. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Written comments are invited and may 

be mailed to: William P. Lisowsky, Area 

Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes, 

100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, 

Kentucky 42211. Written comments 

received at Land Between The Lakes 

will be provided to the members. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, November 3, 2005, 10:30 a.m. 

to 3 p.m., CST. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Administrative Building, Land 

Between The Lakes, Golden Pond, KY, 

and will be open to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon Byers, Advisory Board Liaison, 

Land Between The Lakes, 100 Van 

Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky 

42211, 270–924–2002. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None. 

Dated: October 6, 2005. 

William P. Lisowsky, 

Area Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Glenn/Colusa County Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Glenn/Colusa County 

Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) 

will meet in Willows, California. 

Agenda items to be covered include: (1) 

Introductions, (2) Approval of Minutes, 

(3) Public Comment, (4) Project 

Proposal/Possible Action, (5) Web site 

Update, (6) General Discussion, (7) Next 

Agenda. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 24, 2005, from 1:30 p.m. and 

end at approximately 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Mendocino National Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, 825 N. Humboldt 

Ave., Willows, CA 95988. Individuals 

wishing to speak or propose agenda 

items must send their names and 

proposals to Jim Giachino, DFO, 825 N. 

Humboldt Ave., Willows, CA 95988. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bobbin Gaddini, Committee 

Coordinator, USDA, Mendocino 

National Forest, Grindstone Ranger 

District, P.O. Box 164, Elk Creek, CA 

95939. (530) 968–1815; e-mail 

ggaddini@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff and Committee 

members. However, persons who wish 

to bring matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. Public input sessions will 

be provided and individuals who made 

written requests by October 21, 2005 

will have the opportunity to address the 

committee at those sessions. 

Dated: October 6, 2005. 

Arthur Quintana, 

Acting Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. 05–20486 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

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