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spot. This program ended on July 22, 

2005. Contact: (Libby Pemberton) 

North Dakota 

Department of Agriculture 

Crisis: On August 5, 2005, for the use of 

diquat dibromide on canola as a harvest 

aid. This program ended on August 19, 

2005. Contact: (Libby Pemberton) 

Specific: EPA authorized the use of 

azoxystrobin on safflower to control 

Alternaria leaf spot; July 7, 2005 to 

August 15, 2005. Contact: (Libby 

Pemberton) 

Oklahoma 

Department of Agriculture 

Specific: EPA authorized the use of 

thymol in beehives to control varroa 

mites; September 15, 2005 to December 

1, 2006. Contact: (Stacey Groce) 

EPA authorized the use of sulfosulfuron 

on Bermuda and Bahia grass pastures, 

and hayfields to control Johnson grass; 

September 23, 2005 to September 15, 

2006. Contact: (Libby Pemberton) 

Oregon 

Department of Agriculture 

Specific: EPA authorized the use of 

bifenthrin on orchardgrass to control the 

orchardgrass billbug; July 8, 2005 to 

November 15, 2005. Contact: (Andrea 

Conrath) 

EPA authorized the use of flufenacet on 

wheat to control Italian ryegrass; 

September 23, 2005 to December 31, 

2005. Contact: (Andrew Ertman) 

EPA authorized the use of ethoprop on 

baby mint to control garden symphylan 

(Scutigerella immaculata); July 22, 2005 

to September 15, 2005. Contact: (Libby 

Pemberton) 

South Carolina 

Clemson University 

Crisis: On July 14, 2005, for the use of 

azoxystrobin on tobacco to control target 

spot. This program ended on July 28, 

2005. Contact: (Libby Pemberton) 

Tennessee 

Department of Agriculture 

Specific: EPA authorized the use of 

azoxystrobin on tobacco to control 

(Cercospora nicotianae) and Target spot 

(Rhizoctonia solani); August 9, 2005 to 

October 15, 2005. Contact: (Libby 

Pemberton) 

Utah 

Department of Agriculture 

Specific: EPA authorized the use of 

bifenazate on tart cherries to control two 

spotted spider mites (Tetranychus 

urticae Koch); McDaniel mite 

(Tetranychus mcdanieli Mcgregor); and 

European red mite (Panonychus ulmi 

(Koch)); July 19, 2005 to September 1, 

2005. Contact: (Libby Pemberton) 

Virginia 

Department of Agriculture and 

Consumer Services 

Specific: EPA authorized the use of 

thymol in beehives to control varroa 

mites; August 25, 2005 to December 1, 

2006. Contact: (Stacey Groce) 

Washington 

Department of Agriculture 

Specific: EPA authorized the use of 

diflubenzuron on barley and wheat to 

control grasshoppers and Mormon 

crickets; July 1, 2005 to August 1, 2005. 

Contact: (Libby Pemberton) 

EPA authorized the use of flufenacet on 

wheat to control Italian ryegrass; 

September 23, 2005 to December 31, 

2005. Contact: (Andrew Ertman) 

B. Federal Departments and Agencies 

Agriculture Department 

Animal and Plant Health Inspector 

Service 

Crisis: On June 20, 2005, for the use of 

sodium hypochlorite, sodium carbonate, 

and sodium hydroxide on any item, 

field site, or surface potentially 

contaminated by exotic infectious 

disease organisms to control those 

organisms in various locations 

throughout the United States. This 

program is expected to end on June 21, 

2008. Contact: (Libby Pemberton) 

Defense Department 

Quarantine: EPA authorized the use of 

paraformaldehyde on biological 

containment areas, biological safety 

cabinets and equipement, and high 

efficiency particulate air filters in the 

ventilation system to prevent the release 

of infectious microorganisms from 

containment areas); September 29, 2005 

to September 29, 2008. Contact: (Libby 

Pemberton) 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pest. 

Dated: October 28, 2005. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 05–22618 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OEI–2005–0015; FRL–7997–2] 

Office of Environmental Information; 

Request for Comment and Request for 

Information on System Requirements 

Document for Environmental 

Terminology Services 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Request for comment and 

request for information. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency is seeking to redesign 

its current Terminology Reference 

System (TRS) [see http://www.epa.gov/ 

trs ] in order to better support future 

semantic Web needs, increase usability 

and integrate with other systems for 

enterprise-wide content management, 

search, and portal development. The 

agency has established the following 

requirements and is interested in 

receiving comments and information 

from potential bidders and experts in 

the field regarding these requirements. 

DATES: Comments and or information 

must be submitted on or before 

November 28, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Spencer; Environmental 

Protection Agency; 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, MC 2822T; Washington, DC 

20460; Phone: 202–566–1651; Fax: 202–

566–1624; E-mail: 

Spencer.linda@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Agency is seeking a commercial off-theshelf (COTS) and/or Government offthe-shelf (GOTS) software package(s) to 

match the user/system requirements. 

The Agency will also consider 

customization of a COTS/GOTS and the 

integration of several COTS/GOTS 

products. 

Part of EPA’s vision is to see the TRS 

evolve from being just a terminology 

repository, into a suite of Environmental 

Terminology Services (ETS). It will 

always remain a repository for 

environmental terminology and 

terminology structures (taxonomies, 

thesauri, ontologies, dictionaries, etc.). 

However, the environmental 

terminology contained in the repository 

will be enriched. Through use and 

curation, the TRS will evolve from a 

term-based system to a concept-based 

system. The concepts the ETS contains, 

along with their terms and definitions, 

will have sufficient metadata to enable 

those concepts to be used as the 

building blocks for the creation of 

business-driven Agency terminology 

structures (taxonomies, thesauri, etc.) 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 220 / Wednesday, November 16, 2005 / Notices 69563 

1 In this document the term ‘‘science and 

engineering’’ includes, but is not limited to, 

agricultural, behavioral, biological, computer, 

engineering, environmental, mathematical, 

medical/clinical, physical, psychology, social, and 

veterinary sciences. 

The data are taken from the 2002 Survey of 

Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science 

and Engineering (National Science Foundation/ 

Division of Science Resources Statistics). 

Research assistants or associates refer to graduate 

students or postdoctoral scholars funded through 

Federal research grants or contracts. The assistants 

or associates are not selected by the Federal agency, 

and the host institution determines their level of 

support. The principle purpose of their 

employment is the conduct of research, and any 

limitations imposed by their citizenship status are 

determined by the policies of the host institution. 

Graduate students or postdoctoral scholars 

supported on Traineeships are usually not selected 

by the Federal agency, but the Federal agency 

determines their level of support (although in some 

cases the level of support-may be supplemented by 

other sources). The principle purpose of their 

traineeship support is their education and training, 

and they must be U.S citizens, permanent residents, 

or meet other policies of the Federal agency. 

Graduate students or postdoctoral scholars 

supported on Fellowships are selected by the 

Federal agency, and the Federal agency determines 

their level of support (although in some cases their 

level of support may be supplemented by other 

sources). The principle purpose of their fellowship 

support is their education and training, and they 

must be U.S citizens or permanent residents or meet 

other policies of the Federal agency. 

The repository will also contain an 

authoritative controlled vocabulary for 

the Agency which can serve in the 

creation of glossaries for Web pages and 

documents, a common vocabulary for 

search engines, and in the development 

of rules and regulations. 

I. General Information 

A. How Can I Get Copies of These 

Documents and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under Docket ID No. OEI–2005–0015. 

The official public docket is the 

collection of materials that is available 

for public viewing at the OEI Docket in 

the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA 

West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 

Docket Center Public Reading Room is 

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

2. Electronic Access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ 

to view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the 

official public docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the appropriate docket identification 

number. 

Dated: November 3, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Division Director, Collection Strategies 

Division, Office of Information Collection, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

[FR Doc. 05–22703 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

Proposed Principles for Federal 

Support of Graduate and Postdoctoral 

Education and Training in Science and 

Engineering 

AGENCY: Executive Office of the 

President, Office of Science and 

Technology Policy (OSTP). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed issuance of 

principles for Federal programs that 

provide support for post-baccalaureate 

education and training in science and 

engineering. 

SUMMARY: The proposed principles are 

intended to increase collaboration and 

consistency within the Federal agencies 

in support of graduate and postdoctoral 

education and training in science and 

engineering. Principles are: 

• Federal Support of Graduate and 

Postdoctoral Education and Training Is 

a Critical Investment in the Future; 

• The Federal Investment Portfolio 

Must Broadly Support Science and 

Engineering Disciplines; 

• Graduate Students and Postdoctoral 

Scholars Must Receive Quality 

Education and Training; 

• Federal Contributions toward 

Graduate and Postdoctoral Education 

and Training are Provided in 

Partnership with Academic and Other 

Non-Federal Institutions; 

• Graduate Students and Postdoctoral 

Scholars Should Be Adequately 

Supported to Encourage Their Pursuit of 

Science and Engineering Careers; and 

• Federal Agencies Should 

Collaborate in Areas of Common 

Interest. 

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Comments must 

be received by January 16, 2006. 

Electronic comments may be submitted 

to: MWeiss@ostp.eop.gov. Please 

include in the subject line the words 

‘‘National Science and Technology 

Council (NSTC) Education and 

Workforce Development Comments.’’

Please put the full body of your 

comments in the text of the electronic 

message and as an attachment. Be 

certain to include your name, title, 

organization, postal address, telephone 

number, and e-mail address in the text 

of the message. A return message will 

acknowledge receipt of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding this Notice, 

please call Mark Weiss, Office of 

Science and Technology Policy, (202) 

456–6129; e-mail MWeiss@ostp.eop.gov 

or fax (202) 456–6027. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background Information 

The Federal Government supported 

approximately 60,000 graduate students 

and 30,000 postdoctoral scholars in 

science and engineering in 2001. About 

44,000 (or 73%) of the graduate students 

and 24,000 (or 80%) of the postdoctoral 

scholars received their support as 

research assistants or associates on 

Federal grants and contracts. Most of the 

remaining 27% of the graduate students 

and 20% of the postdoctoral scholars 

received support through Federal 

agencies’ fellowships or traineeships.1

The Research Business Models 

Subcommittee of the Committee on 

Science, a committee of the National 

Science and Technology Council, 

conducted regional meetings in 2003 

and issued a Federal Register notice 

asking for comments on ways to 

improve business practices of Federal 

research programs. Concern was raised 

about the lack of consistency among 

Federal agencies’ support for graduate 

students and postdoctoral scholars in 

the nation’s universities and other 

research organizations. In particular, 

universities administering Federal 

support for graduate students and 

postdoctoral scholars cited difficulties 

created by agency-to-agency variations 

in fellowship and traineeship stipends 

and allowances for educational and 

other costs. 

The Committee on Science is 

proposing the six principles in Section