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individual fishing quota available to 

those individual(s) on the vessel 

conducting the project.Information 

gathered on the catch of target and 

incidentally taken species will allow the 

applicant to further modify the hookand-line gear targeting rockfish species.

The applicant has requested the 

following amounts of target and 

incidental catch species: 50 metric tons 

(mt) each of Pacific ocean perch, other 

rockfish, and pelagic shelf rockfish; 15 

mt of rougheye/shortraker rockfish; 2 mt 

each of thornyhead rockfish and DSR; 

and 10 mt each of Pacific halibut and 

sablefish.These levels of harvest and 

manner of harvest are not expected to 

have a significant impact on the marine 

environment, but the potential effects 

on the marine environment will be 

further analyzed during the application 

review process.

In accordance with § 679.6, NMFS has 

determined that the application 

warrants further consideration and has 

initiated consultation with the Council 

by forwarding the application to the 

Council for its input.The Council will 

consider the application during its 

February 2–10, 2004, meeting which 

will be held at the Hilton Hotel in 

Anchorage, Alaska.While the applicant 

has been invited to appear in support of 

the application, all interested parties 

may comment on the application at the 

meeting during public testimony.

Certain information regarding the 

vessel identification was not provided 

with the application, but will be 

provided as a condition of the EFP, once 

the vessels have been selected for the 

project.The NMFS Regional 

Administrator may consider and attach 

additional terms and conditions to the 

EFP that are consistent with the purpose 

of the experiment.Public comment may 

facilitate such consideration.

A copy of the application is available 

for review from NMFS (see ADDRESSES).

Authority: Authority: 16 U.S.C.1801 et seq.

Dated: January 29, 2004.

Bruce C. Morehead.

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

[I.D. 010904B]

Marine Mammals; File No. 1038–1693–

00/PRT064776

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Interior.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Darla Rae Ewalt, Principal Investigator, 

Diagnostic Bacteriology Laboratory, 

National Veterinary Services 

Laboratories, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, United States 

Department of Agriculture, 1800 Dayton 

Road, Ames, IA 50010, has been issued 

a permit to import/export marine 

mammal specimens from Canada for 

purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s):

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376;

Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 

Executive Center Drive North, St. 

Petersburg, FL 33702–2432; phone 

(727)570–5301; fax (727)570–5320; and

Branch of Permits, Division of 

Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ruth Johnson or Jennifer Skidmore, 

(301)713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 9, 2003, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (68 FR 58316) 

that a request for a scientific research 

permit to import/export marine 

mammal specimens had been submitted 

by the above-named individual. The 

requested permit has been issued under 

the authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations 

Governing the Taking and Importing of 

Marine Mammals (50 CFR parts 18 and 

216).

Dated: January 30, 2004.

Amy C. Sloan,

Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Dated: January 30, 2004.

Charlie R. Chandler,

Chief, Branch of Permits (Domestic), Division 

of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0090] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Rights in Data 

and Copyrights

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance (9000–0090). 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

an extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning rights in data and 

copyrights. The clearance currently 

expires on May 31, 2004. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 5, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments including 

suggestions for reducing this burden to 

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the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW., 

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Craig Goral, Acquisition Policy 

Division, GSA (202) 501–3856.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

Rights in Data is a regulation which 

concerns the rights of the Government, 

and organizations with which the 

Government contracts, to information 

developed under such contracts. The 

delineation of such rights is necessary 

in order to protect the contractor’s rights 

to not disclose proprietary data and to 

insure that data developed with public 

funds is available to the public. 

The information collection burdens 

and recordkeeping requirements 

included in this regulation fall into the 

following four categories: 

(a) A provision which is to be 

included in solicitations where the 

proposer would identify any proprietary 

data he would use during contract 

performance in order that the 

contracting officer might ascertain if 

such proprietary data should be 

delivered. 

(b) Contract provisions which, in 

unusual circumstances, would be 

included in a contract and require a 

contractor to deliver proprietary data to 

the Government for use in evaluation of 

work results, or is software to be used 

in a Government computer. These 

situations would arise only when the 

very nature of the contractor’s work is 

comprised of limited rights data or 

restricted computer software and if the 

Government would need to see that data 

in order to determine the extent of the 

work. 

(c) A technical data certification for 

major systems, which requires the 

contractor to certify that the data 

delivered under the contract is 

complete, accurate and compliant with 

the requirements of the contract. As this 

provision is for major systems only, and 

few civilian agencies have such major 

systems, only about 30 contracts will 

involve this certification. 

(d) The Additional Data Requirements 

clause, which is to be included in all 

contracts for experimental, 

developmental, research, or 

demonstration work (other than basic or 

applied research to be performed solely 

by a university or college where the 

contract amount will be $500,000 or 

less). The clause requires that the 

contractor keep all data first produced 

in the performance of the contract for a 

period of three years from the final 

acceptance of all items delivered under 

the contract. Much of this data will be 

in the form of the deliverables provided 

to the Government under the contract 

(final report, drawings, specifications, 

etc.). Some data, however, will be in the 

form of computations, preliminary data, 

records of experiments, etc., and these 

will be the data that will be required to 

be kept over and above the deliverables. 

The purpose of such recordkeeping 

requirements is to insure that the 

Government can fully evaluate the 

research in order to ascertain future 

activities and to insure that the research 

was completed and fully reported, as 

well as to give the public an opportunity 

to assess the research results and secure 

any additional information. All data 

covered by this clause is unlimited 

rights data paid for by the Government. 

Paragraph (d) of the Rights in DataGeneral clause outlines a procedure 

whereby a contracting officer can 

challenge restrictive markings on data 

delivered. Under civilian agency 

contracts, limited rights data or 

restricted computer software is rarely, if 

ever, delivered to the Government. 

Therefore, there will rarely be any 

challenges. Thus, there is no burden on 

the public. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 1,100. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Total Responses: 1,100. 

Hours Per Response: 2.7. 

Total Burden hours: 2,970. 

C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden 

The annual recordkeeping burden is 

estimated as follows: 

Recordkeepers: 9,000. 

Hours Per Recordkeeper: 3. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden Hours:

27,000. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (MVA), Room 4035, 

1800 F Street, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control Number 9000–0090, 

Rights in Data and Copyrights, in all 

correspondence.

Dated: January 30, 2004. 

Ralph J. DeStefano, 

Acting Director, Acquisition Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0066] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Professional 

Employee Compensation Plan

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding a revision to an 

existing OMB clearance (9000–0066). 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

an extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning professional employee 

compensation Plan. The clearance 

currently expires on May 31, 2004. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 5, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments including 

suggestions for reducing this burden to 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (MVA), 1800 F Street, 

NW., Room 4035, Washington, DC 

20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 

9000–0066, Professional Employee 

Compensation Plan, in all 

correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Craig Goral, Acquisition Policy 

Division, GSA (202) 501–3856.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: