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DATES: Applications are due by January 

21, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be 

obtained from Nicole Capps at the 

Monterey Bay National Marine 

Sanctuary, 299 Foam Street, Monterey, 

California 93940. Completed 

applications should be sent to the same 

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nicole Capps at (831) 647–4206, or 

Nicole.Capps@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

MBNMS Advisory Council was 

established in March 1994 to assure 

continued public participation in the 

management of the Sanctuary. Since its 

establishment, the Advisory Council has 

played a vital role in decisions affecting 

the Sanctuary along the central 

California coast. 

The Advisory Council’s twenty voting 

members represent a variety of local 

user groups, as well as the general 

public, plus seven local, state and 

Federal governmental jurisdictions. In 

addition, the respective managers or 

superintendents for the four California 

National Marine Sanctuaries (Channel 

Islands National Marine Sanctuary, 

Cordell Bank National Marine 

Sanctuary, Gulf of the Farallones 

National Marine Sanctuary and the 

Monterey Bay National Marine 

Sanctuary) and the Elkhorn Slough 

National Estuarine Research Reserve sit 

as non-voting members. 

Four working groups support the 

Advisory Council: The Research 

Activity Panel (‘‘RAP’’) chaired by the 

Research Representative, the Sanctuary 

Education Panel (‘‘SEP’’) chaired by the 

Education Representative, the 

Conservation Working Group (‘‘CWG’’) 

chaired by the Conservation 

Representative, and the Business and 

Tourism Activity Panel (‘‘BTAP’’) 

chaired by the Business/Industry 

Representative, each dealing with 

matters concerning research, education, 

conservation and human use. The 

working groups are composed of experts 

from the appropriate fields of interest 

and meet monthly, or bi-monthly, 

serving as invaluable advisors to the 

Advisory Council and the Sanctuary 

Superintendent. 

The Advisory Council represents the 

coordination link between the 

Sanctuary and the state and Federal 

management agencies, user groups, 

researchers, educators, policy makers, 

and other various groups that help to 

focus efforts and attention on the central 

California coastal and marine 

ecosystems. 

The Advisory Council functions in an 

advisory capacity to the Sanctuary 

Superintendent and is instrumental in 

helping develop policies, program goals, 

and identify education, outreach, 

research, long-term monitoring, resource 

protection, and revenue enhancement 

priorities. The Advisory Council works 

in concert with the Sanctuary 

Superintendent by keeping him or her 

informed about issues of concern 

throughout the Sanctuary, offering 

recommendations on specific issues, 

and aiding the Superintendent in 

achieving the goals of the Sanctuary 

Program within the context of 

California’s marine programs and 

policies.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. Sections 1431, et seq.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)

Dated: November 28, 2004. 

Daniel J. Basta, 

Director, National Marine Sanctuary Program, 

National Ocean Service, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0037]

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; Standard 

Form 1417, Presolicitation Notice and 

Response

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding an extension to an existing 

OMB clearance (9000–0037).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat has submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request to review and approve an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning Standard Form 1417, 

Presolicitation Notice and Response. A 

request for public comments was 

published at 69 FR 53419, September 1, 

2004. No comments were received.

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 

January 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the General Services 

Administration, FAR Secretariat (VR), 

1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0037, Standard Form 

1417, Presolicitation Notice and 

Response in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Cecelia Davis, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA (202) 219–0202.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Presolicitation notices are used by the 

Government for several reasons, one of 

which is to aid prospective contractors 

in submitting proposals without undue 

expenditure of effort, time, and money. 

The Government also uses the 

presolicitation notices to control 

printing and mailing costs. The 

presolicitation notice response is used 

to determine the number of solicitation 

documents needed and to assure that 

interested offerors receive the 

solicitation documents. The responses 

are placed in the contract file and 

referred to when solicitation documents 

are ready for mailing. After mailing, the 

responses remain in the contract file 

and become a matter of record.

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 5,310.

Responses Per Respondent: 8.

Total Responses: 42,480. 

Hours Per Response: .08.

Total Burden Hours: 3,398.40.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VR), Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 

9000–0037, Standard Form 1417, 

Presolicitation Notice and Response in 

all correspondence.

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Dated: November 30, 2004

Laura Auletta

Director, Contract Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 04–26880 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP95–408–060] 

Columbia Gas Transmission 

Corporation; Notice of Filing of Refund 

December 2, 2004. 

Take notice that on November 19, 

2004, Columbia Gas Transmission 

Corporation (Columbia) tendered for 

filing a report on the flow-back to 

customers. 

Any person desiring to protest this 

filing must file in accordance with Rule 

211 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Protests to this filing will be 

considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Such protests must be filed on or before 

the date as indicated below. Anyone 

filing a protest must serve a copy of that 

document on all the parties to the 

proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests in lieu 

of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at 

http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to 

file electronically should submit an 

original and 14 copies of the protest to 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Protest Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on 

December 8, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–3538 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP05–21–001] 

Columbia Gas Transmission 

Corporation; Notice of Compliance 

Filing 

December 2, 2004. 

Take notice that on November 22, 

2004, Columbia Gas Transmission 

Corporation (Columbia), in compliance 

with the Commission’s order issued on 

November 5, 2004, tendered for filing as 

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second 

Revised Volume No. 1, Eighth Revised 

Sheet No. 500B, with an effective date 

of November 1, 2004. 

Columbia states that copies of the 

filing is being served upon all of 

Columbia’s firm customers, 

interruptible customers, and affected 

state commissions. 

Any person desiring to protest this 

filing must file in accordance with Rule 

211 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Protests to this filing will be 

considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Such protests must be filed in 

accordance with the provisions of 

Section 154.210 of the Commission’s 

regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone 

filing a protest must serve a copy of that 

document on all the parties to the 

proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests in lieu 

of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at 

http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to 

file electronically should submit an 

original and 14 copies of the protest to 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–3544 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Columbia Gulf Transmission 

Company; Notice of Filing of Refund 

December 2, 2004. 

Take notice that on November 19, 

2004, Columbia Gulf Transmission 

Company (Columbia Gulf) tendered for 

filing a report on the flow-back to 

customers. 

Any person desiring to protest this 

filing must file in accordance with Rule 

211 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Protests to this filing will be 

considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Such protests must be filed on or before 

the date as indicated below. Anyone 

filing a protest must serve a copy of that 

document on all the parties to the 

proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests in lieu 

of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at 

http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to 

file electronically should submit an 

original and 14 copies of the protest to 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Protest Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

December 8, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–3554 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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