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(c) Project Reporting. Quarterly

reports will be submitted to the NIST

Program Officer no later than thirty (30)

days after the end of each quarter of the

award year. The information provided is

used to characterize the projects,

develop detailed case studies, and

evaluate individual examples of

outcomes. Quarterly reporting

instructions will be distributed to award

recipients.

Executive Order Statement

This funding notice was determined

to be ‘‘not significant’’ for purposes of

Executive Order 12866.

Dated: June 29, 2000.

Raymond G. Kammer,

Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 052400C]

Endangered and Threatened Species;

Notice of Availability for the Draft

Recovery Plan for Johnson’s Seagrass

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a draft

recovery plan; request for comments;

correction.

SUMMARY: In the notice of availability of

the draft recovery plan for Johnson’s

seagrass, published on June 26, 2000,

the mailing address for comments was

inadvertently omitted. Also, the notice

did not include a web site address for

accessing the draft recovery plan. This

document corrects the notice of

availability.

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery

plan must be received no later than 5

p.m., Eastern standard time, on August

25, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the

draft recovery plan should be addressed

to Mr. Charles Oravetz, Assistant

Regional Administrator, Protected

Resources Division, NMFS, Southeast

Regional Office, 9721 Executive Center

Drive North, St. Petersburg, Florida

33702–2432. In addition to being

available from Layne Bolen, Protected

Resources Division, NMFS, 9721

Executive Center Drive North, St.

Petersburg, FL 33702–2439; the draft

plan can also be downloaded from the

following site: http://www.nmfs.gov/

prot_res/other/jsrecover.pdf. Comments

may be sent via facsimile (fax) to 727–

570–5517, but they will not be accepted

if submitted via e-mail or Internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Layne Bolen at 850–234–6541 ext 237,

Dr. Judson Kenworthy at 252–728–8750,

or Marta Nammack at 301–713–1401 ext

116, or send a request via electronic

mail to jsg.info@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Need for Correction

In the notice of availability of the

draft recovery plan for Johnson’s

seagrass, published on June 26, 2000 (65

FR 39369), the mailing address for

comments was inadvertently omitted.

Also, the notice did not include a web

site address for accessing the draft

recovery plan. This document provides

this information (see ADDRESSES).

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531–1543 et seq.

Dated: June 29, 2000.

Andrew A. Rosenberg,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 062900C]

North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of committee meeting.

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (NPFMC)

Observer Committee will meet in

Seattle, WA.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July

24–25, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Alaska Fisheries Science Center,

7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg. 4, Room

1055, Seattle, WA.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chris Oliver, NPFMC, 907–271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. on

Monday, July 24, and continue until

business for the day is completed. The

meeting will reconvene on Tuesday,

July 25, at 9:00 a.m. The committee’s agenda includes the

following issues:

1. Review and discuss information on:

A. General observer needs by week;

B. Foreign observer program model;

and

C. Updated estimates of observer

costs, exvessel value, and potential fee

percentage.

2. Review and discuss findings of an

independent review of the North Pacific

groundfish observer program prepared

by MRAG Americas.

3. Discuss baseline program goals and

objectives.

4. Discuss and identify major program

alternatives

5. Discuss and resolve appropriate

wording for Magnuson-Stevens Act

reauthorization.

6. Identify additional information

needs.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this committee for discussion,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal action during this meeting.

Action will be restricted to those issues

specifically listed in this notice and any

issues arising after publication of this

notice that require emergency action

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Act, provided the public

has been notified of the Council’s intent

to take final action to address the

emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Helen Allen, 907–

271–2809, at least 5 working days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: June 29, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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UNITED STATES PATENT AND

TRADEMARK OFFICE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The United States Patent and

Trademark Office (USPTO) has

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

chapter 35).

Agency: United States Patent and

Trademark Office (USPTO).

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Title: Invention Promoters/Promotion

Firms Complaints.

Form Number(s): PTO/SB/2048.

Agency Approval Number: 0651–

0044.

Type of Request: Revision of a

collection previously approved under

an emergency clearance.

Burden: 50 hours annually.

Number of Respondents: 200

responses per year. The PTO expects to

receive 100 complaints concerning

invention promoters/promotion firms

and 100 responses to such complaints.

Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO

estimates that it takes an average of 15

minutes (.25 hours) to gather the

information, complete the complaint,

and submit it to the USPTO. The

USPTO estimates that it will take an

invention promoter an average of 15

minutes (.25 hours) to gather the

information, complete the response, and

submit it to the USPTO.

Needs and Uses: The Inventors’

Rights Act of 1999 requires the USPTO

to publish complaints filed by

independent inventors against invention

promoters/promotion firms and publish

any replies to such complaints. The

Inventors’ Rights Act requires the

USPTO to publish these complaints and

replies, but it does not require the

USPTO to enforce the Act, to investigate

the complaints, or to participate in any

legal proceedings against the invention

promoters/promotion firms. The USPTO

has developed a form that complainants

may choose to use to submit their

complaints against an invention

promoter/promotion firm to the USPTO.

Use of this form, PTO/SB/2048

Complaint Regarding Invention

Promoter, is not mandatory; however,

its use will ensure that all of the

necessary information is provided,

which in turn enables the USPTO to

make the complaint publicly available.

At this time, there is no associated form

for responses to the complaints. In

addition, this information collection

enables the invention promoters/

promotion firms to respond to such

complaints. The USPTO uses the

complaint form to ensure that all of the

necessary information is provided so

that the complaints can be made

publicly available. The USPTO then

forwards the complaints to the

invention promoter/ promotion firm and

makes sure that any responses to these

complaints are also made publicly

available.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and

farms.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,

(202) 395–3897.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Thao P. Nguyen,

Acting Records Officer, Office of Data

Management, Data Administration

Division, (703) 308–7397, USPTO, Suite

310, 2231 Crystal Drive, Washington,

DC 20231.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent on

or before August 7, 2000, to David

Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10202, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: June 29, 2000.

Thao P. Nguyen,

Acting Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data

Management, Data Administration Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark

Office

RIN 0651–ABXX

Notice of Intellectual Property

Symposium of the Americas:

Protecting Intellectual Property in the

Digital Age

AGENCY: United States Patent and

Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and

Trademark Office (USPTO) is

announcing that it will hold a two-day

symposium on the enforcement of

intellectual property in the Western

Hemisphere. The symposium is

expected to provide an opportunity for

high-ranking government intellectual

property officials and members of the

business and intellectual property

communities in the Western

Hemisphere to discuss and formulate an

agenda for cooperation in the critical

area of intellectual property

enforcement. Particular attention during

the symposium will be paid to the

Internet, Optical Media Piracy, and

Business Software and Business

Methods Patent enforcement issues, and

to developing a basis for closer

Hemispheric coordination in the

enforcement of intellectual property

rights generally.

DATES: The symposium will be held on

Monday, September 11, 2000, and

Tuesday, September 12, 2000, beginning

at 9:30 a.m. and ending at

approximately 5:30 p.m. each day. Due

to security concerns, attendance at the

symposium will be limited to 150

people. Requests to attend the

symposium must be made in writing no

later than July 31, 2000, and must

comply with the requirements set forth

in this notice. Because seating is

limited, only one request to participate

per firm, agency or organization will be

granted. For purposes of determining

eligibility, affiliates and subsidiaries in

different countries will be considered

separate organizations.

ADDRESSES: The symposium will be

held at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel,

1800 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202. Directions to

the symposium location will be

available inside the lobby of the

Sheraton Crystal City.

Requests to attend the symposium

should be made to Doris Long by

electronic mail to soa2k@uspto.gov, by

facsimile transmission marked to the

attention of Doris Long at (877) 786–

4220, or by mail marked to the attention

of Doris Long and addressed to the

Office of Legislative and International

Affairs, United States Patent and

Trademark Office, Box 4, Washington,

DC 20231. Symposium attendees will be

accepted as their requests are received

on a first-come, first-serve basis

according to the time and date of receipt

of each request, and subject to the

restrictions that: (1) Only written

requests will be accepted; (2) only one

request (one person) per company, firm,

agency or organization will be accepted

(for purposes of determining eligibility,

affiliates and subsidiaries in different

countries will be considered separate

organizations); (3) only requests which

contain the information set forth below

under ‘‘Further Registration

Information’’ will be accepted; and (4)

only requests received on or before July

31, 2000, will be considered.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doris Long by telephone at (877) 786–

4220; by electronic mail to

soa2k@uspto.gov; by fax at (877) 786–

4220; or by mail marked to her attention

and addressed to the Office of

Legislative and International Affairs,

United States Patent and Trademark

Office, Box 4, Washington, DC 20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Background

Over the past several decades, the

global economy has undergone a

fundamental change, where the

principal engine of economic growth

and job creation is not based on raw

natural resources, but on the use of

knowledge, ideas and innovation. From

the Internet and E-commerce, to