40804 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 146 / Wednesday, July 30, 1997 / Notices

Dated: July 23, 1997.

Nancy Chu,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 072397D]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 789

(P135C)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

permit no. 789 submitted by Dr. James

H.W. Hain, NMFS, NOAA, Northeast

Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water

Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543–1026,

has been amended to extend the

expiration date through December 31,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The amended permit is

available for review by written request

or by appointment in the following

offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room

13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/

713–2289);

Northeast Region, NMFS, One

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA

01930–2298, (508/281–9150); and

Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721

Executive Center Drive, N., St.

Petersburg, FL 33702–2432 (813/893–

3141).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject amendment has been issued

under the authority of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

provisions of § 216.39 of the regulations

of the governing the taking and

importing (50 CFR part 216), the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),

and the provisions of § 222.25 of the

regulations governing the taking,

importing, and exporting of endangered

fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).

Issuance of this amended permit as

required by the ESA was based on a

finding that such permit: (1) Was

applied for in good faith; (2) will not

operate to the disadvantage of the

endangered species which is the subject

of this permit; and (3) is consistent with

the purposes and policies set forth in

section 2 of the ESA.

Dated: July 23, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits & Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force.

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department

of the Air Force announces the

proposed reinstatement of a public

information collection and seeks public

comment on the provisions thereof.

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 shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collection; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

information collection on respondents,

including through the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by September 29,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

HQ AFROTC/RRUC, College

Scholarship Section, 551 East Maxwell

Blvd, ATTN: Mrs. Pamela J. Williams,

Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 36112–

6102.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write to the above address, or call

HQ AFROTC/RRUC, College

Scholarship Section, at (334) 953–7783.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Air Force ROTC College

Scholarship Application, AF Form 113,

OMB Number 0701–0101.

Needs and Uses: The information

collection requirement is used by the

Air Force to identify the best-qualified

applicants for the scholarship,

providing for a ‘‘whole person’’

evaluation.

Affect Public: Individuals and

household.

Number of Respondents: 11,000.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden per Response: 42

minutes.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

Respondents are high school students

or graduates between the ages of 16 and

21 years. Respondents must complete

all requirements listed in the

application package and return before

the final deadline of December 1.

Factors considered in the application

process include GPA, SAT or ACT test

scores, etc. Due to the number of factors

that have proven to influence successful

completion of a college program, it is

necessary to collect information in all

areas listed on the application.

Additionally, the national average

attrition from college is about 40

percent. In order to obtain a reasonable

return for the dollars expended on

scholarships, we must apply as

comprehensive an evaluation of each

candidate as possible. Without this

screening process, the consequences to

this federal program would be

thousands of dollars wasted on

individuals who attrited from the

program prior to incurring an obligation

to serve in the military. In addition to

the concern for the economy of the

scholarship dollar, Congressional

oversight of the program demands that

the services be able to report on the

numbers and kinds of individuals who

apply for scholarships and provide

leads for AFROTC units around the

nation.

Barbara A. Carmichael,

Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Final Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS) on the Disposal and Reuse of

the Savanna Army Depot Activity,

Savanna, Illinois

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Public

Law 101–510 (as amended), the Defense

Base Closure and Realignment Act of

1990, the Defense Base Closure and