47790 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 176 / Thursday, September 11, 1997 / Notices

Done at Washington, D.C. this 28th day of

August 1997.

Daniel L. Van Ackeren,

Director, Livestock Marketing Division,

Packers and Stockyards Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–24016 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Information Collection Activity;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the

Rural Utilities Service’s (RUS) invites

comments on this information

collection for which RUS intends to

request approval from the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by November 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carolyn W. Dotson, Program Support

and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities

Service, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,

STOP 1524, Room 0227 South Building,

Washington, D.C. 20250–1524.

Telephone: (202) 720–1928. FAX: (202)

690–2268.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Financial Requirements and

Expenditure Statement, Electric.

OMB Control Number: 0572–0015.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: This collection is necessary

to comply with the applicable

provisions of the RUS loan contract.

Borrowers submit requisitions to RUS

for funds for projects costs incurred.

Insured loan funds will be advanced

only for projects which are included in

the RUS approved borrower’s

construction workplan or approved

amendment and in an approved loan, as

amended. The process of loan advances

establishes the beginning of the audit

trail of the use of loan funds which is

required for subsequent RUS

compliance audits.

The Form 595 is used as a requisition

for advances of funds. The form helps

to assure that loan funds are advanced

only for the budget purposes and

amounts approved by RUS. According

to the applicable provisions of the RUS

loan contract, borrowers must certify

with each request for funds to be

approved for advance, that such funds

are for projects previously approved.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 11 hours per

response.

Respondents: Small business or

organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

880.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 3.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 29,040.

Copies of this information collection,

and related form and instructions, can

be obtained from Carolyn W. Dotson,

Program Support and Regulatory

Analysis, at (202) 720–1928.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

this proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments may be sent to F. Lamont

Heppe, Jr., Director, Program Support

and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

STOP 1522, 1400 Independence Ave.,

SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522. FAX:

(202) 720–4120.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: August 28, 1997.

Wally Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 97–24162 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 090297C]

Western Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold a meeting of its Vessel Monitoring

Systems (VMS) Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

September 30, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to

12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Council office, Conference Room,

1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400,

Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 522–

8220.

Council address: Western Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 1164

Bishop St., Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI

96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone: (808) 522–8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The VMS

Committee will hold a meeting to

discuss and formulate recommendations

for the Council to consider at its 94th

meeting to be held in November 1997.

The VMS committee plans to discuss

Hawaii longline VMS Data

confidentiality, VMS data for fisheries

research, future direction of the VMS

program, and consider other business as

required.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Committee for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Committee action during this

meeting. Committee action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Kitty M. Simonds, 808–522–8220

(voice) or 808–522–8226 (fax), at least 5

days prior to meeting date.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–24066 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 080697B]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and