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Work Experience.

Support of Major Professor.

Support of Sea Grant Director.

Ability to Work with People.

Selection

Applicants will be individually

reviewed and ranked by a panel chaired

by the Director of Federal Fellowships

of the NSGCPO and include

representation from: (1) The Council of

Sea Grant Directors, (2) the Office of the

Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and

Atmospheric Research, and (3) the

current and possibly last past group of

Fellows. The individuals representative

of these groups will be chosen on a year

by year basis according to availability,

timing, and other exigencies. Selection

of finalists by the panel will be done by

the Panel Chair according to the criteria

outlined above. After selection, the

panel chair will group applicants into

the two categories, legislative and

executive, based upon the applicant’s

stated preference and/or judgment of the

panel based upon material submitted.

The number of fellows assigned to the

Congress will be limited to 10.

Federal Policies and Procedures

Fellows receive funds directly from

the National Sea Grant Colleges and are

considered to be subrecipients of federal

assistance subject to all Federal laws

and Federal and Commerce policies,

regulations, and procedures applicable

to Federal financial assistance awards.

Delinquent Federal Debts

No award of Federal funds shall be

made to a Fellow applicant who has an

outstanding delinquent Federal debt or

fine until either:

a. The delinquent account is paid in

full,

b. A negotiated repayment schedule is

established and at least one payment is

received, or

c. Other arrangements satisfactory to

Commerce are made.

Classification

Prior notice and an opportunity for

public comments are not required by the

Administrative Procedure Act or any

other law for this notice concerning

grants, benefits, and contracts.

Therefore, a regulatory flexibility

analysis is not required for purposes of

the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

This action has been determined to be

not significant for purposes of E.O.

12866.

This document contains a collectionof-information requirement subject to

the Paperwork Reduction Act. The

collection of this information has been

approved by OMB under control

number 0648–0294. Notwithstanding

any other provision of law, no person is

required to respond to, nor shall any

person be subject to a penalty for failure

to comply with, a collection of

information subject to the requirements

of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless

that collection of information displays a

currently valid OMB Control Number.

Dated: July 15, 1997.

Elbert W. Friday,

Assistant Administrator, Office of Oceanic

and Atmospheric Research.

[FR Doc. 97–25313 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–12–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 091697E]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 970

(P557E)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Scientific research permit

amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for amendment of scientific

research permit no. 970 submitted by

Scripps Institution of Oceanography,

Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean

Climate Project, Institute for Geophysics

and Planetary Physics, 9500 Gilman

Drive, La Jolla, California 92093–02252,

has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289); and

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean

Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA

90802–4213 (310/980–4001); and

Protected Species Program Manager,

Pacific Area Office, NMFS, 2570 Dole

Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822–

2396 (808/973–2987).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July

16, 1997, notice was published in the

Federal Register (62 FR 38070) that an

amendment of permit no. 970, had been

requested. The requested amendment

has been granted 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 Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (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 222.23). The

amendment extends the expiration date

of Permit No. 970 through December 31,

1999.

Issuance of this amendment, 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: September 17, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–25505 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Limit for

Certain Cotton Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Mauritius

September 19, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs reducing a

limit.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Heinzen, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of this limit, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port or

call (202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

The current limit for Categories 338/

339 is being reduced for carryforward

used in 1996.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the
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1The limit has not been adjusted to account for

any imports exported after December 31, 1996.

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 61 FR 66263,

published on December 17, 1996). Also

see 61 FR 56522, published on

November 1, 1996.

The letter to the Commissioner of

Customs and the actions taken pursuant

to it are not designed to implement all

of the provisions of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, but

are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their

provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

September 19, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on October 28, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Mauritius and

exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1997 and extends

through December 31, 1997.

Effective on September 25, 1997, you are

directed to reduce the limit for Categories

338/339 to 510,362 dozen 1, as provided for

under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that this

action falls within the foreign affairs

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 97–25364 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Director, Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

November 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests prior to submission

of these requests to OMB. Each

proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary

of the collection; (4) Description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) Respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB invites public comment at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department, (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner, (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate, (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected, and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: September 19, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Guidance for Reporting on

Waivers Granted by the U.S. Department

of Education.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 20.

Burden Hours: 100.

Abstract: The Department is required

by statute to collect reports from state

education agencies on the uses of

waivers in their states. The purpose of

this guidance is to assist states in

meeting the statutory requirements.

Information from this collection will be

used to monitor the progress of waiver

recipients in improving teaching and

learning and to inform the Department’s

annual report to Congress on waivers.

[FR Doc. 97–25432 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP96–190–010]

Colorado Interstate Gas Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

September 19, 1997.

Take notice that on September 16,

1997, Colorado Interstate Gas Company

(CIG), tendered for filing to become part

of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised

Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed in

the Appendix A to the filing, to be

effective October 1, 1997.

CIG states it is making this filing to

implement lower rates for all of its

jurisdictional services pending final

Commission approval of the

uncontested Settlement filed by CIG in

Docket No. RP–190 on August 27, 1997

and certified to the Commission on

September 10, 1997. CIG further states

that Section 2.10 of the August 27, 1997

Settlement provides for the filing of this

interim rate reduction. The Settlement

also makes it clear that if the

Commission modifies or rejects the