51460 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 190 / Wednesday, October 1, 1997 / Notices

with the conditions of the grant/

cooperative agreement. Examples of

some of the conditions which can cause

termination are failure to meet costsharing requirements; unsatisfactory

performance of the NABDC work

requirements; and reporting inaccurate

or inflated claims of client assistance.

Such inaccurate or inflated claims may

be deemed illegal and punishable by

law.

False Statements—A false statement

on an application for Federal financial

assistance is grounds for denial or

termination of funds, and grounds for

possible punishment by a fine or

imprisonment as provided in 18 U.S.C.

1001.

Primary Applicant Certifications—All

primary applicants must submit a

completed Form CD–511,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension and Other Responsibility

Matters; Drug-Free Workplace

Requirements and Lobbying.’’

Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension—Prospective participants

(as defined at 15 CFR Part 26, Section

26.105) are subject to 15 CFR Part 26,

‘‘Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension’’ and the related section of

the certification form prescribed above

applies.

Drug Free Workplace—Grantees (as

defined at 15 CFR Part 26, Section

26.605) are subject to 15 CFR Part 26,

Subpart F, ‘‘Governmentwide

Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace

(Grants)’’ and the related section of the

certification form prescribed above

applies.

Anti-Lobbying—Persons (as defined at

15 CFR Part 28, Section 28.105) are

subject to the lobbying provisions of 31

U.S.C. 1352, ‘‘Limitation on use of

appropriated funds to influence certain

Federal contracting and financial

transactions,’’ and the lobbying section

of the certification form prescribed

above applies to applications/bids for

grants, cooperative agreements, and

contracts for more than $100,000, and

loans and loan guarantees for more than

$150,000 or the single family maximum

mortgage limit for affected programs,

whichever is greater.

Anti-Lobbying Disclosures—Any

applicant that has paid or will pay for

lobbying using any funds must submit

an SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities,’’ as required under 15 CFR

Part 28, Appendix B.

Lower Tier Certifications—Recipients

shall require applications/bidders for

subgrants, contracts, subcontracts, or

other lower tier covered transactions at

any tier under the award to submit, if

applicable, a completed Form CD–512,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary

Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered

Transactions and Lobbying’’ and

disclosure form, SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities.’’ Form CD–512 is

intended for the use of recipients and

should not be transmitted to DOC. SF–

LLL submitted by any tier recipient or

subrecipient should be submitted to

DOC in accordance with the

instructions contained in the award

document.

Buy American-made Equipment or

Products—Applicants are hereby

notified that they are encouraged, to the

extent feasible, to purchase Americanmade equipment and products with

funding provided under this program in

accordance with Congressional intent as

set forth in the resolution contained in

Public Law 103–121, Sections 606 (a)

and (b).

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

11.801 Native American Program)

Dated: September 25, 1997.

Donald L. Powers,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Minority

Business Development Agency.

[FR Doc. 97–26037 Filed 9–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–21–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 092297A]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a

scientific research permit (1076).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the California Department of Fish and

Game in Sacramento, CA (CDFG) has

applied in due form for a permit that

would authorize takes of a threatened

species for scientific research.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on the application must

be received on or before October 31,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review in

the following offices, by appointment:

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3226 (301–713–

1401); and

Protected Species Division, NMFS,

777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa

Rosa, CA 95404–6528 (707 575–6066).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing should be submitted to

the Protected Species Division in Santa

Rosa, CA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CDFG

requests a five-year permit under the

authority of section 10 of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)

(16 U.S.C. 1531–1543) and the NMFS

regulations governing ESA-listed fish

and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217–

227), for takes of juvenile, threatened,

southern Oregon/northern California

coast coho salmon (Oncorhynchus

kisutch) associated with fishery studies

in drainages throughout the

Evolutionarily Significant Unit. Eight

CDFG workplans are defined in this

application for distribution and

abundance surveys. ESA-listed juvenile

fish are proposed to be captured by

electrofishing, anesthetized, handled

(weighed, measured, sampled for tissues

and/or scales, and fin-clipped), allowed

to recover from the anesthetic, and

released. ESA-listed juvenile fish

indirect mortalities associated with the

research are also requested.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing on this request for a permit

should set out the specific reasons why

a hearing would be appropriate (see

ADDRESSES). The holding of such a

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in the above application

summaries are those of the applicants

and do not necessarily reflect the views

of NMFS.

Dated: September 24, 1997.

Nancy Chu,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–25980 Filed 9–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Central Contractor

Registration; OMB Number 0704—[To

Be Determined].

Type of Request: Existing Collection

In Use Without OMB Approval.

Number of Respondents: 300,000.
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 190 / Wednesday, October 1, 1997 / Notices 51461

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 300,000.

Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.

Annual Burden Hours: 300,000.

Needs and Uses: The information

collection requirement provides for a

single fact to industry through a single

point of entry for contractors wishing to

do business with the Department of

Defense. This central registry will be

used to provide contractor financial and

business information to automated

systems used by the contracting and

business communities. Respondents are

contractors who currently are required

to submit a completed ‘‘Solicitation

Mailing List Application’’ form (SF 129)

to each buying activity with which they

wish to do business. In addition, a

significant percentage of this data is

required in solicitation responses as

certification and representation of the

contractor’s size and status. Each

completed form is entered into a local

data base and the hard copy SF 129 is

manually filed. The current redundant

manual process is labor intensive,

resulting in a high error rate and

inconsistent data. A central registration

system eliminates the redundancy of the

government’s information, as well as the

duplication of effort on the part of the

contractor. Registration is available via

the World Wide Web (http://

www.acq.osd.mil/ec) and through DoD

certified Value Added Networks

(VANs). Contractors who do not have

access to the WWW can contact their

regional Electronic Commerce Resource

Center or Procurement Technical

Assistance Center for assistance.

Affected Public: Business or Other

For-Profit, Not-For-Profit Institutions.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

Obtain or Retain Benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Weiss at the Office of Management

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room

10236, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing. WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: September 24, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–25941 Filed 9–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Notice of Availability of Record of

Decision (ROD) for the Program

Definition and Risk Reduction Phase of

the Airborne Laser Program (PDRR

ABL)

On September 16, 1997, the Air Force

signed the ROD for the Program

Definition and Risk Reduction Phase of

the Airborne Laser Program (PDRR

ABL). The decisions included in the

ROD were made in consideration of, but

not limited to, the information

contained in the Final Environmental

Impact Statement (FEIS) filed with the

Environmental Protection Agency on

June 13, 1997.

The decision rendered by the US Air

Force is that the USAF will proceed

with PDRR ABL Phase test activities at

the following locations:

Home Base activities, including weapon

system integration, ground tests and

initial aircraft flight tests, will take

place at Edwards Air Force Base,

California.

Diagnostic test activities for initial

short-range PDRR ABL equipment

tests with non-destructive low-and

high-power laser operations will take

place over White Sands Missile

Range, New Mexico.

Expanded-area test activities for longrange PDRR ABL equipment checks

with low-and high-power laser

operations and firing of the highenergy laser will take place over the

Western Range (Vandenberg Air Force

Base and Point Mugu Naval Air

Warfare Center, California). Target

missiles will be destroyed during this

test phase.

The implementation of the PDRR ABL

Phase test activities will proceed with

minimal adverse impact to the

environment. This action conforms with

applicable Federal, State and local

statutes and regulations, and all

reasonable and practical efforts have

been incorporated to minimize harm to

the local public and the environment.

Any questions regarding this matter

should be directed to: Major Heidi

Brothers (505) 846–7675.

Correspondence should be sent to:

SMC/TM Airborne Laser System

Program Office, 1351 Wyoming Blvd. SE

Bldg. 20201, Kirtland Air Force Base,

NM 87117–5557.

Barbara A. Carmichael,

Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–25957 Filed 9–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3901–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Arms Control and

Nonproliferation Policy

Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Subsequent arrangement.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 131 of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(42 U.S.C. 2160), notice is hereby given

of a proposed ‘‘subsequent

arrangement’’ under the Agreement for

Cooperation Between the Government of

the United States of America and the

Government of Canada Concerning the

Civil Uses of Atomic Energy and the

Agreement for Cooperation Between the

Government of the United States of

America and the Government of the

Republic of Korea Concerning Civil

Uses of Atomic Energy.

The subsequent arrangement to be

carried out under the above-mentioned

agreements involves approval of the

following: RTD/KO(CA)–6 for the

transfer of fuel assemblies consisting of

100,000 grams of enriched uranium

containing 19,900 grams of the isotope

U–235 (less than 20 percent enrichment)

from Canada to Republic of Korea for

use as additional fueling for the

HANARO research reactor.

In accordance with Section 131 of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,

it has been determined that this

subsequent arrangement will not be

inimical to the common defense and

security.

This subsequent arrangement will

take effect no sooner than fifteen days

after the date of publication of this

notice.

Dated: September 25, 1997.

For the Department of Energy.

Cherie P. Fitzgerald,

Director, International Policy and Analysis

Division, Office of Arms Control and

Nonproliferation.

[FR Doc. 97–26004 Filed 9–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Solicitation for Financial

Assistance

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for

financial assistance: DE-PS07–

98ID13589—Geothermal Reservoir

Technology Research, Development and

Demonstration.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) Idaho Operations Office

(ID), under the authority of the