53596 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 199 / Wednesday, October 15, 1997 / Notices

The Groundfish Advisory Subpanel

(GAP) begins meeting at 10 a.m. on

Monday, November 3, 1997, and

continues meeting as necessary through

Thursday, November 6, 1997, to address

groundfish issues on the Council

agenda. The GAP will meet jointly with

the GMT as necessary during the week.

The Habitat Steering Group meets at

10 a.m. on Monday, November 3, 1997,

to address issues and actions affecting

habitat of fish species managed by the

Council.

The Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS)

meets at 10 a.m. on Monday, November

3, 1997, and reconvenes at 8 a.m. on

Tuesday, November 4, 1997, to consider

salmon issues on the Council agenda.

The Salmon Technical Team (STT)

meets at 11 a.m. on Monday, November

3, 1997, to address salmon issues on the

Council agenda. The STT will meet

jointly with the SAS as necessary.

The SSC, GMT, and GAP meet jointly

at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 3, 1997,

to critique the new groundfish stock

assessment process implemented in

1997.

The Enforcement Consultants meet at

7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4, 1997,

to address enforcement issues relating to

Council agenda items.

The Highly Migratory Species Policy

Committee will meet on Wednesday,

November 5, 1997, as soon as the

Council adjourns for the day, to discuss

the role of the Pacific Council in data

collection and management of Pacific

highly migratory species, the need for

an industry advisory group and to

recommend a delegate to represent the

Council at international meetings.

The Budget Committee meets on

Thursday, November 6, 1997, as soon as

the Council adjourns for the day, to

review the 1997 financial report,

develop a budget request for 1998, and

consider meeting schedule and sites for

future Council meetings.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Council for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Council action during this

meeting. Council action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Mr. Eric W.

Greene at (503) 326–6352 at least 5 days

prior to the meeting date.

Dated: October 8, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–27263 Filed 10–14–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 100397B]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of applications for

modifications to incidental take permits

901 and 902.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Washington Department of Fish and

Wildlife at Olympia, WA (WDFW) has

applied in due form for modifications to

permits that would provide

authorization for incidental takes of an

endangered anadromous fish species.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on either of these

applications must be received on or

before November 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The applications 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 Resources Division, F/

NWO3, 525 NE Oregon Street, Suite

500, Portland, OR 97232–4169 (503–

230–5400).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing should be submitted to

the Chief, Protected Resources Division

in Portland, OR.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WDFW

requests modifications to permits 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).

Permits 901 and 902 authorize WDFW

incidental takes of endangered Snake

River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus

nerka); threatened, naturally-produced

and artificially-propagated, Snake River

spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); and

threatened Snake River fall chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with numerous non-listed

fish hatchery complexes and

educational projects throughout the

state of WA. These artificial propagation

projects may result in incidental takes of

ESA-listed species from ecological and/

or genetic interactions and from

hatchery operations. Impacts on ESAlisted juvenile fish may include

competition for food and habitat,

disease transmission, predation by nonlisted hatchery fish, and an increased

vulnerability to predation by other

predators. Non-listed, hatcheryproduced fish may also impact the ESAlisted species through interbreeding,

which could result in a loss of genetic

variability in the ESA-listed fish

populations.

The modifications of permits 901 and

902 are required to authorize the

incidental takes of endangered upper

Columbia River steelhead trout

(Oncorhynchus mykiss) and threatened

Snake River steelhead trout

(Oncorhynchus mykiss) associated with:

1) the operation of non-listed fish

hatchery facilities and educational

programs in the Columbia River Basin,

2) the on-station releases or transfers of

non-listed fish produced from those

facilities, and 3) the operation of

tributary smolt traps in the Columbia

River Basin for non-listed fish hatchery

program research and evaluation

purposes. WDFW has submitted revised

conservation plans in the permit

modification applications that specify

steps proposed to be taken to monitor,

minimize, and mitigate impacts to ESAlisted fish. In the permit modification

applications, WDFW included

descriptions of incidental takes of lower

Columbia River steelhead trout

(Oncorhynchus mykiss) in anticipation

of a possible listing determination of

this Evolutionarily Significant Unit by

NMFS in 1998. The modifications to

permits 901 and 902 are requested to be

valid for the duration of the permits.

Permits 901 and 902 both expire on

December 31, 1998.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set out

the specific reasons why a hearing on

either of these applications would be

appropriate. The holding of such

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in these application

summaries are those of the applicant

and do not necessarily reflect the views

of NMFS.
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Dated: October 7, 1997.

Nancy Chu,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Public Information Collection

Requirement

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of intent to renew

Information Collection #3038–0047—

Contract Market Transactions.

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures

Trading Commission is planning to

renew Information Collection 3038–

0047, Contract Market Transactions,

which is due to expire on January 31,

1998. On October 2, 1995, pursuant to

Section 4(c) of the Commodity Exchange

Act (‘‘Act’’), 7 U.S.C. § 6(c) (1994), the

Commission published final rules in the

Federal Register which exempted

certain contract market transactions

from specified requirements of the Act

and Commission regulations thereunder

(60 FR 51323). The information

collected purusant to this rule is

required in order to assist the

Commission in its determination that

the exempted transaction will not have

a material adverse effect on the ability

of the Commission or any contract

market to discharge its regulatory or

self-regulatory duties under the Act, and

that the exemption would be consistent

with the public interest and the

purposes of the Act. In compliance with

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

the Commission solicits comments to:

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the agency,

including the validity of the methodology

and assumptions used; (2) evaluate the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the collection of information

including the validity of the methodology

and assumptions used; (3) enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the information

to be collected; and (4) minimize the burden

of the collection of the information on those

who are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before December 15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to

comment on this information collection

should contact the CFTC Clearance

Officer, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418–5160.

Title: Contract Market Transactions.

Control Number: 3038–0047.

Action: Extension.

Respondents: Contract Markets.

Estimated Annual Burden: 5,033.

Respondents Regulation

(17 CFR)

Estimated

No. of respondents

Annual responses

Est. avg.

hours per

response.

Contract ............................................................................................................................ 36.5 100 100 0.33

Markets ............................................................................................................................. 36.7 200 2,000 2.50

Issued in Wasington, D.C. on October 9,

1997.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Policy Board Advisory

Committee; Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Defense Policy Board

Advisory Committee will meet in closed

session from 9 am until 4 pm, October

29, 1997 and from 9 am until 4 pm,

October 30, 1997 in the Pentagon,

Washington, DC.

The mission of the Defense Policy

Board is to provide the Secretary of

Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense

and the Under Secretary of Defense for

Policy with independent, informed

advice and opinion concerning major

matters of defense policy. At this

meeting the Board will hold classified

discussions on national security

matters.

In accordance with section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Pub. L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1982), it has been determined

that this Defense Policy Board meeting

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b

(c)(1)(1982), and that accordingly this

meeting will be closed to the public.

Dated: October 8, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Federal Advisory Committee on

Gender-Integrated Training and

Related Issues; Meeting

ACTION: Notice.

Pursuant to Pub. L. 92–463, notice is

hereby given that a meeting of the

Federal Advisory Committee on GenderIntegrated Training and Related Issues is

scheduled to be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30

p.m. on October 23, 1997 and from 9:00

a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on October 24, 1997.

The meeting will be held in the

conference room at 801 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Suite 301, Washington,

DC 20004. The purpose of the meeting

is for the full committee to: (1) Discuss

their findings and observations from

their various visits to Service initial

entry training sites and operational

units, and (2) discuss preparation of the

final report. Persons desiring to make

oral presentations or submit written

statements for consideration for the

Committee must contact Lieutenant

Colonel Brad Loo at Committee

Headquarters, telephone (202) 761–

4489, no later than October 21, 1997.

Dated: October 7, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board Task Force on

Defense Technology Base of the 21st

Century; meeting

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

Meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Defense Technology Base