Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 214 / Wednesday, November 5, 1997 / Notices 59847

Dated: October 27, 1997.

James T. Gladen,

Forest Supervisor, Designated Federal

Official.

[FR Doc. 97–29186 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DOC)

has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: Patent and Trademark Office

(PTO).

Title: Deposit of Biological Materials.

Form Number(s): None.

Agency Approval Number: 0651–

0022.

Type of Request: Extension of the

expiration date of a currently approved

collection.

Burden: 3,301 hours.

Number of Respondents:

Approximately 3,300.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 1 hour for

deposits of biological material and 5

hours for depositories seeking PTO

recognition.

Needs and Uses: Every patent must

include a written description of the

invention sufficient to enable a person

to make and use the invention. When

the invention involves a biological

material, sometimes words cannot

sufficiently describe how to make and

use the invention in a reproducible

manner. In such cases, the biological

material must be deposited in a

depository so that the public can obtain

samples. Also, the patent rules contain

a provision on how to be designated as

a depository. PTO determines the

suitability of a depository based on its

administrative and technical

competence.

Affected Public: Individuals,

businesses or other for-profit

organizations, non-profit institutions,

and Federal agencies or employees.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain a patent.

OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein,

(202) 395–3785.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

Room 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication to Maya

A. Bernstein, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10236, New Executive Office Building,

725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: October 27, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–29204 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE: 3510–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 930]

Approval of Manufacturing Activity

Within Foreign-Trade Zone 147, York,

Pennsylvania; Precision Components

Corporation (Inc.) (Nuclear Fuel

Containment Vessels)

Pursuant to its authority under the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u)

(the Act), the Foreign-Trade Zones

Board (the Board) adopts the following

Order:

Whereas, § 400.28(a)(2) of the Board’s

regulations, requires approval of the

Board prior to commencement of new

manufacturing/processing activity

within existing zone facilities;

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zone

Corporation of Southeastern

Pennsylvania, grantee of FTZ 147, has

requested authority under § 400.28(a)(2)

of the Board’s regulations on behalf of

Precision Components Corporation

(Inc.), to manufacture nuclear fuel

containment vessels under zone

procedures within FTZ 147, York,

Pennsylvania (filed 9–24–96; FTZ Doc.

69–96, 61 FR 51405, 10–2–96);

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendation of the

examiner’s report, and finds that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and the

Board’s regulations are satisfied and that

the proposal is in the public interest;

Now, Therefore, the Board hereby

approves the request subject to the Act

and the Board’s regulations, including

§ 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of

October 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–29297 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 102197C]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of modification 1 to

permit 992.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

NMFS has issued a modification to a

permit to California State University at

Chico, CA (CSU) that authorizes a take

of an endangered anadromous fish

species for the purpose of scientific

research, subject to certain conditions

set forth therein.

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, 777

Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa Rosa,

CA 95404 (707–575–6050).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa

Holsinger, Protected Species Division,

Santa Rosa, CA (707–575–6064).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

modification to a permit was issued

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–

222).

Modification 1 to permit 992 was

issued to CSU on October 3, 1997.

Permit 992 authorizes CSU an annual

take of juvenile, endangered,

Sacramento River winter-run chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with scientific research. For

modification 1, CSU is authorized to use

electrofishing gear in sampling activities

aimed at capturing juvenile salmon in

six non-natal rearing streams in the

Central Valley. In addition, CSU is