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Vol. 62, No. 241

Tuesday, December 16, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

Committee on Scientists; Appointment

of Committee Members

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture

has appointed 13 persons to serve on

the Committee of Scientists, which is

chartered to provide scientific and

technical advice to the Secretary of

Agriculture and the Chief of the Forest

Service on improvements to the Forest

Service land management planning

process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathan Stephens, Ecosystem

Management Coordination Staff, Forest

Service, telephone: (202) 205–0948.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

establishment of the Committee of

Scientists, along with a request for

nominations, was published August 15,

1997 (62 FR 43691). The following

individuals have been appointed to

serve on the Committee:

1. Committee Chair: Dr. Norman

Johnson, Professor, Department of

Forest Resources, Oregon State

University, Corvallis, OR.

2. Dr. James Agee, Professor, Forest

Ecology, University of Washington,

Seattle, WA.

3. Dr. Virginia Dale, Senior Scientist,

Environmental Sciences Division, Oak

Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge,

TN.

4. Dr. Roger Sedjo, Senior Fellow,

Resources for the Future, Washington,

D.C.

5. Dr. Bob Beschta, Professor, Forest

Hydrology, Oregon State University,

Corvallis, OR.

6. Dr. Larry Nielsen, Professor and

Director, School of Forest Resources,

The Pennsylvania State University,

University Park, PA.

7. Dr. Barry Noon, Associate

Professor, Department of Fish and

Wildlife, Colorado State University, Fort

Collins, CO.

8. Dr. Ron Trosper, Professor and

Director, Native American Forestry

Program, Northern Arizona University,

Flagstaff, AZ.

9. Dr. Julia Wondolleck, Assistant

Professor, School of Natural Resources

and Environment, University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

10. Dr. Linda Hardesty, Associate

Professor, Forest and Range

Management, Washington State

University, Pullman, WA.

11. Charles Wilkinson, Professor of

Law, University of Colorado, Boulder,

CO.

12. Dr. James Long, Professor,

Department of Forest Resources, Utah

State University, Logan, UT.

13. Dr. Margaret Shannon, Associate

Professor, Department of Public

Administration and Center for

Environmental Policy and

Administration, Syracuse, New York.

The first meeting of the Committee of

Scientists is scheduled for December 19,

1997, at the Holiday Inn O’Hare

International, 5440 North River Road,

Rosemont, Illinois (62 FR 64195,

December 4, 1997).

Dated: December 12, 1997.

Brian Eliot Burke,

Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources

and Environment.

[FR Doc. 97–32949 Filed 12–15–97; 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

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

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

collection has been submitted under the

emergency Paperwork Reduction Act

procedures.

Agency: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Mandatory Catch Reporting.

Agency Form Number: None.

OMB Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection—

Emergency Review.

Burden: 117 hours.

Number of Respondents: 700.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The National Marine

and Fisheries Service in cooperation

with the North Carolina Division of

Marine Fisheries will implement a pilot

mandatory reporting program to

conduct a census of the Recreational

Winter Bluefin Tuna Harvest in North

Carolina. Information on catch levels

will be reported to the International

Commission for the Conservation of

Atlantic Tunas and will be used for

stock assessment and in developing

international catch sharing agreements.

Anglers that currently report through an

automated phone system will be

exempted from this requirement during

this pilot program.

Affected Public: Individuals.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,

(202) 395–3897.

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 to

David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10202, New Executive Officer building,

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

20503. A clearance has been requested

by December 19, 1997.

Dated: December 10, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–32783 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE: 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Current Population Survey (CPS)

Fertility and Birth Expectation

Supplement; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general