66342 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 243 / Thursday, December 18, 1997 / Notices

Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, fax

(202) 482–5330.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard D. Harding, Director, Office of

South Asia and Oceania, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room 2308,

14th St. and Constitution Ave., N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone

(202) 482–2955, fax (202) 482–5330.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1512.

Dated: December 12, 1997.

Peter Hale,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia

and the Pacific.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 120897A]

Endangered and Threatened Species;

Revision of Species on Candidate

Species List Under the Endangered

Species Act

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of modification to list of

candidate species.

SUMMARY: NMFS revises its candidate

species list in regard to Atlantic salmon

(Salmo salar).

ADDRESSES: Comments and reliable

documentation concerning this revision

should be sent to the Chief of

Endangered Species, NMFS, Office of

Protected Resources, 1315 East-West

Highway, F/PR3, Silver Spring, MD

20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Chu or Terri Jordan at (301) 713–

1401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice

published today, NMFS and the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

renamed the Seven Rivers Distinct

Population Segment (DPS) of Atlantic

Salmon the Gulf of Maine DPS in order

to allow future inclusion in the DPS

those extant populations from the

Kennebec River north to, but not

including, the St. Croix River. NMFS

believes that the populations previously

identified in Togus Stream, a tributary

to the Kennebec River, and Cove Brook,

a tributary to the Penobscot River, and

other extant river populations warrant

further investigation and may warrant

future inclusion in the Gulf of Maine

DPS.

NMFS previously identified

populations of Atlantic Salmon in the

Kennebec River, Penobscot River, Tunk

Stream, and St. Croix River as candidate

species and included them in the July

14, 1997, candidate notice of review (62

FR 37560). With this notice, NMFS

revises its List of Candidate Species to

include the Gulf of Maine DPS of

Atlantic salmon, which includes some

of the populations previously identified

as candidate species. In addition, NMFS

notes that the proposed rule to list the

Seven Rivers DPS as threatened under

the ESA (60 FR 50530) was withdrawn

in a notice published today.

Dated: December 15, 1997.

Hilda Diaz-Soltero,

Director, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

TABLE 1.—Revised List of Candidate

Species

Common

name

Scientific

name Family Area ofconcern

Atlantic

salmon*.

Salmo

salar.

Salmonidae.Gulf of

Maine

DPS.

*This is a revision of the listing for ‘‘Atlantic

Salmon’’ found in the table at 62 FR 37562,

July 14, 1997.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 120497A]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit No. 1016 (P167H)

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. 1016 submitted by

Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute,

2595 Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA

92109, 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

Director, Southwest Region, NMFS,

501 West Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA

90802–4213 (562/980–4001).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 28, 1997, notice was published

in the Federal Register (62 FR 55787)

that an amendment of permit no. 1016,

issued October 16, 1996 (61 FR 53901)

had been requested by the above-name

organization. The requested amendment

has been issued under the authority of

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.) and the regulations governing the

taking and importing of marine

mammals (50 CFR part 216).

The permittee currently has

authorization to harass several species

of stranded rehabilitated and

permanently captive pinnipeds and

small cetaceans in order to measure

their interaction with fishing gear and to

determine the effect of introducing an

auditory stimulus (i.e., pinger) on

responses. The research is authorized to

be conducted over a five year period.

The permit has been amended to

authorize: the addition of 2 pinger trials

and 2 net trials with 14 of the 18

California sea lions (Zalophus

californianus) currently authorized to be

involved in motivational state trials; and

an increase in the number of California

sea lions to be used in the naive trials

from 30 to 40.

Dated: December 12, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

Soliciting Applications for Membership

on Public Advisory Committee for

Trademark Affairs

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark

Office is seeking five members for the

Public Advisory Committee for

Trademark Affairs. Member terms

would begin on January 1, 1998. A

member must be an organization that is

representative of the intellectual

property community, e.g., a bar group,

a business organization or an academic

institution. Organizations interested in

membership should send a letter

expressing that interest and containing

the information set out in the