6762 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 30 / Thursday, February 13, 1997 / Notices

MD 20899; Fax 301–869–2751. Any

request for information should include

the NIST Docket No. and Title for the

relevant invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may

enter into a Cooperative Research and

Development Agreement (‘‘CRADA’’)

with the licensee to perform further

research on the invention for purposes

of commercialization. The invention

available for licensing is:

NIST Docket No. 94–010

Title: Process for Fabrication of

Improved Resistive Microbolometers.

Description: In this relatively

uncomplicated and reproducible

process for fabricating microbolometers,

an ultrathin layer of niobium is used as

the detector element, and the wafer is

cleaned in situ in a low-pressure

evaporation system, to provide an

instrument having a substantially lower

noise level than conventional

microbolometers.

Dated: February 6, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office

[FR Doc. 97–3524 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 020697C]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of modification 2 to

permit 895 (P504D) and an amendment

of permit 1005 (P770#71).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

NMFS has issued a modification to a

permit to the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers (Corps) at Walla Walla, WA

and an amendment of a permit to the

Coastal Zone and Estuarine Studies

Division (CZESD), NMFS at Seattle, WA

that authorize takes of Endangered

Species Act-listed species for the

purpose of enhancement, subject to

certain conditions set forth therein.

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

Environmental and Technical

Services Division, 525 NE Oregon

Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232–

4169 (503–230–5400).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

modification to a permit and the

amendment of a permit were 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).

Notice was published on October 29,

1996 (61 FR 55789) that an application

had been filed by the Corps (P504D) for

modification 2 to enhancement permit

895. Modification 2 to permit 895 was

issued to the Corps on January 17, 1997.

Permit 895 authorizes the Corps annual

takes of adult and juvenile, endangered,

Snake River sockeye salmon

(Oncorhynchus nerka); adult and

juvenile, threatened, naturally-produced

and artificially-propagated, Snake River

spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); and adult

and juvenile, threatened, Snake River

fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha) associated with the

operation of the Juvenile Fish

Transportation Program on the Snake

and Columbia Rivers. For modification

2, the Corps is authorized an increase in

the annual incidental take of adult,

threatened, Snake River fall chinook

salmon associated with the juvenile fish

transportation facilities at four

hydroelectric projects on the rivers.

Modification 2 is valid for the duration

of the permit. Permit 895 expires on

December 31, 1998.

On February 5, 1997, NMFS issued an

amendment of CZESD’s enhancement

permit 1005. Permit 1005 authorizes

CZESD takes of adult and juvenile,

endangered, Snake River sockeye

salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

associated with a captive broodstock

program, being conducted in

cooperation with the Idaho Department

of Fish and Game (IDFG). For the

amendment, CZESD is authorized to

transfer ESA-listed sockeye salmon eggs

and/or juveniles to the Mitchell Actfunded rearing facility at Bonneville

Hatchery, operated by the Oregon

Department of Fish and Wildlife

(ODFW), and/or any other hatchery

facility deemed acceptable by the

Environmental and Technical Services

Division (ETSD), NMFS in Portland,

Oregon, for final rearing. ODFW, and

any other agency to receive ESA-listed

fish and/or eggs from CZESD, will be

acting as an agent of CZESD under the

terms and conditions of permit 1005 in

the care and maintenance of the fish

and/or eggs. When the ESA-listed fish

are smolts, ODFW, and any other agency

to receive ESA-listed fish and/or eggs

from CZESD, is authorized to transfer

the fish to IDFG for release in Stanley

Basin Lakes and outlet streams. Permit

1005 has also been extended to be valid

through December 31, 1997. The

amendment is valid for the duration of

the permit.

Issuance of the modification to a

permit and the amendment of a permit,

as required by the ESA, was based on

a finding that such actions: (1) Were

requested/proposed in good faith, (2)

will not operate to the disadvantage of

the ESA-listed species that are the

subject of the permits, and (3) are

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA

and the NMFS regulations governing

ESA-listed species permits.

Dated: February 7, 1997.

Robert C. Ziobro,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–3570 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Washington Headquarters

Service.

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Washington

Headquarters Services announces the

proposed public information collection

and seeks public comment on the

provisions thereof. Comments are

invited on: (a) whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collection; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received on or before April

14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to