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commenter noted that observations

made at fishway entrance 1 indicate that

sea lions commonly forage at the face of

the barrier gate, and out to about 10 feet

(3.048 meters) below the barrier. One

commenter questioned whether the

barrier gate could be expanded from

riverbank to riverbank to keep sea lions

out of area.

Response: The EA has been modified

to include additional observations on

the barrier gate. The barrier gate

prevents predation from occurring

within the fish ladder at fishway

entrance 1, but it has not stopped sea

lions from foraging at the face of the

barrier and areas adjacent to the fish

ladder entrance. The installation of

barrier gates at other fish ladder

entrances will be assessed if foraging

inside those entrances is noted. A

physical barrier across the Willamette

River is not feasible or practical.

ACTION: The EA has been modified

as described in the responses to the

comments. NMFS has evaluated the

environmental consequences of the

alternatives and has concluded that the

proposed action is unlikely to result in

any significant impacts on the human

environment and, therefore, has made a

finding of no significant impact

(FONSI). The EA and FONSI have been

prepared in accordance with National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and

with implementing regulations at 40

CFR parts 1500 through 1508 and

NOAA guidelines concerning

implementation of NEPA found in

NOAA Administrative Order 216-6.

Copies of the EA and FONSI are

available (See ADDRESSES).

Dated: December 22, 1997.

Hilda Diaz-Soltero,

Director, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 122397E]

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of revised

marine mammal stock assessment

reports.

SUMMARY: NMFS has incorporated

public comments into revisions of

marine mammal stock assessment

reports. The revision, which was

initiated in 1996 is now complete, and

copies of the revised reports are

available to the public.

ADDRESSES: Printed copies may be

obtained by writing to one of the

following: Chief, Marine Mammal

Division, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service, 1335

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD

20910–3226, Attn: Stock Assessments;

Douglas P. DeMaster, Alaska Fisheries

Science Center (F/AKC), NMFS, 7600

Sand Point Way, Seattle, WA 98115–

0070 regarding Alaska regional stock

assessments; James Lecky, Southwest

Regional Office, NMFS, 501 West Ocean

Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802–

4213, regarding Pacific regional stock

assessments; or Gordon Waring,

Northeast Fisheries Science Center,

NMFS, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole,

MA 02543–1097 regarding Atlantic

regional stock assessments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas C. Eagle, (301) 713–2322,

Douglas P. DeMaster, (206) 526–4045

regarding Alaska regional stock

assessments; James Lecky, (562) 980–

4020 regarding Pacific regional stock

assessments; or Gordon Waring, (508)

495–2000 regarding Atlantic regional

stock assessments.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

117 of the Marine Mammal Protection

Act (MMPA) requires NMFS and the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to

prepare stock assessment reports for all

marine mammal stocks that occur in

waters under the jurisdiction of the

United States. These reports must

contain information regarding the

distribution and abundance of the stock,

population growth rates and trends,

estimates of annual human-caused

mortality from all sources, descriptions

of the fisheries with which the stock

interacts, and the status of the stocks.

NMFS completed the 1996 draft stock

assessment reports and made them

available for public review and

comment on January 21, 1997 (62 FR

3005). During the public comment

period and subsequent to it, NMFS

consulted extensively with Scientific

Review Groups (SRGs), established also

under the MMPA, to discuss their

comments, as well as the comments

received from the public. The results of

the different SRG discussions and

comments received from the public,

conservation organizations, state, and

other Federal agencies were reviewed

and incorporated into these final reports

as appropriate. The 1996 final marine

mammal stock assessment reports have

now been completed and are available

for distribution.

Dated: December 24, 1997.

Hilda Diaz-Soltero,

Director, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting (work

session).

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Salmon Technical Team (STT) will hold

a work session which is open to the

public.

DATES: The work session will begin at

10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 1998,

and continue from approximately 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m. each day through Friday,

January 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be

held at the Council office, 2130 SW

Fifth Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR

97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

John Coon, Salmon Management

Coordinator; telephone: (503) 326–6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the STT work session is to

draft the ‘‘Review of 1997 Ocean

Salmon Fisheries.’’ The final report will

be distributed to the public and

reviewed by the Council at its March

1998 meeting in Millbrae, CA.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Team for discussion, in accordance with

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Team action during this meeting.

Team action will be restricted to those

issues specifically identified in the

agenda listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

The work session is physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Mr. Eric Greene at

(503) 326–6352 at least 5 days prior to

the work session date.
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Dated: December 23, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 122397F]

Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold a meeting to discuss stock

assessment plans for 1998. The meeting

will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will begin on

January 12, 1998 at 1:00 p.m. (Pacific

Standard Time), and continue at 8 a.m.

on January 13 until business is

completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Council office, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Six, Executive Director; telephone:

(503) 326–6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the meeting is to plan the

stock assessment process for groundfish

species in 1998. The meeting will

consider revisions to the terms of

reference used for 1997 stock

assessments, revise the goals and

objectives for the annual stock

assessment cycle, develop a calendar for

1998 stock assessment activities,

confirm the list of species to be assessed

in 1998, designate the resources and

personnel for the assessments and the

reviews, and discuss ways of improving

coordination of the process.

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

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr.

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

days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: December 23, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Army Science Board; Notice of Open

Meeting

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), announcement is

made of the following Committee

Meeting:

Name of Committee: Army Science Board

(ASB).

Date of Meeting: 13 & 14 January 1998.

Time of Meeting: 0830–1630, 13 Jan 98.

0830–1300, 14 Jan 98.

Place: CECOM HQ—Ft. Monmouth, NJ

Agenda: The Army Science Board’s (ASB)

Issue Group Study on ‘‘Army Avionics

Modernization Methodologies’’ will meet for

briefings and discussions on Army avionics

modernization methodologies, Army avionics

Science and Technology programs, and open

systems architecture. These meetings will be

open to the public. Any interested person

may attend, appear before, or file statements

with the committee at the time and in the

manner permitted by the committee. For

further information, please call our office at

(703) 695–0781.

Wayne Joyner,

Program Support Specialist, Army Science

Board.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive

Patent License; U.S. Drug Testing, Inc.

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant

exclusive license.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

hereby gives notice of its intent to grant

to U.S. Drug Testing, Inc., a revocable,

nonassignable, exclusive license in the

United States and certain foreign

countries to practice the Government

owned invention described in U.S.

Patent No. 5,183,740, entitled ‘‘Flow

Immunosensor Method and Apparatus,’’

issued February 2, 1993, in the field of

saliva based human diagnostics.

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the

grant of this license must file written

objections, along with any supporting

evidence, not later than March 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be

filed with the Office of Naval Research,

ONR 00CC, Ballston Tower One, 800

North Quincy Street, Arlington, Virginia

22217–5660.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. R. J. Erickson, Staff Patent Attorney,

Office of Naval Research, ONR 00CC,

Ballston Tower One, 800 North Quincy

Street, Arlington, Virginia 22217-5660,

telephone (703) 696–4001.

Authority: 35 U. S. C. 207; 37 CFR Part

404; 32 CFR Part 746.

Dated: December 19, 1997.

Michael I. Quinn,

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate

General’s Corps, U. S. Navy, Alternate Federal

Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Department of Energy (DOE)

Implementation Plan for

Recommendation 97–2 of the Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

(DNFSB), Criticality Safety

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board published

Recommendation 97–2, concerning

criticality safety at defense nuclear

facilities in the DOE complex, on May

29, 1997 (62 FR 2918). Under section

315(e) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,

as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2286d(e), the

Department of Energy must transmit an

implementation plan on

Recommendation 97–2 to the Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board after

acceptance by the Secretary. The

Department’s implementation plan was

sent to the DNFSB on December 12,

1997, and is available for review in the

Department of Energy Public Reading

Rooms and on the internet site, http://

dr.tis.doe.gov/.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, data,

views, or arguments concerning the

implementation plan to: Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, D.C. 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Robin Staffin, Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Research and

Development, Office of Defense

Programs, Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW, Washington

D.C. 20585.