Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 200 / Monday, October 16, 2000 / Notices 61145

I. Abstract

The Massachusetts Division of Marine

Fisheries has been conducting an

experimental fishery, referred to as the

Raised Footrope Whiting Trawl

Experimental Fishery (Raised Footrope

Experiment), to allow trawlers to target

whiting, red hake, dogfish and other

small mesh species using a raised

footrope trawl. The experiment was

designed to assess the effectiveness of a

raised footrope small mesh otter trawl in

reducing bycatch of regulated

multispecies. Framework Adjustment 35

to the Multispecies Fishery Management

Plan made the Raised Footrope

Experiment a multispecies exempted

fishery. The collection-of-information

requirements are: (1) a request for a

certificate to fish in the Raised Footrope

Whiting Trawl Exemption, and (2) a

notification of intention to withdraw

from the Raised Footrope Whiting Trawl

Exemption. Requests for a certificate

identify the person, the vessel name, the

permit number, and how long he/she

intends to fish in the exemption area (no

less than 7 days but not more than 4

months). These collection-ofinformation requirements were

approved by OMB under emergency

procedures for 6 months; NOAA is

soliciting comments on its intent to

request a 3-year Paperwork Reduction

Act approval for the requirements.

II. Method of Collection

Requests and notifications are made

by telephone.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648-0422.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business and other

for-profit (commercial fishermen)

organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

288.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 230 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $27.

IV. Request for Comments

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

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and /or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: October 6, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 101000A]

Foreign Fishing Reporting

Requirements

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: 

The Department of Commerce, as part

of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before December 15,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington

DC 20230 (or via Internet at

MClayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Bob Dickinson, Office of

Sustainable Fisheries, International

Fisheries Division, 1315 East West

Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland

20910, (301-713-2276).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Foreign fishing activities can be

authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). Collection

of information from permitted foreign

vessels is necessary to monitor their

activities and whereabouts in U.S.

waters. Reports are also necessary to

monitor the amounts of fish, if any, such

vessels receive from U.S. vessels in joint

venture operations, wherein U.S. vessels

catch and transfer at-sea to permitted

foreign vessels certain species for which

U.S. demand is low relative to the

abundance of the species.

II. Method of Collection

Activity reports are made by radio

when fishing begins or ceases, to report

on the transfers of fish, and to file

weekly reports on the catch and receipt

of fish. Foreign vessels are also subject

to recordkeeping requirements. These

include a communications log, a

transfer log, a daily fishing log, a

consolidated fishing or joint venture log,

and a daily joint venture log. These

records must be maintained for three

years.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648-0075.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business and other

for-profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

25.

Estimated Time Per Response: 6

minutes for radio reports, 30 minutes

per day for recordkeeping by a fishing

vessel, and 7.5 minutes per day for

recordkeeping by transport vessels.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 425.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $500.

IV. Request for Comments

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

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and /or

61146 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 200 / Monday, October 16, 2000 / Notices

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: October 6, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

National Estuarine Research Reserve

System

AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division,

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource

Management, National Ocean Service,

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of approval and

availability of revision to the Final

Revised Management Plan for the Old

Woman Creek National Estuarine

Research Reserve, 2000–2005.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office

of Ocean and Coastal Resource

Management, has approved the revised

Management Plan for the Old Woman

Creek National Estuarine Research

Reserve (OWCNERR). The OWCNERR

was designated in 1980 and has been

operating under a Management Plan

approved in 1983. Pursuant to section

315 of the Coastal Zone Management

Act, 16 U.S.C. 1461, and section

921.33(c) of the implementing

regulations, a state must revise its

management plan at least every five

years, or more often if necessary. This

revision is Ohio’s effort to comply with

this requirement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nathalie Peter, OCRM, Estuarine

Reserves Division, 1305 East-West

Highway, 11th Floor (N/ORM5), Silver

Spring, Maryland 20910. (301) 713–

3155, Extension 119.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Management Plan contains the program

mission, goals and objectives of the

OWCNERR and State Natural Preserve,

and establishes policies that will protect

the natural resources and ecological

integrity of the reserve. It provides

guidance for administration of the

reserve’s operation, management,

research, education and public outreach

for the next five years.

The Management Plan also describes

the necessary elements of site ecological

management: (1) To identify key natural

resources; (2) to determine the

appropriate level of human use for the

sites and these resources; and (3) to

foster their long-term protection.

The chief areas of concentration for

the OWCNERR in the next five years are

as follows:

1. Refining the OWCNERR Program,

particularly in the areas of research and

monitoring.

2. Encouraging community

stewardship of the estuary, watershed

and near-shore Lake Erie coast through

an expanded outreach program.

3. Protecting the core estuaries area,

through buffer land acquisition,

conservation easements or cooperative

agreements.

4. Improving the transfer of estuarine

information between reserve programs

(i.e. research, monitoring, education,

and resource management) and external

groups (e.g. local neighbors, regional

decision-makers in the scientific,

governmental and educational

communities).

Copies of the document can be

obtained from the Old Woman Creek

National Estuarine Research Reserve,

Department of Natural Resources, 2514

Cleveland Road, Huron, Ohio 44839.

(419) 433–4601.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

Captain Ted Lillestolen,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean

Services and Coastal Zone Management.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 000616180–0269–02]

RIN 0648

NOAA Climate and Global Change

Program, Program Announcement

AGENCY: Office of Global Programs

(OGP), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Revisions to the Notice from

NOAA Climate and Global Change

Program, CLIVAR Element, FOR FY

2001; invitation to submit proposals.

SUMMARY: NOAA amends the notice

published in the Federal Register on

August 25, 2000, regarding the NOAA

Climate and Global Change Program to

change the dates for receipt of Letters of

Intent and Full Proposals (see DATES).

NOAA also invites the submission of

proposals.

DATES: Letters of Intent must be received

no later than November 13, 2000, with

full proposals postmarked on or before

January 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Proposals should be sent to

Office of Global Programs, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, 1100 Wayne Avenue,

Suite 1201, Silver Spring, MD 20910–

5603.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irma

duPree at the above address or at phone:

(301) 427–2089 ext 107, Internet:

irma.dupree@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

NOAA Office of Global Programs

published a notice describing the

Climate and Global Change Program,

and funding area descriptions on

August 25, 2000. (65 FR 51799.) The

program description, evaluation criteria,

selection process, background and

requirements, as well as guidelines for

applications are in that notice and are

not repeated here. The Office hereby

revises the dates for the submission of

the LOI and full proposals (See DATES).

The office invites the submission of

proposals for CLIVAR.

Program authority: 49 U.S.C. 44720 (b); 33

U.S.C. 883D; 15 U.S.C. 2904; 15 U.S.C. 2931

et seq.; (CFDA No. 11.431)—Climate and

Atmospheric Research.

Dated: October 10, 2000.

David L. Evans,

Assistant Administrator, OAR.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 091400B]

Taking and Importing of Marine

Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of embargo for Spain.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator

for Fisheries, NMFS, (Assistant

Administrator) issued an embargo for

the Government of Spain under the

Marine Mammal Protection Act

(MMPA) on October 6, 2000. This

embargoes the importation into the

United States of yellowfin tuna and

yellowfin tuna products harvested in

the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP)

after March 3, 1999, by Spanish-flag

purse seine vessels or vessels operating