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certain criteria set forth in 15 CFR part

911.

II. Method of Collection

Applications are submitted on forms

that respond to requirements detailed in

15 CFR part 911.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648-0157.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions, business or other for-profit

organizations, individuals or

households, and State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

390.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 390.

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

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: October 17, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3510–12–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 101700F]

New England Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

scheduling a public meeting of its

Groundfish and Monkfish Oversight

Committees in November, 2000 to

consider actions affecting New England

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone

(EEZ). Recommendations from these

groups will be brought to the full

Council for formal consideration and

action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meetings will be held

between Monday, November 6, 2000

and Wednesday, November 8, 2000. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in Peabody, MA and Baltimore, MD. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

J. Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council;

(978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

Monday, November 6, 2000 at 9:30

a.m.—Groundfish Oversight Committee

Meeting

Location: Peabody Marriott Hotel, 8A

Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA 01960;

telephone: 978-977-6478.

The Groundfish Oversight Committee

will finalize its recommendations for

management alternatives to be included

in Amendment 13 to the Northeast

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

(FMP). This will include

recommendations on rebuilding

programs, measures to address capacity

issues, and the four broad approaches to

management that are under

consideration (status quo, adjustments

to the status quo, area management, and

sector allocation). The committees’

recommendations will be reviewed by

the Council at its November 14-16

meeting. After approval by the Council,

the proposed alternatives will be

analyzed and a draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement and

public hearing document prepared. The

committee will meet in a closed session

to review advisory panel applications.

Wednesday, November 8, 2000 at

10:00 a.m.—Monkfish Oversight

Committee Meeting

Location: Sheraton International Hotel

at BWI Airport, 7032 Elm Road,

Baltimore, MD 21240; telephone: (410)

691-9827.

The committee will review the Stock

Assessment and Fishery Evaluation

(SAFE) Report for 1999, including the

Monkfish Monitoring Committee

Report. Based on this review, the

committee will develop

recommendations to the Council for

adjustments to the Monkfish Fishery

Management Plan for the 2001 fishing

year, in accordance with the framework

adjustment procedures in the FMP. The

committee will review the Monkfish

Advisory Panel recommendations on

trip limit options to address perceived

inequities across fleet sectors, a range of

alternatives for monkfish spawning

area/time management, and on possible

options for bycatch control and

minimizing discards of monkfish in

small mesh fisheries. The committee

will also develop recommendations to

the Council for research priorities under

cooperative programs with the industry.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before these groups for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

action during this meeting. Action will

be restricted to those issues specifically

listed in this notice and any issues

arising after publication of this notice

that require emergency action under

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Act, provided the public has been

notified of the Council’s intent to take

final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Paul J. Howard

(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to

the meeting dates.

Dated: October 18, 2000.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE: 3510–22 –S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark

Office

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The United States Patent and

Trademark Office (USPTO) has

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Agency: United States Patent and

Trademark Office (USPTO).

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Title: Deposit of Biological Materials.

Form Number(s): N/A.

Agency Approval Number: 0651–

0022.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 3,301.25 hours annually.

Number of Respondents: 3,300.25

responses per year. The USPTO expects

that 3,300 patent applications on

inventions dealing with deposits of

biological materials will be filed each

year. It is estimated by the USPTO that

one depository will seek recognition

every four years, or 0.25 depositories

will seek recognition annually.

Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO

estimates that it takes an average of one

(1) hour for the average patent applicant

respondent to collect and submit the

necessary deposit information to the

USPTO. The USPTO estimates that it

will take the average depository seeking

approval to store biological material an

average of 15 minutes (.25 hours) to

gather and submit the necessary

approval information to the USPTO.

Needs and Uses: Information on the

deposit of biological materials in

depositories is required for (a) the

USPTO determination of compliance

with 35 USC 2(b)(2), 35 USC 112, and

37 CFR Ch. 1, Subpart G, 1.801–809,

where inventions sought to be patented

rely on biological material subject to the

deposit requirement, including

notification to the interested public on

where to obtain samples of deposits;

and (b) in compliance with 37 CFR Ch.

1, Subpart G, 1.803 to demonstrate that

the depositories are qualified to store

and test the biological material

submitted to them under patent

applications. This information is used

by the USPTO to determine whether or

not the applicant has met the

requirements of the patent regulations.

In addition, the USPTO uses this

information to determine the suitability

of a respondent depository based upon

administrative and technical

competence, and the depository’s

agreement to comply with the

requirements set forth by the USPTO.

There are no forms associated with this

collection of information.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and the

federal government.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,

(202) 395–3897.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Susan K. Brown,

Records Officer, Office of Data

Management, Data Administration

Division, (703) 308–7400, USPTO, Suite

310, 2231 Crystal Drive, Washington,

DC 20231, or by e-mail at

susan.brown@uspto.gov.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent on

or before November 22, 2000 to David

Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10202, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: October 16, 2000.

Susan K. Brown,

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data

Management, Data Administration Division.

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer invites

comments on the submission for OMB

review as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

November 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Acting

Desk Officer, Department of Education,

Office of Management and Budget, 725

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

Lauren_Wittenberg@omb.eop.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g. new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment.

Dated: October 17, 2000.

John Tressler,

Leader Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: New.

Title: Evaluation of the American

Indian Vocational Rehabilitation

Services (AIVRS) Program (SC).

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Individuals or

household; Not-for-profit institutions;

Federal Government.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 464; Burden Hours:

684.

Abstract: This submission is for a onetime data collection for the Evaluation

of the American Indian Vocational

Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS)

Program. The information will be used

by the Department of Education to

improve the design of the program,

answer questions about the program,

and justify its budget. There are very

limited reporting requirements for this

program, so the information is needed to

describe consumer characteristics,

services provided, and program

outcomes. Most of the information will

come from project directors, but there

will also be interviews with project

staff, tribal representatives, advisory

group members, service providers, and

State VR agency staff.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or

the collection activity requirements

should be directed to Sheila Carey at

(202) 708–6287 or via her internet

address Sheila_Carey@ed.gov.