64932 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 211 / Tuesday, October 31, 2000 / Notices

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

Parties should confirm by telephone the

time, date, and place of the hearing 48

hours before the scheduled time.

Interested parties who wish to request

a hearing, or to participate if one is

requested, must submit a written

request to the Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Room 1870, within 30

days of the publication of this notice.

Requests should contain: (1) The party’s

name, address, and telephone number;

(2) the number of participants; and (3)

a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral

presentations will be limited to issues

raised in the briefs. If this investigation

proceeds normally, we will make our

final determination no later than

January 10, 2001.

This determination is issued and

published in accordance with section

777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: October 23, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–27949 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 102400E]

Western 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 Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Recreational Fisheries Data Task Force

(RFDTF) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held

November 15, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. to 5

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council office, 1164

Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI

96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone: 808-522-8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This will

be the sixth meeting of the RFDTF and

will discuss the following topics: the

implementation of the NMFS Marine

Recreational Fisheries Statistical Survey

(MRFSS), Pelagic Environmental Impact

Statement & recreational fisheries,

outcome of the seventh Multilateral

High Level Conference for tuna

management in the Central-West Pacific,

the pros and cons for a marine

recreational fishery license in Hawaii,

recreational bag limits and minimum

sizes for sale, effectiveness of bottomfish

closed areas in the Main Hawaiian

Islands, new Council Advisory Panels

and the future of the RFDTF.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this group for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

action during this meeting. Action will

be restricted to those issues specifically

identified in this notice and any issues

arising after publication of this notice

that require emergency action under

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, provided the public has been

notified of the Council’s intent to take

final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Kitty M. Simonds, 808-522-8220 (voice)

or 808-522-8226 (fax), at least 5 days

prior to meeting date.

Dated: October 25, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–27875 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 101900B]

Marine Mammals; File No. 633–1483–03

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for

amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

Charles A. Mayo, Center for Coastal

Studies, 59 Commercial Street P.O. Box

1036, Provincetown, Massachusetts

02657, has requested an amendment to

scientific research Permit No. 633–1483.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments

must be received on or before November

30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The amendment request

and related documents are available for

review upon written request or by

appointment in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289); and

Northeast Region, NMFS, One

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA

01930–2298; phone (508)281–9250; fax

(508)281–9371.

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing on this request should be

submitted to the Chief, Permits and

Documentation Division, F/PR1, Office

of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315

East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver

Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals

requesting a hearing should set forth the

specific reasons why a hearing on this

particular amendment request would be

appropriate.

Comments may also be submitted by

facsimile at (301) 713–0376, provided

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy

submitted by mail and postmarked no

later than the closing date of the

comment period. Please note that

comments will not be accepted by email or other electronic media.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Simona Roberts or Ruth Johnson, 301/

713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject amendment to Permit No. 633–

1483, issued on March 3, 1999 (64 FR

10276), is requested under the authority

of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

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

seq.), the Regulations Governing the

Taking and Importing of Marine

Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and

the regulations governing the taking,

importing, and exporting of endangered

and threatened species (50 CFR 222–

227).

Permit No. 633–1483 authorizes the

permit holder to (Project I): (1) conduct

behavioral observations of, and photoidentify northern right whales during

aerial and vessel surveys; (2) place VHF

tags on right whales during the course

of vessel surveys; (3) collect skin and

blubber biopsy samples and sloughed

skin; and (4) export skin samples for

genetic analysis. And, under Project II

(humpback whales), to: (1) develop a

genealogy of the Gulf of Maine

humpback whale population; (2)

determine paternity and evaluate male

reproductive success; (3) evaluate the

influence of relatedness on feeding

distribution, behavior and social

organization; (4) determine individual

movement and habitat preferences; (5)

evaluate rates and severity of

entanglement; (6) monitor trends in

abundance, reproductive rates,

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 211 / Tuesday, October 31, 2000 / Notices 64933

recruitment, and mortality; and (7)

opportunistically photo-identify and

biopsy sample various Balaenopterid

species.

With this application for amendment,

the permit holder requests authorization

(Project III) to attach a non-invasive

optical device (‘‘critter cam’’) to seven

North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod

Bay for collecting video documentation

in order to better assess prey selectivity

and movements of the whales during

foraging and the quality of the food

layer supporting the whales. This

documentation will provide a

subsurface tool for supplementing CCS’

on-going oceanographic surveys and for

‘‘ground-truthing’’ current estimates of

prey patch density and area in Cape Cod

Bay.

In compliance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial

determination has been made that the

activity proposed is categorically

excluded from the requirement to

prepare an environmental assessment or

environmental impact statement.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

NMFS is forwarding copies of this

application to the Marine Mammal

Commission and its Committee of

Scientific Advisors.

Dated: October 25, 2000.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–27873 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before January

2, 2001.

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. The Department of

Education is especially interested in

public comment addressing the

following issues: (1) Is this collection

necessary to the proper functions of the

Department; (2) will this information be

processed and used in a timely manner;

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4) how might the Department enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (5) how

might the Department minimize the

burden of this collection on the

respondents, including through the use

of information technology.

Dated: October 25, 2000.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Undersecretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Evaluation of the Partnership

Grants Program of Title II of the Higher

Education Act.

Frequency: Annually; Weekly.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

initiations; State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t,

SEAs or Leas.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 453.

Burden Hours:963.

Abstract: The purpose of this

evaluation is to assess the impact,

strengths and weaknesses of the

Partnership Grants Program, one of the

three programs authorized in Title II of

the Higher Education Amendments of

1998. This program is designed primarly

to increase collaboration between

schools of arts and sciences and schools

of education, increase the rule of K–12

educators in the design and

implementation of effective teacher

education programs, and increase the

intensity and quality of clinical

experiences for prospective teachers.

The evaluation will measure the impact

of grants in helping colleges of

education, colleges of arts and sciences,

school districts and other partners to

work more closely together to improve

the content and structure of the

professional education offered to

prospective teachers.

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, D.C.

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 Joseph Schubart at (202)

708–9266 or via his internet address

Joe_Schubart@ed.gov. Individuals who

use a telecommunications device for the

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.

[FR Doc. 00–27863 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–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 30, 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

LaurenlWittenberg@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