Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 236 / Thursday, December 7, 2000 / Notices 76703

Notification

Final awards cannot be made until

funds have been appropriated by

Congress, allocated and committed

through internal Bureau procedures.

Dated: November 29, 2000.

William B. Bader,

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational

and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of

State.

[FR Doc. 00–31077 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–24–P

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Notice of Meeting of the Industry

Sector Advisory Committee on

Services (ISAC–13)

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Industry Sector Advisory

Committee on Services will hold a

meeting on December 12, 2000, from 9

a.m. to 12 noon. The meeting will be

opened to the public from 9 a.m. to 10

a.m., and closed to the public from 10

a.m. to 12 noon.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

December 12, 2000, unless otherwise

notified.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Department of Commerce,

Conference Room 1414, located at 14th

Street between Pennsylvania and

Constitution Avenues, NW.,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Holderman, (202) 482–0345,

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230 (principal

contact), or Dominic Bianchi, Office of

the United States Trade Representative,

1724 F Street, NW., Washington, DC

20508, (202) 395–6120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the

opened portion of the meeting the

‘‘Status Report on WTO General

Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)

Work Program and Preparation for

Future GATS Negotiating Meetings’’

will be discussed.

Dominic Bianchi,

Acting Assistant United States Trade

Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs

and Public Liaison.

[FR Doc. 00–31141 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping

Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Information

Collection abstracted below has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

comment. The nature of the information

collection is described as well as its

expected burden. The Federal Register

notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on the following

collection of information was published

on September 19, 2000, at 65 FR 56609.

No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 8, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas M.P. Christensen, Office of

National Security Plans, Maritime

Administration, MAR–620, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

Telephone 202–366–5990 or FAX 202–

488–0941. Copies of this collection can

be obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime

Administration (MARAD).

Title: Voluntary Tanker Agreement.

OMB Control Number: OMB 2133–

0505.

Type of Request: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Affected Public: The respondents are

tanker companies that operate in

international trade and who have agreed

to participate in this agreement.

Form (S): None.

Abstract: The collection consists of a

request from MARAD that each

participant in the Voluntary Tanker

Agreement submit a list of the names of

ships owned, chartered, or contracted

for by the participant, and their size and

flags of registry. There is no prescribed

format for this information.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: One

hour per respondent.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention

MARAD Desk Officer.

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 will 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

collection of information on

respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

A comment to OMB is best assured of

having its full effect if OMB receives it

within 30 days of publication.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on December 4,

2000.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–31221 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Docket 98–4957 Notice 23]

Extension of Existing Information

Collection: Public Comment Request

and OMB Approval

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for Public Comment

and OMB Approval.

SUMMARY: This is the second notice of

requests for public participation in the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) approval process for extension of

an existing Research and Special

Programs Administration (RSPA)

collection of information. RSPA is

requesting OMB approval of information

collection 2137–0596, National Pipeline

Mapping System (NPMS) under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5

CFR Part 1320. RSPA published its first

request in the Federal Register on

September 7, 2000 (65 FR 54336). The

Paperwork Reduction Act gives the

public a second chance to provide

comments on information collection

requests.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by January 8, 2001 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to send comments directly to

OMB, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, 726 Jackson Place,

NW., Washington, DC 20503 Attn: Desk

Officer for DOT. Please identify the

docket and notice numbers shown in

the heading of this notice.