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estimated for an average respondent to

respond: 111,100 respondents at 1.95

hours per interview.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 72,684 hours annual burden.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, Suite 850, Washington Center,

1001 G Street, NW., Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: April 11, 1997.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–9803 Filed 4–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–18–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Job Training Partnership Act: Migrant

and Seasonal Farmworker Programs;

Solicitation for Grant Application

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration.

ACTION: Notice; extension of application

period and correction of room number

for submission of applications.

SUMMARY: On February 11, 1997, the

Department of Labor, Employment and

Training Administration (ETA),

published a notice in the Federal

Register at 62 FR 6272, announcing the

availability of funds and a solicitation

for grant applications (SGA) for funding

migrant and seasonal farmworker

training and employment programs in

five states—Minnesota, Mississippi,

North Dakota, Puerto Rico, and South

Dakota. All information and forms

required to submit and application are

contained in the February notice.

DATES: The closing date for receipt of

applications for grant award(s) under

the SGA is extended from April 14 to

April 22, 1997 at 4:45 p.m. (Eastern

Time) at the address published in the

SGA at 62 FR 6272 (February 11, 1997.)

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver

application to: James DeLuca, Grant

Officer, U.S. Department of Labor, ETA,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S–

4203, Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Irene Taylor-Pindle, Division of

Acquisition and Assistance. Telephone:

(202) 219–8702 ext. 114 (this is not a

toll-free number).

Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of

April, 1997.

James C. DeLuca,

Grant Officer, Division of Acquisition and

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–9818 Filed 4–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

[Docket No. 97–1]

Revision of the Cable and Satellite

Carrier Compulsory Licenses; Public

Meetings

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of

Congress.

ACTION: Change in schedule for written

testimony.

SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is

examining the copyright licensing of

broadcast retransmissions for the

purpose of recommending legislative

changes to Congress. In response to a

request for an extension of time in filing

comments for this study, the Copyright

Office is announcing changes in the

schedule for filing written testimony,

reply comments, and notices of

intention to testify. The dates of the

public meetings remain unchanged.

DATES: Formal written testimony and

questions for witnesses shall be filed no

later than April 28, 1997, and reply

comments shall be filed no later than

June 16, 1997. Notices of intention to

testify shall be submitted to the Office

no later than April 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: If delivered by hand, fifteen

copies of written statements, questions,

and reply comments should be brought

to: Office of the General Counsel,

Copyright Office, James Madison

Memorial Building, Room LM–403, First

and Independence Avenue, S.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20540. If sent by mail,

fifteen copies of written statements,

questions, and reply comments should

be sent addressed to Nanette Petruzzelli,

Acting General Counsel, Copyright GC/

I&R, P.O. Box 70400, Southwest Station,

Washington, D.C. 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nanette Petruzzelli, Acting General

Counsel, or William Roberts, Senior

Attorney for Compulsory Licenses.

Telephone (202) 707–8380. Telefax:

(202) 707–8366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 6, 1997, Senator Orrin Hatch,

Chairman of the Committee on the

Judiciary, United States Senate, sent a

letter to the Register of Copyrights

requesting the Copyright Office to

conduct a global review of the copyright

licensing regimes governing the

retransmission of over-the-air broadcast

signals. The Copyright Office is

scheduled to report its findings to

Congress on August 1, 1997.

On March 20, 1997, the Copyright

Office announced a schedule for open

public meetings to gather testimony

from parties with an interest in

copyright licensing of broadcast signal

retransmissions. 62 FR 13396 (March

20, 1997). The Office requested parties

wishing to testify to notify the Office by

April 15, 1997, and to submit their

formal written testimony and questions

for witnesses no later than April 18,

1997. Interested parties were asked to

submit reply comments by June 3, 1997.

The public meetings are to take place

the week of May 6, 1997.

On April 7, 1997, the Office received

a joint motion requesting an extension

of time for the filing of written

testimony and questions for witnesses.

Joining the motion are the National

Association of Broadcasters, Satellite

Broadcasting Communications

Association, Joint Sports Claimants,

Association of Local Television

Stations, Inc., the Motion Picture

Association of America, Inc., and the

Public Broadcasting Service. These

parties request a sixty day extension,

noting that the questions presented by

the Office in the March 20 Federal

Register notice raise a number of issues

of broad importance which require

further deliberation. In particular, the

parties state that additional time is

required to evaluate the impact of the

Supreme Court’s decision in Turner

Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC, 1997

U.S. Lexis 2078 (March 31, 1997).

Additionally, the parties submit that the

current schedule may adversely impact

the ongoing negotiations between

broadcasters and satellite carriers to

settle ‘‘white area’’ restriction problems

under the Satellite Home Viewer Act

because the parties would be required to

submit written testimony prior to

finalizing any agreements. In sum, the

parties advise that the quality of the

testimony and the likelihood of

consensus solutions to issues raised in

the March 20 notice will be greatly

improved, if the 60 day extension is

granted.

Due to scheduling difficulties and the

firmness of the August 1, 1997 deadline,

the Office is unable to grant a 60 day

extension at this time. However, the

Office is granting a 10 day extension for

the filing of comments and a 13 day

extension for the filing of reply

comments. Formal written testimony

and written questions for witnesses

shall be due no later than the close of