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procedures for solicitations, please call

the U.S. Department of Justice Response

Center 1–800–421–6770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

This action is authorized under the

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968, sections 201–03, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721–23 (1994).

Background

NIJ is soliciting proposals for research

and evaluation on violence against

women. Four major program areas are

identified in the request for proposals.

They are Practitioner-Researcher

Collaborations, Evaluation of Policies

and Programs including Experimental

Research Designs, Longitudinal Studies

of Women’s Experience with Violence,

and Basic Research. For this solicitation,

violence against women includes

domestic or intimate partner violence,

sexual assault, other assaultive

behaviors against women and stalking.

NIJ anticipates awarding a total of 15 to

20 grants in the four program areas with

a funding total of $4,000,000.

Interested organizations should call

the National Criminal Justice Reference

Service (NCJRS) at 1–800–851–3420 to

obtain a copy of ‘‘Research and

Evaluation on Violence Against Women:

Practitioner-Researcher Collaboration;

Evaluation of Policies and Programs

including Experimental Research

Designs; Longitudinal Studies of

Women’s Experience with Violence; and

Basic Research’’ (refer to document no.

SL000279). For World Wide Web access,

connect to either NIJ at http://

www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm, or

the NCJRS Justice Information Center at

http://www.ncjrs.org/fedgrant.htm#nij.

Jeremy Travis,

Director, National Institute of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98–11690 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (98–060)]

Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of prospective patent

license.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that Omni Technologies, Inc., of Kenner,

Louisiana, has applied for an exclusive

license to practice the invention

disclosed in NASA Case No. SSC–00052

entitled ‘‘Apparatus & Method for

Effecting Data Transfer Between Data

Systems,’’ for which a U.S. Patent

Application was filed and assigned to

the United States of America as

represented by the Administrator of the

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration. Written objections to

the prospective grant of a license should

be sent to John F. Kennedy Space

Center.

DATES: Responses to this Notice must be

received on or before July 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth

Vrioni at (407) 867–6225, Mail Code

MM–E, John F. Kennedy Space Center,

FL 32899.

Dated: April 27, 1998.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–11744 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to

submit an information collection

request to OMB and solicitation of

public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a

submittal to OMB for review of

continued approval of information

collections under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Information pertaining to the

requirement to be submitted:

1. The title of the information

collection: 10 CFR part 73—Physical

Protection of Plants and Materials.

2. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0002.

3. How often the collection is

required: On occasion. Required reports

are submitted and evaluated as events

occur.

4. Who is required or asked to report:

Persons who possess, use, import,

export, transport, or deliver to a carrier

for transport, special nuclear material.

5. The number of annual responses:

68,643.

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: The industry total burden is

410,602 hours annually (43,241.7 hours

for reporting and 367,359.8 hours for

recordkeeping).

7. Abstract: NRC regulations in 10

CFR part 73 prescribe requirements for

establishment and maintenance of a

physical protection system with

capabilities for protection of special

nuclear material at fixed sites and in

transit and of plants in which special

nuclear material is used. The

information in the reports and records is

used by the NRC staff to ensure that the

health and safety of the public is

protected and that licensee possession

and use of special nuclear material is in

compliance with license and regulatory

requirements.

Submit, by July 6, 1998, comments

that address the following questions:

1. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the NRC to

properly perform its functions? Does the

information have practical utility?

2. Is the burden estimate accurate?

3. Is there a way to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

4. How can the burden of the

information collection be minimized,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

A copy of the draft supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room,

2120 L Street, NW (lower level),

Washington, DC. OMB clearance

requests are available at the NRC

worldwide web site (http://

www.nrc.gov) under the FedWorld

collection link on the home page tool

bar. The document will be available on

the NRC home page site for 60 days after

the signature date of this notice.

Comments and questions about the

information collection requirements

may be directed to the NRC Clearance

Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, T–6 F33,

Washington, DC, 20555–0001, or by

telephone at 301–415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJS1@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23th day

of April 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–11729 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).