19900 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 77 /Wednesday, April 22, 1998 / Notices

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before June 22, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to James P. Lawless, Office

of Ocean and Coastal Resources

Management, SSMC–4, 1305 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910

(telephone 301–713–3155, ext. 194).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Public Law 96–282, the Deep Seabed

Hard Mineral Resources Act, authorizes

the Administrator of NOAA to issue

licenses to eligible U.S. citizen

applicants for the exploration of deep

seabed mineral resources. Information

must be submitted as part of a license

application so that NOAA can

determine if statutory requirements for

eligibility are met. License holders are

required to do environmental

monitoring and to submit reports to

allow NOAA to track activities and their

impact on the environment.

II. Method of Collection

The requirements are contained in 15

CFR 970. No forms are used.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648–0145.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Regular Submission.

Affected Public: Businesses and other

for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.

Estimated Time Per Response: An

annual report is expected to take about

20 hours. An application would take

from 2,000–4,000 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 40 hours (no applications have

been received for a number of years and

none are expected).

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.

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: April 17, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

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BILLING CODE 3510–08

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council and the New

England Fishery Management Council

will hold a Joint Dogfish Committee

meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Friday, May 8, 1998, from 10:00 a.m.

until 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at

the Holiday Inn Logan Airport, 225

McLellan Highway, E. Boston, MA;

telephone: 617–569–5250.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher Moore, Ph.D., Acting

Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic

Fishery Management Council;

telephone: 302–674–2331, ext. 16.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this meeting is to establish

qualifying criteria for limited access

permits, adopt the definition of

overfishing, discuss stock rebuilding

strategies, and adopt draft management

measures.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Committee for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal action during this meeting.

Action will be restricted to those issues

specifically identified in the agenda

listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at the Mid-Atlantic

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days

prior to the meeting date.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–10727 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 041698D]

North Pacific Fishery Management

Council (Council); Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of committee meetings.

SUMMARY: The Council’s Vessel Bycatch

Accountability (VBA) Committee and

the newly-established Halibut Bycatch

Mortality Avoidance Program (HMAP)

and Individual Vessel Checklist

Program (IVCP) Committees have

scheduled meetings for May 13–15,

1998, in Seattle, WA.

DATES: The VBA Committee will meet

Wednesday, May 13, 1998, between 8:00

a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

The HMAP Committee will meet

beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday,

May 14, 1998, with the IVCP Committee

beginning later that same day. The

meeting will conclude at noon on

Friday, May 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at

the Nordby Conference Center, Suite A,

Fishermen’s Terminal, 1711 West

Nickerson, Seattle, WA.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Witherell, telephone: 907–271–

2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The VBA

Committee will continue work to

finalize options for analysis of a