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contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

committee meetings, agency decisions and

rulings, delegations of authority, filing of

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examples of documents appearing in this

section.

Notices Federal Register

31198

Vol. 63, No. 109

Monday, June 8, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Designation Amendment for Kansas

To Provide Official Services in the

Denver (CO) Area

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA),

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Kansas Grain Inspection

Service, Inc’s. (Kansas), designation has

been amended to include Colorado, and

parts of Nebraska and Wyoming.

DATE: Effective on June 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M.

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance

Division, STOP 3604, 1400

Independence Ave. S.W., Washington,

DC 20250–3604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart, telephone 202–720–8525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

action has been reviewed and

determined not to be a rule or regulation

as defined in Executive Order 12866

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1;

therefore, the Executive Order and

Departmental Regulation do not apply

to this action.

In the July 21, 1997, Federal Register

(62 FR 38971), GIPSA announced the

designation of Kansas to provide official

inspection services under the Act,

effective September 1, 1997, and ending

August 31, 2000. Subsequently, Kansas

asked GIPSA to amend their designation

to include official services in Colorado

and in parts of Nebraska and Wyoming,

due to the purchase of the formerly

designated corporation, Denver Grain

Inspection. Section 7A(c)(2) of the Act

authorizes GIPSA’s Administrator to

designate authority to perform official

services within a specified geographic

area, if such agency is qualified under

Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act. GIPSA

evaluated all available information

regarding the designation criteria in

Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act, and

determined that Kansas is qualified.

GIPSA is announcing the change in

Kansas’ assigned geographic area, and

that Kansas is the officially designated

service provider in Colorado, and in

parts of Nebraska and Wyoming. The

Kansas designation now includes the

following geographic area, in the States

of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and

Wyoming:

The entire State of Colorado.

The entire State of Kansas.

In Nebraska:

Bounded on the North by the northern

Scotts Bluff County line; the northern

Morrill County line east to Highway

385;

Bounded on the East by Highway 385

south to the northern Cheyenne County

line; the northern and eastern Cheyenne

County lines; the northern and eastern

Deuel County lines;

Bounded on the South by the

southern Deuel, Cheyenne, and Kimball

County lines; and

Bounded on the West by the western

Kimball, Banner, and Scotts Bluff

County lines.

In Wyoming:

Goshen, Laramie, and Platte Counties.

Kansas’ assigned geographic area does

not include the following grain elevators

inside Kansas’ area which have been

and will continue to be serviced by the

following official agency: Hastings Grain

Inspection, Inc.: Farmers Coop, and Big

Springs Elevator, both in Big Springs,

Deuel County, Nebraska.

Effective June 1, 1998, and

terminating August 31, 2000 (the end of

Kansas’ designation to provide official

inspection services), Kansas’ present

geographic area is amended to include

Colorado, and parts of Nebraska and

Wyoming. Official services may be

obtained by contacting Kansas at 913–

296–3451.

Authority: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.).

Dated: June 2, 1998.

Neil E. Porter,

Director, Compliance Division.

[FR Doc. 98–15111 Filed 6–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Bear Creek Watershed, Winneshiek

and Allamakee Counties, IA and

Houston and Fillmore Counties, MN

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969; the Council of

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR Part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Regulations (7 CFR Part 650); the

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gives

notice that an environmental impact

statement is not being prepared for the

Bear Creek Watershed, Winneshiek and

Allamakee Counties,, Iowa and Houston

and Fillmore Counties, Minnesota.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leroy Brown, State conservationist,

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

210 Walnut Street, Suite 693, Des

Moines, Iowa, 50309–2180, telephone

515/284–4260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment of this

federally assisted action indicates that

the project will not cause significant

local, regional, or national impacts on

the environment. As a result of these

findings, Leroy Brown, State

Conservationist, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement are not

needed for this project.

The project purposes are flood control

and watershed protection. The planned

works of improvement included 52

floodwater retarding dams, land

treatment and accelerated technical

assistance for land treatment.

The Notice of a Finding Of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) has been

forwarded to the Environmental

Protection Agency and to various

Federal, State, and local agencies and

interested parties. A limited number of

copies of the FONSI are available to fill

single copy requests at the above

address. Basic data developed during

the environmental assessment are on

file and may be reviewed by contacting

Leroy Brown.
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 109 / Monday, June 8, 1998 / Notices 31199

No administrative action on

implementation of the proposal will be

taken until 30 days after the date of this

publication in the Federal Register.

Dennis J. Pate,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 98–15080 Filed 6–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary

United States Department of

Commerce Complaint of Employment

Discrimination; and United States

Department of Commerce Complaint of

Employment Discrimination for the

Decennial Census; Proposed

Information Collection

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506 (c) (2) (A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 7, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeir, Departmental

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 Ms. Kathy Hawker,

Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, room H 7840,

Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

This notice covers two forms used by

the Department of Commerce in

collecting information regarding

complaints of discrimination. The first

form will be used by permanent

employees and applicants for

employment at the Department of

Commerce. The second form is already

in use under an OMB emergency

approval. It will be used solely by

temporary employees and applicants for

temporary employment with the Bureau

of the Census during its Decennial

operations. Both forms will be used for

filing formal complaint of

discrimination. Further, both forms

allow us to gather reliable data and aids

in determining whether the complaint

meets all procedural and jurisdictional

requirements for acceptance. This

determination needs to be done in a

timely and efficient manner in order to

meet the regulatory time frames

established by the Equal Employment

Opportunities Commission (EEOC). The

forms also provide complainants with

an easy to use form that asks for all of

the basic information needed in a formal

EEO complaint.

II. Method of Collection

Written submission.

III. Data

OMB Number(s): 0690–0015.

Form Number(s): CD–498A and CD

498.

Type of Review: Regular submission,

with change.

Affected Public: Permanent

employees and applicants for

employment with the Department of

Commerce. Temporary employees and

applicants for employment with the

Bureau of the Census for the Decennial

Census.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

300 per year for the Departmental

Complaint Form and 400 per year for

the Decennial Census Form.

Estimated Time Per Response: Both

forms take approximately 30 minutes to

complete.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 350 hours (150 hours for the

Departmental Complaint Form and 200

hours for the Decennial Census Form.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0 (no

capital expenditures are required).

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 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 will also become a matter of public

record.

Dated: June 2, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–15070 Filed 6–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–BP–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DOC)

has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: Patent and Trademark Office

(PTO).

Title: Trademark Processing.

Agency Form Numbers: PTO Forms

1478, 1478(a), 4.8, 4.9, 1553, 1581, 205/

209, 4.13a, and 4–17a (existing paper

forms and electronic forms).

OMB Approval Number: 0651–0009.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 110,427 hours.

Number of Respondents: 343,698.

Avg. Hours Per Response: The time to

respond ranges from 10 to 45 minutes.

The existing paper forms take from 15

to 45 minutes, while the electronic

forms take from 12 to 18 minutes.

Needs and Uses: This collection of

information is required by the

Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051, et. seq.,

which provides for the Federal

registration of trademarks, service

marks, collective trademarks and service

marks, collective membership marks,

and certification marks. Any individual

or business owning a valid trademark or

service mark, who use or intend to use

their marks in commerce regulable by

the U.S. Congress, may apply to by

federally register its mark. The mark

will remain on the register for ten years;

however, the registration can be

canceled by the Patent and Trademark

Office (PTO) if the owner does not file

an affidavit attesting to the continued

use (or excusable non-use) of the mark

in commerce between the fifth and sixth

years following the issuance of the

registration. The registration may be

renewed for periods of ten years.

The PTO administers the Trademark

Act pursuant to 37 CFR part 2, which

contains the rules that implement the

Trademark Act. These rules mandate

that each register entry contain the

mark; the goods and/or services that the

mark is used in connection with;

identifying ownership information;

dates of use; and certain other