34850 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 123 / Friday, June 26, 1998 / Notices

III. Data

OMB Number: 0640–0002.

Type of Review: Regular.

Burden: 5,000.

Affected Public: Individuals, State or

local government, Federal agencies, and

profit and non-profit institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

20,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 15

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 5,000.

Estimated Total Annual Cost Per

Respondent: $0—no capital

expenditures are necessary to respond.

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.

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: June 22, 1998.

Wilson D. Haigler,

Chief, Management Control Division, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–17044 Filed 6–25–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–21–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Solicitation for Sea Grant Review

Panelists

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, Office of

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

(OAR), National Sea Grant Review

Panel.

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Sea

Grant Review Panelists.

SUMMARY: This notice responds to

Section 209(c) of the National Sea Grant

College Program Act, 33 U.S.C. 1128,

which requires the Secretary of

Commerce to solicit nominations for

membership on the Sea Grant Review

Panel at least once a year. This advisory

committee provides advice on the

implementation of the National Sea

Grant College Program.

DATES: Resumes should be sent to the

address specified and must be received

on or before July 27, 1998.

ADDRESS: Dr. Ronald C. Baird, Director;

National Sea Grant College Program;

1315 East-West Highway, Room 11716;

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Ronald Baird of the National Sea

Grant College Program at the address

given above; telephone (301) 713–2448

or fax number (301) 713–1031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

209 of the Act establishes a Sea Grant

Review Panel to advise the Secretary of

Commerce, the Under Secretary for

Oceans and Atmosphere, and the

Director of the National Sea Grant

College Program on the implementation

of the Sea Grant Program. The panel

provides advice of such matters as:

(a) The Sea Grant Fellowship

Program;

(b) Applications or proposals for, and

performance under, grants and contracts

award under section 205 and section

205 of the Sea Grant Program

Improvement Act of 1976 as amended

(33 U.S.C. 1124);

(c) The designation and operation of

sea grant colleges and sea grant

institutes; and the operation of the sea

grant program;

(d) The formulation and application

of the planning guidelines and priorities

under section 204(a) and (c)(1) (33

U.S.C. 1123 (a) and (c)(1)); and

(e) Such other matters as the Secretary

refers to the panel for review and

advice.

The Panel is to consist of 15 voting

members composed as follows: Not less

than eight of the voting members of the

panel should be individuals who, by

reason of knowledge, experience, or

training, are especially qualified in one

or more of the disciplines and fields

included in marine science. The other

voting members shall be individuals

who by reason of knowledge,

experience, or training, are especially

qualified in, or representative of,

education, extension service, state

government, industry, economics,

planning, or any other activity which is

appropriate to, and important for, any

effort to enhance the understanding,

assessment, development, utilization, or

conservation of ocean and coastal

resources. No individual is eligible to be

a voting member of the panel if the

individual is (a) the director of a sea

grant college, sea grant regional

consortium, or sea grant program, (b) an

applicant for or beneficiary (as

determined by the Secretary) of any

grant or contract under Section 205 (33

U.S.C. 1124) or (c) a full-time officer or

employee of the United States. The

Director of the National sea grant

College Program and one Director of a

sea grant Program also serve as nonvoting members. Positions on the panel

will become vacant during 1998.

Candidates who are selected to fill these

vacancies will be appointed for a 3-year

term.

Dated: June 22, 1998.

Elbert W. Friday, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and

Atmospheric Research.

[FR Doc. 98–16986 Filed 6–25–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–12–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 042398D]

Vessel Registration and Fisheries

Information System

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Sustainable Fisheries

Act, passed in October 1996, added

various amendments to the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens

Act). Section 401 of the MagnusonStevens Act requires the Secretary of

Commerce (Secretary) to deliver an

implementation plan for a national

fishing vessel registration and fisheries

information system (System) in a Report

to Congress. NMFS has developed, in

consultation with interested parties, a

draft of the implementation plan.

DATES: Written comments on the

implementation plan must be received

on or before August 25, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments

concerning this notice to: Fisheries

Statistics and Economic Division (F/

ST1), National Marine Fisheries Service,

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,

MD 20910; (301) 713–2328; fax (301)

713–4137. The implementation plan is

available for public comment by mail

from the address here, or in electronic

form (pdf format) via the world wide

web at http://www.nmfs.gov/sfa.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Holliday, (301) 713–2328.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

401 of the Magnuson-Stevens Act,

amended in 1996, directs the Secretary