34852 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 123 / Friday, June 26, 1998 / Notices

2:30 p.m.—Summarization and Action

Items

3:00 p.m.—Adjourn

This meeting will be open to the

public.

Dated: June 22, 1998.

Elbert W. Friday, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and

Atmospheric Research.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 062298A]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a

scientific research permit (1160).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Washington Department of Fish and

Wildlife at Vancouver, WA (WDFW) has

applied in due form for a permit that

would authorize takes of an ESA-listed

anadromous fish species for the purpose

of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on this application

must be received on or before July 27,

1998.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review in

the following offices, by appointment:

Protected Resources Division (PRD),

F/NWO3, 525 NE Oregon Street, Suite

500, Portland, OR 97232–4169 (503–

230–5400); and

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3226 (301–713–

1401).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing should be submitted to

the Chief, PRD, in Portland, OR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Koch, PRD (503–230–5424).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WDFW

requests a permit under the authority of

section 10 of the Endangered Species

Act (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531–1543) and

the NMFS regulations governing ESAlisted fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR

parts 217-227).

WDFW requests a 5-year permit

(1160) that would authorize annual

takes of adult and juvenile, threatened,

lower Columbia River steelhead

(Oncorhynchus mykiss) associated with

scientific research designed to monitor

steelhead genetic and biological

parameters in the Wind River Basin in

WA. The monitoring effort is an integral

part of the Wind River Watershed

Project, a federally funded watershed

recovery program intended to rebuild

depressed populations of Wind River

summer steelhead. The scientific

research is essential to contain risks

associated with conservation actions

proposed in the Wind River and to

detect both desired and unintended

consequences. ESA-listed adult fish are

proposed to be observed/harassed

during redd counts and snorkel surveys.

ESA-listed adult fish are also proposed

to be captured, handled (examined,

sampled for tissues and/or scales, and/

or marked/tagged), and released. ESAlisted juvenile fish are proposed to be

observed during snorkel surveys or

captured, handled (examined, sampled

for tissues and/or scales, and/or

marked/tagged), and released. ESAlisted juvenile fish indirect mortalities

associated with the scientific research

activities are also requested.

To date, protective regulations for

threatened lower Columbia River

steelhead under section 4(d) of the ESA

have not been promulgated by NMFS.

This notice of receipt of an application

requesting takes of this species is issued

as a precaution in the event that NMFS

issues protective regulations that

prohibit takes of lower Columbia River

steelhead. The initiation of a 30-day

public comment period on the

application, including its proposed

takes of lower Columbia River

steelhead, does not presuppose the

contents of the eventual protective

regulations. Those individuals

requesting a hearing on this application

should set out the specific reasons why

a hearing would be appropriate (see

ADDRESSES). The holding of such a

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in the above application

summary are those of the applicant and

do not necessarily reflect the views of

NMFS.

Dated: June 22, 1998.

Patricia A. Montanio,

Deputy Director, Office of Protected

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Availability of Invention for

Licensing; Government Owned

Invention

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are assigned to the United States

Government as represented by the

Secretary of the Navy and are available

for licensing by the Department of the

Navy.

Patent Application entitled ‘‘Force

Discrimination Assay,’’ filed January 20,

1998, Navy Case No. 78183.

Patent Application entitled

‘‘Apparatus and Method for Measuring

Intermolecular Interactions By Atomic

Force Microscopy,’’ filed May 8, 1998,

Navy Case No. 78838.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

patent applications cited should be

directed to the Office of Naval Research,

ONR 00CC, Ballston Tower One, 800

North Quincy Street, Arlington, Virginia

22217–5660, and must include the Navy

Case numbers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

R. J. Erickson, Staff Patent Attorney,

Office of Naval Research, ONR 00CC,

Ballston Tower One, 800 North Quincy

Street, Arlington, Virginia 22217–5660,

telephone (703) 696–4001.

(Authority: 35 U.S C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404)

Matthew G. Shirley,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Closed Meeting of the Naval Research

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Naval Research Advisory

Committee Panel on Information

Technology Interoperaility will meet to

assess technologies and interoperability

implications associated with

information transfer and interaction

among systems as well as between

systems, especially among and between

NATO and coalition forces. All sessions

of this meeting will be closed to the

public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Tuesday, July 7, 1998 from 8:00 a.m. to
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5:30 p.m., and on Wednesday, July 8,

1998 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, 9500

Godwin Drive, Building 250, Room

1GG18, Manassas, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Mason-Muir, Program Director,

Naval Research Advisory Committee,

800 North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA

22217–5660, telephone number (703)

696–6769.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice of meeting is provided in

accordance with the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App. 2). All sessions of the

meeting will be devoted to briefings and

discussions involving technical

examination of information related to

interoperability among and between

command, control, communications,

computers and information systems/

combat systems. These briefings and

discussions will contain classified

information that is specifically

authorized under criteria established by

Executive Order to be kept secret in the

interest of national defense and are in

fact properly classified pursuant to such

Executive Order. The classified and

non-classified matters to be discussed

are so inextricably intertwined as to

preclude opening any portion of the

meeting. In accordance with 5 U.S.C.

App. 2, section 10(d), the Secretary of

the Navy has determined in writing that

the public interest requires that all

sessions of the meeting be closed to the

public because they will be concerned

with matters listed in 5 U.S.C. section

552b(c)(1).

Matthews G. Shirley,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the submission for OMB review as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before July 27,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, D.C. 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Acting Deputy

Chief Information Officer, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests prior to submission

of these requests to OMB. Each

proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary

of the collection; (4) Description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) Respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB invites public comment at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

Dated: June 22, 1998.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Vocational and Adult

Education

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Progress Measures.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 1,157

Burden Hours: 11,000

Abstract: The National School-toWork Office collects information from

funded local partnerships (n=1,157) to

gather evidence on state and local

progress in implementing school-towork. Data elements include student,

school, and employer involvement in

school-to-work; graduation and

postsecondary transition rates for

students; and funds leveraged by

partnerships to sustain their school-towork systems. Information is used to

provide an annual school-to-work report

to Congress, as well as to building

state’s capacity to collect and analyze

information for their own system

improvement purposes.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Report of Children with

Disabilities Exiting Special Education

During the 1998–99 School Year.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t; SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 58

Burden Hours: 53,244

Abstract: This package provides

instructions and a form necessary for

States to report the number of students

aged 14 and older served under the

Individuals with Disabilities Education

Act (IDEA–B) exiting special education.

The form satisfies reporting

requirements and is used by the Office

of Special Education Programs to

monitor state educational agencies and

for Congressional reporting.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Reinstatement

Title: Report of Children with

Disabilities Receiving Special Education

under Part B of Individuals with

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), As

Amended.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t; SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 58.

Burden Hours: 30,624.

Abstract: This package provides

instructions and a form necessary for

States to report the number of children

with disabilities served under IDEA-B

receiving special education and related