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contains documents other than rules or

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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 63, No. 144

Tuesday, July 28, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Willamette Provincial Interagency

Executive Committee (PIEC), Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Willamette PIEC

Advisory Committee will meet at 9:00

a.m. on Thursday, August 13, 1998, at

the Sweet Home Ranger District Office;

3225 Highway 20; Sweet Home, Oregon

97836; phone: 541/367–5168.

The Advisory Committee meeting will

be a field trip on the Willamette

National Forest (NF) and the Salem

District of the BLM. The trip will begin

at 9:00 a.m. and will return to Sweet

Home by 4:00 p.m. The focus of the

field trip is adaptive management.

Tentative stops include young stand

studies on BLM lands and commercial

thinnings in Late Successional Reserves

on the Willamette NF.

The public is welcome to attend, but

will have to provide their own

transportation to the field sites. Maps

and an itinerary of the travel route and

stops will be available at the beginning

of the trip. There will not be a specific

public forum; however, public

comments and participation will be

provided for during the day. Written

comments may be submitted prior to the

meeting by sending them to Designated

Federal Official Neal Forrester at the

address given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

more information regarding this meeting

and field trip, contact Designated

Federal Official Neal Forrester,

Willamette National Forest, 211 East

Seventh Avenue; Eugene, Oregon 97401;

(541) 465–6924.

Dated: July 22, 1998.

Darrel L. Kenops,

Williamette Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 98–20083 Filed 7–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Proposed Addition

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed Addition to

Procurement List.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received a

proposal to add to the Procurement List

a commodity to be furnished by

nonprofit agencies employing persons

who are blind or have other severe

disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: August 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a) (2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

action.

If the Committee approves the

proposed addition, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the commodity listed below

from nonprofit agencies employing

persons who are blind or have other

severe disabilities.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

commodity to the Government.

2. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity to the Government.

3. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodity

proposed for addition to the

Procurement List. Comments on this

certification are invited. Commenters

should identify the statement(s)

underlying the certification on which

they are providing additional

information.

The following commodity has been

proposed for addition to Procurement

List for production by the nonprofit

agency listed: Compact Disc,

Recordable, (Requirements for U.S.

Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado),

NPA: North Central Sight Services,

Willamsport, Pennsylvania.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 98–20160 Filed 7–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–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 USC Chapter 35).

Agency: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Alaska Region Logbook Family

of Forms.

Agency Form Number(s): None.

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0213.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 46,610 hours.

Number of Respondents: 1,336 (with

multiple responses).

Avg. Hours Per Response: Ranges

between 3 and 35 minutes depending on

the requirement.

Needs and Uses: Under the authority

of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation

and Management Act, Regional Fishery

Management Councils develop fishery

management plans (FMPs) to conserve

and manage marine resources.

Participants in the groundfish fisheries
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of the Exclusive Economic Zone off

Alaska must submit information about

their fishing or processing activities.

The information is placed in a database

used for monitoring and management of

fisheries as well as for the enforcement

of fisheries regulations.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations, individuals.

Frequency: Weekly, monthly, other,

recordkeeping.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,

(202) 395–3897.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

Room 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk

Officer, Room 10202, New Executive

Office Building, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: July 22, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–20069 Filed 7–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Annual Capital Expenditures Survey

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 September 28,

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 Charles Funk, Bureau of

the Census, Room 1285, FB #3,

Washington, DC 20233, Telephone (301)

457–3324.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau plans the

continuing information collection for

the 1998 Annual Capital Expenditures

Survey (ACES). The annual survey

collects data on fixed assets and

depreciation, sales and receipts, and

capital expenditures for new and used

structures and equipment. The ACES is

the sole source of detailed

comprehensive statistics on actual

business spending by domestic, private,

nonfarm businesses operating in the

United States.

The major change from the previous

ACES is the collection of detailed

capital expenditures by type of structure

and type of equipment for the 1998

ACES from employer companies.

Beginning with the 1998 ACES, type of

structures and type of equipment data

are collected together once every five

years. These data are critical to evaluate

the comprehensiveness of capital

expenditures statistics collected in years

for which type of structures and

equipment detail are not collected. The

detailed structures data will provide a 5-

year benchmark for estimates of new

construction put in place. The detailed

equipment data will provide a periodic

measure of expenditures by type of

equipment and assist in evaluating

estimates of Producer’s Durable

Equipment in nonresidential fixed

investment. Negotiations are currently

taking place with data users on the

extent of detailed type of structures and

type of equipment data to be collected.

Actual business spending will be

collected from employer and

nonemployer businesses. Business

spending data are used to evaluate the

quality of estimates of gross domestic

product, develop monetary policy,

analyze business asset depreciation, and

improve estimates of capital stock for

productivity analysis. Industry analysts

use these data for market analysis,

economic forecasting, identifying

business opportunities, product

development, and business planning.

II. Method of Collection

The Census Bureau will use mail out/

mail back survey forms to collect data.

Companies will be asked to respond to

the survey within 30 days of the initial

mailing. Respondent companies are

permitted to respond via facsimile

machine using our toll-free number.

Letters and/or telephone calls

encouraging participation will be

directed to respondents that have not

responded by the designated time.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0782.

Form Number: ACE–1 (Sent to

employer companies reporting payroll

to the Internal Revenue Service) and

ACE–2 (Sent to nonemployer

businesses).

Type of Review: Regular Review.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations, non-profit

institutions, small businesses or

organizations, and self-employed

individuals.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

46,000 (32,000 employer companies,

and 14,000 nonemployer businesses).

Estimated Time Per Response: The

average for all respondents is 3.815

hours. For companies completing form

ACE–1, the range is 2 to 28 hours,

averaging 5 hours. For companies

completing form ACE–2, the range is

less than 1 hour to 2 hours, averaging

1 hour.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: The total annual burden for

fiscal year 1999 is estimated to be

175,490 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

total cost to all respondents is estimated

to be $2,323,576. This cost is calculated

by multiplying the annual burden hours

(175,490) by the Bureau of Labor

Statistics’ 1996 estimate ($523 for a 39.5

hour work week) for a private industry

entry level accountant.

Respondents’ Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13 United States

Code, Sections 182, 224, and 225.

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.