40104 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 143 / Monday, July 27, 1998 / Notices

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

August 11, 1998, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00

p.m.

The Habitat Committee, Coral and

Habitat & Environmental Protection

Advisory Panels will hear an overview

of the development of the Council’s

actions to meet the requirements of the

Sustainable Fisheries Act regarding

essential fish habitat, bycatch,

overfishing and fishingcommunities,

and an overview of further necessary

action to meet these requirements,

review comments received during

public hearing and informal review

comments on the Council’s Habitat Plan

and Habitat Comprehensive

Amendment and the Sustainable

Fisheries Act Amendment,and Review

and provide advisory panel and

committee comments on the Draft

Calico Scallop Fishery Management

Plan.

August 12, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00

p.m.

The committee and advisory panels

will review and provide comments to

the Council on the following Council

documents: the Draft Sargassum Plan,

the Draft Habitat Plan, the Draft Habitat

Amendment, and the Sustainable

Fisheries Act Amendment. The advisory

panels will then develop final advisory

panel recommendations on these

documents to the Council.

August 13, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00

noon

The committee and advisory panels

will meet to develop final committee

recommendations to the Council

regarding the aforementioned

documents in this Notice, and discuss

other business.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before these

groups 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 this notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to the Council office

(see ADDRESSES) by August 4,1998.

Dated: July 20, 1998.

Gary C. Matlock,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–19991 Filed 7–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 071598B]

Marine Mammals; File No. 782–1455

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Permit No. 782–1455, issued to Dr.

Douglas P. DeMaster, Director, National

Marine Mammal Laboratory, National

Marine Fisheries Service, 7600 Sand

Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1,

Seattle, WA 98115–0070, was amended.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289);

Regional Administrator, Alaska

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, NOAA, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau,

AK 99802–1668 (907/586–7221; and

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean

Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA

90802–4213.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara

Shapiro or Ruth Johnson, 301/713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject amendment has been issued

under the authority of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

provisions of § 216.39 of the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),

the provisions of § 222.25 of the

regulations governing the taking,

importing, and exporting of endangered

fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222), and

the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended

(16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).

The amendment authorizes the

National Marine Mammal Laboratory to

obtain and maintain northern fur seal

(Callorhinus ursinus) scientific

specimens collected from the native

subsistence harvest, authorizes

harassment of northern fur seals while

collecting/necropsying dead pups

throughout the duration of the Permit,

and changes the due date of the annual

reports from December 31 to March 31

every year the permit is active.

Issuance of this permit, as required by

the ESA, was based on a finding that

such permit (1) was applied for in good

faith, (2) will not operate to the

disadvantage of the endangered species

which is the subject of this permit, and

(3) is

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA.

Dated: July 20, 1998.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–19988 Filed 7–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. 980713169–8167–01]

Dissemination of Patent and

Trademark Information on the PTO’s

Web Site

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice and request for public

comments.

SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark

Office (PTO) plans to expand the

searchable database offerings on its

World-Wide Web (Web) site by adding

additional patent data and by including

trademark data. This expansion will

provide Web access to the full text of

patents granted since 1976 and to the

trademark text data for registered and

pending marks. The PTO also plans to

incorporate patent and trademark image

data and trademark data for inactive

marks as part of its expanded Web

offering. The PTO requests public

comments on its decision to expand its

Web site offerings.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written

comments must be submitted on or

before August 26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the

Commissioner of Patents and

Trademarks, Attention: Wesley H.

Gewehr, Administrator for Information

Dissemination, Crystal Park 3, Suite

451, Washington, DC 20231; or fax to

703–306–2737; or e-mail to

jane.myers@uspto.gov. Comments will

be available for public inspection in the

Office of Electronic Information

Products, Crystal Park 3, Suite 441, 2231

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

S. Myers, Office of Electronic

Information Products, by telephone at

703–306–2600; by fax at 703–306–2737;