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information displays a current valid

OMB control number.

(13) The total dollar amount of the

indirect costs proposed in an

application under this program must not

exceed the indirect cost rate negotiated

and approved by a cognizant Federal

agency prior to the proposed effective

date of the award or 100 percent of the

total proposed direct costs dollar

amount in the application, whichever is

less.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

number is 11.115.

Dated: July 20, 1998.

E. Vivian Spathopoulos,

Deputy Director, US&FCS/Russia—NIS

Program Office.

[FR Doc. 98–19620 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 071598E]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council will convene a

public meeting of the Reef Fish Stock

Assessment Panel (RFSAP).

DATES: This meeting will begin at 8:30

a.m. on Tuesday, August 4 and

conclude by 12:00 noon on Thursday,

August 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science

Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami,

FL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Atran, Population Dynamics

Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619; telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Reef

Fish Stock Assessment Panel members

will meet to review the NMFS Gulf of

Mexico gag stock assessment that was

prepared in October 1997. The RFSAP

conducted a preliminary review of this

assessment in October 1997, but was

unable to complete the review due to

insufficient time.

The RFSAP will also review a new

Gulf of Mexico vermilion snapper stock

assessment by NMFS, and will

recommend a range of allowable

biological catch (ABC) to prevent

overfishing from occurring. Vermilion

snapper in the Gulf of Mexico were

identified by NMFS in its September

1997 Report to Congress on the Status

of Fisheries of the United States as a

stock that is approaching an overfished

condition. A stock is considered to be

approaching an overfished condition if,

based on trends in fishing effort, fishery

resource size, and other appropriate

factors, NMFS estimates that the fishery

will become overfished within two

years. As a result of this designation, the

Council is required to take action within

one year to prevent overfishing from

occurring in the fishery.

In addition to reviewing the stock

assessments, the RFSAP may review

overfishing definitions and proxies for

maximum sustainable yield (MSY) for

gag and vermilion snapper, as required

under the Sustainable Fisheries Act of

1996.

Copies of the agenda can be obtained

by calling 813–228–2815.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before the

Panel/Committee 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 the agenda

listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by July 28, 1998.

Dated: July 16, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–19512 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

National Weather Service; Notice of

Opportunity for Public Comment on

the Strategic Network Plan

AGENCY: National Weather Service

(NWS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice and Opportunity for

Public Comment on the Strategic

Network Plan.

SUMMARY: The NWS is announcing its

interest in obtaining public comments

on its future networking plans.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until

September 21, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the

Strategic Network Plan should be made

via the Internet at: http://

www.nws.noaa.gov/snp. The following

is the sequence of steps: access the

Internet at the above address; register

your organization as directed at the

Internet site; receive a password from

the NWS; review the Strategic Network

Plan; submit your comments via the

Internet to michael.sikorski@noaa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael T. Sikorski at 301–713–

1737x221.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Systems Operations of the NWS has

recently completed a review of existing

and planned NWS data communication

networks and current and anticipated

data distribution requirements and has

developed a preliminary strategy for

accomplishing future integration of

these networks, including the central

collection of radar data. The NWS is

interested in obtaining outside

comments on its networking plans for

the future. Accordingly, interested

parties are invited to review preliminary

NWS plans and offer their views and

suggestions on future networking

directions that the NWS should

consider.

Dated: July 16, 1998.

John J. Kelly, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator for Weather Services.

[FR Doc. 98–19543 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–12–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 071498B]

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Mr. Dan Engelhaupt, 9195 Jamaica

Beach, Galveston, TX 77554, has

applied in due form for a permit to take

several species of cetaceans for purposes

of scientific research.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments

must be received on or before August

21, 1998.