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information for 50 new projects for

1998.

III. Data

OMB Number: None.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular Submission.

Affected Public: State and Local

Government and Non-Profit Institutions.

Burden Hours Calculations/Reporting

The total estimated response burden

for the grant recipients that receive

TIIAP funding in FY 1998 is 8,400 hours

(the overall burden on any given grant

recipient would be approximately 168

hours (21 days) over their participation

in the TIIAP project). This estimate is

based on the following assumptions:

• Start-Up Documentation. Each of

the 50 initiatives will spend an average

of 40 hours on the following activities:

(accessing and learning the web-based

system: (2) developing answers to the

items; and (3) verifying the accuracy

and completeness of the data that are to

be submitted (50 projects × 40 hours

equals 2,000 hours).

• Quarterly Reports. Each of the 50

initiatives will spend an average of 8

hours developing answers to the items

contained in the quarterly report (50

projects × 8 hours × 10 quarterly reports

equals 4,000 hours).

• Annual Reports. Each of the 50

initiatives will spend an average of 4

hours developing answers to the items

contained in the annual report (50

projects × 4 hours × 2 reports equals 400

hours).

• Final Closeout Reports. Each of the

50 initiatives will spend an average of

40 hours developing answers to the

items contained in the final closeout

report (50 projects × 40 hours equals

2,000 hours).

Estimated Total Annual Cost: Cost to

respondents is consistent with their

normal administrative overhead. No

material or equipment will need to be

purchased to provide information.

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 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: July 28, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–20583 Filed 7–31–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–60–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 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: Patent and Trademark Office

(PTO).

Title: Patent Application

Bibliographic Data Entry Format

(Proposed Addition to the Initial Patent

Application).

Form Numbers: None.

OMB Approval Number: 0651–0032.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 1,915,500 hours.

Number of Respondents: 243,100.

Avg. Hours Per Response: The PTO

estimates that it will take an average of

7.88 hours to complete a patent

application using the Patent Application

Data Entry Format. This figure is an

average based on the number of each

type of application received by the PTO

per year times the amount of time that

it takes an applicant to complete each

type of application. This total is then

divided by the total number of

applications submitted per year. The

bibliographic takes approximately 12

minutes to complete.

Needs and Uses: The Patent and

Trademark Office (PTO) plans to accept

from applicants, on a voluntary basis,

papers containing the bibliographic

information for a patent application in

a specific format termed a ‘‘Patent

Application Data Entry Format.’’ This

format groups the bibliographic

information into different information

sections composed of headings and

labels. Providing the bibliographic

information for a patent application to

the PTO in the Patent Application Data

Entry Format will enable the PTO to

automate the data entry process for the

application. The purpose of the program

is three fold. First, the system will

improve the quality of Filing Receipt

information mailed by the PTO to

applicants. Second, the program will

provide the PTO with experience in

establishing a simplified system that

completely captures the bibliographic

information for all patent applications.

Third, the system will accurately and

directly feed this bibliographic

information into the Patent Application

Locating and Monitoring (PALM)

system, an automated electronic

information management system.

Although use of the Patent

Application Data Entry Format is

strictly voluntary, there are definite

benefits for applicants if they do submit

their bibliographic data in this format.

The applicant is benefited because it

takes less time to process a filing receipt

when the bibliographic information is

provided using the Patent Application

Data Entry Format.

It must also be noted that the Patent

Application Data Entry Format is not a

PTO form, but rather a specific format

that the public can use to submit their

bibliographic information. This format

may be created either by typing the

bibliographic information directly onto

blank sheets of paper in the specified

format (using a typewriter or word

processor), or by using electronic

templates in a word processor. Since

using the Patent Application Data Entry

Format is strictly voluntary, applicants

will be encouraged, but not required, to

provide bibliographic information in

this format.

When this program is implemented,

the PTO will provide a copy of the

Patent Application Data Entry Format

Guide for Preparing Bibliographic Data

for Electronic Capture to users who

request one. This user guide will

provide instructions for the format,

guidelines for a variety of requirements,

such as paper size, font, font sizes, etc.,

designed to minimize errors in the

scanning and text conversion, and

examples of various formats. The user

guide, as well as electronic templates of

the various formats for Microsoft Word

and WordPerfect word processing

programs, can be accessed by the public

on the PTO’s Internet Web site or by

requesting (by mail or telephone) a copy

from the PTO.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, farms,

federal government, and state, local, or

tribal governments.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein,

(202) 395–3785.
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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 to Maya

A. Bernstein, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10236, New Executive Office Building,

725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: July 28, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–20584 Filed 7–31–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Application of Cantor Financial

Futures Exchange as a Contract

Market in US Treasury Bond, Ten-Year

Note, Five-Year Note, and Two-Year

Note Futures Contracts

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading,

Commission

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, August 11,

1998, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C. Lobby Level Hearing Room located

at Room 1000.

STATUS: Open.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Commodity Futures Trading

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) will

convene a public meeting at which

interested members of the public may

appear before it to give oral and written

statements relating to the Commission’s

consideration of the application of

Cantor Financial Futures Exchange

(‘‘CFFE’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) to be

designated as a contract market for the

computer-based trading of US Treasury

bond, ten-year note, five-year note, and

two-year note futures contracts.

ADDRESSES: Requests to appear and

statements of interest should be mailed

to the Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21 Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20581, attention Office of the

Secretariat; transmitted by facsimile at

(202) 418–5521; or tarnsmitted

electronically to [secretary@cftc.gov].

Reference should be made to ‘‘Cantor

Financial Futures Exchange Meeting.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David P. Van Wagner, Special Counsel,

Division of Trading and Markets,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20581, Telephone number: (202)

418–5481; Electronic mail:

dvanwagner@cftc.gov; or contact Adam

E. Wernow, Attorney-Advisor; Division

of Trading and Markets, at the same

address, Telephone number: (202) 418–

5042, Electronic mail:

awernow@cftc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CFFE, a

New York not-for-profit corporation, has

applied to the Commission for

designation as a contract market for the

computer-based trading of US Treasury

bond, ten-year note, five-year note and

two-year note futures contracts. CFFE

has been formed pursuant to an

agreement between the New York

Cotton Exchange (‘‘NYCE’’) and CFFE,

LLC, a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald,

LP (‘‘Cantor’’). Under the agreement,

CFFE trading would be conducted on

the same trading system that another

Cantor subsidiary, Cantor Fitzgerald

Securities, LLC (‘‘CFS’’), currently

operates as an interdealer-broker in the

US Treasury securities market. CFFE’s

regulatory responsibilities would be

handled by NYCE. CFFE trades would

be cleared and settled by the

Commodity Clearing Corporation

(‘‘CCC‘’) which is wholly owned by

NYCE.

CFFE has not previously been

designated by the Commission as a

contract market in any commodity.

Accordingly, in addition to the terms

and conditions of the proposed futures

contracts, the Exchange has submitted

to the Commission a proposed tradematching algorthm; proposed rules

pertaining to CFFE governance,

disciplinary and arbitration procedures,

trading standards and recordkeeping

requirements; and various other

materials to meet the requirements for a

board of trade seeking initial

designation as a contract market.

Notice of CFFE’s application was

previously published on February 3,

1997 (63 FR 5505) for a comment period

ending on April 6, 1998. That comment

period was later extended until April

27, 1998 (63 FR 17823 (April 10, 1998)).

After the closing of that comment

period, the Exchange submitted to the

Commission additional materials which

revised or further explicated certain

features of its proposal. Accordingly, the

Commission published CFFE’s

application again on July 1, 1998 (63 FR

35912) for an additional comment

period ending July 16, 1998, so that the

public could review and comment on

the Exchange’s additional submissions.

The Commission is of the view that,

in addition to the receipt of written

comments, an opportunity for interested

members of the public to appear before

it will assist it in its consideration of

CFFE’s application and is in the public

interest. Accordingly, the Commission

will convene a public meeting on

August 11, 1998, for that purpose.

In its requests for comment, 63 FR

5505 (February 3, 1998), 63 FR 35912

(July 1, 1998), the Commission

described CFFE’s application, including

its provisions regarding CFFE’s

governance structure, trade matching

algorithm, compliance program, and

disciplinary and arbitration procedures.

Persons appearing before the

Commission are invited specifically to

address those, and any other aspects of

CFFE’s application for designation as a

new contract market, as well as CCC’s

proposal to serve as CFFE’s clearing

organization, and to provide relevant

factual data.

All individuals or organizations

wishing to appear before the

Commission should submit to the

Commission at the above address, by

August 6, 1998, a concise written

statement of interest and qualifications

and a brief written summary or abstract

of the content of his or her statement.

The Commission will invite a

representative number of individuals or

organizations to appear from those

submitting such statements. A

transcription of the meeting will be

made and entered into the

Commission’s public comment files.

Issued in Washington, D.C., this 30th day

of July, 1998.

By the Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

Catherine D. Dixon,

Assistant Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–20787 Filed 7–31–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Notice of Conference Calls To Provide

Technical Assistance to Organizations

Interested in Applying To Sponsor

AmeriCorps Promise Fellows

AGENCY: Corporation for National and

Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of pre-application

technical assistance conference calls.

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National

and Community Service (Corporation)

has scheduled two conference calls to

provide technical assistance to

organizations interested in applying to

sponsor AmeriCorps Promise Fellows.