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II. Method of Collection

Final reports must be submitted in

electronic form unless an exemption is

granted. The other documentation is in

paper form.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648–0135.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected public: Not-for-profit

institutions, business or other for-profit

organizations, individuals or

households, and state, local, or tribal

government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

210.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour

for a project summary form, 1 hour for

a budget form, 2.5 hours for a semiannual report, and 13 hours for a final

report.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 985.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $0.

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.

Dated: April 24, 2001.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–10659 Filed 4–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D.041801A]

Marine Mammals; File No.782-1613

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

The National Marine Mammal

Laboratory, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point

Way, N.E., Seattle, Washington 98115-

0070, has been issued a permit to take

California sea lions (Zalophus

californianus), harbor seals (Phoca

vitulina), and northern elephant seals

(Mirounga angustirostris), and to

incidentally harass northern fur seals

(Callorhinus ursinus) for purposes of

scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-

2289).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tammy Adams or Ruth Johnson, 301/

713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 14, 2001, notice was published

in the Federal Register (66 FR 10272)

that a request for a scientific research

permit to take California sea lions

(Zalophus californianus), harbor seals

(Phoca vitulina), and northern elephant

seals (Mirounga angustirostris), and to

incidentally harass northern fur seals

(Callorhinus ursinus) had been

submitted by the above-named

organization. The requested permit has

been issued under the authority of the

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,

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

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

part 216), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966,

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

Dated: April 24, 2001.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–10656 Filed 4–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 041801D]

Pacific 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 Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC) will hold a workshop to review

market squid stock assessment methods.

DATES: The workshop is scheduled for

Monday, May 14, 2001, from 8 a.m to

5 p.m.; Tuesday, May 15, 2001, from 8

a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, May 16,

2001, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and

Thursday, May 17, 2001, from 8 a.m.

until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science

Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La

Jolla, CA 92038.

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Dan Waldeck, Pacific Fishery

Management Council, (503) 326–6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A

workshop will be held to review market

squid stock assessment methods. The

workshop is, in part, to address

disapproved provisions in the Council’s

Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Fishery

Management Plan (FMP); specifically,

maximum sustainable yield (MSY) for

market squid. Since the development of

the FMP, research conducted on squid

life history along with enhanced fishery

data (port sampling and logbooks) have

provided significant new information. A

principal goal of the stock assessment

review (STAR) is to integrate the

ongoing squid research into the

Council’s CPS FMP. Terms of reference

for the STAR Panel address the MSY

issue as well as control rules for

practical management of the squid

fishery.

Draft Agenda

Monday, May 14, 2001

A. Welcome, introductions, and

logistics.

B. Review terms of reference and

agenda. Assignment of rapporteurs.

C. Presentation of working papers.

Lunch

D. Presentation of working papers–

continued.

E. Discussion of recent biological

findings as they relate to stock

assessment and management (Section 2

of the STAR Panel Report).

F. Requests for additional information

and/or data from working paper authors

(as necessary).