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Meeting Dates and Agendas

Tuesday, May 15, 2001, 10 a.m.—Red

Crab Advisory Panel Meeting.

Location: Rossi’s Restaurant, 50 Water

Street, Mill #2, Newburyport, MA

01950; telephone: (978) 499–0240.

The Red Crab Advisors will elect a

chair and review Advisory Panel

operating procedures. The Advisors will

review proposed management measure

alternatives and provide input. The

Advisors will provide information on

the social, economic and operational

aspects of the red crab fishery.

Friday, May 18, 2001, 10 a.m.—

Scientific and Statistical Committee

Meeting.

Location: New England Management

Council Office, 50 Water Street, Mill #2,

Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone:

(978) 465–0492.

The SSC committee will develop

plans to provide the Council advice on

the priorities identified by the Council.

These include:

(1) Review of fishing mortality and

biomass reference points for selected

groundfish species and skates.

(2) Review of changes in the scallop

reference points that might result from

a rotational area management strategy

and the scientific basis of proposed

scallop rotational area management

measures as developed by the Council

and Scallop PDT.

(3) Evaluation of the available

information on the stock structure of

monkfish and its implications for

management. Review of the monkfish

assessment update (to be done by the

Monkfish Monitoring Committee), and

review of fishing mortality and biomass

reference points.

(4) Review of the update of whiting

status that will be completed by the

Whiting Plan Development Team; and

(5) Other issues that it might advise

the Council on such as the potential

value of marine protected areas (MPAs)

and closed areas (quantify benefits from

existing closed areas) and multispecies

management issues.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before these groups for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

action during these meetings. Action

will be restricted to those issues

specifically listed in this notice and any

issues arising after publication of this

notice that require emergency action

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has

been notified of the Council’s intent to

take final action to address the

emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Paul J. Howard

(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to

the meeting dates.

Dated: April 25, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 042401F]

North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of committee meetings.

SUMMARY: Two committees of the North

Pacific Fishery Management Council

(Council) will meet in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

May 15-16 and May 24-25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 W.

Third Avenue, Anchorage, AK.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Council staff; 907–271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Council’s Gulf of Alaska Groundfish

Rationalization Committee will meet

beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May

15, in the Chart room at the Anchorage

Hilton Hotel, and continue through

Wednesday, May 16. The Committee

will continue working toward

rationalization programs for the Gulf of

Alaska groundfish fisheries.

The Council’s Community

Development Quota (CDQ) Policy

Committee will meet in the Iliamna

Room at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel,

beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday May

24, and conclude Friday afternoon, May

25, 2001. The Committee will continue

to address issues related to the

Community Development Quota

oversight responsibilities of the State of

Alaska and NMFS in order to provide

policy recommendations to the Council.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this group for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

action during these meetings. Action

will be restricted to those issues

specifically identified in this notice and

any issues arising after publication of

this notice that require emergency

action under section 305(c) of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

provided the public has been notified of

the Council’s intent to take final action

to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Helen Allen, 907–

271–2809, at least 5 working days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: April 25, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

Technology Opportunities Program

(TOP) Grant Recipient 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

comment on proposed and/or

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Paperwork Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 6086,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the

Internet mclayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Clifton Beck, NTIA, Room

H–4888, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW,

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Washington, DC 20230 (or via the

Internet cbeck@ntia.doc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The purpose of the Technology

Opportunities Program (TOP), formerly

the Telecommunications and

Information Infrastructure Assistance

Program (TIIAP), is to promote the

widespread and efficient use of

advanced telecommunications services

in the public and non-profit sectors to

serve America’s communities.

The program has the following

objectives:

• To promote the widespread

availability and use of digital network

technologies.

• To increase the awareness in public

and non-profit sectors of digital

information technologies and their

benefits.

• To stimulate public and non-profit

sector organizations to examine

potential benefits of, and plan for,

investments in digital network

technologies.

• To provide a wide variety of model

digital network technology projects for

public and non-profit sector

organizations to follow.

• To educate the public and nonprofit sectors about best practices in

implementing a wide variety of digital

network projects.

• To help reduce disparities in access

to, and use of, digital network

technologies.

II. Method of Collection

Survey mailed to recipients.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0660–0013.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: State and local

Governments and non-profit

institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

210.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent

Burden Hours: 210.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the

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

the notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of the 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of full and partially

closed meetings.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting of the National

Assessment Governing Board. This

notice also describes the functions of

the Board. Notice of this meeting is

required under section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This

document is intended to notify the

general public of their opportunity to

attend. Individuals who will need

accommodations for a disability in order

to attend the meeting (i.e. interpreting

services, assistive listening devices,

materials in alternative format) should

notify Munira Mwalimu at 202–357–

6938 or at Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov no

later than April 30, 2001. We will

attempt to meet requests after this date,

but cannot guarantee availability of the

requested accommodation. The meeting

site is accessible to individuals with

disabilities.

DATES: May 10–12, 2001.

TIME: May 10—Executive Committee,

5:00–6 p.m., (open), 6:00–7 p.m.

(closed). May 11—Full Board 8:30–10

a.m. (open); Assessment Development

Committee 10:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.,

(open); Committee on Standards, Design

and Methodology, 10:15 a.m.–12:15

p.m. (open); Reporting and

Dissemination Committee, 10:15 a.m.–

12:15 p.m. (open); Full Board, 12:15–

1:15 p.m., (closed); 1:15–5 p.m., (open).

May 12—Nominations Committee, 7:30–

8:30 a.m.; Full Board, 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

(open).

LOCATION: Loews Annapolis Hotel, 126

West Street, Annapolis, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Munira Mwalimu, Operations Officer,

National Assessment Governing Board,

800 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite

825, Washington, DC 20002–4233,

Telephone: (202) 357–6938.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Assessment Governing Board

is established under section 412 of the

National Education Statistics Act of

1994 (Title IV of the Improving

America’s Schools Act of 1994) (Pub. L.

103–382).

The Board is established to formulate

policy guidelines for the National

Assessment of Educational Progress.

The Board is responsible for selecting

subject areas to be assessed, developing

assessment objectives, identifying

appropriate achievement goals for each

grade and subject tested, and

establishing standards and procedures

for interstate and national comparisons.

Under Public Law 105–78, the National

Assessment Governing Board is also

granted exclusive authority over

developing the Voluntary National Tests

pursuant to contract number

RJ97153001.

The Executive Committee will meet

on May 10 in open session from 5 p.m.

to 6 p.m., and in closed session from 6

p.m. to 7 p.m.

In open session, the Executive

Committee will receive updates on the

contract for test question banking

storage and security and on NAEP

reauthorization, appropriations, and

related legislation. The Executive

Committee will also discuss the NAEP

schedule.

From 6:00–7 p.m. the Committee will

meet in closed session to discuss future

government cost estimates on contracts

for the National Assessment of

Educational Progress (NAEP) project; to

discuss awards for secondary grants

analyses for the NAEP project; and to

receive independent government cost

estimates on contract initiatives for

NAEP.

The meeting must be conducted in

closed session because public disclosure

of this information would likely have an

adverse financial effect on the NAEP

program. The discussion of this

information would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

a proposed agency action if conducted

in open session. Such matters are

protected by exemption 9(B) of 552b(c)

of Title 5 U.S.C.

On May 11, the full Board will

convene in open session from 8:30 a.m.–