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monthly collects information on the

production of fish meal and oil. The

information gathered is used by NOAA

in the economic and social analyses

used when proposing and evaluating

fishery management actions.

II. Method of Collection

Paper forms are sent to respondents.

NOAA is in the process of developing

the capability for the online submission

of requested data.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648–0018.

Form Number: NOAA Forms 88–13,

88–13C.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,320.

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

minutes for an Annual Processed

Products Report and 15 minutes for a

Fishery Products Report Fish Meal and

Oil, Monthly.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 680.

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: May 10, 2001.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D.050801A]

Endangered and Threatened Species;

Take of Anadromous Fish

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability and

request for comments.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Nez Perce Indian Tribe has

submitted a Tribal resource

management plan (Tribal Plan) to NMFS

pursuant to the limitation on take

prohibitions for actions conducted

under Tribal Plans promulgated under

the Endangered Species Act. The Tribal

Plan specifies the management of

recreational, ceremonial, and

subsistence fisheries in 2001 in the

Imnaha River basin in the State of

Oregon that potentially affect Snake

River spring/summer chinook salmon

listed as threatened under the ESA. This

document serves to notify the public of

the availability for comment of the

proposed evaluation of the Secretary of

Commerce (Secretary) as to how the

Tribal Plan addresses the criteria in the

ESA.

DATES: Written comments on the

Secretary’s pending determination must

be received no later than 5 p.m. Pacific

Standard Time on May 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for copies of the pending

determination should be addressed to

Herb Pollard, Sustainable Fisheries

Division, 10215 W. Emerald St. Suite

180, Boise, ID 83704. Comments may

also be sent via fax to 208/378–5699.

Comments will not be accepted if

submitted via e-mail or the Internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Herb Pollard at phone number: 208/

378–5614, or e-mail:

herbert.pollard@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is relevant to the Imnaha River

basin population of the Snake River

Spring/Summer Chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU).

Background

The Nez Perce Tribe has submitted to

NMFS a Tribal Plan for recreational,

ceremonial, and subsistence fisheries in

2001 in the Imnaha River basin

potentially affecting threatened Snake

River spring/summer chinook salmon.

The Tribal Plan includes recreational

fisheries specified by the Oregon

Department of Fish and Wildlife, acting

as an agent of the Nez Perce Tribe, that

take place in the same waters and in the

same timeframe as the tribal ceremonial

and subsistence fisheries. The Nez Perce

Tribe and the State of Oregon have comanager responsibilities for spring

chinook salmon within the Imnaha

River sub-basin and manage this salmon

population under cooperative

agreements. The objective of the Tribal

Plan is to harvest spring chinook in a

manner that does not jeopardize the

survival and recovery of the ESU.

Impact levels to the listed spring

chinook populations in the ESU are

specified in the Tribal Plan. Analysis of

the predicted return of naturally and

hatchery-produced spring chinook

salmon to the Imnaha River basin in

2001 and the proposed harvest levels

indicate that all hatchery brood stock

and supplemental spawning needs will

be met and natural spawning

escapement will be approximately 133

percent of the previously highest count,

after the proposed fisheries. A variety of

monitoring and evaluation tasks to be

conducted by the co-managers is

specified in the Tribal Plan to assess the

abundance of spring chinook and to

determine fishery effort and catch of

spring chinook. A comprehensive

review of the Tribal Plan to evaluate

whether the fisheries and listed spring

chinook populations are performing as

expected will be done within and at the

end of the proposed 2001 season.

As required by the ESA 4(d) rule for

Tribal Plans (65 FR 42481, July 10,

2000), the Secretary is seeking public

comment on his pending determination

as to whether the Tribal Plan for Imnaha

River chinook salmon would

appreciably reduce the likelihood of

survival and recovery of the threatened

Snake River spring/summer chinook

salmon ESU.

Under section 4 (d) of the ESA, the

Secretary is required to adopt such

regulations as he deems necessary and

advisable for the conservation of species

listed as threatened. NMFS has issued a

final ESA 4(d) Rule for Tribal Plans

adopting regulations necessary and

advisable to harmonize statutory

conservation requirements with tribal

rights and the Federal trust

responsibility to tribes (65 FR 42481,

July 10, 2000). This 4(d) Rule for Tribal

Plans applies the prohibitions

enumerated in section 9(a)(1) of the

ESA. NMFS did not find it necessary

and advisable to apply the take

prohibitions described in section

9(a)(1)(B) and 9 (a)(1)(C) to fishery

harvest activities if the fisheries are

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managed in accordance with a Tribal

Plan that has been approved by NMFS.

As specified in the 4(d) Rule, before the

Secretary makes a decision on the Tribal

Plan, the public must have an

opportunity to review and comment on

the pending determination.

Authority

Under section 4 of the ESA, the

Secretary is required to adopt such

regulations as he deems necessary and

advisable for the conservation of the

species listed as threatened. The ESA

Tribal 4(d) Rule (65 FR 42481, July 10,

2000) states that the ESA section 9 take

prohibitions will not apply to Tribal

Plans that will not appreciably reduce

the likelihood of survival and recovery

for the listed species.

Dated: May 10, 2001.

Phil Williams,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 000616180–1115–03]

RIN 0648–ZA91

NOAA Climate and Global Change

Program, Program Announcement

AGENCY: Office of Global Programs,

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric

Research, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Climate and Global

Change Program represents a National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) contribution to

evolving national and international

programs designed to improve our

ability to observe, understand, predict,

and respond to changes in the global

environment. This program builds on

NOAA’s mission requirements and longstanding capabilities in global change

research and prediction. The NOAA

Program is a key contributing element of

the U.S. Global Change Research

Program (USGCRP), which is

coordinated by the interagency

Committee on Environmental and

Natural Resources. NOAA’s program is

designed to complement other agencies’

contributions to that national effort.

All proposals must be submitted in

accordance with the requirements

below. Failure to heed these guidelines

will result in proposals being returned

without review.

DATES: Unless otherwise noted, strict

deadlines for submission to the FY 2002

process are: Letters of intent must be

received at the Office of Global

Programs (OGP) no later than July 2,

2001. Applicants who have not received

a response to their letter of intent within

four weeks should contact the Program

Manager. Full proposals must be

received at OGP no later than August

27, 2001. The time from receipt of

proposals to grant award varies by

program area. We anticipate that review

of full proposals will occur during

October and November 2001, and

funding should begin during spring of

2002 for most approved projects.

Applicants should be notified of their

status within six months. April 1, 2002,

should be used as the proposed start

date on proposals, unless otherwise

directed by the appropriate Program

Manager.

ADDRESSES: Letters of Intent and

Proposals should be submitted to: Office

of Global Programs; National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration; 1100

Wayne Avenue, Suite 1210; Silver

Spring, MD 20910–5603

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irma

duPree at the above address, or at (301)

427–2089 ext. 107, fax: (301) 427–2222,

Internet: irma.duPree@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Funding Availability

NOAA believes that the Climate and

Global Change Program will benefit

significantly from a strong partnership

with outside investigators. Current

Program plans assume that over 50% of

the total resources provided through

this announcement will support

extramural efforts, particularly those

involving the broad academic

community. However, please be advised

that actual funding levels will depend

upon the final FY 2002 budget

appropriations. This Program

Announcement is for projects to be

conducted by investigators both inside

and outside of NOAA, primarily over a

one, two or three year period. The

NOAA Climate and Global Change

Program has been approved for multiyear funding up to a three year duration.

The funding instrument for extramural

awards will be a grant unless it is

anticipated that NOAA will be

substantially involved in the

implementation of the project, in which

case the funding instrument should be

a cooperative agreement. Examples of

substantial involvement may include

but are not limited to proposals for

collaboration between NOAA or NOAA

scientists and a recipient scientist or

technician and/or contemplation by

NOAA of detailing Federal personnel to

work on proposed projects. NOAA will

make decisions regarding the use of a

cooperative agreement on a case-by-case

basis. Funding for contractual

arrangements for services and products

for delivery to NOAA is not available

under this announcement. Matching

share is not required by this program.

2. Program Authority

49 U.S.C. 44720(b); 33 U.S.C. 883d; 15

U.S.C. 2904; 15 U.S.C. 2931 et seq.;

(CFDA No. 11.431)—CLIMATE AND

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH.

3. Program Objectives

The long-term objective of the Climate

and Global Change Program is to

provide reliable predictions of climate

variability and change with associated

regional implications on time scales

ranging from seasons to a century or

more. NOAA believes that climate

variability across these time scales can

be modeled with an acceptable

probability of success and are the most

relevant for fundamental social

concerns. Predicting the behavior of the

coupled ocean-atmosphere-land surface

system will be NOAA’s primary

contribution to a successful national

effort to deal with observed or

anticipated changes in the global

environment. NOAA has a range of

unique facilities and capabilities that

can be applied to Climate and Global

Change investigations. Proposals that

seek to exploit these resources in

collaborative efforts between NOAA and

extramural investigators are encouraged.

4. Program Priorities

In FY 2002, NOAA will give priority

attention to individual proposals in the

Main Program Elements listed below.

The names, affiliations and phone

numbers of relevant Climate and Global

Change Program Managers are provided.

Funding for some programs may be

limited to ongoing projects or may be

used to fund projects proposed in FY

2001 that were unable to be funded due

to budgetary circumstances. Prospective

investigators are urged to check the

Climate & Global Change Program web

page (http://www.ogp.noaa.gov/) for

general program information, and more

specifically for current funding status

and priorities prior to submitting letters

or proposals. Prospective applicants

may also communicate with Program

Managers for information on priorities

within program elements and prospects

for funding.