28154 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 22, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 051601E]

North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

advisory committees will hold public

meetings June 4–11, 2001, in Kodiak,

AK.

DATES: The Council’s Advisory Panel

will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, June 4,

and continue through Friday, June 8,

2001. The Scientific and Statistical

Committee will begin at 8 a.m. on

Monday, June 4, and continue through

Wednesday, June 6.

The Council will begin their plenary

session at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, June 6,

continuing through Monday, June 11,

2001. All meetings are open to the

public except executive sessions which

may be held during the week at which

the Council may discuss personnel

issues and/or current litigation.

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Panel will

meet at the Kodiak Elks Lodge, 102

Marine Way, Kodiak, AK.

The Scientific and Statistical

Committee will meet at the Fishermen’s

Hall, 503 Marine Way, Kodiak, AK.

The North Pacific Fishery

Management Council will meet at the

Best Western Kodiak Inn, 236 Rezanof

West, Kodiak, AK.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Council staff, telephone: 907–271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council: The agenda for the Council’s

plenary session will include the

following issues. The Council may take

appropriate action on any of the issues

identified.

1. Reports:

(a) Executive Director’s Report.

(b) State Fisheries Report by Alaska

Dept. of Fish and Game.

(c) NMFS Management Report,

including updates on halibut

subsistence regulations, retention of

demersal shelf rockfish, inshore/

offshore regulations, and the salmon

overfishing definition. (The Council

may consider action or direction to staff

on any of these subjects if necessary.)

(d) Enforcement and Surveillance

reports by NMFS and the U.S. Coast

Guard.

(e) Alaska Board of Fisheries Report

on halibut local area management plans

and halibut subsistence issues; direction

to staff if required.

2. Steller sea lion (SSL) measures:

(a) Status reports on research funding,

independent scientific review, and

report from the Council committees on

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives.

(b) Finalize alternatives for analysis

for 2002 fisheries management measures

to mitigate fisheries impacts on Steller

sea lions.

3. Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands crab

rationalization: Review discussion

paper on alternatives for analysis and

provide direction to staff.

4. Essential Fish Habitat: Report on

progress on public scoping meetings.

5. American Fisheries Act:

(a) Final action on a cooperative

leasing proposal.

(b) Review and provide direction to

staff on report to Congress.

(c) Provide comments on extension of

emergency rule for 2001.

(d) Review industry proposal on

bycatch measures.

6. Groundfish Programmatic

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement (SEIS): Review and comment

to NMFS.

7. Community Purchase of Individual

Fishing Quotas: Review discussion

paper and industry proposal; provide

direction to staff.

8. Community Development Quotas

(CDQ): Receive report from CDQ Policy

committee; provide direction to staff.

9. Gulf of Alaska Groundfish

Rationalization: Review committee

report; provide direction to staff.

10. Report on meeting of Regional

Fishery Management Council chairmen

and on reauthorization of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management

and Conservation Act.

11. Staff Tasking: Review current staff

tasking and projects to be tasked;

provide direction to staff.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Council for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Council action during this

meeting. Council action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Advisory Meetings

Advisory Panel: The agenda for the

Advisory Panel will mirror that of the

Council listed above, with the exception

of the reports under Item 1, and the

reports under Item 10.

Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC): The Scientific and Statistical

Committee will address the following

issues:

1. Steller sea lion measures listed

under item 2 of the Council agenda

noted above.

2. Bering Sea/Aleutian Island crab

rationalization issues (item 3 on the

Council agenda).

3. Essential Fish Habitat Issues (item

4 on the Council agenda).

4. American Fisheries Act Issues (item

5 on the Council agenda).

5. Groundfish Programmatic SEIS

(item 6 on the Council agenda).

Other Committee and Workshop

Meetings

Ecosystem Committee: The Council’s

Ecosystem Committee will meet

Tuesday evening, June 5, beginning at 6

p.m. at the Kodiak Inn. The Committee

will discuss the Groundfish

Programmatic SEIS and prepare

comments for Council consideration.

Finance Committee: The Council’s

Finance Committee is tentatively

scheduled to meet during the noon hour

on Sunday, June 10, to discuss budget

issues.

Other committees and workgroups

may hold impromptu meetings

throughout the meeting week. Such

meetings will be announced during

regularly scheduled meetings of the

Council, Advisory Panel, and SSC, and

will be posted at the hotel.

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 at

907–271–2809 at least 7 working days

prior to the meeting date.

Dated: May 17, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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Submission for OMB Review;

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ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

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following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title and OMB Number: Request for

Approval of Foreign Government

Employment of Air Force Members;

OMB Number 0701–0134.

Type of Request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 144.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 144.

Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.

Annual Burden Hours: 144.

Needs and Uses: The purpose of this

information collection is to obtain the

information needed by the Secretary of

the Air Force and the Secretary of State

on which to base a decision to approve/

disapprove a request to work for a

foreign government. This approval is

specified by 37 U.S.C., section 908.

Respondents are Air Force retired

members and certain Reserve members

who have gained jobs with a foreign

government and who must obtain

approval from the Secretary of the Air

Force and the Secretary of State.

Information, in the form of a letter,

includes a detailed description of duty,

name of employer, Social Security

Number, and statements specifying

whether or not the employee will be

compensated; declaring if employee will

be required or plans to obtain foreign

citizenship; declaring that the member

will not be required to execute an oath

of allegiance to the foreign government;

verifying that the member understands

that retired pay equivalent to the

amount received from the foreign

government may be withheld if the

member accepts employment with a

foreign government before receiving

approval. Reserve members must

include a request to Inactive Status List

Reserve Section (Reserve Section Code

RB).

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households; Business or Other ForProfit.

Frequency On Occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: May 16, 2001.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Air Force

Research Laboratory announces the

proposed public information collection

and seeks public comment on the

provisions thereof. 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 of the

proposed information collection; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms or information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received July 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Air Force Research Laboratory, Office of

Public Affairs, AFRL/PA, 1864 4th

Street, Room 004, Wright-Patterson Air

Force Base, OH 45433.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write to the above address, or call

Air Force Research Laboratory, Office of

Public Affairs at 937–656–9876.

TITLE: Air Force Research Laboratory

Public Awareness Survey.

Needs and Uses: Air Force Research

Laboratory has taken on a major effort

to educate and communicate to the

public contributions the Research

Laboratory plays in developing the Air

Force of the future. As such, it is

imperative the Research Laboratory

understands the current level of

information the average Air Force

member has regarding the laboratory’s

contributions. With this information,

the Air Force Research Laboratory will

be better able to develop

communication strategies for the Air

Force Research Laboratory to employ

with the public.

Affected Public: Individuals and

households residents (18 years and

older) of telephone-equipped

households in the U.S. not including

Alaska and Hawaii.

Annual Burden Hours: 36.75.

Number of Respondents: 882 Called

by phone.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden per Response: 5

Minutes.

Frequency: At 2-year intervals.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

This survey will serve multiple

purposes. It will gauge the American

public’s awareness of, familiarity with,

attitudes about and feelings toward the

Air Force Research Laboratory. It will

also gauge where the American public

would go for information regarding the

Air Force Research Laboratory. The

survey asks what they currently know

about the laboratory and notes some

discoveries and projects the lab has

worked and whether these are familiar

to the American public or not. The

survey also asks if they are familiar with

the publications and products of the

laboratory and asks how satisfied they

are with these products. The survey will

allow for comparisons of data to better

target communication efforts to

effectively communicate Air Force

Research Laboratory information to the

public. Findings from these surveys of

the civilian population also will be

compared with similar data to be

gathered from the internal Air Force

population at approximately the same

time, providing a valuable head-to-head

comparison of civilians’ and Air Force

people’s perceptions of what the Air

Force Research Laboratory does.

Janet A. Long,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, Office