Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 111 / Friday, June 8, 2001 / Notices 30885

Dated: June 1, 2001.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 01–14444 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Announcement of Telecommunication

Certification Body Training Workshop

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

SUMMARY: The National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST)

invites interested parties to attend a

three-day Telecommunication

Certification Body (TCB) training

workshop on Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) Rules, the FCC’s TCB

Program and related issues. The FCC

has asked NIST to help assure the

technical competence of TCBS. FCC,

NIST, and industry personnel will

conduct this workshop. The workshop,

co-sponsored by NIST, will help NIST

fulfill its responsibilities and will aid

TCBs by providing information and

training to current and potential TCBs,

assessors, interested testing laboratories,

and equipment manufacturers on

compliance with FCC requirements.

There is a fee to attend the Workshop.

All attendees must register no later than

June 29, 2001. Attendance will be

limited to the first 75 registered

participants.

DATES: The TCB Training Workshop

will be held July 10–12, 2001. All

sessions will be held from 9 am to 5 pm.

ADDRESSES: TCB Training Workshop

sessions will be held at the Gaithersburg

Holiday Inn, 2 Montgomery Village

Avenue, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878

(Montgomery Village Avenue Exit,

Route 124 East off Interstate I–270).

For Registration Information Contact:

Teresa Vicente at (301) 975–3883,

teresa.vicente@nist.gov. You may

register for the workshop electronically

at http://www.nist.gov/conferences. If

you do not wish to register

electronically, you can print out the

electronic form and fax it to (301) 948–

2067. Please pre-register by no later than

June 29, 2001. You may also mail a copy

of the electronic form, by June 29, 2001,

to: NIST Office of the Comptroller, 100

Bureau Drive, Stop 3732, Gaithersburg,

MD 20899–3732.

For Technical Information Contact:

Jogindar Dhillon at 301–975–5521,

dhillon@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC,

in its Report & Order 98–338 (Gen

Docket No. 98–68) asked NIST to help

assure the technical competence of

TCBs. The workshop, co-sponsored by

NIST, is aimed at providing information

and training to current and potential

TCBs, assessors, interested testing

laboratories, and equipment

manufacturers on compliance with FCC

requirements. The first two days will be

devoted to a TCB Tutorial for FCC

requirements, which will include an

overview of FCC Equipment

Authorization Program, the TCB

Program, electronic filing, unlicensed

and licensed transmitters, telephone

terminal equipment and Mutual

Recognition Agreements/Arrangements.

The tutorial will be followed by one-day

session focusing on issues relating to

market surveillance and RF exposure,

TCB audits, common problems

encountered by TCBs, and experiences

in implementing the TCB program.

There is a $390 fee to attend the

Workshop. For those who are only

interested in attending the session on

the third day, July 12, the fee will be

$250. All attendees must register no

later than June 29, 2001. Attendance

will be limited to the first 75 registered

participants.

Workshop attendees are assumed to

have basic familiarity with the FCC

Rules, Parts 2, 15, 18, and 68. The text

of the FCC Rules can be accessed at

http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/rules/.

Information about the TCB program is

posted on NIST web site at http://

ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/210/216/tcbprogram.htm.

Dated: June 1, 2001.

Karen H. Brown,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 01–14443 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 060101A]

Marine Mammals; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application No. 751–

1614–00; and receipt of applications to

amend permits (782–1532–00, 981–

1578–00).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following actions regarding permits for

takes of marine mammal species for the

purposes of scientific research:

NMFS has received a permit

application from: Ocean Alliance/Whale

Conservation Institute, 191 Weston

Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts 01773 (Dr.

Roger S. Payne, Principal Investigator)

(Application No. 751–1614–00); NMFS

has received applications for permit

amendments from:; NMFS, National

Marine Mammal Laboratory, 7600 Sand

Point Way, N.E., BIN C15700, Seattle,

WA 98115–0070 (Permit No. 782–532–

00)); and Dr. Peter L. Tyack, Biology

Department, Woods Hole

Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole,

MA 02543 (Permit No. 981–1578).

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments

on the new application or amendment

requests must be received on or before

July 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment.

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing on the application or

amendment requests should be mailed

to the Chief, Permits and

Documentation Division, F/PR1, Office

of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315

East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver

Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals

requesting a hearing should set forth the

specific reasons why a hearing on this

particular request would be appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ruth Johnson or Tammy Adams,

(301)713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject application and permit

amendments are requested under the

authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.), the regulations governing the

taking, importing, and exporting of

endangered and threatened species (50

CFR 222–226), and the Fur Seal Act of

1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et

seq.)

New Application Received

For Application No. 715–1614–00, the

applicant requests permission to

conduct vessel and aerial surveys,

collect tissue samples (sloughed skin

and skin and blubber biopsies) from

living, free-ranging animals and collect

skin, blubber, blood, bone, baleen and

other organ tissue samples from dead

stranded animals from all age and sex