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these efforts into account when making 

decisions on whether to list a species as 

threatened or endangered under the 

Endangered Species Act. The efforts 

usually involve the development of a 

conservation plan or agreement, 

procedures for monitoring the 

effectiveness of the plan or agreement, 

and an annual report. 

Affected Public: State, local or tribal 

government; business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: November 14, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–22854 Filed 11–17–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Applications and Reports for 

Registration as a Tanner or Agent. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0179. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 108. 

Number of Respondents: 54. 

Average Hours per Response: 2 hours. 

Needs and Uses: The Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA) mandates the 

protection and conservation of marine 

mammals and makes the taking, killing 

or serious injury of marine mammals, 

except under permit or exemption, a 

violation of the Act. An exemption is 

provided for Alaskan natives to take 

marine mammals if the taking is for 

subsistence or for creating and selling 

authentic native articles of handicraft 

and clothing. Possession of marine 

mammals and marine mammal parts by 

other than Alaskan native is therefore 

prohibited. As native handicrafts are 

allowed by the MMPA to enter interstate 

commerce, an exemption is also needed 

to allow non-natives to handle the skins 

or other marine mammal product, 

whether to tan the pinniped hide or to 

act as an agent for the native to sell his 

handicraft products. Persons register for 

an exemption, and registered parties 

must file annual reports. The 

information is needed by NOAA to 

manage the program and provide for 

effective law enforcement. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: November 14, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–22855 Filed 11–17–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Survey of Local Government Finances 

(School Systems), Forms F–33, F–33–

1, F–33–L1, F–33–L2, and F–33–L3 

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 

take this opportunity 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 January 17, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at DHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to James R. Berry, U.S. 

Census Bureau, Governments Division, 

Washington, DC 20233–6800; (301) 763–

7317 or via the Internet at 

James.R.Berry.Jr@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Census Bureau plans to 

request an extension and revision to the 

current Office of Management and 

Budget clearance for the Survey of Local 

Government Finances (School Systems). 

The Census Bureau collects education 

finance data as part of its Annual 

Survey of State and Local Governments. 

This survey is the only comprehensive 

source of public fiscal data collected on 

a nationwide scale using uniform 

definitions, concepts and procedures. 

The collection covers the revenues, 

expenditures, debt, and assets of all 

public school systems. This data 

collection has been coordinated with 

the National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES). The NCES uses this 

collection to satisfy its need for school 

system level finance data. 

Information on the finance of our 

public schools is vital to assessing their 

effectiveness. The products of this data 

collection make it possible for users to 

search a single data base to obtain 

information on such things as per pupil 

expenditures and the percent of state, 

local, and Federal funding for each 

school system. Since the passing of the 

No Child Left Behind Act there has been 

an increased demand for data on the 

Nation’s public schools. This survey 

provides the needed information on the 

financial aspects of local school 

districts. 

The five forms used in the school 

finance portion of the survey are: 

Form F–33. This form contains item 

descriptions and definitions of the 

elementary-secondary education finance 

items collected jointly by the Census 

Bureau and the NCES. It is used 

primarily as a worksheet and instruction 

guide by the state education agencies 

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that provide school finance data 

centrally for all of the school systems in 

their respective states. All states supply 

their data by electronic means. 

Form F–33–1. This form is used at the 

beginning of each survey period to 

solicit the assistance of the state 

education agencies. It establishes the 

conditions by which the state education 

agencies provide their school finance 

data to the Census Bureau. 

Form F–33–L1. This is a supplemental 

letter sent to the school systems in states 

where the state education agencies 

cannot provide information on the 

assets of individual school systems. 

Form F–33–L2. This is a supplemental 

letter sent to the school systems in states 

where the state education agency cannot 

provide information on the 

indebtedness of individual school 

systems. 

Form F–33–L3. This is a supplemental 

letter sent to the school systems in states 

where the state education agency cannot 

provide information on either 

indebtedness or assets. This letter 

combines the items requested on the 

forms F–33–L1 and F–33–L2. 

The data collection is identical to the 

previous collections except as follows: 

Additional items will be added to Part 

I.A Local Revenue section. Respondents 

were instructed to report these items as 

‘‘All other taxes’’ and ‘‘Miscellaneous 

other local revenue’’ in previous 

surveys. They will be included as 

separate items beginning with this 

survey cycle to coincide with other 

government surveys conducted by the 

Census Bureau. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Census Bureau collects almost all 

of the finance data for local school 

systems from state education agency 

data bases through central collection 

arrangements with the state education 

agencies. The states transfer most of this 

information in electronic format via email and over the Internet via file 

transfer protocol. The Census Bureau 

has facilitated central collection of 

school finance data by accepting data in 

whatever formats the states elect to 

transmit. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0607–0700. 

Form Number: F–33, F–33–1, F–33–

L1, F–33–L2, F–33–L3. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,058. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 1.19 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,633. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$68,773. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

sections 161 and 182. 

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: November 14, 2005. 

Madeleine Clayton, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–22851 Filed 11–17–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

(Docket 56–2005) 

Proposed Foreign–Trade Zone - Carroll 

and Jo–Daviess Counties, Illinois, 

Application and Public Hearing 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by the Jo–Carroll Foreign 

Trade Zone Board, a joint–county entity 

of the Counties of Carroll and Jo–

Daviess, Illinois, to establish a general–

purpose foreign–trade zone at a site in 

both counties, adjacent to the 

Davenport, Iowa/Moline and Rock 

Island, Illinois Customs port of entry. 

The FTZ application was submitted 

pursuant to the provisions of the FTZ 

Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 

Part 400). It was formally filed on 

November 9, 2005. The applicant is 

authorized to make the proposal under 

Illinois Statutes 50 ILCS Act 40. 

The proposed zone would be the 

second general–purpose zone in the 

Davenport, Iowa/Moline and Rock 

Island, Illinois Customs port of entry. 

The existing zone is as follows: FTZ 

133, Davenport, Iowa/Milan, Illinois 

(Grantee: Quad–City Foreign–Trade 

Zone, Inc., Board Order 338, 10/29/86). 

The proposed zone consists of one 

site (2,930 acres), located within the 

Counties of Carroll and Jo–Daviess. The 

site is located at the Eagles Landing 

Development (formerly the Savanna 

Army Depot), 18935 B Street, Savanna, 

Illinois 61074. The property is in the 

process of being conveyed by the U.S. 

Army to the Jo–Carroll Depot Local 

Redevelopment Authority, which has 

converted the former military base to 

commercial use. 

The application indicates a need for 

zone services in the Counties of Carroll 

and Jo–Daviess. Several firms have 

indicated an interest in using zone 

procedures for warehousing/distribution 

activities for such products as safety 

gloves and alcoholic beverages. Specific 

manufacturing approvals are not being 

sought at this time. Requests would be 

made to the Board on a case–by-case 

basis. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff 

has been designated examiner to 

investigate the application and report to 

the Board. 

As part of the investigation, the 

Commerce examiner will hold a public 

hearing on December 6, 2005, at 9:00 

a.m., at the Jo–Carroll Depot Local 

Redevelopment Authority Conference 

Room, 18935 B Street, Savanna, Illinois 

61074. 

Public comment on the application is 

invited from interested parties. 

Submissions (original and 3 copies) 

shall be addressed to the Board’s 

Executive Secretary at one of the 

following addresses below: 

1. Submissions via Express/Package 

Delivery Services: Foreign–Trade Zones 

Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Franklin Court Building–Suite 4100W, 

1099 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 

20005; or 

2. Submissions via U.S. Postal Service: 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, FCB–4100W, 

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230. 

The closing period for their receipt is 

January 17, 2006. Rebuttal comments in 

response to material submitted during 

the foregoing period may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period to 

February 1, 2006. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Foreign–Trade Zones 

Board’s Executive Secretary at address 

No. 1 listed above and at the Jo–Carroll 

Depot Local Redevelopment Authority, 

18935 B Street, Savanna, Illinois 61074.