69954 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 222 / Friday, November 18, 2005 / Notices 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930, 

telephone: (301) 975–2938. 

Dated: November 13, 2005. 

William A. Jeffrey, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 

Award Board of Overseers 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 

2, notice is hereby given that there will 

be a meeting of the Board of Overseers 

of the Malcolm Baldrige National 

Quality Award on December 2, 2005. 

The Board of Overseers is composed of 

eleven members prominent in the field 

of quality management and appointed 

by the Secretary of Commerce, 

assembled to advise the Secretary of 

Commerce on the conduct of the 

Baldrige Award. The purpose of this 

meeting is to discuss and review 

information received from the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

with the members of the Judges Panel of 

the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 

Award. The agenda will include: Report 

from the Judges’ Panel, Baldrige 

Program Update, Potential Program 

Changes, Discussion with NIST 

Director, Baldrige Marketing 

Collaborative Progress, Overseers Role 

in Raising Awareness of the Baldrige 

Program, and Recommendations for 

NIST Director. 

DATES: The meeting will convene 

December 2, 2005, at 8:30 a.m. and 

adjourn at 3 p.m. on December 2, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Administration Building, 

Room A1038, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899. All visitors to the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

site will have to pre-register to be 

admitted. Please submit your name, 

time of arrival, e-mail address and 

phone number to Virginia Davis no later 

than Tuesday, November 29, 2005, and 

she will provide you with instructions 

for admittance. Ms. Davis’ email address 

is virginia.davis@nist.gov and her phone 

number is (301) 975–2361. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Harry Hertz, Director, National Quality 

Program, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899, telephone number 

(301) 975–2361. 

Dated: November 14, 2005. 

William Jeffrey, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Study of Economic 

Performance in Small-Scale 

Commercial Fisheries in the U.S. 

Caribbean 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

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. 

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 and instructions should be 

directed to Dr. Juan J. Agar, (305) 361–

4218 or Juan.Agar@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) proposes to collect socioeconomic data on small-scale fishing 

fleets operating in the U.S. Caribbean 

(e.g., hook and line and net fisheries). 

The survey intends to collect economic 

information about revenues, variable 

and fixed costs, capital investment and 

other auxiliary and demographic 

information. The data gathered will be 

used to describe economic performance 

in small-scale fisheries and to evaluate 

the socio-economic impacts of future 

federal regulatory actions. In addition, 

the information will be used to 

strengthen and improve fishery 

management decision-making, and to 

satisfy legal mandates under Executive 

Order 12866, the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, the Endangered Species 

Act, and the National Environmental 

Policy Act, and other pertinent statues. 

II. Method of Collection 

The socio-economic information 

sought will be collected via in-person, 

telephone and mail surveys. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: None. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,000. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,000. 

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: November 14, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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