65680 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 245 / Thursday, December 20, 2001 / Notices

EFFECTIVE DATE: This declaration of

emergency shall become effective

December 13, 2001.

Ann M. Veneman,

Secretary of Agriculture.

[FR Doc. 01–31365 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Hood/Willamette Resource Advisory

Committee (RAC); Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Hood/Willamette

Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)

will meet on Thursday and Friday,

January 24–25, 2001. The meeting is

scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. on

Thursday and 8 a.m. on Friday, and will

conclude at approximately 5 p.m. on

Thursday and 12 p.m. on Friday. The

meeting will be held at the Linn County

Fair and Expo Center; 3700 Knox Butte

Road; Albany, Oregon; (541) 926–4314.

The tentative agenda includes: (1)

Training on Federal Advisory

Committee Act regulations; (2)

Orientation on operation, roles, and

responsibilities of the RAC; (3) Project

submission and approval process; (4)

Public Forum; (5) Training on

collaboration; (6) Election of RAC

chairperson.

The Public Forum is tentatively

scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. on

Thursday. Time allotted for individual

presentations will be limited to 3–4

minutes. Written comments are

encouraged, particularly if the material

cannot be presented within the time

limits for the Public Forum. Written

comments may be submitted prior to the

January 24th meeting by sending them

to Designated Federal Official Donna

Short at the address given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

more information regarding this

meeting, contact Designated Federal

Official Donna Short; Sweet Home

Ranger District; 3225 Highway 20;

Sweet Home, Oregon 97386; (541) 367–

9220.

Dated: December 14, 2001.

Y. Robert Iwamoto,

Acting Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 01–31324 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Madera and Fresno County Resource

Advisory Committees; Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Resource Advisory

Committee meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in

the Federal Advisory Committee Act of

1972 (Pub. L. 92–463) and under the

Secure Rural Schools and Community

Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public

Law 106–393) the Sierra National

Forest’s Resource Advisory Committees

(RAC) for Madera and Fresno Counties

will meet on January 12, 2002. The

Madera Resource Advisory Committee

will meet at the Mariposa/Minarets

Ranger Station in North Fork, CA. The

Fresno County Resource Advisory

Committee will meet at the Pineridge/

Kings River Ranger Station in Prather,

CA. The purpose of the meetings is to

provide an overview of Resource

Advisory Committee roles and

responsibilities and to determine how

the RAC will conduct business for

future meetings.

DATES: Both the Madera and the Fresno

meetings will be held on January 12,

2002. The meetings will be held from 8

a.m. To 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Madera County RAC

meeting will be held at the Mariposa/

Minarets Ranger Station, 57003 Road

225, North Fork CA. The Fresno County

RAC meeting will be held at the

Pineridge/Kings River Ranger Station,

29688 Auberry Road, Prather CA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue

Exline, USDA, Sierra National Forest,

1600 Tollhouse Road, Clovis, CA 93611

(559) 297–0706 ext. 4804 e-MAIL

skexline@fs.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda

items to be covered include: (1) Roles

and responsibility of Advisory

Committee; (2) Flow of work; (3) Project

process, submission forms and

deadlines; (4) Election of RAC

chairperson; (5) Public comment. The

meeting is open to the public. Public

input opportunity will be provided and

individuals will have the opportunity to

address the Committee at that time.

Dated: December 14, 2001.

James L. Boynton,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 01–31323 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 121401D]

Proposed Information Collection;

Comment Request; Alaska Region

Logbook Family of Forms

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, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506 (c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before February 19,

2002.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Paperwork Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 6086,

14th and Constitution Avenue NW,

Washington DC 20230 (or via Internet at

MClayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Patsy A. Bearden, F/

AKR2, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK

99802–1668 (telephone 907–586–7008).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

NMFS manages the U.S. groundfish

fisheries of the Exclusive Economic

Zone (EEZ) off Alaska under the Fishery

Management Plan for Groundfish of the

Gulf of Alaska and the Fishery

Management Plan for the Groundfish

Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian

Islands Area (FMPs). The North Pacific

Fishery Management Council prepared

the FMPs pursuant to the MagnusonStevens Act. Regulations implementing

the FMPs are at 50 CFR part 679.

The recordkeeping and reporting

requirements at 50 CFR part 679.5 form

the basis for this collection of

information. The National Marine

Fisheries Service (NMFS) Alaska Region

requests information from participating

groundfish fishermen which, upon

receipt, results in an increasingly more

efficient and accurate database. The

collection is necessary for the

management and monitoring of the

groundfish fisheries of the EEZ off