Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 78 / Friday, April 21, 2000 / Notices 21399

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is

owned in whole or in part by the U.S.

Government, as represented by the

Department of Commerce. The

Department of Commerce’s ownership

interest in the invention is available for

licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C.

207 and 37 CFR Part 404 to achieve

expeditious commercialization of

results of Federally funded research and

development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

this invention may be obtained by

writing to: National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Office of

Technology Partnerships, Building 820,

Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax

301–869–2751. Any request for

information should include the NIST

Docket No. and Title for the relevant

invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may

enter into a Cooperative Research and

Development Agreement (‘‘CRADA’’)

with the licensee to perform further

research on the inventions for purposes

of commercialization. The invention

available for licensing is:

NIST Docket Number: 99–016/025US.

Title: Device for Stable Speed

Determination in Machining.

Abstract: The device utilizes a noncontact force actuator to drive a

machine-tool with a train of impulsive

forces having a known, time-varying

frequency to identify the speeds least

likely to produce chatter (regenerative

vibrations). This can be done in real

time without the need for exhaustive

cutting tests. The machine-tool spindle

and a non-contact magnetic force

actuator are used to produce the timevarying impulse train. This impulse

train has significant energy at the

spindle speed and its harmonics. As the

spindle speed is ramped up from zero

to the maximum speed, those speeds

that maximize the dynamic response of

the tool are the speeds that minimize

regenerative chatter. The device is

suitable for integration with the

machine-tool controller, and could

potentially allow the optimal speeds for

each tool to be downloaded and stored

for later use in NC programming.

Dated: April 17, 2000.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institution of Standards and

Technology

Announcing a Meeting of the National

Conference on Weights and Measures

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: The 85th Annual Meeting of

the National Conference on Weights and

Measures will be held July 16 through

July 20, 2000, at the Omni Richmond

Hotel, 100 South Street, Richmond, VA.

The meeting is open to the public. The

National Conference on Weights and

Measures is an organization of weights

and measures enforcement officials of

the states, counties, and cities of the

United States, other government

officials and representatives of business,

industry, trade associations, and

consumer organizations. Conference

members meet twice a year to develop

weights and measures laws and to

discuss subjects that relate to the field

of weights and measures technology and

administration. Pursuant to (15 U.S.C.

272(B)(6)), the National Institute of

Standards and Technology acts as a

sponsor of the National Conference on

Weights and Measures in order to

promote uniformity among the states in

the complex of laws, regulations,

methods, and testing equipment that

comprises regulatory control by the

states of commercial weighing and

measuring devices and practices.

DATES: The meeting will be held July

16–July 20, 2000, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Omni Richmond Hotel

located at 100 South Street, Richmond,

VA 23219.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Henry V. Oppermann, Chief, NIST,

Office of Weights and Measures, 100

Bureau Drive, Stop 2350, Gaithersburg,

MD 20899–2350. Telephone (301) 975–

4005, or E-mail owm@nist.gov.

Dated: March 17, 2000.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director, NIST.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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Bluefin Tuna Statistical Documents

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 June 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5027, 14th and

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington

DC 20230 (or via Internet at

lengelme@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Christopher Rogers,

Highly Migratory Species Management

Division (F/SF1), Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910

(301–713–2347).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Under the provisions of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act (16

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), NOAA is

responsible for management of the

nation’s marine fisheries. In addition,

NOAA must comply with the United

States’ obligations under the Atlantic

Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16

U.S.C. 971 et seq.) to implement

recommendations by the International

Commission for the Conservation of

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). In order to

monitor landings and trade in bluefin

tuna, the National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS) collects information

through the bluefin tuna statistical

document (BSD) program recommended

by ICCAT. BSDs are required for lawful

import of bluefin tuna products into

countries that are contracting parties to

ICCAT. By exchanging information

collected through the BSD program,

ICCAT members can monitor catch of