31520 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 97 / Thursday, May 18, 2000 / Notices

Dated: May 10, 2000.

Raymond G. Kammer,

Director.

[FR Doc. 00–12442 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

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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 Thursday, June 8,

2000. 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:

Review Roles/Responsibilities of Judges

and Overseers; Health Care and

Education Update; 2000 Baldrige

Criteria Changes and Future Criteria

Evolution; New Marketing Documents;

Discussion of Program Issues, and Key

Issues from the June 7 Judges’ Meeting.

DATES: The meeting will convene June

8, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 3:00

p.m. on June 8, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Administration Building

Tenth Floor Conference Room,

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

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: May 10, 2000.

Raymond G. Kammer,

Director.

[FR Doc. 00–12441 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige

National Quality Award

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

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

2, notice is hereby given that there will

be a closed meeting of the Judges Panel

of the Malcolm Baldrige National

Quality Award on Wednesday, June 7,

2000. The Judges Panel is composed of

nine members prominent in the field of

quality management and appointed by

the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose

of this meeting is to Review the 2000

Baldrige Award Cycle; Discussion of

Senior Examiner Training for Site Visits

and Final Judging Interaction; Judges’

Survey of Applicants; and Judging

Process Improvement. The applications

under review contain trade secrets and

proprietary commercial information

submitted to the Government in

confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene June

7, 2000, at 11:00 a.m. and adjourn at

4:30 p.m. on June 7, 2000. The entire

meeting will be closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Chemistry Building, Room

A228, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Harry Hertz, National Quality Program,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland

20899, telephone number (301) 975–

2361.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on March

31, 2000, that the meeting of the Judges

Panel will be closed pursuant to section

10(d) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, as

amended by section 5(c) of the

Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub.

L. 94–409. The meeting, which involves

examination of records and discussion

of Award applicant data, may be closed

to the public in accordance with section

552b(c)(4) of Title 5, United States Code,

since the meeting is likely to disclose

trade secrets and commercial or

financial information obtained from a

person and privileged or confidential.

Dated: May 10, 2000.

Raymond G. Kammer,

Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 041800A]

Notice of Availability of Draft Stock

Assessment Reports

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request

for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS has revised the Alaska,

Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific

marine mammal stock assessment

reports in accordance with the Marine

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Draft

revised 2000 reports are available for

public review and comment.

DATES: Comments must be received by

August 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send requests for printed

copies of the draft Reports to: Chief,

Marine Mammal Division, Office of

Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–

3226, Attn: Stock Assessments. Copies

of the regional reports may also be

requested from Anita Lopez, Alaska

Fisheries Science Center (F/AKC),

NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE BIN

15700, Seattle, WA 98115–0070

(Alaska); Janeen Quintal, Northeast

Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water St.,

Woods Hole, MA 02543 (Northwest

Atlantic); Steven Swartz, Southeast

Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia

Beach Dr., Miami, FL 33149 (MidAtlantic and Gulf of Mexico); and Tim

Price, Southwest Regional Office (F/

SWO3), NMFS, 501 West Ocean

Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802–4213

(Pacific). Electronic copies of the reports

can be found at the following internet

address: http://www.nmfs.gov/

protlres/mammals/salrep/sar.html.

Electronic copies of the Atlantic and

Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock

Assessments can also be found at the

following internet address: http://

www.nefsc.nmfs.gov/psb/

assesspdfs.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Emily Hanson, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, at (301) 713–2322,

ext. 101, Anita Lopez (206) 526–4045,