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Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR

63788, November 22, 1999.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides delivery of drug aerosols by

nose-only exposure to mycobacterium

infected guinea pigs to evaluate novel

therapies for the treatment of

tuberculosis in animal models. The

National Institutes of Health advises in

its memorandum of December 10, 1999

that (1) this capability is pertinent to the

applicant’s intended purpose and (2) it

knows of no domestic instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument for the

applicant’s intended use.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which is being

manufactured in the United States.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–1655 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology Advanced Technology

Program Advisory Committee

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

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

2, notice is hereby given that the

Advanced Technology Program

Advisory Committee, National Institute

of Standards and Technology (NIST),

will meet Wednesday, February 2, 2000,

from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Advanced

Technology Program Advisory

Committee is composed of seven

members appointed by the Director of

NIST; who are eminent in such fields as

business, research, new product

development, engineering, education,

and management consulting. The

purpose of this meeting is to review and

make recommendations regarding

general policy for the Advanced

Technology Program (ATP), its

organization, its budget, and its

programs within the framework of

applicable national policies as set forth

by the President and the Congress. The

agenda will include a background and

briefing on the ATP, a briefing from

each ATP program area, and a

presentation by the ATP Economic

Assessment Office. Discussions

scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and to

end at 9:30 a.m. and to begin at 3 p.m.

and to end at 5 p.m. on February 2,

2000, on the ATP budget issues and

staffing of positions will be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene

February 2, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. and will

adjourn at 5 p.m. on February 2, 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:

Janet R. Russell, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–1004,

telephone number (301) 975–2107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on

January 13, 2000 that portions of the

meeting of the Advanced Technology

Program Advisory Committee which

involve discussion of proposed funding

of the Advanced Technology Program

may be closed in accordance with 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because those

portions of the meetings will divulge

matters the premature disclosure of

which would be likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of proposed

agency actions; and that portions of

meetings which involve discussion of

staffing of positions in ATP may be

closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(6), because divulging

information discussed in those portions

of the meetings is likely to reveal

information of a personal nature where

disclosure would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy.

Dated: January 13, 2000.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 00–1647 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

RIN 3038–ZA05

Chicago Mercantile Exchange:

Proposed Amendments to the Lean

Hogs Futures and Option Contracts

Increasing the Contracts’ Speculative

Position Limits

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed amendments to contract terms

and conditions.

SUMMARY: The Chicago Mercantile

Exchange (CME or Exchange) has

proposed amendments to the

Exchange’s lean hogs cattle futures and

option contracts. The proposed

amendments would increase to 2,400

contracts from 2,000 contracts the

speculative position limit applicable to

individual non-spot contract months.

The proposed amendments also would

increase to 950 contracts from 650

contracts the speculative position limit

that is applicable to positions held on

and after the close of business of the

fifth business day of the expiring

contract month. The proposed

amendments were submitted under the

Commission’s 45-day Fast Track

procedures which provides that, absent

any contrary action by the Commission,

the proposed amendments may be

deemed approved on February 24,

2000—45 days after the Commission’s

receipt of the proposals. The Acting

Director of the Division of Economic

Analysis (Division) of the Commission,

acting pursuant to the authority

delegated by Commission Regulation

140.96, has determined that publication

of the proposed amendments is in the

public interest and will assist the

Commission in considering the views of

interested persons, and is consistent

with the purposes of the Commodity

Exchange Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before February 8, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. In addition,

comments may be sent by facsimile

transmission to facsimile number (202)

418–5521, or by electronic mail to

secretary@cftc.gov. Reference should be

made to the proposed amendments to

the CME lean hogs futures and option

contracts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact John Bird of the Division

of Economic Analysis, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581, telephone (202)

418–5274. Facsimile number: (202) 418–

5527. Electronic mail: jbird @cftc.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lean

hogs futures contract is cash settled

based on cash prices reported by the

U.S. Department of Agriculture during

the last two trading days of expiring

contract month. Contract months for the

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lean hog futures option contract that

correspond to contract months for the

underlying lean hogs futures contract

expire simultaneously with such futures

contract months. Currently, traders’

combined positions in the futures and

option contracts are subject to

speculative position limits of 2000

contracts for positions held in

individual non-spot contract months

and 650 contracts for positions held in

the expiring contract month from the

close of business on the fifth business

day of that month through the last

trading day of the expiring contract

month (the tenth business day of the

month).

The proposed amendments would

increase the speculative position limit

applicable to individual non-spot

contract months to 2,400 contracts from

2,000 contracts. The proposed

amendments also would increase to 950

contracts from 650 contracts the

speculative limit applicable from the

close of business on the fifth business

day of the expiring contract month

through the last trading day for that

month.

The CME intends to make the

proposed amendments effective upon

Commission approval for all existing

and newly listed contract months.

The Commission is requesting

comments on the proposed

amendments.

Copies of the proposed amendments

will be available for inspection at the

Office of the Secretariat, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20581. Copies of the

proposed amendments can be obtained

through the Office of the Secretariat by

mail at the above address, by phone at

(202) 418–5100, or via the Internet at

secretary@cftc.gov.

Other materials submitted by the

Exchange in support of the proposal

may be available upon request pursuant

to the Freedom of Information Act (5

U.S.C. 552) and the Commission’s

regulations thereunder (17 CFR Part 146

(1987)), except to the extent they are

entitled to confidential treatment as set

forth in 17 CFR 145.5 and 145.9.

Requests for copies of such materials

should be made to the FOI, Privacy and

Sunshine Act Compliance Staff of the

Office of Secretariat at the Commission’s

headquarters in accordance with 17 CFR

145.7 and 145.8.

Any person interested in submitting

written data, views, or arguments on the

proposed amendments, or with respect

to other materials submitted by the

Exchange, should send such comments

to Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20581 by the specified

date.

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 14,

2000.

Richard Shilts,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 00–1566 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

RIN 3038–ZA04

Chicago Mercantile Exchange:

Proposed Amendments to the Live

Cattle Futures and Option Contracts

Increasing the Contracts’ Speculative

Position Limits

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed amendments to contract terms

and conditions.

SUMMARY: The Chicago Mercantile

Exchange (CME or Exchange) has

proposed amendments to the

Exchange’s live cattle futures and option

contracts. The proposed amendments

would increase to 3,200 contracts from

2,400 contracts the speculative position

limit applicable to individual non-spot

months. The proposed amendments also

would increase to 900 contracts from

600 contracts the speculative position

limit applicable to positions held in the

expiring contract month from the close

of business on the business day

following the first Friday of the contract

month to the business day preceding the

last five trading days of the expiring

month. The proposed amendments were

submitted under the Commission’s 45-

day Fast Track procedures which

provides that, absent any contrary

action by the Commission, the proposed

amendments may be deemed approved

on February 24, 2000—45 days after the

Commission’s receipt of the proposals.

The Acting Director of the Division of

Economic Analysis (Division) of the

Commission, acting pursuant to the

authority delegated by Commission

Regulations 140.96, has determined that

publication of the proposed

amendments is in the public interest,

will assist the Commission in

considering the views of interested

persons, and is consistent with the

purposes of the Commodity Exchange

Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before February 8, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20581. In addition,

comments may be sent by facsimile

transmission to facsimile number (202)

418–5521, or by electronic mail to

secretary@cftc.gov. Reference should be

made to the proposed amendments to

the speculative position limits for the

CME live cattle futures and option

contracts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact John Bird of the Division

of Economic Analysis, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20581, telephone (202)

418–5274. Facsimile number: (202) 418–

5527. Electronic mail: jbird@cftc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The live

cattle futures calls for delivery of 40,000

pounds of live steers at specified CMEapproved livestock yards located in

Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New

Mexico and Colorado or, at the delivery

receiver’s request, at CME-approved

cattle slaughter plants located near the

CME-approved livestock yards. The live

cattle futures option contract is

exercisable into the futures contract and

option contract months expire prior to

the last five trading days for the

underlying futures contract month (the

last trading day for expiring contract

months is the last business day of the

month). Non-delivery period option

contract months expire on the last

Friday of the month and delivery period

options expire on the business day

preceding the last nine business days of

the underlying futures contract month.

Currently, traders’ combined positions

in the futures and option contracts are

subject to speculative position limits of

2,400 contracts in individual non-spot

contract months and 600 contracts

commencing at the close of business on

the business day following the first

Friday of the contract month. In

addition, positions in the expiring

futures contract month are subject to a

speculative position limit of 300

contracts during the last five trading

days of the expiring contract month.

The proposed amendments would

increase to 3,200 contracts from 2,400

contracts the speculative position limit

applicable to combined futures and

option positions in individual non-spot

months. The proposed amendments also

would increase to 900 contracts from

600 contracts the speculative position

limit applicable to combined futures

and option positions held in the

expiring contract month from the close

of business on the business day

following the first Friday of the contract