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regulations. As published, the Notice

contains errors which may prove to be

misleading and need to be clarified.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steve Mikkelsen, Warehouse and

Inventory Division, Farm Service

Agency, United States Department of

Agriculture, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW, STOP 0553, Washington,

DC 20250–0553, telephone (202) 720–

7433, FAX (202) 690–3123.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly, in the notice (FR Doc.

97–16248), published on June 20, 1997,

page (62 FR 33583), in the second

column, correct the following to read:

Tobacco and Wool

Annual fee: $15 for each 100,000

pounds of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $575.

Inspection fee: $15 for each 100,000

pounds of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $150

nor more than $1,500.

Nuts

Annual fee: 13¢ for each 100 short

tons of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $575.

Inspection fee: $7 for each 100 short

tons of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, of peanuts, and $13 for each

1,000 hundredweight, or fraction

thereof, of other nuts, but in no case less

than $150 nor more than $1,500.

Syrup

Annual fee: $5 for each 5,000 gallons

of licensed capacity, or fraction thereof,

but in no case less than $575.

Inspection fee: $5 for each 5,000

gallons, or fraction thereof, but in no

case less than $150 nor more than

$1,500.

Cottonseed

Annual fee: $15 for each 1,000 short

tons of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $575.

Inspection fee: $15 for each 1,000

short tons of licensed capacity, or

fraction thereof, but in no case less than

$150 nor more than $1,500.

Signed at Washington, D.C., on July 31,

1997.

Bruce R. Weber,

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 97–20691 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

National Commission on Small Farms;

Meeting

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

Request for comments and

recommendations.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture

by Departmental Regulation No. 1043–

43 dated July 9, 1997, established the

National Commission on Small Farms

(Commission) and further identified

NRCS to provide support to the

Commission. The purpose of the

Commission is to gather and analyze

information regarding small farms and

ranches and recommend to the

Secretary of Agriculture a national

policy and strategy to ensure their

continued viability. This notice seeks

comments on issues that the

Commission should address and

recommendations that the Commission

could consider as part of its report. The

second public meeting of the

Commission will be August 21–22,

1997.

DATES: Written comments and

recommendations must be received on

or before September 22, 1997. These

comments will be summarized and

presented to the Commission for their

consideration.

PLACE, DATE AND TIME OF MEETING: The

Commission’s second meeting will be at

the Best Western Ramkota Inn, 2400

North Louise, Sioux Falls, South

Dakota. The Commission will meet from

7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on August 21 to

conduct an organizational business

meeting. This meeting is open to the

public; however, the committee does

not plan to hear public testimony at this

session. The Commission will meet

from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on August

22 . From 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. the

Commission will continue to conduct

an organizational business meeting.

Starting at 10:15 a.m., the Commission

will hear public testimony. We are

seeking testimony from various sources

to arrive at conclusions and

recommendations that will ensure the

continued viability of small farms. The

Commission requests that testimony

include ideas and recommendations

based on the following questions.

Concerns or problems of individual

farms that relate to specific USDA

programs should be addressed only in

the context of a recommendation for the

Commission to consider.

The questions are:

1. How are current USDA programs

helping or hurting the viability of small

farms?

2. What are the needs of small farms

in terms of financing, research,

extension, marketing and risk

management and other areas? What

recommendations would you make

about these needs that could be part of

a long-range strategy to ensure the

continued viability of small farms?

3. Are there innovative nongovernmental or state efforts to assist

beginning and smaller independent

farms that might be replicated or

supplemented at the Federal level?

4. What changes in USDA policy or

practices are needed to make USDA

programs in the areas of credit, research,

extension, marketing, risk management

and other areas more effective in

enabling small farms to survive and

thrive?

5. What new programs could provide

effective and affordable support for

small farmers as commodity programs

are phased out?

6. What can be done to assist

beginning farmers and farm workers to

become farmer owners?

7. What role should the Federal

government play to ensure a diversified,

decentralized and competitive farm

structure?

8. What do small farms contribute to

your community and your state?

9. What other generic issues

pertaining to small farms should the

Commission consider?

Interested parties wishing to testify

must contact the office of the National

Commission on Small Farms by August

15, 1997 in order to be placed on a list

of witnesses. Oral presentations will be

limited to 5 minutes. Those wishing to

testify, but unable to notify the

Commission office by August 15, will be

able to sign up as a presenter August 22.

Sign up will begin at 12:30 p.m. and end

at 2:00 p.m. These presenters will testify

on a first come, first served basis and

comments will be limited based on the

time available and the number of

presenters. Written statements will be

accepted at the meeting or may be

mailed or faxed to the Commission

office by September 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments and statements

should be sent to National Commission

on Small Farms, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, P.O. Box 2890, Room 5237,

South Building, Washington, D.C.

20013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Yezak Molen, Director, National

Commission on Small Farms, at the

address above or at (202) 690–0648 or
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(202) 690–0673. The fax number is (202)

720–0596.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Commission is to gather

and evaluate background information,

studies, and data pertinent to small

farms and ranches, including limitedresource farmers. On the basis of the

review, the Commission shall analyze

all relevant issues and make findings,

develop strategies, and make

recommendations for consideration by

the Secretary of Agriculture toward a

national strategy on small farms. The

national strategy shall include, but not

be limited to: changes in existing

policies, programs, regulations, training,

and program delivery and outreach

systems; approaches that assist

beginning farmers and involve the

private sectors and government,

including assurances that the needs of

minorities, women, and persons with

disabilities are addressed; areas where

new partnerships and collaborations are

needed; and other approaches that it

would deem advisable or which the

Secretary of Agriculture or the Chief of

the Natural Resources Conservation

Service may request the Commission to

consider.

The Secretary of Agriculture has

determined that the work of the

Commission is in the public interest and

within the duties and responsibilities of

USDA. Establishment of the

Commission also implements a

recommendation of the USDA Civil

Rights Action Report to appoint a

diverse commission to develop a

national policy on small farms.

Dated: August 1, 1997.

Pearlie S. Reed,

Acting Assistant Secretary for

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–20724 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Florida State University, et al.; Notice

of Consolidated Decision on

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

This is a decision consolidated

pursuant to Section 6(c) of the

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.

L. 89–651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part

301). Related records can be viewed

between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in

Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instruments described below, for such

purposes as each is intended to be used,

is being manufactured in the United

States.

Docket Number: 97–038. Applicant:

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

32310. Instrument: EPR W-Band

System, Model ELEXSYS.

Manufacturer: Bruker Instruments,

Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 62

FR 32296, June 13, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides operation at

a frequency of 95 GHz for maximal

sensitivity and precise control of

temperature over the range of 4–300

degrees Kelvin. Advice received from:

National Institutes of Health, June 26,

1997.

Docket Number: 97–041. Applicant:

University of North Carolina at Chapel

Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599–7310.

Instrument: Graphite Aerosol Generator,

Model GFG–1000. Manufacturer: Palas

GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See

notice at 62 FR 32766, June 17, 1997.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides uniform particle agglomerates

that are similar to natural soot particles

with a size less that 0.1 μm. Advice

received from: National Institutes of

Health, June 26, 1997.

The National Institutes of Health

advises in its memoranda that (1) the

capabilities of each of the foreign

instruments described above are

pertinent to each applicant’s intended

purpose and (2) it knows of no domestic

instrument or apparatus of equivalent

scientific value for the intended use of

each instrument.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus being manufactured in the

United States which is of equivalent

scientific value to either of the foreign

instruments.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–20638 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of Oklahoma, Notice of

Decision on Applications for Duty-free

Entry of Scientific Instruments

This is a decision pursuant to Section

6(c) of the Educational, Scientific, and

Cultural Materials Importation Act of

1966 (Pub. L. 89–651, 80 Stat. 897; 15

CFR part 301). Related records can be

viewed between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM

in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Decision: Denied. Applicant has failed

to establish that domestic instruments of

equivalent scientific value to the foreign

instrument for the intended purposes

are not available.

Reasons: Section 301.5(e)(4) of the

regulations requires the denial of

applications that have been denied

without prejudice to resubmission if

they are not resubmitted within the

specified time period. This is the case

for the following docket.

Docket Number: 96–094. Applicant:

University of Oklahoma, Purchasing

Department, 660 Parrington Oval, Room

321, Norman, OK 73019. Instrument:

Eye Movement Measuring Device.

Manufacturer: Dr. Bouis, Germany. Date

of Denial without Prejudice to

Resubmission: April 14, 1997.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–20637 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the

Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.

L. 89–651; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part

301), we invite comments on the

question of whether instruments of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instruments

shown below are intended to be used,

are being manufactured in the United

States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and

be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

D.C. 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00

P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 97–059. Applicant:

University of Connecticut, School of

Pharmacy, 372 Fairfield Road, Storrs,

CT 06269–2092. Instrument: Interfacial

Rheometer, Model CIR–100.

Manufacturer: Camtel Ltd., United

Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used to investigate the interfacial

rheology of proteins, surfactants and

other surface active agents and

determine their film strength. These

investigations will be conducted in

order (1) to obtain a clear understanding