This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

committee meetings, agency decisions and

rulings, delegations of authority, filing of

petitions and applications and agency

statements of organization and functions are

examples of documents appearing in this

section.

Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 62, No. 155

Tuesday, August 12, 1997

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC

PRESERVATION

Notice of Availability of Environmental

Assessment and Preliminary Finding

of No Significant Impact

SUMMARY: An environmental assessment

on the Council’s proposed regulatory

revisions of its regulations

implementing Section 106 of the

National Historic Preservation Act was

prepared in accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., and the

Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation’s NEPA regulations, 36

CFR part 805. The environmental

assessment made a preliminary

determination that promulgation of its

revised regulations will not have a

significant impact on the quality of the

human environment and that

preparation of an environmental impact

statement will not be necessary. Copies

of the environmental assessment and

proposed finding of no significant

impact may be obtained by contacting

the person listed below. Interested

parties may submit comments on the

environmental assessment and proposed

finding of no significant impact to the

address listed below no later than 30

days from the date of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie Woronowicz, Information

Assistant, Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation, 1100 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Suite 809, Washington,

D.C. 20004, (202) 606–8503.

Dated: August 7, 1997.

John M. Fowler,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–21282 Filed 8–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 97–49N]

Meeting of the National Advisory

Committee on Microbiological Criteria

for Foods

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Advisory

Committee on Microbiological Criteria

for Foods (NACMCF) will hold a

meeting on August 12, 13, and 14, 1997

to discuss food safety issues related to

fresh produce, meat, and poultry

products; Hazard Analysis and Critical

Control Point (HACCP) process control;

risk assessment; and international issues

pertaining to Codex Alimentarius

initiatives.

DATES: The meeting will be held from

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on August 12, 13,

and 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Best West SouthCenter, 15901 West

Valley Road, Tukwila, Washington

98188. The meeting site is less than

three miles from SeaTac International

Airport.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Interested persons may file comments

before and after the meeting. Comments

should be addressed to Dr. Richard L.

Ellis, Director, Scientific Research

Oversight Staff, Department of

Agriculture, FSIS, Suite 6913 Franklin

Court Building, 1099 14th Street, NW,

Washington, DC, 20250–3700 or FAX to

(202) 501–7628.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In the July 10, 1997, Federal Register

notice announcing the July 24 and 25

meeting of NACMCF’s Fresh Produce

Subcommittee, it was noted that the full

committee would meet in August to

further discuss a number of issue related

to food safety. This meeting will feature

morning plenary sessions followed by

breakout subcommittee meetings on

August 12 and 13. The full committee

will convene on August 14. The meeting

is open to the public on a space

available basis.

NACMCF provides advice and

recommendations to the Secretary of

Agriculture and the Secretary of Health

and Human Services concerning the

development of microbiological criteria

by which the safety and wholesomeness

of food can be assessed. NACMCF also

provides advice and guidance to the

Department of Commerce and the

Department of Defense.

Done at Washington, DC, on August 7,

1997.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–21368 Filed 8–8–97; 2:31 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to Section

4 of the Maryland State Technical

Guide

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.

Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in the Maryland State

Technical Guide for review and

comment.

SUMMARY: It has been determined by the

NRCS State Conservationist for

Maryland that changes must be made in

the NRCS State Technical Guide

specifically in practice standards 329A

Residue Management; No-Till and Strip

Till, 329B Residue Management; Mulch

Till, 329C Residue Management; Ridge

Till, and 344 Residue Management;

Seasonal, to account for improved

technology. These practices can be used

in conservation systems that treat highly

erodible land.

DATES: Comments will be received on or

before September 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF

THE STANDARD(S) CONTACT:

David P. Doss, State Conservationist,

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

339 Busch’s Frontage Road, Suite 301,

Annapolis, MD 21401; 410–757–0861;

FAX 410–757–0687.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

states that revisions made after

enactment of the law to NRCS State

technical guides used to carry out

highly erodible land and wetland

provisions of the law shall be made

available for public review and
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comment. For the next 30 days the

NRCS will receive comments relative to

the proposed changes. Following that

period a determination will be made by

the NRCS regarding disposition of those

comments and a final determination of

change will be made.

Dated: July 11, 1997.

David P. Doss,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 97–21238 Filed 8–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Refinancing Water and Wastewater

Loans

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice describes the

Rural Utilities Service’s Water and

Wastewater (WW) loan program

refinancing policies, informs

commercial lenders of the availability of

a list of eligible WW borrowers that

have the potential to refinance

outstanding debt, and invites

commercial credit sources to participate

in refinancing loans from the Agency’s

portfolio.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deanna Plauche’ Loan Specialist, Rural

Utilities Service, USDA, Room 2238,

South Agriculture Building, 1400

Independence Ave., S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20250, Telephone: (202) 720–9635.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Agency provides credit to public

entities such as municipalities,

counties, special-purpose districts,

Indian tribes, tribal organizations and

nonprofit corporations. The eligible WW

loan purposes are to construct, enlarge,

extend, or otherwise improve water and

wastewater systems. The Agency’s

credit programs are administered in a

manner which ensures that they do not

compete with credit available from

other reliable sources. Loan agreements

require financially capable borrowers to

refinance debts owed to the Agency

when other credit is available at

reasonable rates and terms from a

cooperative or private credit source.

The Agency would like to further

develop its public/private partnerships

while enhancing its refinancing efforts.

As part of these efforts, each Rural

Development State office, which

administers the WW program in the

field, will maintain a current listing of

borrowers that have the potential to

refinance. The Agency requests that any

interested lenders contact the State

office in each State for the current list

of borrowers with potential to graduate.

The Agency has developed a unified

database of lenders interested in this

refinancing initiative as part of the

ongoing effort to establish a stronger

alliance with private sector lenders.

Each interested lender should submit its

name and address to the State office

located in its residing State. Each State

office is required to provide a copy of

its current lender list annually to the

National office for compilation of a

nationwide database. This list should be

submitted to the National office by

October 1, of each year.

Dated: July 31, 1997.

John Romano,

Deputy Administrator, Water and

Wastewater.

[FR Doc. 97–21190 Filed 8–11–97; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Minnesota Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Minnesota Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 1:00 p.m.

and adjourn at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday,

September 25, 1997 at the Embassy

Suites, 425 S. 7th Street, Minneapolis,

Minnesota 55415. The purpose of the

meeting is to discuss civil rights issues

of interest and plan future activities.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Committee Chairperson Alan W.

Weinblatt, 612–292–8770, or Constance

M. Davis, Director of the Midwestern

Regional Office, 312–353–8311 (TDD

312–353–8362). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least five (5) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, August 5, 1997.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–21229 Filed 8–11–97; 8:45 am]

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the New Mexico Advisory

Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the New

Mexico Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 9:00 a.m.

and adjourn at 3:00 p.m. on September

15, 1997, at the Clovis Public Library,

Ingram Room, 701 North Main Street,

Clovis, New Mexico 88101. The purpose

of the meeting is to discuss: (1) Food

stamp fraud sting operation carried out

in Clovis; (2) progress on the Farmingon

project; and (3) plan future activities.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Committee Chairperson Lynda Eaton,

505–326–4338, or Philip Montez,

Director of the Western Regional Office,

213–894–3437 (TDD 213–894–3435).

Hearing-impaired persons who will

attend the meeting and require the

services of a sign language interpreter

should contact the Regional Office at

least five (5) working days before the

scheduled date of the meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, August 4, 1997.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–21227 Filed 8–11–97; 8:45 am]

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Ohio Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the Ohio

Advisory Committee to the Commission

will convene at 1:00 p.m. and adjourn

at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September

10, 1997, at the Hyatt Regency, 350

North High Street, Columbus, Ohio

43215. The purpose of the meeting is to

discuss civil rights issues and plan

future activities.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Committee Chairperson Grace Ramos,

614–466–6715, or Constance Davis,

Director of the Midwestern Regional

Office, 312–353–8311 (TDD 312–353–

8362). Hearing-impaired persons who

will attend the meeting and require the