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Department of State is controlled.

Questions regarding the meeting may be

addressed to Mr. Earl Barbely at 202–

647–0197.

Note: If you wish to attend please send a

fax to 202–647–7407 not later than 24 hours

before the scheduled meeting. On this fax,

please include subject meeting, your name,

social security number, and date of birth.

One of the following valid photo

identifications will be required for

admittance: U.S. driver’s license with your

picture on it, U.S. passport, U.S. Government

identification (company ID’s are no longer

accepted by Diplomatic Security). Enter from

the ‘‘C’’ Street Main Lobby.

Dated: August 5, 1997.

Earl S. Barbely,

Chairman, U.S. ITAC for

Telecommunications Standardization.

[FR Doc. 97–21966 Filed 8–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–45–M

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2583]

Shipping Coordinating Committee

Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea

Working Group on Bulk Liquids and

Gases; Notice of Meeting

The Working Group on Bulk Liquids

and Gases (BLG) of the Subcommittee

on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will

conduct an open meeting at 9:30 AM on

Friday, September 5, 1997 in Room

2415, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,

2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington,

DC 20593–0001. The purpose of the

meeting is to review the results of the

Second Session of the Subcommittee on

Bulk Liquids and Gases of the

International Maritime Organization

(IMO) which was held on April 7–11,

1997, at the IMO Headquarters in

London. In addition, items included on

the work program for the Third Session

of the Subcommittee will be reviewed.

The agenda items of particular

interest:

a. Revision of the International

Convention for the Prevention of

Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified

by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/

78) regulations 1/22 to 24 in the light of

the probabilistic methodology for oil

outflow analysis.

b. Review of Annexes I and II of

MARPOL 73/78.

c. Revision of carriage requirements

for carbon disulfide in the International

Code for the Construction and

Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous

Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code).

d. Requirements for personal

protection involved in transportation of

cargoes containing toxic substances in

oil tankers.

e. Amendments to the International

Code for the Construction and

Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied

Gases in Bulk and the Code for the

Construction and Equipment of Ships

Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk.

f. Revision of chapter 8 of the IBC

Code in the light of the revised SOLAS

regulation II–2/59.

g. Evaluation of safety and pollution

hazards of chemicals and preparation of

consequential amendments.

h. Assessment of alternative tanker

designs.

Members of the public may attend

this meeting up to the seating capacity

of the room. Interested persons may

seek information by writing:

Commander K. S. Cook, U.S. Coast

Guard (G–MSO–3), 2100 Second Street,

S.W., Washington, DC 20593–0001 or by

calling (202) 267–1577.

Dated: August 4, 1997.

Stephen M. Miller,

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating

Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–21965 Filed 8–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–45–M

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2581]

Privacy Act of 1974 as Amended;

Removal of Systems of Records

Notice is hereby given that the

Department of State is removing two

systems of records, STATE–23–Media

Personnel Records and STATE–34–

Public Affairs Applicants Records,

pursuant to the provisions of the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5

U.S.C. 552a(r)), and in accordance with

the record-keeping practices and the

reorganization of the Bureau of Public

Affairs.

As reported in Public Notice 2527 of

April 18, 1997 (62 FR 19155–19156)

certain records reflected in STATE–23

became part of STATE–22. The

remaining records have been disposed

of in accordance with published records

schedules of the Department of State

and as approved by the National

Archives and Records Administration.

STATE–34–Public Affairs Applicants

Records is being removed because the

Scholar/Executive-Diplomat Seminar

Program has been discontinued; and the

records of the Department’s Work-Study

Program, also part of STATE–34, are

now maintained in the Bureau of

Personnel and will become part of

STATE–21–Personnel Records.

Dated: August 8, 1997.

Genie M. Norris,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–21874 Filed 8–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping

Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Information

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted

below has been forwarded to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

renewal and comment. The ICR

describes the nature of the information

collection and its expected cost and

burden. The Federal Register Notice

with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of

information was published on June 9,

1997 [62 FR 31470].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before September 18, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Luther R. Dietrich, Office of Aviation

Analysis, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 400 7th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone (202)

366–1046.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of the Secretary (OST)

Title: Supporting Statements—Air

Carriers’ Claims for Subsidy Payments.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2106–0044.

Affected Public: Small air carriers

selected by the Department in docketed

cases to provide subsidized essential air

service.

Abstract: The requested collection of

information covers OST Form 397 and

OST Form 398.

Need: In 14 CFR part 271 of its

Aviation Economic Regulations, the

Department provided that subsidy to air

carriers for providing essential air

service will be paid to the carriers

monthly, and that payments will vary

according to the actual amount of

service performed during the month.

The reports of subsidized air carriers of

essential air service performed on the

Department’s OST Form 397, ‘‘Air