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However, NMFS will be unable to

compensate participants with monetary

support of any kind, because no funds

were appropriated to support this

activity in fiscal year 1997. Members

will be expected to pay for travel costs

related to the AP.

C. Tentative Schedule.

Meetings of the AP will be held twice

yearly or more frequently as necessary.

The first meeting of the HMS AP is

tentatively scheduled for October 14–16,

1997 in Silver Spring, Maryland. The

initial activities include consideration

of definitions of overfishing, etc., to be

developed for a comprehensive HMS

fishery management plan. Under the

MSFCMA FMP amendments and

regulations must be submitted for

Secretarial review by October 11, 1998.

Dated: August 22, 1997.

George H. Darcy,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–22880 Filed 8–25–97; 9:51 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Proposed Collection of Information;

Comment Request—Amended Interim

Safety Standard for Cellulose

Insulation

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35), the Consumer Product

Safety Commission requests comments

on a proposed extension of approval of

a collection of information from

manufacturers and importers of

cellulose insulation. The collection of

information is in regulations

implementing the Amended Interim

Safety Standard for Cellulose Insulation

(16 CFR Part 1209). These regulations

establish testing and recordkeeping

requirements for manufacturers and

importers of cellulose insulation subject

to the amended interim standard. The

Commission will consider all comments

received in response to this notice

before requesting an extension of

approval of this collection of

information from the Office of

Management and Budget.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by the Office of the Secretary

not later than October 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed to the Office of the Secretary,

Consumer Product Safety Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20207, or delivered to

that office, room 502, 4330 East West

Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

Alternatively, comments may be filed by

telefacsimile to (301) 504–0127 or by email to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Comments

should be captioned ‘‘Cellulose

Insulation.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information about the proposed

extension of approval of the collection

of information, or to obtain a copy of 16

CFR Part 1204, call or write Robert E.

Frye, Director, Office of Planning and

Evaluation, Consumer Product Safety

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207;

telephone (301) 504–0416, extension

2264.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cellulose

insulation is a form of thermal

insulation used in houses and other

residential buildings. Most cellulose

insulation is manufactured by shredding

and grinding used newsprint and

adding fire-retardant chemicals.

In 1978, Congress passed the

Emergency Interim Consumer Product

Safety Standard Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–

319, 92 Stat. 386). That legislation is

contained in section 35 of the Consumer

Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2080).

This law directed the Commission to

issue an interim safety standard

incorporating the provisions for

flammability and corrosiveness of

cellulose insulation set forth in a

purchasing specification issued by the

General Services Administration (GSA).

The law provided further that the

interim safety standard should be

amended to incorporate the

requirements for flammability and

corrosiveness of cellulose insulation in

each revision to the GSA purchasing

specification.

In 1978, the Commission issued the

Interim Safety Standard for Cellulose

Insulation in accordance with section 35

of the CPSA. In 1979, the Commission

amended that standard to incorporate

the latest revision of the GSA

purchasing specification. The Amended

Interim Safety Standard for Cellulose

Insulation is codified at 16 CFR Part

1209.

The amended interim standard

contains performance tests to assure that

cellulose insulation will resist ignition

from sustained heat sources, such as

smoldering cigarettes or recessed light

fixtures, and from small open-flame

sources such as matches or candles. The

standard also contains tests to assure

that cellulose insulation will not be

corrosive to copper, aluminum, or steel

if exposed to water.

Certification regulations

implementing the standard require

manufacturers, importers, and private

labelers of cellulose insulation subject

to the standard to perform tests to

demonstrate that those products meet

the requirements of the standard, and to

maintain records of those tests. The

certification regulations are codified at

16 CFR Part 1209, Subpart B.

The Commission uses the information

compiled and maintained by

manufacturers, importers, and private

labelers of cellulose insulation subject

to the standard to help protect the

public from risks of injury or death

associated with fires involving cellulose

insulation. More specifically, this

information helps the Commission

determine whether cellulose insulation

subject to the standard complies with all

applicable requirements. The

Commission also uses this information

to obtain corrective actions if cellulose

insulation fails to comply with the

standard in a manner which creates a

substantial risk of injury to the public.

The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) approved the collection of

information in the certification

regulations under control number 3041–

0022. OMB’s most recent extension of

approval will expire on November 30,

1997. The Commission now proposes to

request an extension of approval

without change for the collection of

information in the certification

regulations.

Estimated Burden

The Commission staff estimates that

about 45 firms manufacture or import

cellulose insulation subject to the

amended interim standard. The

Commission staff estimates that the

certification regulations will impose an

average annual burden of about 1,320

hours on each of those firms. That

burden will result from conducting the

testing required by the regulations and

maintaining records of the results of that

testing. The total annual burden

imposed by the regulations on

manufacturers and importers of

cellulose insulation is approximately

59,400 hours.

The hourly wage for the testing and

recordkeeping required to conduct the

testing and maintain records required by

the regulations is about $15, for an

estimated annual cost to the industry of

approximately $891,000.

The Commission will expend

approximately one week of professional

staff time each year reviewing and

evaluating the records maintained by

manufacturers and importers of

cellulose insulation. The annual cost to

the Federal government of the collection

of information in these regulations is

estimated to be $1,400.
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Request for Comments

The Commission solicits written

comments from all interested persons

about the proposed extension of

approval of the collection of information

in the certification regulations

implementing the Amended Interim

Safety Standard for Cellulose Insulation.

The Commission specifically solicits

information about the hourly burden

and monetary costs imposed by the

collection of information on firms

subject to this collection of information.

The Commission also seeks information

relevant to the following topics:

• Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the Commission’s

functions;

• Whether the information will have

practical utility for the Commission;

• Whether the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be collected

could be enhanced; and

• Whether the burden imposed by the

collection of information could be

minimized by use of automated,

electronic or other technological

collection techniques, or other form of

information technology.

Dated: August 22, 1997.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–22851 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

List of Institutions of Higher Education

Ineligible for Federal Funds

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document is published

to identify institutions of higher

education that are ineligible for

contracts and grants by reason of a

determination by the Secretary of

Defense that the institution prevents

military recruiter access to the campus

or students or maintains a policy against

ROTC. It also implements the

requirements set forth in the Omnibus

Consolidated Appropriations Act of

1997 and 32 CFR part 216. The

institutions of higher education so

identified are:

Washington College of Law of American

University, Washington, DC

University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene,

Oregon

Willamette University College of Law, Salem,

Oregon

St. Mary’s University School of Law, San

Antonio, Texas

William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul,

Minnesota

Recently, officials from the following

institutions of higher education reported

modifications to school policies

sufficient to merit removal from the list

of ineligible schools.

City College of San Francisco, San Francisco,

California

Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul,

Minnesota

Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio

Mills College, Oakland, California

Ohio Northern University College of Law,

Ada, Ohio

The Omnibus Consolidated

Appropriations Act of 1997 provides

that schools prohibited by state laws or

court rulings from providing the

requisite degree of access for ROTC or

military recruiting would not be denied

funding prior to one year following the

effective date of that law (i.e., not until

March 29, 1998). However, that

provision applies only to funds from

agencies other than the Department of

Defense, which is bound by provisions

of the National Defense Authorization

Acts for Fiscal Years 1995 and 1996.

Therefore, the Secretary of Defense has

determined that the following

institutions of higher education prevent

recruiter access to campuses, students,

or student information and are ineligible

for DoD contracts and grants.

Asnuntuck Community-Technical College,

Enfield, Connecticut

Capital Community-Technical College,

Hartford, Connecticut

Central Connecticut State University, New

Britain, Connecticut

Charter Oak State College, Newington,

Connecticut

Connecticut Community-Technical College,

Winsted, Connecticut

Eastern Connecticut State University,

Willimantic, Connecticut

Gateway Community-Technical College,

North Haven, Connecticut

Housatonic Community-Technical College,

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Manchester Community-Technical College,

Manchester, Connecticut

Middlesex Community-Technical College,

Middletown, Connecticut

Naugatuck Community-Technical College,

Waterbury, Connecticut

Norwalk Community-Technical College,

Norwalk, Connecticut

Quinebaug Valley Community-Technical

College, Danielson, Connecticut

Southern Connecticut State University, New

Haven, Connecticut

Three Rivers Community-Technical College,

Norwich, Connecticut

Tunxis Community-Technical College,

Farmington, Connecticut

Western Connecticut State University,

Danbury, Connecticut

ADDRESSES: Director for Accession

Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary

of Defense for Force Management

Policy, 4000 Defense Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301–4000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William J. Carr, (703) 697–8444.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

8, 1997 (62 FR 16694), the Department

of Defense published 32 CFR part 216 as

an interim rule. This rule and the

Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations

Act of 1997, requires the Department of

Defense semi-annually to publish a list

of the institutions of higher education

ineligible for Federal funds. 32 CFR part

216 and the Secretary of Defense under

108 Stat. 2663, 10 U.S.C. 983, and 110

Stat. 3009 and/or this part identifies

institutions of higher education that

have a policy or practice that either

prohibits, or in effect prevents, the

Secretary of Defense from obtaining, for

military recruiting purposes, entry to

campuses, access to students on

campuses, access to directory

information on students or that has an

anti-ROTC policy. On July 15, 1997 (62

FR 37890), the Department of Defense

published a list of the institutions of

higher education ineligible for Federal

Funding; this listing updates and

supersedes that listing.

Dated: August 21, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–22863 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

National Defense Panel Meeting

AGENCY: DoD, National Defense Panel.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and summary agenda for the

meeting of the National Defense Panel

on September 15 and 16, 1997. In

accordance with Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub.

L. No. 92–463, as amended [5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1982)], it has been determined

that this National Defense Panel meeting

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(1) (1982), and that accordingly

this meeting will be closed to the public

from 0830–1700, September 15 and 16,

1997 in order for the Panel to discuss

classified material.

DATES: September 15 and 16, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Suite 532, 1931 Jefferson

Davis Hwy, Arlington VA.