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substitute program has been

implemented:

A. Prince Edward Island Hog Price

Stabilization Program

B. Canada/British Columbia AgriFood Regional Development Subsidiary

Agreement;

C. Canada/Manitoba Agri-Food

Development Agreement;

D. New Brunswick Agricultural

Development Act-Swine Assistance

Program.

Preliminary Results of Review

We preliminarily determine the total

net subsidy on live swine from Canada

to be Can$0.0071 per kilogram for the

period April 1, 1995 through March 31,

1996. If the final results of this review

remain the same as these preliminary

results, the Department intends to

instruct the Customs to assess

countervailing duties as indicated

above.

Due to the program-wide changes

noted above, the cash deposit rate will

be Can$0.0055 per kilogram which is de

minimis. Accordingly, for all shipments

of the subject merchandise from Canada,

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the date of

publication of the final results of this

review, the cash deposits of estimated

countervailing duties will be zero.

Public Comment

Parties to the proceeding may request

disclosure of the calculation

methodology and interested parties may

request a hearing not later than 10 days

after the date of publication of this

notice. Interested parties may submit

written arguments in case briefs on

these preliminary results within 30 days

of the date of publication. Rebuttal

briefs, limited to arguments raised in

case briefs, may be submitted seven

days after the time limit for filing the

case brief. Parties who submit argument

in this proceeding are requested to

submit with the argument (1) a

statement of the issue and (2) a brief

summary of the argument. Any hearing,

if requested, will be held seven days

after the scheduled date for submission

of rebuttal briefs. Copies of case briefs

and rebuttal briefs must be served on

interested parties in accordance with 19

CFR 355.38.

Representatives of parties to the

proceeding may request disclosure of

proprietary information under

administrative protective order no later

than 10 days after the representative’s

client or employer becomes a party to

the proceeding, but in no event later

than the date the case briefs, under 19

CFR 355.38, are due. The Department

will publish the final results of this

administrative review, including the

results of its analysis of issues raised in

any case or rebuttal brief or at a hearing.

This administrative review and notice

are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)).

Dated: September 2, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–23850 Filed 9–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

National Estuarine Reserve System

AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed boundary

expansion for the Elkhorn Slough

National Estuarine Research Reserve.

SUMMARY: The Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division of OCRM is considering a

request by the California Department of

Fish and Game to include a 54.56 acre

parcel that is adjacent to the current

northern boundary of the Elkhorn

Slough National Estuarine Research

Reserve (ESNERR) within the ESNERR

boundary. The parcel, currently in state

ownership and located in the

unincorporated area of Elkhorn in

Monterey County, California, is

primarily salt marsh habitat (90%) with

a small amount of upland habitat (10%).

This parcel of land supports important

foraging, roosting, and nesting habitat

for wetland-dependent birds.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Becky Christianson, Acting Manager,

Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine

Research Reserve, 1700 Elkhorn Road,

Watsonville, CA 95076; Phone (408)

728–2822 or Nina Garfield, Sanctuaries

and Reserves Division, National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration,

SSMC4, 11th Floor, Silver Spring, MD

20910; Phone (301) 713–3141 ext. 171.

TEXT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine

Research Reserve (ESNERR) was

designated in 1979 pursuant to section

315 of the Coastal Zone Management

Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C.

1461. The ESNERR includes more than

1400 acres including oak woodland, salt

marsh, grassland, mudflats, freshwater

ponds, Monterey pine groves and

coastal scrub.

The State of California requested

NOAA approval to amend the ESNERR’s

boundary to include the state-owned

parcel adjacent to the northern

boundary of the ESNERR. The land was

purchased by the state in 1993 for

inclusion in the Moss Landing Wildlife

Area. However, the state now believes

that this parcel is better suited for

inclusion in the ESNERR.

The ESNERR expansion would

enhance the opportunities for research,

monitoring, and education, as well as

enhancing the State’s resource

protection efforts in the Elkhorn Slough

watershed.

The expansion proposes inclusion of

54.56 acres of land at the northern end

of the ESNERR boundary. This property

is dominated by saltmarsh (90%) and

some upland habitat (10%).

Any person wishing to comment on

the proposed boundary expansion may

forward written comments to Ms. Nina

Garfield, Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, 1305 East West

Highway, SSMC4, 11th Floor, Silver

Spring, MD 20910. Comments must be

submitted no later than thirty (30)

calendar days from issuance of this

notice.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone Management)

Research Reserves.

Dated: August 28, 1997.

Nancy Foster,

Assistant Administrator, NOS.

[FR Doc. 97–23782 Filed 9–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 090297B]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

Executive and Information and

Education Committees will hold a

public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

September 23–25, 1997. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for

specific dates and times.
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ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held

at the Radisson Hotel Philadelphia

Airport, 500 Stevens Drive,

Philadelphia, PA; telephone: 610–521–

5900.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David R. Keifer, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 302–674–2331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

Tuesday, September 23, 1997, the

Information and Education Committee

will meet from 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.;

the Council will meet from 9:30 a.m.

until 4:00 p.m. jointly with the Atlantic

States Marine Fisheries Commission

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea

Bass Board and the Executive

Committee will meet from 4:00 p.m.

until 6:00 p.m. On Wednesday,

September 24, 1997, the Council will

meet from 8:00 a.m. until noon jointly

with the Atlantic States Marine

Fisheries Commission Summer

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass

Board; the full Council will meet from

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and there will be

a scoping meeting for the Dogfish

Fishery Management Plan beginning at

7:00 p.m. On Thursday, September 25,

1997, the full Council will begin

meeting at 8:00 a.m. and is scheduled to

adjourn at approximately noon.

The purpose of these meetings is to

review the Council’s information and

education program; to adopt

recommended recreeational harvest

limits, commercial quotas, and other

commercial fishery management

measures for 1998 for summer flounder,

scup, and black sea bass; to review and

possibly revise the Council’s surfclam

quota recommendation for 1998; adopt

the Council’s budget request for 1998;

possibly adopt a Council policy for

adopting quota recommendations;

possibly adopt interim management

measures for the monkfish fishery; hold

a scoping meeting for the dogfish fishery

management plan; and other fishery

management matters.

The above agenda items may not be

taken in the order in which they appear

and are subject to change as necessary;

other items may be added. This meeting

may also be closed at any time to

discuss employment or other internal

administrative matters.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Council for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Council action during this

meeting. Council action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Joanna Davis at

the Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5

days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: September 3, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–23735 Filed 9–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 23735–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 080597C]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit PHF# 782–1384

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

National Marine Fisheries Service,

Alaska Fisheries Science Center,

National Marine Mammal Laboratory,

7600 Sand Point Way, NE., Seattle, WA

98115 (Principal Investigator: Dr.

Howard Braham; Co Investigators: Dr.

Thomas R. Loughlin and Mr. David E.

Withrow), has been issued a permit to

take gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus)

for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289); and

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand

Point Way, NE., Seattle, WA 98115 (tel:

206/526–6150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

30, 1997, notice was published in the

Federal Register (62 FR 35156) that a

request for a scientific research permit

to take gray whales had been submitted

by the above-named organization. The

requested permit has been issued under

the authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

Dated: September 4, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–23776 Filed 9–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 23776–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Wool Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia

September 3, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 9, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of these limits, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port or

call (202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854).

The current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for carryforward and swing.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 61 FR 66263,

published on December 17, 1996). Also

see 61 FR 48889, published on

September 17, 1996.

The letter to the Commissioner of

Customs and the actions taken pursuant

to it are not designed to implement all

of the provisions of the bilateral, but are

designed to assist only in the