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Vol. 62, No. 173

Monday, September 8, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to Section

IV of the Field Office Technical Guide

(FOTG) of the Natural Resources

Conservation Service in Alabama

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) in

Alabama, U.S. Department of

Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in Section IV of the

FOTG of the NRCS in Alabama for

review and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in

Alabama to issue conservation practice

standards: Animal Trails and Walkways

(575), Composting Facility (317),

Conservation Cover (327), Fence (382),

Heavy Use Area Protection (561),

Nutrient Management (590), Portable

Chemical Mixing Station (192),

Prescribed Grazing (528A), Riparian

Forest Buffer (391A), and Waste

Utilization (633), in Section IV of the

FOTG.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before October 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Ronnie D. Murphy,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), 3381

Skyway Drive, P.O. Box 311, Auburn,

AL 36830. Copies of the practice

standards will be made available upon

written request.

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

comment. For the next 30 days the

NRCS in Alabama will receive

comments relative to the proposed

changes. Following that period a

determination will be made by the

NRCS in Alabama regarding disposition

of those comments and a final

determination of change will be made.

Ronnie D. Murphy,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, Auburn, Alabama.

[FR Doc. 97–23674 Filed 9–5–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Science Advisory Board; Notice of

establishment

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Establishment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and the

General Services Administration (GSA)

rule of Federal Advisory Committee

Management, 41 CFR Part 101–6, and

after consultation with GSA, the

Secretary of Commerce has determined

that the establishment of the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) Science

Advisory Board (SAB) is in the public

interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

Department by law.

The SAB will advise the Secretary,

through the Under Secretary for Oceans

and Atmosphere, on long- and shortrange strategies for research, education,

and application of science to resource

management.

The SAB will consist of fifteen

members to be appointed by the Under

Secretary to assure a balanced

representation among pre-eminent

scientists, engineers, and educators and

science policy experts representing the

full breadth of NOAA’s areas of

responsibility.

The SAB will function solely as an

advisory body, and in compliance with

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. The charter will be filed

under the Act, fifteen days from the date

of publication of this notice. Interested

persons are invited to submit comments

regarding the establishment of this

committee to the Office of the Chief

Scientist, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, 5128

HCHB, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone:

(202) 482–2977.

Dated: September 2, 1997.

Terry D. Garcia,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–23652 Filed 9–5–97; 8:45 am]

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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the Sunshine Act (5

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given of

the following meeting of the Board of

Directors of the Corporation for National

and Community Service (Corporation).

DATE AND TIME: September 11, 1997, at

1 p.m.

PLACE: The meeting will be held via

conference call.

STATUS: The meeting will be closed,

pursuant to exemptions (4) and (9(b)) of

the Government in the Sunshine Act.

The basis for this closing has been

certified by the Corporation’s Acting

General Counsel. A copy of the

certification will be posted for public

inspection at the Corporation’s

headquarters at 1201 New York Avenue

NW, Suite 8200, Washington, DC 20525,

and will otherwise be available upon

request.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Board

of Directors of the Corporation will meet

to deliberate on grant awards in the

following areas: (1) AmeriCorps*State

formula funding for the District of

Columbia and (2) Learn & Serve

America.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rhonda Taylor, Assoc. Dir., Special

Projects and Initiatives, Corporation for

National Service, 1201 New York

Avenue NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC

20525. Telephone (202) 606–5000 ext.

282. (T.D.D. (202) 565–2799)).

Dated: September 3, 1997.

Stewart Davis,

Acting General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–23774 Filed 9–4–97; 10:47 am]

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