4984 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 22 / Monday, February 3, 1997 / Notices

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s Scientific and

Statistical Committee’s Salmon

Subcommittee will hold a public

meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

February 11, 1997. The meeting will

begin at 10 a.m. and is scheduled to

adjourn by 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Red Lion downtown Portland in the

Coos Bay Room, 310 SW Lincoln,

Portland, OR 97201.

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

James Seger, Economic Analysis

Coordinator; telephone: (503) 326–

6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

primary purpose of this meeting is to

review California recreational fishery

hooking mortality studies and the

chinook fishery regulation assessment

model.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Eric W. Greene at

(503) 326–6352 at least 5 days prior to

the meeting date.

Dated: January 28, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–2590 Filed 1–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 012797E]

South Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold a meeting of its Shrimp Committee,

Joint Controlled Access and Snapper

Grouper Committees, Joint Snapper

Grouper Committee and Wreckfish

Advisory Panel, Scientific and

Statistical Selection Committee (closed

session), and a Council session.

DATES: The meetings will be held from

February 10-14, 1997. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Ponce de Leon Conference Resort,

4000 U.S. Highway 1 North, St.

Augustine, FL; telephone: 800-228-2821.

Please note: This meeting location is

different from what was originally

announced in ‘‘The South Atlantic

Update.’’

Council address: South Atlantic

Fishery Management Council, One

Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston,

SC 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Buchanan, Public Information

Officer; telephone: (803) 571-4366; fax:

(803) 769-4520; email:

susan_buchanan@safmc.nmfs.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

February 10, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30

p.m.—Shrimp Committee. The Shrimp

Committee will meet to receive a report

on the Scientific and Statistical

Committee and Bycatch Reduction

Device (BRD) Advisory Panel review of

the BRD and proxy analysis by Drs.

Shah and Watson. The Committee will

also approve the final BRD testing

protocol;

February 10, 1997, 6:30 p.m. until all

business is complete—Atlantic Coast

Cooperative Statistics Program Scoping

Meeting (ACCSP). As a partner in the

ACCSP, the Council will hold a scoping

meeting to solicit public input on ways

to improve commercial and recreational

fisheries data collection;

February 11, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00

noon—Joint Controlled Access and

Snapper Grouper Committees. The

committees will meet to review public

hearing comments and letters on

Snapper Grouper Amendment 8 and the

Draft Supplemental Environmental

Impact Statement (DSEIS), the NMFS

informal review, and the Law

Enforcement Advisory Panel’s

recommendations for the Amendment;

February 11, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30

p.m.—Joint Controlled Access and

Snapper Grouper Committees. The

Committees will meet to develop

recommendations for finalizing Snapper

Grouper Amendment 8;

February 12, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00

noon—Joint Snapper Grouper

Committee and the Wreckfish Advisory

Panel. The committee will meet jointly

with the Wreckfish Advisory Panel to

review the Wreckfish Assessment,

discuss the status of the wreckfish

fishery, and develop recommendations

for the 1997–98 wreckfish total

allowable catch (TAC) and other

framework actions;

February 12, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30

p.m.—Scientific and Statistical

Selection Committee (closed session).

The committee will meet in closed

session to develop recommendations for

appointment of Scientific and Statistical

Committee members;

February 12, 1997, 3:00 p.m. to 5:30

p.m.—Council Session. At 3:15 p.m. the

Council will take public comment on

the wreckfish TAC and other framework

actions and Snapper Grouper

Amendment 8, before making a decision

at this session on the 1997–98 wreckfish

TAC and other framework actions and

approving Amendment 8 for submission

to the Secretary of Commerce;

February 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5:45

p.m.—Council Session. From 8:30 a.m.

to 12:00 noon the Council will continue

to receive the Controlled Access and

Snapper Grouper Committee report;

From 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. the

Council will meet in closed session to

receive the SSC Committee report and

appoint SSC members;

From 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The

Council will receive the Shrimp

Committee report, take public comment

on the BRD testing protocol before

approving the protocol;

From 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. the

Council will receive the Law

Enforcement Committee report and

address recommendations made by the

Committee and Law Enforcement

Advisory Panel;

From 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. the

Council will receive a report on the

proposed NMFS habitat guidelines

before taking action on these guidelines;

From 4:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. the

Council will receive a report on the

proposed NMFS weakfish regulations;

From 5:15 to 5:45 the Council will

hear a report on Atlantic Coast

Cooperative Statistics Program

activities;

February 14, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00

noon—Council Session. The Council

will receive a report on Harbor Branch

research being conducted in the Oculina

Bank Habitat Area of Particular

Concern; hear the status of Atlantic king

and Spanish mackerel catches and

Amendment 8 to the Coastal Pelagics

Fishery Management Plan (FMP); hear a

report on the status of the Golden Crab

FMP, implementation of the Plan, and

permit review; discuss implementation

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

amendment; hear a report on the NOAA

General Counsel penalty schedule

meeting; hear a report on planning a

workshop for marine reserves; receive

agency and liaison reports and discuss

other business and upcoming meetings.
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Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to the Council office

(see ADDRESSES) by February 5, 1997.

Dated: January 28, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–2594 Filed 1–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 012797A]

Western Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council will hold a

meeting of its Bottomfish Task Force.

DATES: The meeting will be held on 28

February 1997, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Leiopapa A Kamehameha Bldg

(State Office Tower), 235 South

Beretania Street, Room 204, Honolulu,

Hawaii 96813; telephone: (808) 522–

8220.

Council address: Western Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 1164

Bishop St., Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI,

96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone 808–522–8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The task

force will hold it’s fourth meeting to

discuss and formulate limited entry

alternatives for the Mau Zone

bottomfish fishery in the Northwestern

Hawaiian Islands and consider other

business as required.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Kitty M. Simonds, 808–522–8220

(voice) or 808–522–8226 (fax), at least 5

days prior to meeting date.

Dated: January 28, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–2591 Filed 1–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 012797B]

Western Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council will hold a

meeting of its Pacific Insular Area

Fishery Agreement Working Group.

DATES: The meeting will be held on 21

February 1997, from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Ala Moana Hotel, 410 Atkinson

Drive, Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808)

955–4811.

Council address: Western Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 1164

Bishop Street, Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI,

96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone 808–522–8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Pacific Insular Area Fishery Agreement

Working Group will hold a meeting to

discuss the process of developing and

implementing fishery agreements

allowing foreign fishing within the 200–

mile Exclusive Economic Zones of

Guam, American Samoa and the

Northern Mariana Islands. The Working

Group plans to discuss the development

of marine conservation plans, content of

fishery agreements, determination of the

Total Allowable Level of Foreign

Fishing, determination of fishing fees,

foreign fishing vessel permits,

enforcement, timing of agreement

process and consider other issues as

required.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Kitty M. Simonds, 808–522–8220

(voice) or 808–522–8226 (fax), at least 5

days prior to meeting date.

Dated: January 28, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–2592 Filed 1–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Applications of the New York Cotton

Exchange as a Contract Market in the

U.S. Dollar-Singapore Dollar, U.S.

Dollar-Indonesia Rupiah, U.S. DollarMalaysian Ringgit and U.S. Dollar-Thai

Baht Currency Futures and Option

Contracts

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

terms and conditions of proposed

commodity futures and option contracts

SUMMARY: The New York Cotton

Exchange (NYCE or Exchange) has

applied for designation as a contract

market in the U.S. dollar-Singapore

dollar, U.S. dollar-Indonesia rupiah,

U.S. dollar-Malaysian ringgit and U.S.

dollar-Thai baht currency futures and

option contracts. The Director of the

Division of Economic Analysis

(Division) of the Commission, acting

pursuant to the authority delegated by

Commission Regulation 140.96, has

determined that publication of the

proposals for comment is in the public

interest, will assist the Commission in

considering the views of interested

persons, and is consistent with the

purposes of the Commodity Exchange

Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before March 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.

In addition, comments may be sent by

facsimile transmission to facsimile

number (202) 418–5521, or by electronic

mail to secretary@cftc.gov. Reference

should be made to the U.S. dollarSingapore dollar, U.S. dollar-Indonesia

rupiah, U.S. dollar-Malaysian ringgit

and U.S. dollar-Thai baht futures and

options contracts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Stephen Sherrod of the

Division of Economic Analysis,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581,

telephone 202–418–5277. Facsimile

number: (202) 418–5527. Electronic

mail: ssherrod@cftc.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of

the terms and conditions will be

available for inspection at the Office of

the Secretariat, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 21st Street NW, Washington, DC