Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Friday, October 17, 1997 / Notices 54097

coastal program document or final

management plan approved by the

Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to

the terms of financial assistance awards

funded under the CZMA. The

evaluations will include a site visit,

consideration of public comments, and

consultations with interested Federal,

State, and local agencies and members

of the public. Public meetings are held

as part of the site visits.

Notice is hereby given of the dates of

the site visits for the listed evaluations,

and the dates, local times, and locations

of public meetings during the site visits

The Hawaii Coastal Zone

Management Program site visit will be

from December 8–12, 1997. One public

meeting will be held during the week.

This meeting is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.,

Thursday, December 11, 1997, at the

State Capitol Auditorium (on the

basement level by the parking garage

entrance beneath Beretania Street

entrance), Honolulu, Hawaii.

The New Jersey Coastal Zone

Management Program site visit will be

from December 8–12, 1997. Two public

meetings will be held during the week.

The meetings are scheduled for 7:30

p.m., on Tuesday, December 9, 1997, at

Monmouth University, McGill

Commons Clubroom, Rooms 107 & 108,

Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, New

Jersey and for 7:30 p.m., on Thursday,

December 11, 1997, at the Cape May

City Municipal Building, Auditorium,

643 Washington Street, Cape May City,

New Jersey.

The Chesapeake Bay National

Estuarine Research Reserve in Maryland

site visit will be from November 17–21,

1997. Two public meetings will be held

during the week. The meetings are

scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Tuesday,

November 18, 1997, at the Patuxent

River 4–H Center, 18405 Queen Anne

Road, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and

for 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 19,

1997, at the Anita C. Leight Estuary

Center, Leight Park, 700 Otter Point

Road, Abingdon, Maryland.

The States will issue notice of the

public meeting(s) in a local

newspaper(s) at least 45 days prior to

the public meeting(s), and will issue

other timely notices as as appropriate.

Copies of the State’s most recent

performance reports, as well as OCRM’s

notifications and supplemental request

letters to the States, are available upon

request from OCRM. Written comments

from interested parties regarding these

Programs are encouraged and will be

accepted until 15 days after the public

meeting. Please direct written comments

to Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy

Coordination Division (PCD), Office of

Ocean and Coastal Resource

Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland,

20910. When the evaluation is

completed, OCRM will place a notice in

the Federal Register announcing the

availability of the Final Evaluation

Findings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy

Coordination Division, Office of Ocean

and Coastal Resource Management,

NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, (301)

713–3090, ext. 126.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419

Coastal Zone Management Program

Administration

Dated: October 10, 1997.

Captain Evelyn Fields,

Acting Deputy Assistant, Administrator for

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone

Management.

[FR Doc. 97–27546 Filed 10–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D.091797C]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit No. 878–1410

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

Daniel F. Cowan, Professor of Pathology,

The University of Texas Medical

Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555–0555,

has been issued a permit to import and

export marine mammal specimens for

scientific purposes.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment.

(see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

7, 1997, notice was published in the

Federal Register (62 FR 44251) that a

request for a scientific research permit

to import and export marine mammal

specimen materials had been submitted

by the above-named individual. 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), the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA,

16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the regulations

governing the taking, importing and

exporting of endangered fish and

wildlife (50 CFR 222.23), and the Fur

Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).

Issuance of this permit as required by

the ESA is based on a finding that such

permit: (1) Was applied for in good

faith: (2) Will not operate to the

disadvantage of the endangered species

which are the subject of this permit: and

(3) is consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in Section 2 of the

ESA.

Addresses:

Documents are available in the

following offices: Permits Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289);

Northeast Region, NMFS, One

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA

01930–2289 (508/281–9250);

Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721

Executive Center Drive North, St.

Petersburg, FL 33702–2432 (813/570–

5301);

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach,

CA 90802–4213 (310/980–4001);

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand

Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg., 1,

Seattle, WA 98115–0070 (206/526–

6150); and

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668 (907/

586–7221).

Dated: October 8, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–27520 Filed 10–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

October 22, 1997.

LOCATION: Room 420, East West Towers,

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,

Maryland.

STATUS: Open to the Public.

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED:

FY 1998 Operating Plan

The staff will brief the Commission on

issues related to the Commission’s

Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 1998.

For a recorded message containing the

latest agenda information, call (301)

504–0709.