5504 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 24 / Wednesday, February 5, 1997 / Notices

This is our first finding under section

202(t) of the Social Security Act for the

Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia. Before February 1994, the

United States did not recognize the

Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia as an independent nation. At

that time, it was considered part of the

former Yugoslavia which, on March 25,

1959, had been found to have a system

that met section 202(t)(2) of the Social

Security Act. Thus, prior to February

1994, Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia citizens were afforded the

social insurance exception to the alien

nonpayment provision based on the

determination which was then in effect

for Yugoslavia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donna Powers, Room 1104, West High

Rise Building, P.O. Box 17741, 6401

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21235, (410) 965–3568.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

Program Nos. 96.001 Social Security—

Disability Insurance; 96.002 Social

Security—Retirement Insurance; 96.004

Social Security—Survivors Insurance)

Dated: January 28, 1997.

James A. Kissko,

Associate Commissioner for International

Policy.

[FR Doc. 97–2754 Filed 2–4–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD8-96-060]

Lower Mississippi River Waterway

Safety Advisory Committee Ports and

Waterways Safety Systems ad hoc

Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings location

change.

SUMMARY: The Lower Mississippi River

Waterway Safety Advisory Committee

Ports and Waterways Safety System ad

hoc Committee will hold 7 meetings to

develop a baseline Vessel Traffic

Service system for the Lower

Mississippi river area. The meetings

will be open to the public.

DATES: The meetings will be held from

9 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. on

Wednesday, February 5, 1997,

Thursday, February 20, 1997, Friday,

March 7, 1997, Friday, March 21, 1997,

Wednesday April 2, 1997, Thursday,

April 17, 1997 and Tuesday, April 29,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The meetings location has

changed. The new location will be the

23rd floor boardroom of Tidewater

Marine Inc., 1440 Canal Street, New

Orleans, Louisiana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Monty Ledet, USCG, Administrator,

Lower Mississippi River Waterway

Safety Advisory Committee, c/o

Commander, Eighth Coast Guard

District (m), Room 1341, Hale Boggs

Federal Building, 501 Magazine Street,

New Orleans, LA 70130–3396,

telephone (504) 589–4686.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

these meetings are given pursuant to the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. 2 section 1 et seq. The

meetings are open to the public.

Members of the public are encouraged

to provide oral or written comments to

a committee representative in advance

of the meeting. Due to time constraints,

only written comments will be received

during a meeting. Written comments

presented during a meeting will be

submitted for consideration at the next

meeting.

The agenda for the meeting consists of

the following items:

(1) Presentation of the committee

charter.

(2) Review of previous meeting

minutes.

(3) Committee discussions.

(4) Adjournment.

INFORMATION ON SERVICES FOR

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES: For

information on facilities or services for

individuals with disabilities or to

request special assistance at the

meeting, contact the Committee

Administrator as soon as possible.

Dated: January 27, 1997.

T.W. Josiah,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,

Eighth Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 97–2783 Filed 2–4–97; 8:45 am]

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[CGD 97–007]

Minimum Requirements and

Capabilities for Vessel Traffic Services

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is

undertaking an effort to identify the

minimum requirements and capabilities

a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) must have

have to serve its wide range of users and

to develop criteria to identify ports

requiring a VTS. This effort will form

the basis for the Coast Guard to propose

to Congress a viable production program

for a VTS that takes advantage of

available, off-the-shelf and open

architecture systems that are

inexpensive and easy to build and

operate. The Coast Guard has invited

representatives of maritime and

environmental organizations and

members of the public to provide input

on these topics. The first public meeting

on these topics was held on January 15,

1997. Several additional public

meetings are planned.

DATES: The Coast Guard will sponsor a

public meeting to be held on February

11, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Marine Board, National Academy of

Sciences Foundry Building, 1055

Thomas Jefferson Street, NW,

Washington, DC, in room 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For information on VTS, contact Mike

Sollosi, U.S. Coast Guard Office of

Vessel Traffic Management, 2100 2nd

Street, SW, Washington DC. Telephone

(202) 267–1539, FAX (202) 267–4826.

For information on the meeting, contact

Peter Johnson, Marine Board, National

Academy of Sciences, 2001 Wisconsin

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

Telephone (202) 334–3157, FAX (202)

334–3789.

Dated: January 28, 1997.

J.C. Card,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant

Commander for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 97–2866 Filed 2–4–97; 8:45 am]

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Research and Special Programs

Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety;

Notice of Applications for Modification

of Exemptions or Applications To

Become a Party to an Exemption

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of applications for

modification of exemptions or

applications to become a party to an

exemption.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

procedures governing the application

for, and the processing of, exemptions

from the Department of Transportation’s

Hazardous Materials Regulations (49

CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is

hereby given that the Office of

Hazardous Materials Safety has received

the applications described herein. This

notice is abbreviated to expedite

docketing and public notice. Because

the sections affected, modes of

transportation, and the nature of

application have been shown in earlier

Federal Register publications, they are