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APPENDIX—Continued

Subject firm Location

Date received at

Governor’s

office

Petition No. Articles produced

Rockwell Automation (IUE) ..................... Ashtabula, OH .................... 10/21/97 NAFTA–1,977 AC electric motors.

Bonita Packing (Wkrs) ............................ Bonita Spring, FL ............... 10/21/97 NAFTA–1,978 Tomatoes.

Kysor Michigan Fleet—Scott (UAW) ...... Scottsburg, IN .................... 10/21/97 NAFTA–1,979 Auxiliary fuel tanks.

Woodgrain Millwork (Wkrs) ..................... Lakeview, OR ..................... 10/20/97 NAFTA–1,980 Moulding.

Carolyn of Virginia (Co.) ......................... Bristol, VA .......................... 10/20/97 NAFTA–1,981 Women’s clothing.

Ellen B. Sport (Co.) ................................ Whitehall, I: ........................ 10/17/97 NAFTA–1,982 Nightwear and dresses.

[FR Doc. 97–29224 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA—01747]

John F. Spooner Farms Belle Glade,

Florida; Notice of Termination of

Investigation

Pursuant to Title V of the North

American Free Trade Agreement

Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103–182)

concerning transitional adjustment

assistance, hereinafter called (NAFTA–

TAA), and in accordance with Section

250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II,

of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended

(19 USC 2273), an investigation was

initiated on May 27, 1997 in response to

a petition filed on behalf of workers at

John F. Spooner Farms, located in Belle

Glade, Florida (NAFTA–01747).

The Florida Department of Labor and

Employment Security has been unable

to locate the company official at the

subject firm. Consequently, the

Department of Labor cannot conduct an

investigation to render a determination

as to whether the workers are eligible

for adjustment assistance benefits under

the Trade Act of 1974.

Therefore, further investigation in this

matter would serve no purpose, and the

investigation has been terminated.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of

October 1997.

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–29218 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–01092]

Lucent Technologies, Incorporated,

Berg Electronics, Inc., Lee’s Summit,

Missouri; Amended Certification

Regarding Eligibility To Apply for

NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment

Assistance

In accordance with Section 250(a),

Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II, of the

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19

U.S.C. 2273), the Department of Labor

issued a Certification of Eligibility to

Apply for NAFTA Transitional

Adjustment Assistance on August 9,

1996, applicable to all workers of

Lucent Technologies, Incorporated

located in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. The

notice was published in the Federal

Register on March 12, 1996 (61 FR

11474).

At the request of petitioners, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers of the subject firm. The

petitioners, are employees of Berg

Electronics, Inc., producing paddle

board connectors and cable assemblies

at Lee’s Summit. The workers at the

subject plant are not separately

identifiable by product line. Review of

the certification shows that the name of

the parent company, Berg Electronics,

Inc., was inadvertently excluded from

the certification. Based on this

information, the Department is

amending the worker certification to

include workers of Berg Electronics,

Inc., Lee’s Summit, Missouri.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

the subject firm who were adversely

affected by the shift in production to

Mexico.

The amended notice applicable to

NAFTA–01092 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of Lucent Technologies,

Incorporated and Berg Electronics, Inc., Lee’s

Summit, Missouri, who became totally or

partially separated from employment on or

after June 19, 1995 through August 9, 1998,

are eligible to apply for NAFTA–TAA under

Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 8th day of

October 1997.

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–29219 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Petitions for Modification

The following parties have filed

petitions to modify the application of

mandatory safety standards under

section 101(c) of the Federal Mine

Safety and Health Act of 1977.

1. McElroy Coal Company

[Docket No. M–97–112–C]

McElroy Coal Company, Consol Plaza,

1800 Washington Road, Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania 15241–1421 has filed a

petition to modify the application of 30

CFR 75.312(d) (main mine fan

examinations and records) to its

McElroy Mine (I.D. No. 46–01437)

located in Marshall County, West

Virginia. The petitioner requests a

variance to permit the testing of the

function of an automatic closing door

without stopping the fan. The petitioner

proposes to test the operation of the fan

closing door at least every 31 days, by

rotating the test frame outward from its

normal resting position until it contacts

the flow reversal prevention door, by

rotating the test frame in order to test

the function of the bearings supporting

the flow reversal prevention door, and

to have the persons conducting the test

visually observe the movement of the

test frame and the contact between the

test frame and the flow reversal

prevention door, and to visually observe

the general maintenance of the

approved design. The petitioner asserts

that the proposed alternative method

would provide at least the same
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measure of protection as would the

mandatory standard.

2. Freeman United Coal Mining

Company

[Docket No. M–97–113–C]

Freeman United Coal Mining

Company, 1999 Wabash Avenue, Suite

200B, Springfield, Illinois 62704–5364

has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.332 (working

sections and working places) to its

Crown II Mine (I.D. No. 11–02236)

located in Macoupin County, Illinois.

The petitioner requests a variance to

allow one continuous miner on a super

section to cleanup the previously mined

working face while the other continuous

miner starts to cut and load coal from

another working face on the same

working section, on the same split of air.

The petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

would the mandatory standard.

3. Roberts Bros. Coal Co., Inc.

[Docket No. M–97–114–C]

Roberts Bros. Coal Co., Inc., P.O. Box

397, Mortons Gap, Kentucky 42440 filed

a petition to modify the application of

30 CFR 75.503 (preshift examination) to

its Cardinal # 2 Underground Mine (I.D.

No. 15–17216) located in Hopkins

County, Kentucky. The petitioner

proposes to use a spring-loaded device

with specific fastening characteristics

instead of a padlock to secure plugs and

electrical type connectors to batteries

and to the permissible mobile powered

equipment, to prevent accidental

separation of the battery plugs from

their receptacles during normal

operation of the battery equipment. The

petitioner asserts that in the event of a

battery fire, the spring-loaded device

can be disconnected much faster and

safer than a padlock; and that

application of the mandatory standard

would result in a diminution of safety

to the miners. In addition, the petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as would the

mandatory standard.

4. BJM Coal Company

[Docket No. M–97–115–C and M–97–116–C]

BJM Coal Company, 158 Turnpike

Road, Summersville, West Virginia

26651 has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.503

(permissible electric face equipment;

maintenance) to its Camp Creek Deep

Mine (I.D. No. 46–08288), and its No. 9B

Mine (I.D. No. 46–08284) both located

in Webster County, West Virginia. The

petitioner requests a variance to allow

the use of a spring-loaded locking

device instead of padlocks to secure

battery plugs to machine mounted

receptacles which would prevent the

threaded lock ring on a plug from

turning and coming loose

unintentionally. The petitioner asserts

that the proposed alternative method

would provide at least the same

measure of protection as would the

mandatory standard.

5. Cobre Mining Company

[Docket No. M–97–06–M]

Cobre Mining Company, P.O. Box

424, Hanover, New Mexico 88041 has

filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 57.11055

(inclined escapeways) to its Continental

Underground Complex (I.D. No. 29–

00233) located in Grant County, New

Mexico. The petitioner proposes to

modify a distance of 326 feet in the #2

Shaft between the 1000 foot level and

the 1300 foot level to provide a

secondary escapeway. An interim level

at the 1200 foot level of the #2 Shaft

would break the portion of the

escapeway into 200 feet and 126 feet

portions, which would be well under

the 300 foot limit. The petitioner

requests a variance to allow 326 feet of

vertical extent versus 300 feet, or a

decision that the 1200 foot level of the

#2 Shaft portions the 326 feet into

smaller, legal portions. The petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as would the

mandatory standard.

6. Stillwater Mining Company

[Docket No. M–97–07–M]

Stillwater Mining Company, HC 54,

Box 365, Nye, Montana 59061 has filed

a petition to modify the application of

30 CFR 57.14107(a) (moving machine

parts) to its Stillwater Mine (I.D. No. 24–

01490) located in Stillwater County,

Montana. The petitioner proposes to

fence around the magnetic belt located

on the end of the feed conveyor of the

3100 level crusher station to prevent

persons from coming into direct contact

with the belt pulleys or the flying tramp

iron ejected from the conveyor; to post

signs for use by ‘‘Authorized Personnel

Only’’, and only such persons would be

allowed to enter the area when the belt

is locked out. The petitioner states that

it proposed alternative method would

not cause a diminution of the safety to

the operators. In addition, petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as would the

mandatory standard.

7. Morton International, Inc.

[Docket No. M–97–08–M]

Morton International, Inc., P.O. Box

1496, New Iberia, Louisiana 70562–1496

has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 57.11050

(escapeways and refuges) to its Weeks

Island Mine (I.D. No. 16–00970) located

in Iberia County, Louisiana. The

petitioner proposes to use a man cage

where personnel are transported

through the service shaft during a mine

evacuation and through the production

shaft on inserts placed in the production

skips during secondary evacuation. The

petitioner proposes to extend the

concrete liner within the service shaft

and the concrete liner within the

production shaft upon completion of the

service shaft to provide additional

safety; to stop all work and evacuate the

mine if either escapeway becomes

disabled for more than one hour during

shaft construction and resume work

when both escapeways become

available; to install an underground

refuge chamber in the main intake

airway at the 1200 Level shaft station for

additional evacuation protection. The

petitioner states that the refuge chamber

would be large enough to accommodate

at least ten persons and would be

reachable from any mine workplace

within thirty minutes; that the entire

1200 Level shaft station would be

isolated from exhaust air by closing the

ventilation doors if necessary; and that

backup power source would be on the

surface for mine ventilation in the event

of incoming utility power loss. The

petitioner asserts that application of the

mandatory standard would result in a

diminution of safety to the miners. In

addition, the petitioner asserts that the

proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as would the mandatory

standard.

8. Morton International, Inc. and

Miners, Inc.

[Docket No. M–97–09–M]

Morton International, Inc., and

Miners, Inc., P.O. Box 1496, New Iberia,

Louisiana 70562–1496 has filed a

petition to modify the application of 30

CFR 57.11050 (escapeways and refuges)

to its Markel Mine (I.D. No.16–00512)

located in Iberia County, Louisiana.

Miners, Inc., is an independent

contractor (MSHA I.D. No. M2C),

performing work in the abandoned

Markel Mine, owned by Morton Salt.

The petitioners, Morton Salt and

Miners, Inc., request a variance to allow

a 6-foot wide secondary escapeway in

the center of the Diamond Drift of the

mine; a barricade consisting of 1⁄8 inch
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diameter steel cable and suspended on

steel posts on each side of the travelway

to mark the route; and ‘‘Keep Out’’ signs

to be posted on the boundary of the 6-

foot wide escapeway every 250 feet

along the travelway. The petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as would the

mandatory standard.

9. North American Salt Company

[Docket No. M–97–10–M]

North American Salt Company, P.O.

Box 10, Lydia, Louisiana 70569 has filed

a petition to modify the application of

30 CFR 57.15031 (location of self-rescue

devices) to its Cote Blanche

Underground Salt Mine (I.D. No. 16–

00358) located in St. Mary County,

Louisiana. The petitioner requests a

variance to allow supplies of self-rescue

devices to be stored underground in

strategic locations and readily accessible

to the miners. The petitioner asserts that

the proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as would the mandatory

standard.

10. ZCA Mines, Inc.

[Docket No. M–97–11–M]

ZCA Mines, Inc., P.O. Box 226,

Hailesboro, New York 13645 has filed a

petition to modify the application of 30

CFR 57.11050 (escapeways and refuges)

to its Balmat Mine No. 4 (I.D. No. 30–

01185) located in St. Lawrence County,

New York. The petitioner requests a

variance to allow the underground

employees to report to the refuge

chamber when one of the hoist becomes

inoperable for more than one hour

instead of evacuating the mine. The

petitioner states that the No. 4 Mine

personnel can evacuate from the

hoisting facility at the No. 4 Mine and

the No. 2 Mine. The petitioner asserts

that the proposed alternative method

would provide at least the same

measure of protection as would the

mandatory standard.

11. North American Salt Company

[Docket No. M–97–12–M]

North American Salt Company, P.O.

Box 10, Lydia, Louisiana 70569 has filed

a petition to modify the application of

30 CFR 57.22603 (blasting from the

surface II–A mines) to its Cote Blanche

Underground Salt Mine (I.D. No. 16–

00358) located in St. Mary County,

Louisiana. The petitioner requests a

modification of the mandatory standard

to allow specially prepared and limited

shots of a shaft segment to be taken

while men are underground. The

petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

would the mandatory standard.

Request for Comments

Persons interested in these petitions

may furnish written comments. These

comments must be filed with the Office

of Standards, Regulations, and

Variances, Mine Safety and Health

Administration, Room 627, 4015 Wilson

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203.

All comments must be postmarked or

received in that office on or before

December 5, 1997. Copies of these

petitions are available for inspection at

that address.

Dated: October 24, 1997.

Patricia W. Silvey,

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,

and Variances.

[FR Doc. 97–29189 Filed 11–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND

WATER COMMISSION, UNITED

STATES AND MEXICO

International Boundary and Water

Commission Notice

AGENCY: Border Environment

Cooperation Commission (BECC).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

14th public meeting of the BECC Board

of Directors on Friday, December 5,

1997, from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, at the

Cibeles Convention Center, located at

Blvd. Toma ́s Ferna ́ndez No. 8450, in Cd.

Juarez, Chihuahua.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M.R.

Ybarra, Secretary, United States Section,

International Boundary and Water

Commission, telephone: (915) 534–

6698; or Mr. Gonzalo Bravo, Public

Participation Coordinator, Border

Environment Cooperation Commission,

P.O. Box 221648, El Paso, Texas 79913,

telephone: (011–52–16) 29–23–95; fax:

(011–52–16) 29–23–97; e-mail:

becc@cocef.interjuarez.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.

Section, International Boundary and

Water Commission, on behalf of the

Border Environment Cooperation

Commission (BECC), cordially invites

the public to attend the 14th Public

Meeting of the BECC Board of Directors,

on Friday, December 5th, from 9:00 am–

2:00 pm, at the Cibeles Convention

Center, located at Blvd. Toma ́s

Ferna ́ndez NO. 8450, in Cd, Juarez,

Chihuahua.

Proposed Agenda

1. Approval of Agenda (Action)

2. Approval of Minutes (Action)

3. Executive Committee Report

(Information)

4. Manager’s Report (Information)

5. 1997 Status Report

6. Technical Assistance Program Update

7. Consideration of Projects for

Certification

• Mexicali I and II

—Public Comments

—Certification Consideration (Action)

• Jonathon Rogers

—Public Comments

—Certification Consideration (Action)

8. Complaints Procedures (Action)

9. General Public Comments

Anyone intersted in submitting

written comments to the Board of

Directors on any agenda item should

send them to the BECC 15 days prior to

the public meeting. Anyone interested

in making a brief statement to the Board

may do so during the public meeting.

Dated: October 30, 1997.

M.R. Ybarra,

Secretary, U.S. IBWC.

[FR Doc. 97–29235 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–03–M

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: National

Science Foundation, National Science

Board.

DATE AND TIME: November 13, 1997, 1:30

p.m., Closed Session. November 13,

1997, 2:20 p.m., Open Session.

November 14, 1997, 8:30 a.m., Open

Session.

PLACE: National Science Foundation,

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1225,

Arlington, VA 22230.

STATUS: Part of this meeting will be

open to the public. Part of this meeting

will be closed to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Thursday, November 13, 1997

Closed Session (1:30 p.m.–2:20 p.m.)

• Minutes, August 1997 Meeting.

• Personnel.

• NSB Public Service Award.

• Awards and Agreements.

Thursday, November 13, 1997

Open Session (2:20 p.m.–5:45 p.m.)

• Minutes, August 1997.

• Minutes, October 1997.

• Closed Session Agenda Items for

February 1998.

• Chairman’s Report.

• Director’s Report.

• Reports from Committees.