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exporters of the subject merchandise the

United States and the period June 1,

1995 through May 31, 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael J. Heaney or Linda Ludwig,

Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Group

III, Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–4475 or

482–0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Because it is not practicable to

complete this review within the time

limits mandated by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (245 days from the last

day of the anniversary month for

preliminary determinations, 120

additional days for final

determinations), pursuant to section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended, the Department is extending

the time limit for completion of the

preliminary results until June 30, 1997.

See Decision Memorandum to Robert S.

LaRussa dated February 3, 1997.

This extension is in accordance with

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (19 U.S.C.

1675(a)(3)(A)).

Dated: February 3, 1997.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement

Group III.

[FR Doc. 97–3100 Filed 2–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No. 970122011–7011–01]

RIN 0693–XX29

Standards for Blood Banking and

Transfusion Services: Request for

Public Comment

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST). Commerce.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

SUMMARY: The American Association of

Blood Banks (AABB) proposes to revise

some of its blood banking and

transfusion services standards for blood

collection, processing, storage and

transfusion and requests public

comment on these changes. The purpose

of this request is to increase public

participation in the system used by the

AABB to develop these standards.

NIST undertakes publication of this

notice as a public service on behalf of

the AABB. NIST does not necessarily

endorse, approve, or recommend any of

the standards referenced in the notice.

The AABB is the professional society

of more than 2,400 community, regional

and Red Cross blood centers, hospitalbased blood banks and transfusion

services. It also represents over 9,000

individual members engaged in blood

banking and transfusion medicine. The

AABB sets standards, inspects and

accredits blood collection and

transfusion facilities, and provides

continuing education and information.

Its member facilities are responsible for

collecting virtually all of the nation’s

blood supply and for transfusing more

than 80 percent of the blood used for

patient care in the United States.

Throughout its 50-year history, the

AABB’s highest priorities have been

transfusion safety and maintaining and

promoting a safe and adequate blood

supply for the American people.

DATES: Interested persons may obtain

the documents after February 1, 1997

and should submit comments by 5:00

pm local time on March 15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The proposed changes to

AABB standards may be obtained

through the AABB Internet Home Page

at ‘‘http://www.aabb.org’’ under

‘‘What’s New.’’ Those without Internet

access may purchase the documents

from the AABB National Office, 8101

Glenbrook Road, Bethesda, MD 20814,

(301) 215–6499, fax (301) 907–6895, email sales@aabb.org. Ask for publication

#ST97IN. Cost is $25 per copy sent to

addresses in the United States and $35

per copy sent to other locations. Orders

must be prepaid.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Eileen Church, Director of

Communications, American Association

of Blood Banks, (301) 215–6557, e-mail

eileen@aabb.org.

Dated: January 30, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–3105 Filed 2–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 020397E]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit 1,025 (P622)

and permit 1,027 (P45W).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

NMFS has issued two permits that

authorize takes of an Endangered

Species Act-listed species for the

purpose of scientific research/

enhancement, subject to certain

conditions set forth therein, to the

California Department of Fish and Game

(CDFG) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (FWS) at Sacramento, CA.

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for

review in the following offices, by

appointment:

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3226 (301-713-1401);

and

Administrator, Southwest Region,

NMFS, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd.,

Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802–4213

(562–980–4016).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

permits were issued under the authority

of section 10 of the Endangered Species

Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531–

1543) and the NMFS regulations

governing ESA-listed fish and wildlife

permits (50 CFR parts 217–222).

Notice was published on October 16,

1996 (61 FR 53899) that an application

had been filed by CDFG (P622) for a

scientific research permit. Permit 1,025

was issued to CDFG on January 10,

1997. Permit 1,025 authorizes CDFG

takes of adult and juvenile, endangered,

Sacramento River winter-run chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with two scientific research

studies. For Study 1, CDFG will

establish a pilot program at Knights

Landing on the Sacramento River for

monitoring juvenile anadromous fish

migration. The purpose of the

monitoring program is to evaluate the

utility of the site and various sampling

protocols in determining the timing and

abundance of juvenile anadromous

salmonids emigrating to the

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. For

Study 2, CDFG will determine the

relationship between manageable

physical habitat attributes (flow,

temperature, channel aspects) and

anadromous salmonids within the

upper reaches of the Sacramento River

and throughout the river system up to

ocean entry. Information relating

spawning distribution (temporal and

spatial), spawning success, juvenile

survival, and emigration will be

determined relative to habitat

conditions. Permit 1,025 expires on June

30, 2001.

Notice was published on October 16,

1996 (61 FR 53899) that an application

had been filed by FWS (P45W) for an

enhancement permit. Permit 1,027 was
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issued to FWS on January 31, 1997.

Permit 1,027 authorizes FWS takes of

adult and juvenile, endangered,

Sacramento River winter-run chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with artificial propagation

and captive broodstock programs.

Permit 1,027 replaces Permit 747, which

was amended to expire on January 31,

1997 (61 FR 68721, December 30, 1996).

FWS has proposed to develop a genetic

testing protocol to identify the origin of

returning adults so as to prevent

hybridization problems. FWS has also

proposed to acquire a hatchery facility

on the mainstem Sacramento River to

avoid imprinting problems. Until the

proposed genetic testing protocol has

been reviewed and approved by NMFS,

and the mainstem river hatchery facility

has been acquired, tested with nonwinter-run chinook salmon, and

approved by NMFS, the collection of

ESA-listed adult fish for broodstock is

not authorized. Any captured hatchery

progeny suspected of being spring-run/

winter-run hybrids will be destroyed.

To monitor the propagation program,

carcasses of the adult, ESA-listed fish

that return to spawn in the wild will be

collected from the mainstem

Sacramento River and Battle Creek and

sampled for tissues and tags. Permit

1,027 expires on July 31, 2001.

Issuance of the permits, as required by

the ESA, was based on a finding that

such permits: (1) Were requested in

good faith, (2) will not operate to the

disadvantage of the ESA-listed species

that is the subject of the permits, and (3)

are consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA

and the NMFS regulations governing

ESA-listed species permits.

Dated: February 3, 1997.

Robert C. Ziobro,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of Army

Corps of Engineers

Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Deep

Run and Tiber-Hudson Water

Resources Feasibility Study in Howard

County, Maryland

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA), the Baltimore District, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers is initiating

the Deep Run and Tiber-Hudson Water

Resources Feasibility Study for the

watersheds of the Patapsco River basin.

The riparian and aquatic environmental

integrity of the Deep Run and TiberHudson watersheds have been severely

degraded by urbanization, inadequate

infrastructure and industrial

encroachment. Potential environmental

restoration of streambanks, wetlands

and forest buffers could restore riparian

and aquatic habitat, improve water

quality, restore stream channel stability,

and reduce erosion and sedimentation.

A DEIS will be integrated into the

feasibility study to document existing

conditions, project actions, and project

effects and products. Howard County is

the non-Federal sponsor for the project.

The Maryland Department of the

Environment has also contributed

matching grant funds to the county for

this study.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

and DEIS can be addressed to Ms.

Kathryn Conant, Study Manager,

Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, ATTN: CENAB–PL–P, P.O.

Box 1715, Baltimore, Maryland 21203–

1715, telephone (410) 962–5175. E-mail

address: kathryn.j.conant@ccmail.

nab.usace.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. The

U.S. House of Representatives,

Committee on Public Works and

Transportation, authorized the

Baltimore Metropolitan Deep Run and

Tiber-Hudson Water Resources Study,

in a resolution adopted April 30, 1992.

2. The areas proposed for

environmental restoration are known as

the Deep Run and Tiber-Hudson

watersheds and are located in highly

developed eastern portions of Howard

County, Maryland. The most significant

problems in the Deep Run and TiberHudson watersheds are the loss of

aquatic and riparian habitat and the

instability of the stream channels. This

excessive degradation includes: flashy

stormwater flows which cause

streambank erosion and sedimentation,

encroachment of development which

limits riparian habitat and wetlands,

and polluted runoff which contributes

to poor water quality. These factors

negatively impact the aquatic and

riparian environment in the present and

the future.

3. In September 1996, the Corps and

Howard County executed a feasibility

cost-sharing agreement to prepare a

study on both the Deep Run and TiberHudson watersheds. This watershed

study is being conducted to investigate

the feasibility of restoring habitat and

the environmental integrity of both of

these watersheds. The purpose of this

study is to develop an ecosystem

restoration plan that will address

improvements to aquatic and terrestrial

habitat, water quality, and recreation.

The goal of this study is to implement

the watershed restoration plan that will

improve the aquatic and riparian

ecosystem within the Deep Run and

Tiber-Hudson watersheds. To achieve

this goal, the Corps will further define

the problems, needs, and opportunities

in these watersheds; analyze and

forecast environmental resource

conditions; formulate, evaluate, and

compare alternative plans for multiple

sites; develop detailed designs and costs

at selected sites; and recommend a cost

effective plan for these watersheds.

4. Throughout the feasibility study,

potential restoration projects will be

identified, evaluated, and selected on a

watershed basis. To achieve the

proposed watershed restoration plan,

the alternatives to be evaluated will

include stabilization of eroding stream

channels, creation of wetlands,

restoration of floodplains, and

construction of stormwater detention

ponds and retrofits. Habitat structures

would also be installed, if necessary, to

restore aquatic habitat and provide

added cover for spawning. Stream

restoration alternatives may include

stabilization techniques, such as

rootwads, plantings, and geotubes.

Where feasible, fish blockages may be

removed to allow for resident and

migratory passage.

5. The decision to implement these

actions will be based on an evaluation

of the probable impact of the proposed

activities on the public interest. That

decision will reflect the national

concern for both protection and

utilization of important resources. The

benefit that reasonably may be expected

to accrue from the proposal will be

balanced against its reasonably

foreseeable costs. The Baltimore District

is preparing a DEIS that will describe

the impacts of the proposed projects on

environmental and cultural resources in

the study area and the overall public

interest. The DEIS will be in accordance

with NEPA and will document all

factors that may be relevant to the

proposal, including the cumulative

effects thereof. Among these factors are

conservation, economics, aesthetics,

general environmental concerns,

wetlands, cultural values, fish and

wildlife values, flood hazards,

floodplain values, land use, recreation,

water supply and conservation, water