Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 221 / Monday, November 17, 1997 / Notices 61295

Clarification: After publication of the

October 9, 1997, notice, we received

inquiries concerning the distinction

between groups of orders. In response,

we are providing additional clarification

of the distinction between the groups of

orders and posting it on the IA web site

at: http://www.ita.doc.gov/

importladmin/records/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melissa G. Skinner, Office of Policy, or

Andrew Lee Beller, Central Records

Unit, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, at (202)

482–1560 or 482–0866, or Vera Libeau,

Office of Investigations, U.S.

International Trade Commission, at

(202) 205–3176.

Dated: October 31, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–30146 Filed 11–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 110697C]

Mid-Atlantic 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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council’s Summer

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass

Monitoring Committees will hold a

public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Thursday, December 4, 1997; the

Summer Flounder Monitoring

Committee will meet from 10:00 a.m.

until noon, the Scup Monitoring

Committee wil meet from 1:00–3:00

p.m., and the Black Sea Bass Monitoring

Committee will meet from 3:00–5:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Radisson Hotel Philadelphia

Airport, 500 Stevens Drive,

Philadelphia, PA; telephone: 610–521–

5900.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David R. Keifer, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 302–674–2331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the meeting is to recommend

the 1998 recreational measures for

summer flounder, scup, and black sea

bass.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before these

Committees for discussion, in

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, those issues may not be the subject

of formal Committee action during this

meeting. Committee action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: November 10, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–30122 Filed 11–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 110797A]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of applications for

scientific research permits (1070, 1091,

1097, 1105, 1106) and modifications to

scientific research permits (1039, 1042)

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LPC) in

Fort Bragg, CA (1070), the Santa Ynez

River Technicial Advisory Committee

(YTAC) in Santa Barbara, CA (1091),

Resource Management International Inc.

(RMI) in San Rafael, CA (1097), Hagar

Environmental Science (HES) in

Richmond, CA (1105), and Dr. David

Wm. Owens of Texas A&M University

(1106) have applied for scientific

research permits authorizing the take of

endangered or threatened species.

Notice is also given that the Natural

Resources Management Corporation

(NRMC) in Eureka, CA (1039) and

William M. Kier in Sausalito, CA (1042)

have applied for modifications to their

existing scientific research permits.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on any of these

applications must be received on or

before December 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for

review in the following offices, by

appointment:

Application for permits 1070, 1091,

1097, and 1105, and modification

requests for permits 1039 and 1042:

Protected Species Division, NMFS, 777

Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa Rosa,

CA 95404–6528 (707–575–6066).

Application for permit 1106: Director,

Southeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, 9721

Executive Center Drive, St. Petersburg,

FL 33702–2432 (813–893–3141).

All documents may also be reviewed

by appointment in the Office of

Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,

MD 20910–3226 (301–713–1401);

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

Permits 1039, 1042, 1070, 1091, 1097,

and 1105: Tom Hablett, Protected

Species Division, NMFS Santa Rosa

Office (707–575–6066).

For Permit 1106: Michelle Rogers,

Office of Protected Resources (301–713–

1401).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: LPC,

YTAC, RMI, HES, and David Wm.

Owens, Texas A&M University, request

permits and NRMC and William Kier

request modifications to permits 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–

227). These listed species covered by

these permits include: coho salmon

(Oncorhynchus kisutch), steelhead trout

(Oncorhynchus mykiss), loggerhead sea

turtles (Caretta caretta), hawksbill sea

turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata), and

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys

kempii).

LPC (1070) requests a five-year permit

for takes of adult and juvenile,

threatened, southern Oregon/northern

California coast (SONCC) coho salmon

associated with fish population studies

in Humboldt County drainages within

the Evolutionarily Significant Unit

(ESU). The studies consist of juvenile

coho salmon distribution/abundance

surveys and adult salmon spawner

surveys. ESA-listed juvenile fish are

proposed to be captured, anesthetized,

handled (identified, measured, and

sampled for tissues), allowed to recover

from the anesthetic, and released. ESAlisted adult fish carcasses are proposed