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EFH descriptions for salmon and

adverse affects on salmon EFH. The

meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The technical team meeting is on

November 18, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be at the

Lloyd Center Doubletree Hotel, 1000 NE

Multnomah, Portland, OR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe

Scordino, NMFS, 206/526–6143.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is

in the process of developing

recommendations on EFH for west coast

salmon in accordance with recent

amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act. EFH recommendations to be

presented to the Pacific Fishery

Management Council for an amendment

to the salmon fishery management plan

include a description of EFH for coho

salmon, chinook salmon, pink salmon

and sockeye salmon; a description of

adverse effects to EFH, including fishing

and nonfishing threats; and a

description of measures to ensure the

conservation and enhancement of EFH.

NMFS has formed a technical team

consisting of fishing industry, state,

tribal, university, and Federal

individuals to provide technical input

and advice on the development of the

NMFS recommendations. The technical

team will meet 2 to 3 times between

November and March to review draft

EFH documents as they are prepared.

The first meeting of the technical team

is scheduled for November 18, 1997.

The meetings will be open to the public,

and the public will have an opportunity

to comment. EFH documents will be

available at the meeting. EFH

background material can also be found

on the Pacific States Marine Fisheries

Commission website at www.psmfc.org/

efh.html.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be requested at

least 5 working days prior to the

meeting date.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: November 12, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 111097B]

North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

advisory committees will meet in

Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meetings will be held during

the week of December 7, 1997. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at

the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 W. 3rd

Avenue, Anchorage, AK. All meetings

are open to the public with the

exception of a Council executive session

tentatively scheduled for noon on

Wednesday, December 10, to discuss

personnel, international issues, or

litigation, as necessary.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Council staff, telephone: 907–271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Ecosystems Committee will meet

Sunday, December 7, beginning at 8:00

a.m. and ending at 4:00 p.m.

The Scientific and Statistical

Committee (SSC) will meet beginning at

8:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 7,

continuing through Tuesday, December

9.

The Advisory Panel (AP) will begin

meeting at 8:00 a.m. on Monday,

December 8, and continue through

Thursday, December 11.

The Council’s regular plenary session

will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday,

December 9, and continue through

Sunday, December 14.

Other workgroup or committee

meetings may be held during the week.

Notices of these meetings will be posted

at the hotel.

The agenda for the Council’s plenary

session will include the following

issues. The Council may take

appropriate action on any of the issues

identified.

1. Reports from NMFS and Alaska

Department of Fish and Game on the

current status of the fisheries off Alaska,

and NMFS and U.S. Coast Guard reports

on enforcement;

2. Initial review of a draft analysis for

a third-party arrangement (joint project

agreement) for observer procurement

services;

3. Receive report on the 1997 Halibut

and Sablefish individual fishing quota

(IFQ) fisheries;

4. Review proposals received for

changes to the Halibut and Sablefish

IFQ fisheries and give direction to staff

for analyses;

5. Initial review of research priorities;

6. Review and consider releasing to

public review draft environmental

assessment/regulatory impact review for

the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI)

pollock Community Development Quota

program for 1999 and beyond;

7. Appointments to the SSC and AP

for 1998, and to the Pacific Northwest

Crab Industry Advisory Committee

through 1999;

8. Review and give final approval to

Amendment 3 to the Scallop Fishery

Management Plan. Amendment 3 would

delegate authority to the State of Alaska

to manage the scallop fishery off Alaska;

9. The Council will receive and

approve the final 1998 Stock

Assessment and Fishery Evaluation

reports for Gulf of Alaska and BSAI

groundfish and approve final 1998

harvest allocations, including vessel

incentive program rate standards,

bycatch allowances, and halibut discard

mortality rates; and

10. Other groundfish issues to be

addressed include:

a. Initial review of an amendment for

stand-down and/or preregistration

requirements in the Western and Central

Gulf of Alaska. Direction to staff to

release for public review and/or revise;.

b. Initial review of options to

streamline the setting of total allowable

catches; directions to staff to release for

public review and/or revise;

c. Initial review of an amendment to

allocate shortraker/rougheye quota to

fixed gear; directions to staff to release

for public review and/or revise;

d. Discussion of limited processing for

catcher vessels; direction to staff;

e. Discussion of overfishing

amendments; direction to staff;

f. Discussion of catch reporting

accuracy;

g. Discussion of gear storage and

preemption issues in the BSAI;

direction to staff;

h. Discussion of salmon retention

revisions for the BSAI; direction to staff;

and

i. Discussion of pollock ‘‘B’’ Season

adjustments in the BSAI; direction to

staff.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Council for discussion, in accordance
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with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Council action during the

meeting. Council action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Helen Allen, 907–

271–2809, at least 5 working days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: November 12, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 111297C]

Marine Mammals (File No. 758–1431)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research

permit no. 758–1431.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

Kimberlee Beckmen, Institute of Arctic

Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks,

P.O. Box 757000, Fairbanks, AK 99775–

7000, is hereby authorized to conduct

research on two captive, adult Northern

fur seals (Callinorinus ursinus).

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289);

Regional Administrator, Northwest

Region, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point

Way, NE., BIN C15700, Building 1,

Seattle, WA 98115–0070 (206/526–

6150);

Regional Administrator, Alaska

Region, NMFS, NOAA, P.O. Box 21668,

Juneau, AK 99802–1668 (907/586–

7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

September 29, 1997, notice was

published in the Federal Register (62

FR 50907) that the above-named

applicant had submitted a request for a

scientific research permit to blood

sample and vaccinate two captive, adult

Northern fur seals with a benign

antigen, Fort Dodge tetanus toxoid, for

the purpose of scientific research at a

U.S. facility that is holding captive

Northern fur seals. 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.), the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and

the regulations governing the taking and

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR

Part 216).

Dated: November 12, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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Marine Mammals, Endangered or

Threatened Species, Scientific

Research Permit (File No. 473–1433);

Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application;

correction.

SUMMARY: The National Marine

Fisheries Service published a document

in the Federal Register of October 31,

1997, concerning an application to take

several species of cetaceans for purposes

of scientific research. The document

inadvertently omitted that the proposed

takes are to be conducted on an annual

basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeannie Drevenak, Permits Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13824,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289).

Correction

In the Federal Register issue of

October 31, 1997, in FR Doc. 97–28833,

on page 58943, in the first column,

correct the second paragraph under the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION caption by

inserting the word ‘‘annually’’ before

the word ‘‘from’’ in line four and the

word ‘‘annually’’ between the words

‘‘physalus’’ and ‘‘may’’ in line 17.

Dated: November 12, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Civilian Health and Medical Program of

the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS)

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of extension of cancer

treatment clinical trails demonstration

project.

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise

interested parties of a one-year

extension of a demonstration project in

which the DoD provides CHAMPUS

reimbursement for eligible beneficiaries

who receive cancer treatment under

approved National Institutes of Health,

National Cancer Institute (NCI) clinical

trails. Participation in these clinical

trails will improve access to promising

cancer therapies for CHAMPUS eligible

beneficiaries when their conditions

meet protocol eligibility criteria. DoD

financing of these procedures will assist

in meeting clinical trail goals and arrival

at conclusions regarding the safety and

efficacy of emerging therapies in the

treatment of cancer. At this time, there

is insufficient demonstration data for a

full evaluation of costs associated with

enrollment in clinical trails. Extending

the demonstration for an additional year

will show sufficient time for patient

accrual to clinical trials and collection

of data which allows for comprehensive

economic analysis. This demonstration

also affects TRICARE, the managed

health care program that includes

CHAMPUS. This demonstration project

is under the authority of 10 U.S.C.,

section 1092.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cynthia P. Speight, Office of the

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health

Affairs), (703) 697–8975.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On January 24, 1996, the Department

provided notice in the Federal Register

(61 FR 1899) of an extension of an

existing demonstration for breast cancer

treatment clinical trials to include all

cancer treatment clinical trials under

approved National Cancer Institute

(NCI) clinical trials. The demonstration

purpose is to improve beneficiary access