5642 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 25 / Thursday, February 6, 1997 / Notices

Dated: January 31, 1997.

Paula N. Hayes,

Acting Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–2891 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical

Center; Amended Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given of a change in

the meeting of the Board of Governors

of the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical

Center and its Executive Committee,

February 9–10, 1997, which was

published in the Federal Register on

January 21, 1997 (62 FR 3051).

The Executive Committee will meet

on February 9 at the Bethesda Hyatt,

One Metro Center, Bethesda, Maryland,

but will begin at 7:30 p.m. instead of the

previously stated 6:00 p.m. The Board

meeting remains at the same time and

place, 1:00 p.m., Medical Board Room,

Building 10, National Institutes of

Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

As previously advertised, these

meetings will be open to the public.

However, in accordance with the

provisions set forth in sec. 552b(c)9(B)

of Title 5, U.S.C. and sec. 10(d) of Pub.

L. 92–463, both meetings may close to

the public for discussion of patientrelated issues, the premature disclosure

of which would frustrate

implementation of proposed agency

actions.

Dated: January 31, 1997.

Paula N. Hayes,

Acting Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–2890 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

The following applicants have

applied for a permit to conduct certain

activities with endangered species. This

notice is provided pursuant to Section

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et

seq.):

PRT–824555

Applicant: University of California, San

Diego, CA.

The applicant requests a permit to

import hair samples taken from captiveborn Goeldi’s marmoset (Callimico

goeldii) from Switzerland for DNA

analysis to enhance the propagation and

survival of the species.

PRT–785649

Applicant: Wildlife Conservation Society,

Bronx, NY.

The applicant requests a renewal

permit to import blood samples from

chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and

Pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus),

gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), Northern white

rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum

cottoni), and African elephant

(Loxodonta africana) for the purpose of

scientific research and enhancement of

survival of the species.

PRT–824669

Applicant: Richard Curt Rowland, Fairfield,

CA.

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

PRT–822461

Applicant: Virgil W. Binkley, Townsend, MT.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a sport-hunted cheetah

(Acinonyx jubatus) from Namibia for the

purpose of enhancement of the survival

of the species.

PRT–824722

Applicant: Wildlife Conservation Society,

Bronx, NY.

The applicant requests a permit to

import blood samples taken from wild

American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

and Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus

moreletii) for the purpose of scientific

research and enhancement of survival of

the species.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Room 430, Arlington, Virginia 22203

and must be received by the Director

within 30 days of the date of this

publication.

Documents and other information

submitted with these applications are

available for review, subject to the

requirements of the Privacy Act and

Freedom of Information Act, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents to the

following office within 30 days of the

date of publication of this notice: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 430, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358–2104);

FAX: (703/358–2281).

Dated: January 31, 1997.

Mary Ellen Amtower,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 97–2878 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Geological Survey

Application Notice Describing the

Areas of Interest and Establishing the

Closing Date for Receipt of

Applications Under the National

Earthquake Hazards Reduction

Program (NEHRP) for Fiscal Year (FY)

1998

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, U.S.

Geological Survey.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Applications are invited for

research projects under the NEHRP.

The purpose of this program is to

support research in earthquake hazards

prediction; to provide earth-science data

and information essential to determine

seismic hazards present in the United

States; and information essential to

mitigate earthquake damage.

Applications may be submitted by

educational institutions, private firms,

private foundations, individuals, and

agencies of state and local governments.

The NEHRP supports research related

to the following general areas of interest:

I. Evaluating National and Regional

Hazard and Risk. National and regional

hazard and risk maps are critical to

effective risk reduction strategies.

II. Evaluating Urban Hazard and Risk.

The strong ground shaking and resulting

catastrophic losses in the 1994

Northridge earthquake reinforced the

need for the U.S. Geological Survey to

concentrate its efforts where the risks

are highest, that is, in the nation’s urban

areas.

III. Understanding Earthquake

Processes. The effectiveness of riskmitigation strategies and disaster

response are limited by our meager

understanding of the tectonic processes

that cause earthquakes and generate the

strong shaking and ground failure that

devastates the build environment.

IV. Providing Real-time Hazard

Assessment. Effective earthquake hazard

evaluation and response to damaging

events depend on timely, accurate

information. Short, intermediate, and

long-term earthquake forecasts in

regions of high earthquake potential can

all lead to mitigation activities that

reduce the losses in subsequent

earthquakes.

V. Providing Geologic Hazards

Information Services. Computer