Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 231 / Tuesday, December 2, 1997 / Notices 63697

Trade Certificates of Review. A

Certificate of Review protects the holder

and the members identified in the

Certificate from state and federal

government antitrust actions and from

private, treble damage antitrust actions

for the export conduct specified in the

Certificate and carried out in

compliance with its terms and

conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Act

and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the

Secretary to publish a notice in the

Federal Register identifying the

applicant and summarizing its proposed

export conduct.

Request for Public Comments

Interested parties may submit written

comments relevant to the determination

whether an amended Certificate should

be issued. If the comments include any

privileged or confidential business

information, it must be clearly marked

and a nonconfidential version of the

comments (identified as such) should be

included. Any comments not marked

privileged or confidential business

information will be deemed to be

nonconfidential. An original and five

copies, plus two copies of the

nonconfidential version, should be

submitted no later than 20 days after the

date of this notice to: Office of Export

Trading Company Affairs, International

Trade Administration, Department of

Commerce, Room 1800H, Washington,

D.C. 20230. Information submitted by

any person is exempt from disclosure

under the Freedom of Information Act

(5 U.S.C. 552). However,

nonconfidential versions of the

comments will be made available to the

applicant if necessary for determining

whether or not to issue the certificate.

Comments should refer to this

application as ‘‘Export Trade Certificate

of Review, application number 95–

2A006.’’

The Water and Wastewater

Equipment Manufacturers Association

(‘‘WWEMA’’) original Certificate was

issued on June 21, 1996 (61 FR 36708,

July 12, 1996), and previously amended

on May 20, 1997 (62 FR 29104). A

summary of the application for an

amendment follows.

Summary of the Application

Applicant: Water and Wastewater

Equipment Manufacturers Association

(‘‘WWEMA’’), 101 E. Holly Avenue,

Suite 14, Sterling, Virginia 22170.

Contact: Randolph J. Stayin, Partner.

Telephone: (202) 289–1313.

Application No.: 95–2A006.

Date Deemed Submitted: November

26, 1997.

Proposed Amendment: WWEMA

seeks to amend its Certificate to:

1. Add the following company as a

new ‘‘Member’’ of the Certificate within

the meaning of Section 325.2(1) of the

Regulations (15 CFR 325.2(1)):

Conservatek Industries, Inc. of Conroe,

Texas;

2. Delete ABB Kent Meters, Inc. of

Ocala, Florida and Galaxy

Environmental Corporation of

Warminster, Pennsylvania as Members

of the Certificate; and

3. Change the listing of the company

name for the current Member ‘‘Capital

Controls Co., Inc.’’ to the new listing

‘‘The Capital Controls Group’’.

Dated: November 26, 1997.

Morton Schnabel,

Acting Director, Office of Export Trading

Company Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–31543 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. # 112497C]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 917

(P774#2)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Scientific research permit

amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for amendment of scientific

research permit no. 917 submitted by

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center,

National Marine Fisheries Service, 166

Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543–

1097, has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289); and

Regional Administrator, Northeast

Region, One Blackburn Drive,

Gloucester, MA 01930–2298 (508/281–

9250).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

September 17, 1997, notice was

published in the Federal Register (62

FR 48822) that an amendment of permit

no. 917, issued May 12, 1994 (59 FR

25892), had been requested by the

above-named organization. The original

permit authorized a number of studies

on several cetacean species as well as

gray and harbor seals in the

northeastern U.S. and Canadian waters

over a five-year period. The research

activities include: vessel surveys, aerial

surveys and photogrammetry, photoidentification studies, and the collection

of biopsies. The research also includes

import and export of cetacean tissue

samples taken via projectile dart for

genetic analyses. The requested

amendment has been granted under the

authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of

§ 216.39 of the Regulations Governing

the Taking and Importing of Marine

Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),

and the provisions of § 222.25 of the

regulations governing the taking,

importing, and exporting of endangered

fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222.23).

The permit was amended to authorize

the increased number of biopsy samples

to be collected from 25 to 50 annually

from humpback whales, and 25 to 100

annually from common dolphins

(Delphinus delphis), Atlantic whitesided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus

acutus), bottlenose dolphins (offshore

stock, Tursiops truncatus), and striped

dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba).

Issuance of this amendment, as

required by the ESA was based on a

finding that such permit: (1) Was

applied for in good faith; (2) will not

operate to the disadvantage of the

endangered species which is the subject

of this permit; and (3) is consistent with

the purposes and policies set forth in

section 2 of the ESA.

Dated: November 24, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush, Chief,

Permits and Documentation Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–31581 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m., Monday,

December 22, 1997.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington,

DC, 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Adjudicatory Matters.