6216 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 28 / Tuesday, February 11, 1997 / Notices

977, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO

80225. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer,

Model Optima. Manufacturer:

Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended

Use: The instrument will be used to

study the stable isotope variations that

resulted during the formation and

history of rocks, minerals and gases

from a variety of geologic sites and

contexts. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: December

30, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–148. Applicant:

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,

Bell House, MS 39, 221 Oyster Pond

Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543–1531.

Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model

MAT ELEMENT. Manufacturer:

Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use:

The instrument will be used for

elemental and isotopic analyses of

seawater, sediments, microfossils,

plankton, corals and rocks. Applications

will range from the study of natural and

artificial radionuclides in the

environment, the marine chemistry of

trace metals, ecotoxicology, petrology of

basaltic rocks, paleoceanographic

studies, climate change studies, etc. In

addition, the instrument will be used to

instruct students in its use. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

December 31, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–149. Applicant:

University of Vermont, Department of

Physical Therapy, 305 Rowell Building,

Burlington, VT 05405–0068. Instrument:

Motion Analysis System and Telemg

System, Model Elite Plus. Manufacturer:

Bioengineering Technology & Systems,

Italy. Intended Use: The instrument will

be used for human movement studies

focusing on human gait, posture and

balance and upper extremity movement.

These studies are aimed at quantifying

and understanding normal and

disordered human movement from

neurological, physiologic,

biomechanical and behavioral

perspectives. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: December

31, 1996.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–3360 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

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University of Wyoming; Notice of

Decision on Application for Duty-Free

Entry of Scientific Instrument

This decision is made pursuant to

Section 6(c) of the Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Materials

Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).

Related records can be viewed between

8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 96–117. Applicant:

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

82071–3006. Instrument: Electron

Microprobe, Model JXA–8900/5CH.

Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan.

Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR

66017, December 16, 1996.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides high accuracy elemental

analysis of surface microareas with a

scanning image magnification of × 40 to

300 000 (WD: 11 mm) and a secondary

electron image resolution to 6 nm. The

National Institute of Standards and

Technology advises that (1) these

capabilities are pertinent to the

applicant’s intended purpose and (2) it

knows of no domestic instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument for the

applicant’s intended use.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which is being

manufactured in the United States.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Environmental Protection Agency

Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control

Program: Proposed Findings

Documents, Environmental

Assessments, and Findings of No

Significant Impact

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Department of Commerce, and

Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of

Proposed Findings Documents,

Environmental Assessments, and

Findings of No Significant Impact on

Approval of Coastal Nonpoint Pollution

Control Programs for New Hampshire,

Mississippi, Alabama and Oregon.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

availability of the Proposed Findings

Documents, Environmental Assessments

(EA’s), and Findings of No Significant

Impact for New Hampshire, Mississippi,

Alabama and Oregon. Coastal states and

territories were required to submit their

coastal nonpoint programs to the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) and the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

for approval in July 1995. The Findings

documents were prepared by NOAA

and EPA to provide the rationale for the

agencies’ decision to approve each state

and territory coastal nonpoint pollution

control program. Section 6217 of the

Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization

Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C.

section 1455b, requires states and

territories with coastal zone

management programs that have

received approval under section 306 of

the Coastal Zone Management Act to

develop and implement coastal

nonpoint pollution control programs.

The EA’s were prepared by NOAA,

pursuant to the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. sections

4321 et seq., to assess the environmental

impacts associated with the approval of

the coastal nonpoint pollution control

programs submitted to NOAA and EPA

by New Hampshire, Mississippi,

Alabama and Oregon.

NOAA and EPA have proposed to

approve, with conditions, the coastal

nonpoint pollution control programs

submitted by New Hampshire,

Mississippi, Alabama and Oregon. The

requirements of 40 CFR Parts 1500–1508

(Council of Environmental Quality

(CEQ) regulations to implement the

National Environmental Policy Act)

apply to the preparation of the

Environmental Assessments.

Specifically, 40 CFR section 1506.6

requires agencies to provide public

notice of the availability of

environmental documents. This notice

is part of NOAA’s action to comply with

this requirement.

Copies of the Proposed Findings

Documents, Environmental

Assessments, and Findings of No

Significant Impact may be obtained

upon request from: Joseph P. Flanagan,

Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3),

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource

Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland,

20910, tel. (301) 713–3121, x201.

DATES: Individuals or organizations

wishing to submit comments on the

proposed Findings or Environmental

Assessments should do so by March 12,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made

to: Joseph A. Uravitch, Coastal Programs

Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management, NOS,

NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, Maryland, 20910, tel. (301) 713–

3155, x195.