Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 240 / Monday, December 15, 1997 / Notices 65683

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 112597B]

Highly Migratory Species Advisory

Panel and Atlantic Billfish Advisory

Panel; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Advisory Panels (AP) for

Highly Migratory Species and for

Atlantic Billfish will hold their

meetings on January 11, 12, and 13,

1998, in Baltimore, MD, to discuss

future management options for highly

migratory species and for Atlantic

billfish.

DATES: The Highly Migratory Species

AP meeting will be held on January 11,

1998, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and

on January 12, 1998, from 9:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m. There will be a technical

workshop on billfish issues on the

evening of January 12, 1998, from 6:00

p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The Atlantic Billfish

AP meeting will be held on January 13,

1998, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The AP meetings will be

held at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel,

300 South Charles Street, Baltimore, MD

21201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liz

Lauck or Jill Stevenson, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910,

telephone: (301) 713–2347, Fax (301)

713–1917.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AP

for Highly Migratory Species and the AP

for Atlantic Billfish were established

under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

These APs will assist the Secretary of

Commerce in collecting information

related to the amendment of the Billfish

Fishery Management Plan and to the

future fishery management plan for

highly migratory species. Both AP

meetings are open to the public and will

be attended by members of the AP,

including appointed members,

representatives of the five fishery

management councils that work with

highly migratory species (HMS), the

Atlantic and Gulf states that work with

HMS, the Atlantic and Gulf states

marine fisheries commissions, and the

Chair of the U.S. Advisory Committee to

the International Commission for the

Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

Potential agenda items for the Highly

Migratory Species AP meeting include—

(1) Bluefin tuna quotas and

(2) Bluefin tuna effort controls.

Potential agenda items for the Atlantic

Billfish meeting include—

(1) Rebuilding schedules;

(2) Overfishing definitions; and

(3) Review of billfish comments

collected at scoping meetings.

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Jill Stevenson (see

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at

least 7 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: December 8, 1997.

Gary C. Matlock,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Technical Information Service

NTIS Advisory Board Meeting

AGENCY: National Technical Information

Service, Technology Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that the

National Technical Information Service

Advisory Board (the ‘‘Board’’) will meet

on Tuesday, January 6, 1998, from 9:00

a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The session will be

closed to the public.

The Board was established under the

authority of 15 U.S.C. 3704b(c), and was

Chartered on September 15, 1989. The

Board is composed of five members

appointed by the Secretary of Commerce

who are eminent in such fields as

information resources management,

information technology, and library and

information services. The purpose of the

meeting is to review the draft strategic

plan and make recommendations

regarding general policies and

operations of NTIS, including policies

in connection with fees and charges for

its services. The agenda will be devoted

to a discussion of NTIS’ long range

plans. The session will be closed

because premature disclosure of the

information to be discussed would be

likely to significantly frustrate

implementation of NTIS’ business

plans.

DATES: The meeting will convene on

January 6, 1998, at 9:00 a.m. and

adjourn at 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESS: The meeting will be held in

Room 2029 Sills Building, National

Technical Information Service, 5285

Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia

22161.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Lucas, NTIS Advisory Board

Secretary, National Technical

Information Service, 5285 Port Royal

Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161

Telephone: (703) 605–6400; Fax (703)

487–4093.

Dated: December 9, 1997.

Donald R. Johnson,

Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Availability of A Thick Composite

Failure Prediction Software Code for

Exclusive, Partially Exclusive or Nonexclusive Licenses

AGENCY: U.S. Army Research

Laboratory.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army

announces the general availability of

exclusive, partially exclusive or nonexclusive licenses relative to a thick

composite failure prediction software

code as described in U.S. Patent

#5,419,200; issued 30 May 1995;

entitled ‘‘Method For Assessing the

Effects of Loading Forces on a

Composite Material Structure’’. Visit

http://www.fedlabs.org/ma/pl for

technical and licensing information.

Licenses shall comply with 35 U.S.C.

209 and 37 CFR 404.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael D. Rausa, U.S. Army Research

Laboratory, Office of Research and

Technology Applications, ATTN:

AMSRL–CS–TT/Bldg. 434, Aberdeen

Proving Ground, Maryland 21005–5425,

Telephone: (410) 278–5028.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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