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Controlled Substances Act and the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

HHS will analyze all available data on

marijuana use, expand ongoing surveys

to determine current levels of marijuana

use in California and Arizona, and track

changes in marijuana use in those states.

HHS will develop the survey capacity

to assess trends in drug use in all states

on a state-by-state basis.

The Department of Education

(Education) will use provisions of the

Safe and Drug Free Schools Act to

reinforce the message to all local

education agencies receiving Federal

Safe and Drug Free School funds that

any drug possession or use will not be

tolerated in schools. This affects

approximately 95% of school districts.

Notwithstanding the passage of the two

Propositions, local education agencies

must continue to: (a) develop programs

which prevent the use, possession, and

distribution of tobacco, alcohol, and

illegal drugs by students; (b) develop

programs which prevent the illegal use,

possession, and distribution of such

substances by school employees; and (c)

ensure that programs supported by and

with Federal Safe and Drug Free

Schools funds convey the message that

the illegal use of alcohol and other

drugs, including marijuana, is wrong

and harmful.

Education will review with educators

in Arizona and California the effect

Propositions 200 and 215 will have on

drug use by students. They will also

communicate nationally with school

superintendents, administrators,

principals, boards of education, and

PTAs about the Arizona and California

Propositions and the implications for

their states.

Education will develop a model

policy to confront ‘‘medical marijuana’’

use in schools and outline actions

educators can take to prevent illicit

drugs from coming into schools.

Education will develop model drug

prevention programs to discourage

marijuana use. These models will be

disseminated to the states at a Spring

1997 conference.

ONDCP and DOT will provide

recommendations pursuant to the

October 19, 1996 Presidential directive

to deter teen drug use and drugged

driving through pre-license drug testing,

strengthened law enforcement and other

means. The recommendations will

underscore the point that the use of

marijuana for any reason endangers the

health and safety of the public.

Legislative Enactments: ONDCP, HHS

and DOJ will work with Congress to

consider changes to the Federal Food,

Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the

Controlled Substances Act, as

appropriate, to limit the states’’ ability

to rely on these and similar medical use

provisions. The Administration believes

that working with Congress is the course

of action that will affirm the national

policy to control substances that have a

high potential for abuse and no accepted

medical use. The objective is to provide

a uniform policy which preserves the

integrity of the medical-scientific

process by which substances are

approved as safe and effective

medicines. We will also consider

additional steps, including conditioning

Federal funds on compliance with the

Controlled Substances Act and the

National Drug Control Strategy.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 15th day

of January, 1997.

Barry R. McCaffrey,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–3334 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3180–02–P

Designation of New High Intensity

Drug Trafficking Areas

AGENCY: Office of National Drug Contol

Policy, Executive Office of the

President.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice lists the five new

High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas

(HIDTAs) designated by the Director,

Office of National Drug Control Policy.

HIDTAs are regions identified as having

the most critical drug trafficking

problems that adversely affect the

United States. These new HIDTAs are

designated pursuant to 21 U.S.C.

1504(c), as amended, to promote more

effective coordination of drug control

efforts. The additional resources

provided by Congress enable task forces

of local, State, and Federal officials to

assess regional drug threats, design

strategies to combat the threats, develop

initiatives to implement the strategies,

and evaluate effectiveness of these

coordinated efforts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Comments and questions regarding this

notice should be directed to Mr. Richard

Y. Yamamoto, Director, HIDTA, Office

of National Drug Control Policy,

Executive Office of the President, 750

17th Street N.W., Washington, D.C.

20503, (202) 395–6755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1990,

the Director of ONDCP designated the

first five HIDTAs. These original

HIDTAs, areas through which most

illegal drugs enter the United States, are

Houston, Los Angeles, New York/New

Jersey, South Florida, and the

Southwest Border. In 1994, the Director

designated the Washington/Baltimore

HIDTA to address the extensive drug

distribution networks serving hardcore

drug users. Also in 1994, the Director

designated Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin

Islands as a HIDTA based on the

significant amount of drugs entering the

United States through this region.

In 1995, the Director designated three

more HIDTAs in Atlanta, Chicago, and

Philadelphia/Camden to target drug

abuse and drug trafficking in those

areas, specifically augmenting

Empowerment Zone programs.

The five new HIDTAs will build upon

the effective efforts of previously

established HIDTAs. In Fiscal Year

1997, the HIDTA program will receive

$140 million in Federal resources. The

program will support more than 150 colocated officer/agent task forces;

strengthen mutually supporting local,

State, and Federal drug trafficking and

money laundering task forces; bolster

information analysis and sharing

networks; and, improve integration of

law enforcement, drug treatment, and

drug abuse prevention programs. The

states and counties included in the five

new HIDTAs are:

(1) Cascade HIDTA: State of

Washington; King, Pierce, Skagit,

Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom, and

Yakima counties;

(2) Gulf Coast HIDTA: State of

Alabama; Baldwin, Jefferson, Mobile,

and Montgomery counties; State of

Louisiana; Caddo, East Baton Rouge,

Jefferson, and Orleans parishes; and

State of Mississippi; Hancock, Harrison,

Hinds, and Jackson counties.

(3) Lake County HIDTA: State of

Indiana; Lake County.

(4) Midwest HIDTA: State of Iowa;

Muscatine, Polk, Pottawattamie, Scott,

and Woodbury counties; State of

Kansas; Cherokee, Crawford, Johnson,

Labette, Leavenworth, Saline, Seward,

and Wyandotte counties; State of

Missouri; Cape Girardeau, Christian,

Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Ray,

Scott, and St. Charles counties, and the

city of St. Louis; State of Nebraska;

Dakota, Dawson, Douglas, Hall,

Lancaster, Sarpy, and Scott’s Bluff

counties; State of South Dakota; Clay,

Codington, Custer, Fall River, Lawrence,

Lincoln, Meade, Minnehaha,

Pennington, Union, and Yankton

counties.

(4) Rocky Mountain HIDTA: State of

Colorado; Adams, Arapahoe, Denver,

Douglas, Eagle, El Paso, Garfield,

Jefferson, La Plata, and Mesa counties;

State of Utah; Davis, Salt Lake, Summit,

Utah, and Weber counties; and State of

Wyoming; Laramie, Natrona, and

Sweetwater counties.
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Signed at Washington, D.C. this 15th day

of January, 1997.

Barry R. McCaffrey,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–3334 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3180–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

California Coast Province Advisory

Committee (PAC)

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The California Coast Province

Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet

from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., on February

26, 1997, and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

February 27, 1997, at the Six Rivers

National Forest Supervisor’s Office

Conference Room, 1330 Bayshore Way,

Eureka, CA. Agenda items to be covered

include: (1) Survey and Manage species

information presentation; (2) Province

impacts of fish species listed/potentially

listed as Threatened or Endangered; (3)

Report and recommendations from

Public/Private Subcommittee (4) Report

and recommendations from Monitoring

Subcommittee; (5) Report and

recommendations from Work on the

Ground Subcommittee; (6) Agency

updates; (7) North Coast Environmental

Center presentation; (8) Agency reports

on December/January flood and storm

damage on federal lands in the

Province; (9) Update on Headwaters

Forest; (10) USFWS request for

proposals for restoration projects; and

(11) Open public forum. All California

Coast Province Advisory Committee

meetings are open to the public.

Interested citizens are encouraged to

attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Daniel Chisholm, USDA, Forest

Supervisor, Mendocino National Forest,

825 N. Humboldt Avenue, Willows, CA,

95988, (916) 934–3316 or Phebe Brown,

Province Coordinator, USDA,

Mendocino National Forest, 825 N.

Humboldt Avenue, Willows, CA 95988,

(916) 934–3316.

Dated: February 2, 1997.

Daniel K. Chisholm,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 97–3264 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–FK–M

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation in the

Jamestown (ND) Area

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States Grain

Standards Act, as amended (Act),

provides that official agency

designations will end not later than

triennially and may be renewed. The

designation of Grain Inspection, Inc.

(Jamestown), will end July 31, 1997,

according to the Act. In the January 2,

1997 Federal Register (62 FR 91),

GIPSA asked for applications from

persons interested in providing official

services in the Jamestown area.

Applications were due on or before

January 31, 1997; no applications were

received. GIPSA is again asking for

applications from persons interested in

providing official services in the

Jamestown area.

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX)

on or before March 13, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be

submitted to USDA, GIPSA, Janet M.

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance

Division, STOP 3604, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20250–3604.

Applications may be submitted by FAX

on 202–690–2755. If an application is

submitted by FAX, GIPSA reserves the

right to request an original application.

All applications will be made available

for public inspection at this address

located at 1400 Independence Avenue,

S.W., during regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart, telephone 202–720–8525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This action has been reviewed and

determined not to be a rule or regulation

as defined in Executive Order 12866

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1;

therefore, the Executive Order and

Departmental Regulation do not apply

to this action.

Section 7(f)(1) of the Act authorizes

GIPSA’ Administrator to designate a

qualified applicant to provide official

services in a specified area after

determining that the applicant is better

able than any other applicant to provide

such official services. GIPSA designated

Jamestown, main office located in

Jamestown, North Dakota, to provide

official inspection services under the

Act on August 1, 1994.

Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides

that designations of official agencies

shall end not later than triennially and

may be renewed according to the

criteria and procedures prescribed in

Section 7(f) of the Act. The designation

of Jamestown ends on July 31, 1997,

according to the Act.

Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the

USGSA, the following geographic area,

in the State of North Dakota, is assigned

to Jamestown.

Bounded on the North by Interstate 94

east to U.S. Route 85; U.S. Route 85

north to State Route 200; State Route

200 east to U.S. Route 83; U.S. Route 83

southeast to State Route 41; State Route

41 north to State Route 200; State Route

200 east to State Route 3; State Route 3

north to U.S. Route 52; U.S. Route 52

southeast to State Route 15; State Route

15 east to U.S. Route 281; U.S. Route

281 south to Foster County; the northern

Foster County line; the northern Griggs

County line east to State Route 32;

Bounded on the East by State Route

32 south to State Route 45; State Route

45 south to State Route 200; State Route

200 west to State Route 1; State Route

1 south to the Soo Railroad line; the Soo

Railroad line southeast to Interstate 94;

Interstate 94 west to State Route 1; State

Route 1 south to the Dickey County line;

Bounded on the South by the

southern Dickey County line west to

U.S. Route 281; U.S. Route 281 north to

the Lamoure County line; the southern

Lamoure County line; the southern

Logan County line west to State Route

l3; State Route l3 west to U.S. Route 83;

U.S. Route 83 south to the Emmons

County line; the southern Emmons

County line; the southern Sioux County

line west State Route 49; State Route 49

north to State Route 21; State Route 21

west to the Burlington-Northern (BN)

line; the Burlington-Northern (BN) line

northwest to State Route 22; State Route

22 south to U.S. Route 12; U.S. Route 12

west-northwest to the North Dakota

State line; and

Bounded on the West by the western

North Dakota State line north to

Interstate 94.

The following grain elevators, located

outside of the above contiguous

geographic area, are part of this

geographic area assignment: Farmers

Coop Elevator, Fessenden, Farmers

Union Elevator, and Manfred Grain,

both in Manfred, all in Wells County

(located inside Grand Forks Grain

Inspection Department, Inc.’s, area); and

Norway Spur, and Oakes Grain, both in

Oakes, Dickey County (located inside

North Dakota Grain Inspection Service,

Inc.’s, area).

Jamestown’s assigned geographic area

does not include the following grain

elevators inside Jamestown’s area which

have been and will continue to be