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opportunity for showcasing quality

exhibits and products from around the

world. The ‘‘Application for Designation

of a Fair’’ is a questionnaire that is

prepared and signed by an organizer to

begin the certification process. It asks

the fair organizer to provide details as

to the date, place, and sponsor of the

fair, as well as license, permit, and

corporate backers, and countries

participating. To apply for the U.S.

Department of Commerce sponsorship,

the fair organizer must have all of the

components of the application in order.

Then, with the approval, the organizer

is able to bring in their products in

accordance with Customs laws. Articles

which may be brought in, include, but

are not limited to, actual exhibit items,

pamphlets, brochures, and explanatory

material in reasonable quantities

relating to the foreign exhibits at a fair,

and material for use in constructing,

installing, or maintaining foreign

exhibits at a fair.

II. Method of Collection

The request is sent to the Department

of Commerce, Tourism Industries, to the

Trade Fair Chairperson in written form.

III. Data

OMB Number: New Collection—no

number assigned.

Form Number: Not applicable.

Type of Review: Regular submission

of a collection in use without OMB

approval.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

200.

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 100 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: No start

up costs are involved. It is estimated to

cost respondents a total $1,515.00 to

comply.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: February 13, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Department Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–4169 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

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National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Partially Closed

Meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

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

2, notice is hereby given that the

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology, National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST), will

meet Tuesday, March 11, 1997 from

8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. The Visiting

Committee on Advanced Technology is

composed of fifteen members appointed

by the Director of NIST who are eminent

in such fields as business, research, new

product development, engineering,

labor, education, management

consulting, environment, and

international relations. The purpose of

this meeting is to review and make

recommendations regarding general

policy for the Institute, its organization,

its budget, and its programs within the

framework of applicable national

policies as set forth by the President and

the Congress. The agenda will include

an update on NIST programs; report on

NIST facilities program, report on

Advanced Technology Program (ATP)

and the ATP Focused Program:

Materials Processing for Heavy

Manufacturing, presentation on mobile

robots, discussion of the Institute

budget, and a NIST laboratory tour. The

discussion on the Institute budget

scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. and end

at 5:15 p.m., on March 11, 1997, will be

closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene March

11, 1997, at 8:30 a.m. and will adjourn

at 5:15 p.m. on March 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Employees Lounge (seating capacity

80, includes 38 participants),

Administration Building, at NIST,

Gaithersburg, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chris E. Kuyatt, Visiting Committee

Executive Director, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone

number (301) 975–6090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on

January 23, 1997, that portions of the

meeting of the Visiting Committee on

Advanced Technology which involve

discussion of proposed funding of the

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

and the Advanced Technology Program

may be closed in accordance with 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because those

portions of the meetings will divulge

matters the premature disclosure of

which would be likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of proposed

agency actions; and that portions of

meetings which involve discussion of

the staffing issues of management and

other positions at NIST may be closed

in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6),

because divulging information

discussed in those portions of the

meetings is likely to reveal information

of a personal nature where disclosure

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasions of personal privacy.

Dated: February 13, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–4148 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Northwest Region Logbook Family of

Forms

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before April 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington

DC 20230.