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2. Filing of condemnation cases.

3. New investment managers and

proposed new Investment Management

Agreements between the TVA

Retirement System and State Street

Bank and Trust Company and Roweprice Fleming International, Inc.

4. Extension of teaming agreement

(Contract No. TV–94218V) with Team

Associates, Inc.

For more information: Please call

TVA Public Relations at (423) 632–6000,

Knoxville, Tennessee. Information is

also available at TVA’s Washington

Office (202) 898–2999.

Dated: February 12, 1997.

William L. Osteen,

Associate General Counsel and Assistant

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4011 Filed 2–13–97; 12:49 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD 97–003]

Additional Hazards Study

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

initiation of a study that will evaluate

the hazards related to potential oil spills

by commercial ships while in transit.

This study is being completed by the

Volpe National Transportation Systems

Center on behalf of the U.S. Coast Guard

and Department of Transportation

(DOT) pursuant to the Presidential

Directive to the Secretary to review

overall marine safety in the waters in

and around Puget Sound. This notice

also solicits public comments on the

proposed study and invites qualified

personnel to apply for membership on

an expert panel. Two public workshops

will also be held to gather information

from stakeholders on possible problems

and solutions.

DATES: The following dates apply:

1. Duplicate public workshops will be

held on March 6, 1997, from 8:30 a.m.

to 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

2. Submit comments concerning this

notice on or before March 14, 1997.

3. Submit applications for

membership on the expert panel on or

before February 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The following addresses

apply:

1. The workshops will be held at the

Cavanaugh’s Inn on Fifth Avenue, 1415

Fifth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101.

2. Comments may be mailed to the

Executive Secretary, Marine Safety

Council (G–LRA/3406) [CGD 97–003],

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100

Second Street SW., Washington, DC

20593–0001, or may be delivered to

room 3406 at the same address between

9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays. The

telephone number is (202) 267–1477.

The Executive Secretary maintains the

public docket for this project.

Comments will become part of this

docket and will be available for

inspection or copying at room 3406,

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, between

9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

3. Applications for membership on

the expert panel should be submitted to

Mr. Mike Dyer, Volpe Center/DTS–72,

Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142–

1093, or faxed to (617) 494–3066.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT

Duane Boniface, Human Element and

Ship Design Division (G–MSE–1), U.S.

Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second

Street SW., Washington, DC 20593–

0001, telephone 202–267–0178, fax

202–267–4816, email fldrhe@comdt.uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

The Coast Guard encourages

interested persons to submit written

data, views, or arguments, concerning

the subject matter of this notice. Persons

submitting comments should include

their names and addresses, identify this

docket (CGD 97–003), and give the

reason for each comment, providing

specific examples whenever possible.

Please submit two copies of all

comments and attachments in an

unbound format, no longer than 81⁄2 by

11 inches, suitable for copying and

electronic filing. Persons wanting

acknowledgment of receipt of comments

should enclose stamped, self-addressed

postcards or envelopes.

Qualifications Necessary for

Membership on the Expert Panel

Applicants for membership on the

expert panel must have at least ten years

of experience in the field that they

represent and be available to attend a

workshop in the Seattle area for three

days during the first week of April 1997.

Additionally, experts must be available

to participate in correspondence

sessions before and after the expert

panel workshop in order to provide

insight and guidance. The fields of

expertise requested are: marine and

coastal environments; shipping

operations and safety; risk assessment;

pilotage; navigation of the waters in and

around Pugent Sound; response

planning and capabilities; assistance

towing; macro-ergonomics; and

fisheries. To be considered, applicants

should forward a resume by mail or fax

to the address for applications listed

under ADDRESSES.

Background and Purpose

The Volpe National Transportation

Systems Center (Volpe) is performing a

study entitled ‘‘The Additional Hazards

Study’’ on behalf of the U.S. Coast

Guard and Department of

Transportation in accordance with a

Presidential Directive issued in 1996.

This study will evaluate all measures,

current and planned, intended to reduce

the hazards of major oil spills (including

crude oil, refined product, and bunker)

by commercial ships while transiting

the waters of Pugent Sound, the Straits

of Juan de Fuca, and the Olympic Coast

National Marine Sanctuary. An example

of one of these measures is the planned

International Tug of Opportunity

System (ITOS), which is a system

designed to coordinate tugs responding

to disabled vessels off the Olympic

Coast.

This study represents another step in

a continuous improvement process to

address maritime concerns in the Pacific

Northwest. Development of this project

began in early December 1996, and is

intended to be completed during the

summer of 1997. It is critical that all

marine interests in the Pacific

Northwest be accurately represented;

therefore, stakeholders representing

various concerns have been, and are

being, contacted.

There are four primary stages

comprising this study which must be

completed before the deadline. The first

three stages primarily involve collection

of information and include analysis of

data from the pertinent databases,

review of the current and planned

marine safety and environmental

protection (MSEP) system, and

acquisition of stakeholder input on the

hazards and potential improvements

through comments and participation in

public workshops. Although

representatives of Volpe are ultimately

responsible for the collection and

analysis of this information, Volpe will

use a panel of experts to assist them

with their analysis. This panel of

experts will compile the information

obtained in the first three stages into a

list of hazards, ranked by level of risk,

and measures which may mitigate those

hazards.

Volpe’s final report will include a list

of hazards, ranked by level of risk, and

a corresponding listing of measures

which might mitigate those hazards.

The report will be used as a basis to
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focus further review of marine safety

measures for the Pugent Sound area.

Dated: February 11, 1997.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Director of Standards, Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 97–3997 Filed 2–13–97; 9:56 am]

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National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Research and Development Programs

Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public meeting at which NHTSA will

describe and discuss specific research

and development projects. Further, the

notice requests suggestions for topics to

be presented by the agency.

DATES AND TIMES: The National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration will hold

a public meeting devoted primarily to

presentations of specific research and

development projects on March 11,

1997, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and ending

at approximately 5 p.m. The deadline

for interested parties to suggest agenda

topics is 4:15 p.m. on February 21, 1997.

Questions may be submitted in advance

regarding the agency’s research and

development projects. They must be

submitted in writing by February 27,

1997, to the address given below. If

sufficient time is available, questions

received after the February 27 date will

be answered at the meeting in the

discussion period. The individual,

group, or company asking a question

does not have to be present for the

question to be answered. A consolidated

list of the questions submitted by

February 27 will be available at the

meeting and will be mailed to requesters

after the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Hilton Suites, Detroit Metro Airport,

8600 Wickham Road, Romulus,

Michigan 48174. Suggestions for

specific R&D topics as described below

and questions for the March 11, 1997,

meeting relating to the agency’s research

and development programs should be

submitted to the Office of the Associate

Administrator for Research and

Development, NRD–01, National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

Room 6206, 400 Seventh St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20590. The fax number

is 202–366–5930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA

intends to provide detailed

presentations about its research and

development programs in a series of

public meetings. The series started in

April 1993. The purpose is to make

available more complete and timely

information regarding the agency’s

research and development programs.

This sixteenth meeting in the series will

be held on March 11, 1997.

NHTSA requests suggestions from

interested parties on the specific agenda

topics to be presented. NHTSA will base

its decisions about the agenda, in part,

on the suggestions it receives by close

of business at 4:15 p.m. on February 21,

1997. Before the meeting, it will publish

a notice with an agenda listing the

research and development topics to be

discussed. The agenda can also be

obtained by calling or faxing the

information numbers listed elsewhere in

this notice. NHTSA asks that the

suggestions be limited to six, in priority

order, so that the presentations at the

March 11 R&D meeting can be most

useful to the audience. Specific R&D

topics are listed below. Many of these

topics have been discussed at previous

meetings. Suggestions for agenda topics

are not restricted to this listing, and

interested parties are invited to suggest

other R&D topics of specific interest to

their organizations.

Specific R&D topics are:

On-line tracking system for NHTSA’s

research projects, and Crash Injury

Research and Engineering Network

(CIREN).

Specific Crashworthiness R&D topics

are:

Status of air bag aggressiveness and

advanced air bag research,

Demonstration of CD ROM for child

restraint/vehicle compatibility,

Preparation of new dummies for

assessment of advanced air bag

technology, Status of research on

restraint systems for rollover protection,

Improved frontal crash protection

(program status, problem identification,

offset testing),

Advanced glazing research, Vehicle

aggressivity and fleet compatibility,

Upgrade side crash protection, Upgrade

seat and occupant restraint systems,

Child safety research (ISOFIX), Child

restraint/air bag interaction (CRABI)

dummy testing, Truck crashworthiness/

occupant protection, National

Transportation Biomechanics Research

Center (NTBRC), Head and neck injury

research, Lower extremity injury

research, Thorax injury research,

Human injury simulation and analysis,

Refinements to the Hybrid III dummy,

and Advanced frontal test dummy.

Specific Crash Avoidance R&D topics

are:

Strategic plan for NHTSA’s Intelligent

Transportation Systems (ITS) crash

avoidance research, Status and plans for

anti-lock brake system (ABS) research,

Truck tire traction, Portable data

acquisition system for crash avoidance

research (DASCAR), Systems to enhance

EMS response (automatic collision

notification), Crash causal analysis,

Human factors guidelines for crash

avoidance warning devices, Longer

combination vehicle safety, Drowsy

driver monitoring, Driver workload

assessment, Pedestrian detection

devices for school bus safety,

Preliminary rearend collision avoidance

system guidelines, Preliminary road

departure collision avoidance system

guidelines, Preliminary intersection

collision avoidance system guidelines,

and Preliminary lane change/merge

collision avoidance system guidelines.

National Center for Statistics and

Analysis (NCSA) topic is:

Special crash investigation studies of

air bag cases.

Separately, questions regarding

research projects that have been

submitted in writing not later than close

of business on February 27, 1997, will

be answered. A transcript of the

meeting, copies of materials handed out

at the meeting, and copies of the

suggestions offered by commenters will

be available for public inspection in the

NHTSA’s Technical Reference Division,

Room 5108, 400 Seventh St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20590. Copies of the

transcript will then be available at 10

cents a page, upon request to NHTSA’s

Technical Reference Division. The

Technical Reference Division is open to

the public from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

NHTSA will provide technical aids to

participants as necessary, during the

Research and Development Programs

Meeting. Thus, any person desiring the

assistance of ‘‘auxiliary aids’’ (e.g., signlanguage interpreter, telecommunication

devices for deaf persons (TTDs), readers,

taped texts, braille materials, or large

print materials and/or a magnifying

device), please contact Rita Gibbons on

202–366–4862 by close of business

March 5, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita

Gibbons, Staff Assistant, Office of

Research and Development, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590. Telephone: 202–366–4862. Fax

number: 202–366–5930.

Issued: February 11, 1997.

Ralph J. Hitchcock,

Acting Associate Administrator for Research

and Development.

[FR Doc. 97–3907 Filed 2–14–97; 8:45 am]

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