Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 198 / Thursday, October 12, 2000 / Notices 60619

Dated: October 4, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–26219 Filed 10–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE: 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark

Office

Notice of Meeting of the National

Intellectual Property Law Enforcement

Coordination Council

AGENCY: United States Patent and

Trademark Office, Commerce

Department.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The National Intellectual

Property Law Enforcement Coordination

Council (Council) will be holding a

public meeting. Interested members of

the public are invited to attend the

meeting.

DATES: The public meeting will be held

on Monday, November 27, 2000,

beginning at noon and ending no later

than 2 P.M. Those wishing to attend the

meeting must pre-register by close of

business on Friday, November 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The November 27, 2000,

meeting will be held in the Main

Auditorium at the U.S. Department of

Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building,

14th Street and Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC. Those interested

in attending should pre-register by

submitting their name and telephone

contact number either by electronic mail

through the Internet to

elizabeth.shaw2@uspto.gov or by

facsimile sent to the attention of

Elizabeth Shaw at 703–305–7575.

Transcripts of the meeting will be

available after January 5, 2001, and will

be maintained for public inspection in

the Executive Library of the USPTO,

Crystal Park Two, Room 900A, 2121

Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth Shaw by telephone at 703–

305–1033; by facsimile at 703–305–

7575; by electronic mail at

elizabeth.shaw2@uspto.gov; or by mail

addressed to Under Secretary of

Commerce for Intellectual Property and

Director of the United States Patent and

Trademark Office, Box 4, United States

Patent and Trademark Office,

Washington, DC 20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

Monday, June 5, 2000, the Council

published a Notice of Request for Public

Comments (65 FR 35611 (2000))

regarding issues related to the Council’s

policies and agenda. The November 27,

2000, meeting will introduce the

Council to the public and give those

who submitted comments (respondent

industry speakers) regarding the issues

identified in the notice an opportunity

to elaborate on their responses.

I. Issues To Be Discussed

Respondent industry speakers have

been invited to address the Council

regarding law enforcement and policy

issues related to the Council’s mission

and how the Council and the

intellectual property industries can

work together to improve intellectual

property law enforcement in the U.S.

and abroad.

The Government speakers will

discuss the Council’s activities and the

individual agencies’ current and future

intellectual property law enforcementrelated activities.

II. Meeting Format

The Council will provide a brief

overview of its activities and introduce

its Members and other affiliated

agencies. Each agency will then have an

opportunity to make a brief presentation

on its law enforcement-related efforts.

Respondent industry speakers will be

given up to fifteen (15) minutes to

present their remarks. The exact

duration of each presentation will

depend upon the final number of

speakers. A question and answer session

will follow the final industry

presentation. The public is invited to be

present for the entire program; however,

only Council Members and respondent

industry speakers may participate orally

in the program. Industry speakers may

provide a written copy of their

testimony for inclusion in the record of

the proceedings. These remarks should

be provided in electronic format no later

than November 27, 2000. A schedule

providing the approximate starting time

for each Government and industry

speaker will be distributed the morning

of the day of the hearing. Speakers are

advised that the schedule for testimony

will be subject to change during the

course of the hearing. Information that

is provided pursuant to this notice will

be made part of a public record and may

be available via the Internet. In view of

this, parties should not submit

information that they do not wish to be

publicly disclosed or made

electronically accessible. Parties who

would like to rely on confidential

information to illustrate a point are

requested to summarize or otherwise

submit the information in a way that

will permit its public disclosure.

Dated: October 5, 2000.

Q. Todd Dickinson,

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual

Property and Director of the United States

Patent and Trademark Office.

[FR Doc. 00–26182 Filed 10–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

Notice of Meeting

The next meeting of the Commission

of Fine Arts is scheduled for October 19,

2000, at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s

offices at the National Building Museum

(Pension Building), Suite 312, Judiciary

Square, 441 F Street, NW., Washington,

DC, 20001–2728. Items of discussion

will include designs for projects

affecting the appearance of Washington,

DC, including buildings and parks.

Inquiries regarding the agenda and

requests to submit written or oral

statements should be addressed to

Charles H. Atherton, Secretary,

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above

address or call 202–504–2200.

Individuals requiring sign language

interpretation for the hearing impaired

should contact the Secretary at least 10

days before the meeting date.

Dated in Washington, DC, October 2, 2000.

Charles H. Atherton,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–26098 Filed 10–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6330–01–M

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Chicago Board of Trade: Proposed

Amendments to the Chicago Board of

Trade Corn and Soybeans Futures

Contracts, Increasing the Maximum

Daily Premium Charge, Decreasing the

Maximum Number of Shipping

Certificates Issuable, and Modifying

Certain Loading Requirements

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed amendments to contract terms

and conditions.

SUMMARY: The Chicago Board of Trade

(CBOT or Exchange) has submitted

proposed amendments to its corn and

soybeans futures contracts which would

increase the maximum daily premium

charge, decrease the maximum number

of shipping certificates issuable, and

modify certain loading requirements.

The CBT’s proposals are described in

detail below. The proposed

amendments were submitted under the