1440 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 7 / Friday, January 10, 1997 / Notices

consultations with the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service and National Marine

Fisheries Service.

The TCMP is the culmination of

several years of development by the

State of Texas, interest groups, the

general public, federal agencies, and in

consultation with NOAA. The TCMP

consists of numerous state policies on

diverse coastal management issues

which are prescribed by statute and

other legal mechanisms and made

enforceable under state law. The TCMP

will improve the decision making

process for determining appropriate

coastal land and water uses in light of

resource consideration and increase

public awareness of coastal resources

and processes. The TCMP will increase

long term protection of the state’s

coastal resources, while providing for

sustainable economic development.

NOAA approval of the TCMP makes

the state eligible for federal financial

assistance for program administration

and enhancement under sections 306,

306A, 308 and 309 of the CZMA (16

U.S.C. §§ 1455, 1455a, 1456a, and

1456b). Texas has submitted an

application for $800,000 in FY 1996

Federal CZMA funds which are

available to Texas. These funds will

generally be used to assist the state

administer the various state and local

authorities included in the TCMP as

well as be used to fund local

management efforts to increase public

access, restore damaged resources and

manage coastal erosion.

NOAA approval of the TCMP also

makes operational, as of the date of this

Federal Register notice, the CZMA

federal consistency requirement with

respect to the TCMP (16 U.S.C. 1456; 15

CFR part 930). Therefore, as of today,

direct federal activities occurring within

or outside the Texas Coastal Zone that

are reasonably likely to affect any land

or water use or natural resources of the

Texas Coastal Zone must be consistent

to the maximum extent practicable with

the enforceable policies of the TCMP. In

addition, activities within or outside the

Texas Coastal Zone requiring a federal

license or permit listed in the P/FEIS,

and federal financial assistance to state

agencies and local governments that are

reasonably likely to affect any land or

water use or natural resource of the

Texas Coastal Zone must be consistent

with the enforceable policies of the

TCMP.

Chapter 4 and Appendix C1 of the P/

FEIS identify the enforceable policies of

the Texas program. Chapter 5 and

Appendix C4 of the P/FEIS identify

federally licensed or permitted activities

subject to the federal consistency

requirements. Chapter 5 and Appendix

C4 of the P/FEIS, as well as the CZMA

regulations at 15 CFR part 930, provide

specific procedures to be used in the

Federal/State coordination process.

For further information please contact

Bill O’Beirne at (301) 713–3109, ext.

160; or via fax at (301) 713–4367; or via

the Internet at

<bobeirne@coasts.nos.noaa.gov>.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419

Coastal Zone Management Program

Administration)

David L. Evans,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean

Service and Coastal Zone Management.

[FR Doc. 97–457 Filed 1–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

[I.D. 123096A]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 738

(P77#51)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

permit no. 738, issued to The Southeast

Fisheries Science Center, National

Marine Fisheries Service, 75 Virginia

Beach Drive, Miami, Florida 33149, was

amended to extend the expiration date

until June 30, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130 Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289); and

Regional Administrator, Southeast

Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center

Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702–

2432.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject amendment has been issued

under the authority of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

provisions of § 216.39 of the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),

and the provisions of § 222.25 of the

regulations governing the taking,

importing, and exporting of endangered

fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).

Issuance of this permit as required by

the ESA was based on a finding that

such permit: (1) Was applied for in good

faith; (2) will not operate to the

disadvantage of the endangered species

which is the subject of this permit; and

(3) is consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA.

Dated: December 26, 1996.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–589 Filed 1–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary of Defense

Department of Defense Wage

Committee; Notice of Closed Meetings

Pursuant to the provisions of section

10 of Public Law 92–463, the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, notice is

hereby given that closed meetings of the

Department of Defense Wage Committee

will be held on February 4, 1997;

February 11, 1997; February 18, 1997;

and February 25, 1997; at 10:00 a.m. in

Room A105, The Nash Building, 1400

Key Boulevard, Rosslyn, Virginia.

Under the provisions of section 10(d)

of Public Law 92–463, the Department

of Defense has determined that the

meetings meet the criteria to close

meetings to the public because the

matters to be considered are related to

internal rules and practices of the

Department of Defense and the detailed

wage data to be considered were

obtained from officials of private

establishments with a guarantee that the

date will be held in confidence.

However, members of the public who

may wish to do so are invited to submit

material in writing to the chairman

concerning matters believed to be

deserving of the Committee’s attention.

Additional information concerning

the meetings may be obtained by writing

to the Chairman, Department of Defense

Wage Committee, 4000 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–4000.

Dated: January 6, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–533 Filed 1–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

Department of the Air Force

Active Duty Service Determination for

Civilian or Contractual Groups

On December 24, 1996, the Secretary

of the Air Force determined that the

service of the group known as ‘‘All U.S.

Civilians of the American Field Service,

who served Overseas Operationally