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Federal Register on November 5, 1996

(61 FR 56970).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7109 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Financial Services

Technology Consortium’s Bank

Internet Payment System Project

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 15, 1997, pursuant to § 6(a) of

the National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

§ 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), the Financial

Services Technology Consortium’s

(‘‘Consortium’’) Bank Internet Payment

System Project (‘‘Project’’) has filed

written notifications simultaneously

with the Attorney General and the

Federal Trade Commission disclosing

(1) the identities of the parties and (2)

the nature and objectives of the Project.

The notifications were filed for the

purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions

limiting the recovery of antitrust

plaintiffs to actual damages under

specified circumstances. Pursuant to

§ 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the

members of the Project are: Tandem

Computers, Cupertino, CA; Concept

Five Technologies, Inc., Burlington,

MA; Fujitsu Research Institute, Tokyo,

JAPAN; Glenview State Bank, Glenview,

IL; and Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh, PA.

The Project’s area of planned activity

is to research and develop a secure,

reliable, comprehensive and widely

available infrastructure for making

payments via the existing banking

system, which will support electronic

commerce and other on-line business

and personal finance transactions.

The Consortium will file additional

written notifications disclosing all

changes in membership in the Bank

Internet Payment Systems Project.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7111 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Northrop Grumman

Corporation—Novel Process

Technology

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 28, 1997, pursuant to Section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act), the

Northrop Grumman Corporation has

filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing (1) The

identities of the parties and (2) the

nature and objectives of the venture.

The notifications were filed for the

purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions

limiting the recovery of antitrust

plaintiffs to actual damages under

specified circumstances. Pursuant to

Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of

the parties are: Northrop Grumman

Corporation, Bethpage, NY; Reynolds

Metals Company, Chester, VA; ERG

Materials and Aerospace Corporation,

Oakland, CA. The nature and objectives

of the venture is that the parties will

perform a cooperative agreement under

which they will conduct joint research

to develop and demonstrate a novel

process technology that has the

potential to significantly improve the

performance and reduce the cost of

structure components used in the

Department of Defense (DoD) systems.

Membership in this venture remains

open, and the parties intend to file

additional written notifications

disclosing all changes in the

membership.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7110 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Portland Cement

Association

Notice is hereby given that, on

February 21, 1997 pursuant to Section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), the

Portland Cement Association filed

written notifications simultaneously

with the Attorney General and the

Federal Trade Commission disclosing

changes in membership. The

notifications were filed for the purpose

of extending the Act’s provisions

limiting the recovery of antitrust

plaintiffs to actual damages under

specified circumstances. Specifically,

Giant Cement Holding, Inc., Bath, PA

has resigned from PCA; Fuller-Kovako

Corporation, Bethlehem, PA has become

an associate Member of the

Manufacturing Process Committee;

Colorado/Wyoming Shippers

Association, Denver, CO has been

dissolved and is now listed as the Rocky

Mountain Concrete Promotion Council;

and the Utah Idaho Cement Shippers

Association, Salt Lake City, UT has been

dissolved and is now listed as the

Southeast Cement Shippers Association.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of PCA.

On January 7, 1985, PCA filed its

original notification pursuant to section

6(a) of the Act. The Department of

Justice published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on February 5, 1985 (50 FR 5015).

The last notificaiton was filed with the

Department on January 17, 1997. A

notice was published in the Federal

Register on February 10, 1997 (62 FR

6012).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7113 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Business Research Advisory Council;

Notice of Meetings and Agenda

The regular Spring meetings of the

Business Research Advisory Council

and its committees will be held on April

9 and 10, 1997. All of the meetings will

be held in the Conference Center of the

Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusetts

Avenue, NE., Washington, DC.

The Business Research Advisory

Council and its committees advise the

Bureau of Labor Statistics with respect

to technical matters associated with the

Bureau’s programs. Membership

consists of technical officers from

American business and industry.

The schedule and agenda for the

meetings are as follows:

Wednesday, April 9, 1997

10:00–11:30 a.m.—Committee on

Compensation and Working Conditions

1. Update on National Compensation

Survey (NCS) activities

2. NCS marketing materials

3. NCS Calibration

1:00–2:30 p.m.—Committee on

Employment and Unemployment

Statistics

1. Welcome and introductions

2. Longitudinal establishment (ES–202)

data

3. Current Population Survey (CPS)

longitudinal data

3:00–4:30 p.m.—Committee on

Productivity and Foreign Labor

Statistics

1. Report on recent developments in the

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2. Development of the new industry

productivity database

3. Re-design of the Hours at Work

Survey

4. International comparisons of labor

force, employment and

unemployment; recent results and

current issues

Thursday, April 10, 1997

8:30–10:00 a.m.—Committee on

Employment Projections

1. Overview of the staffing, organization,

and mission of the Office of

Employment Projections (OEP)

2. Progress on the 1996–2006

projections

3. Establishment of a long-term plan for

the Committee’s ‘‘contributionrelationship’’ to the OEP Program

10:30–12:30 p.m.—Council Meeting

1. Chairperson’s opening remarks

2. Commissioner Abraham’s address

and discussion

3. Report on the National Longitudinal

Surveys

4. Chairperson’s closing remarks

1:30–3:00 p.m.—Committee on Price

Indexes

1. Update on program developments

a. Producer Price Indexes

b. The Consumer Price Index

2. Other business

1:30–3:00 p.m.—Committee on

Occupational Safety and Health

Statistics

1. Report on the industry summary data

from the 1995 Survey of Occupational

Injuries and Illnesses

2. Status of the 1996 Survey of

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

3. Impact of the North American

Industry Classification Structure

(NAICS) on the Survey of

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

a. Sampling and estimation effects

b. Discontinuity in series

4. Update on the activities of the ad hoc

committee on standardizing

workplace injury and illness coding

5. Fiscal Year 1998 budget request for

the Occupational Safety and Health

Statistics program

6. Recent information releases on

workplace hazards

The meetings are open to the public.

Persons with disabilities and those

wishing to attend these meetings as

observers should contact Constance B.

DiCesare, Liaison, Business Research

Advisory Council, at (202) 606–5903, for

appropriate accommodations.

Signed at Washington, D.C. the 10th day of

March 1997.

Katharine G. Abraham,

Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 97–7089 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

National Advisory Committee on

Occupational Safety and Health; Notice

of Meeting

Notice is hereby given of the date and

location of the next meeting of the

National Advisory Committee on

Occupational Safety and Health

(NACOSH), established under section

7(a) of the Occupational Safety and

Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 656) to

advise the Secretary of Labor and the

Secretary of Health and Human Services

on matters relating to the administration

of the Act. NACOSH will hold a meeting

on April 9–10, 1997, in Room N3437 A–

D of the Department of Labor Building

located at 200 Constitution Avenue NW,

Washington, DC. The meeting is open to

the public and will begin at 9:00 a.m.

each day, lasting until approximately

4:00 p.m. the first day and 3:30 p.m. the

second day.

Agenda items will include: a brief

overview of current activities in the

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) and the

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health (NIOSH); regulatory

and legislative updates; a discussion of

performance measurement with

consultants Scott Geller and Dan

Peterson; a discussion of the

Government Performance and Results

Act (GPRA) in relation to NIOSH; as

well as reports from NACOSH

workgroups on performance

measurement and ergonomics.

Dr. Michael L. Tapper, Section of

Infectious Diseases and Hospital

Epidemiology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New

York City, has accepted appointment to

the committee to fill the vacant Public

Representative position. He was

nominated by the Society for Healthcare

Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and

selected by the Secretary of Health and

Human Services to fill one of their four

positions on the committee.

Written data, views or comments for

consideration by the committee may be

submitted, preferably with 20 copies, to

Joanne Goodell at the address provided

below. Any such submissions received

prior to the meeting will be provided to

the members of the Committee and will

be included in the record of the

meeting. Anyone wishing to make an

oral presentation should notify Ms.

Goodell before the meeting. The request

should state the amount of time desired,

the capacity in which the person will

appear, and a brief outline of the

content of the presentation. Persons

who request the opportunity to address

the Advisory Committee may be

allowed to speak to the extent time

permits, at the discretion of the Chair.

Individuals with disabilities who need

special accommodations should contact

Theresa Berry (phone: 202–219–8615,

extension 106; FAX: 202–219–5986) one

week before the meeting.

An official record of the meeting will

be available for public inspection in the

OSHA Technical Data Center (TDC)

located in Room N2625 of the

Department of Labor Building (202–

219–7500). For additional information

contact: Joanne Goodell, Directorate of

Policy, Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA); Room N3641,

200 Constitution Avenue NW,

Washington, DC, 20210 (phone: 202–

219–8021, extension 107: FAX: 202–

219–4383).

Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of

March, 1997.

Gregory R. Watchman,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for

Occupational Safety and Health.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

[Docket No. 97–1]

Revision of the Cable and Satellite

Carrier Compulsory Licenses; Public

Meetings

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of

Congress.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and

request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Copyright Office, at the

request of the Chairman of the Senate

Judiciary Committee, is examining the

copyright licensing of broadcast

retransmissions for the purpose of

recommending legislative changes to the

Congress. The Office is announcing

public meetings, and identifying issues

for discussion, for the purpose of taking

testimony from interested persons. This

Notice describes the schedule and

structure for the public meetings.

DATES: Public meetings will be held

from May 6, 1997, through May 9, 1997,

in the CARP Hearing Room, LM 414,

James Madison Memorial Building, 101