12156 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 50 / Friday, March 14, 1997 / Notices

Brenda S. Dolan 202–482–4115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of Commerce is amending

Commerce Department System 5:

Freedom of Information and Privacy

Request Records to add the U.S. Patent

and Trademark Office to the list of

bureaus of the Commerce Department.

This is not a significant alteration of a

system of records under OMB Circular

A–130.

—Added under ‘‘System location:’’

g. For FOIA and PA request records of

the PTO: Office of the Solicitor, U.S.

Patent and Trademark Office, 2121

Crystal Drive, Suite 918, Arlington, VA

22202.

—Added under ‘‘System Manager(s) and

Address:’’

For records at location ‘‘g.’’: Deputy

Solicitor, Box 8, U.S. Patent and

Trademark Office, Washington, DC

20231.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a.

Dated: March 7, 1997.

Brenda S. Dolan,

Department Freedom of Information and

Privacy Act Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–6463 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–FA–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 030697B]

Western Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC) will hold its 65th meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held April

8–10, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Ala Moana Hotel, 410 Atkinson Dr.,

Ilima Room, Honolulu, HI; telephone:

(808) 955–4811.

Council address: Western Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 1164

Bishop St., Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI

96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone: (808) 522–8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC

will discuss and may make

recommendations to the Council on the

following agenda items:

1. Pelagic fishery issues, including:

a. Pelagic Fisheries Research;

b. Cross Seamount interaction issue;

c. Pelagic data amendment;

d. Bycatch issues/incidental take

issues (turtles, sharks, albatross);

e. Determination of the Total

Allowable Level of Foreign Fishing for

the Pacific Insular Area Fishery

Agreements; and (f) other pelagic issues.

2. Hawaii bottomfish issues,

including:

a. Status of the State’s draft

management plan for the Main

Hawaiian Islands Onaga and Ehu; and

b. Reconsideration of the

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

management system;

3. Lobster management, including:

a. Summary of review panel’s report

and summary of Crustacean Plan Team

and Hawaii Crustacean Advisory Panel

recommendations regarding population

size, risk analysis, high grading in the

1996 fishery, economic pros and cons of

high grading, and valid sample design to

estimate high grading;

b. Revised catch report form;

c. Consider mandatory Vessel

Monitoring System;

d. Impact of expanding live fishery

product;

e. 1997 harvest guideline;

f. Trap design study;

g. NMFS research activities;

h. Concerns of industry; and

i. Other crustacean issues;

4. Ecosystem and habitat issues (coral

reef resources, whale sanctuary, etc.);

and

5. Other business as required.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Kitty M. Simonds, 808–522–8220

(voice) or 808–522–8226 (fax), at least 5

days prior to meeting date.

Dated: March 7, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–6448 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Chicago Board of Trade Futures

Contracts in Corn and Soybeans;

Notice That Delivery Point

Specifications Must Be Amended

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of, and request for public

comment on, response of the Chicago

Board of Trade to notification to amend

delivery specifications.

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’),

by letter dated December 19, 1996,

notified the Board of Trade of the City

of Chicago (‘‘CBT’’), under section

5a(a)(10) of the Commodity Exchange

Act (‘‘Act’’), 7 U.S.C. 7a(a)(10), that the

delivery terms of the CBT corn and

soybean futures contracts no longer

accomplish the objectives of that section

of the Act. Under section 5a(a)(10), the

CBT was required to respond by March

4, 1997, seventy-five days from the date

of the notice.

By letter dated March 4, 1997, from

Patrick H. Arbor, to Chairperson

Brooksley Born, the CBT responded by

providing a status report to the

Commission of its actions. In that

response, the CBT reported that a

‘‘working alternative’’ had been

approved by the exchange board and

would be forwarded to the membership

for a vote.

The Commission is providing notice

of the CBT’s working alternative in

order to provide the public with an

opportunity to comment to the

Commission on it. The Commission has

determined that publication of the CBT

working alternative for public comment

is in the public interest, will assist the

Commission in considering the views of

interested persons, and is consistent

with the purposes of the Commodity

Exchange Act.

DATES: Comment must be received by

March 31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

mailed to the Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20581, attention:

Office of the Secretariat; transmitted by

facsimile at (202) 418–5521; or

transmitted electronically at

[secretary@cftc.gov]. Reference should

be made to ‘‘Corn and Soybean Delivery

Points.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Blake Imel, Acting Director, or Paul M.

Architzel, Chief Counsel, Division of

Economic Analysis, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20581, (202) 418–

5260, or electronically, Mr. Architzel at

[PArchitzel@cftc.gov].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

5a(a)(10) of the Act provides that as a

condition of contract market

designation, boards of trade are required

to:

permit the delivery of any commodity, on

contracts of sale thereof for future delivery,