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of seats will be available. To the extent

time permits, members of the public

may present oral statements to the

Committee. Written statements may be

submitted at any time before or after the

meeting. However, to facilitate

distribution of public presentation

materials to the Committee members,

the Committee suggests that public

presentation materials or comments be

forwarded at least one week before the

meeting to the address listed below: Ms.

Lee Ann Carpenter, OAS/EA MS:

3886C, Bureau of Export

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.

The Assistant Secretary for

Administration, with the concurrence of

the delegate of the General Counsel,

formally determined on October 10,

1995, pursuant to section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended, that the series of meetings of

portions of meetings of these

Committees and of any Subcommittees

thereof, dealing with the classified

materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(1)

shall be exempt from the provisions

relating to public meetings found in

section 10 (a)(1) and (a)(3), of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act. The

remaining series of meetings or portions

thereof will be open to the public.

A copy of the Notice of Determination

to close meetings or portions of

meetings of these Committees is

available of public inspection and

copying in the Central Reference and

Records Inspection Facility, Room 6020,

U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, D.C. For further

information or copies of the minutes

call Lee Ann Carpenter, 202–482–2583.

Dated: March 19, 1997.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–7369 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 031897C]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of three applications for

scientific research permits (P628, P630,

P636).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Trihey and Associates in Concord, CA,

the Natural Resources Management

Corporation (NRMC) in Eureka, CA, and

Stephen Cannata in Arcata, CA, have

applied in due form for permits

authorizing takes of a threatened species

for scientific research purposes.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on any of these

applications must be received on or

before April 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for

review in the following offices, by

appointment:

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3226 (301–713–

1401); and

Protected Species Division, NMFS,

777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa

Rosa, CA 95404–6528 (707–575–6066).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing should be submitted to

the Protected Species Division in Santa

Rosa, CA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Trihey

and Associates, NRMC, and Stephen

Cannata request permits under the

authority of section 10 of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)

(16 U.S.C. 1531–1543) and the NMFS

regulations governing ESA-listed fish

and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217–

227).

Trihey and Associates (P628) requests

a five-year permit for takes of adult and

juvenile, threatened, central California

coast coho salmon (Oncorhynchus

kisutch) associated with fish population

and habitat studies throughout the

Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU).

The studies consist of five assessment

tasks for which ESA-listed fish are

proposed to be taken: (1) Presence/

absence, (2) population estimates, (3)

redd counts, (4) genetic sampling, and

(5) habitat quality evaluation. ESAlisted fish are proposed to be observed

or captured, anesthetized, handled,

allowed to recover from the anesthetic,

and released. Indirect mortalities

associated with research activities are

also requested.

NRMC (P630) requests a five-year

permit for takes of adult and juvenile,

threatened, central California coast coho

salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

associated with fish population and

habitat studies throughout the ESU. The

studies consist of four assessment tasks

for which ESA-listed fish are proposed

to be taken: (1) Presence/absence, (2)

population estimates, (3) redd counts,

and (4) habitat quality evaluation. ESAlisted fish are proposed to be observed

or captured, anesthetized, handled,

allowed to recover from the anesthetic,

and released. Indirect mortalities

associated with research activities are

also requested.

Stephen Cannata (P636) requests a

five-year permit for takes of juvenile,

threatened, central California coast coho

salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

associated with fish population and

habitat studies in the Albion and

Navarro Rivers within the ESU. The

studies consist of four assessment tasks

for which ESA-listed fish are proposed

to be taken: (1) Presence/absence, (2)

population estimates, (3) life history

patterns, and (4) habitat quality

evaluation. ESA-listed fish are proposed

to be observed or captured,

anesthetized, handled, allowed to

recover from the anesthetic, and

released. The applicant also proposes to

obtain scale samples from a portion of

the ESA-listed juveniles to be captured.

Indirect mortalities associated with

research activities are also requested.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing on any of the requests for a

permit should set out the specific

reasons why a hearing would be

appropriate (see ADDRESSES). The

holding of such a hearing is at the

discretion of the Assistant

Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All

statements and opinions contained in

the above application summaries are

those of the applicant and do not

necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

Dated: March 19, 1997

Joseph R. Blum,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–7529 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 031797C]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit (PHF# 782–1349)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

Howard W. Braham, Director, National

Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska

Fisheries Science Center, NMFS,

NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., BIN

C15700, Seattle, Washington 98115, has

applied in due form for a permit to take

Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) for

purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before April 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):