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ALB–289—Aleksandra Pepo

ALB–304—Perikli Papa

ALB–307—Odise Lakuriqi, et al.

2. Oral hearings on objections to

Proposed Decisions in the following

claims against Albania:

9:30 a.m. ALB–178—Hariklia Zoto, et al.

10:00 a.m. ALB–064—Fejzi Domni

10:30 a.m. ALB–093—Jorgo Stoli

11:00 a.m. ALB–117—James Elias

11:30 a.m. ALB–146—Constance Zotos,

et al.

12:00 p.m. ALB–247—Stephen Pantos

12:30 p.m. ALB–167—Peter Panajoti

Status: Open.

Subject matter not disposed of at the

scheduled meeting may be carried over

to the agenda of the following meeting.

All meetings are held at the Foreign

Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E

Street, N.W., Washington, DC. Requests

for information, or advance notices of

intention to observe an open meeting,

may be directed to: Administrative

Officer, Foreign Claims Settlement

Commission, 600 E Street, NW., Room

6029, Washington, DC 20579.

Telephone: (202) 616–6988.

Dated at Washington, DC, March 28, 1997.

David E. Bradley,

Chief Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–8487 Filed 3–31–97; 11:09 am]

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 97–037]

NASA Advisory Council, Life and

Microgravity Sciences and

Applications Advisory Committee, Life

and Biomedical Sciences and

Applications Advisory Subcommittee;

Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public

Law 92–463, as amended, the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

announces a meeting of the NASA

Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity

Sciences and Applications Advisory

Committee, Life and Biomedical

Sciences and Applications Advisory

Subcommittee Meeting.

DATES: May 12, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30

p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration Headquarters, 300

E Street, SW, MIC 7 A, Washington, DC

20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Frank M. Sulzman, Code UL,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, Washington, DC 20546,

202/358–0220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be closed to the public

from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 522b(c)(6), to

allow for discussion on Committee

membership. The remainder of the

meeting will be open to the public up

to the seating capacity of the room. The

agenda for the meeting is as follows:

—Update: Office of Life & Microgravity

Sciences and Applications, Life

Sciences Division

—NRC Radiation Report

—Evolutionary Biology

—Closed Session on Membership

—Discussion of Committee Findings

and Recommendations

—Subcommittee Report Review

It is imperative that the meeting be

held on this date to accommodate the

scheduling priorities of the key

participants. Visitors will be requested

to sign a visitor’s register.

Dated: March 26, 1997.

Leslie M. Nolan,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–8429 Filed 4–1–97; 8:45 am]

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[Notice 97–036]

Notice of Proposed Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of prospective patent

license.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that Link Manufacturing, Inc., of Sioux

Center, Iowa 51250, has applied for an

exclusive patent license to practice the

invention described and claimed in U.S.

Patent No. 5,464,301, entitled ‘‘Rotary

Latch,’’ which is assigned to the United

States of America as represented by the

Administrator of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Written objections to the prospective

grant of a license should be sent to

Johnson Space Center.

DATES: Responses to this notice must be

received by June 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Hardie R. Barr, Patent Attorney, Johnson

Space Center, Mail Code HA, Houston,

TX 77058–3696, telephone (281) 483–

1003.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–8428 Filed 4–1–97; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts;

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Endowment for

the Arts, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, conducts a preclearance

consultation program to provide the

general public and Federal agencies

with an opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing collections

of information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(A)). This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burden (time and

financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly

understood, and the impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. Currently, the

National Endowment for the Arts is

soliciting comments concerning the

proposed information collection of:

Blanket Justification for the National

Endowment for the Arts Panelist Profile

Form. A copy of the current information

collection request can be obtained by

contacting the office listed below in the

addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addressee section below on or before

June 2, 1997. The National Endowment

for the Arts is particularly interested in

comments which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; evaluate the accuracy

of the agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility.

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information

including the validity of the

methodology used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the
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use of appropriate automated, electrical,

mechanical or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: A.B. Spellman, National

Endowment for the Arts, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20506–000, telephone

202–682–5421 (this is not a toll-free

number), fax 202–578–5049.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Murray Welsh,

Director, Administrative Service, National

Endowment for the Arts.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Submission for OMB Review:

Comment Request

Title of Collection: Survey of Earned

Doctorates.

In compliance with the requirement

of Section 3508(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for

opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the

National Science Foundation (NSF)

publishes periodic summaries of

proposed projects. Such a notice was

published at 62 FR 2691, dated January

17, 1997. No comments were received.

The materials are now being sent to

OMB for review. Send any written

comments to Desk Office, OMB, 3145–

033, OIRA, OMB, Washington, D.C.

20503. OMB should receive comments

within 30 days after the date of this

notice.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility, (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information, (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected, and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated data collection

techniques and other forms of

information.

Proposed Project: The Survey of

Earned Doctorates has been conducted

continuously since 1958 and is jointly

sponsored by five Federal agencies in

order to avoid duplication. It is an

accurate, timely source of information

on our Nation’s most precious

resource—highly educated individuals.

Data is obtained from each person

earning a research doctorate on their

field of specialty, educational

background, sources of support in

graduate school, postgraduation plans

for employment, and demographic

characteristics. The information is used

extensively by the Federal government,

universities and others. The National

Science Foundation, as the lead agency,

publishes statistics from the survey in

the annual publication series Selected

Data on Science and Engineering

Doctorates (available in print and

electronically on the World Wide Web).

The National Academy of Sciences also

disseminates a free report entitled

Summary Report: Doctorate Recipients

from U.S. Universities.

We anticipate a response rate of 95%

and expect a total of 42,750 (45,000×.95)

respondents who earned a research

doctorate. We estimate the average

burden per respondent to be 20 minutes

and the entire information burden for

the respondents to be 14,250 hours.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Gail. A. McHenry,

NSF Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–8352 Filed 4–1–97; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–341]

Detroit Edison Company; Notice of

Consideration of Issuance of

Amendment to Facility Operating

License, Proposed No Significant

Hazards Consideration Determination,

and Opportunity for a Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an amendment

to Facility Operating License No. NPF–

43, issued to Detroit Edison Company

(the licensee), for operation of the Fermi

2 facility located in Monroe County,

Michigan.

The proposed amendment would

revise the technical specifications to

allow elimination of response time

testing requirements for selected

instrument loops in the reactor

protection system, isolation system, and

emergency core cooling system based on

the BWR Owners’ Group Topical Report

NEDO–32291A, ‘‘System Analyses for

Elimination of Selected Response Time

Testing Requirements,’’ October 1995.

Specifically, the response time testing

requirements proposed to be eliminated

are:

(1) Reactor protection system

instrumentation—Sensors for reactor

vessel steam dome pressure-high and

reactor vessel low water level—Level 3.

(2) Isolation actuation system

instrumentation—Sensors for reactor

vessel low water level—Level 1 and

main steam line flow-high, and;

(3) Emergency core cooling system

actuation instrumentation.

The March 27, 1997, application

requested that this amendment be

processed on an exigent basis. The need

for exigent processing exists in that

failure of the Commission to act in a

timely manner would result in the

delaying of resumption of operation of

Fermi 2. The licensee was unable to

make a more timely application because

the licensee only recently discovered

that the existing technical specifications

require response time testing prior to

restarting the unit. The NRC has

determined that the licensee used its

best efforts to make a timely application

for the proposed changes and that

exigent circumstances do exist and were

not the result of any intentional delay

on the part of the licensee.

Before issuance of the proposed

license amendment, the Commission

will have made findings required by the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(the Act) and the Commission’s

regulations.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.91(a)(6) for

amendments to be granted under

exigent circumstances, the NRC staff

must determine that the amendment

request involves no significant hazards

consideration. Under the Commission’s

regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means

that operation of the facility in

accordance with the proposed

amendment would not (1) Involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of

a new or different kind of accident from

any accident previously evaluated; or

(3) involve a significant reduction in a

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its

analysis of the issue of no significant

hazards consideration, which is

presented below:

(1) The changes do not involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated.

The purpose of the proposed Technical

Specification changes is to eliminate

response time testing requirements for

selected instrument loops in the Reactor

Protection System, Isolation System, and

Emergency Core Cooling System. However,

because of the continued application of other

Technical Specification testing requirements

such as channel calibrations, channel checks,

channel functional tests, and logic system

functional tests, the response time of these

systems will be maintained within the

acceptance limits assumed in plant safety

analyses and required for successful