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system of services and support for

smaller manufacturers giving them

unprecedented access to new

technologies, resources, and expertise.

Sponsored by the National Institute of

Standards and Technology, the MEP is

comprised of a network of locally based

manufacturing extension centers

working with small manufacturers to

help them improve their manufacturing

competitiveness.

Obtaining specific information from

clients about the impact of MEP services

is essential for the National Institute of

Standards and Technology officials to

evaluate program strengths and

weaknesses and plan improvements in

program effectiveness and efficiency.

This information is not available from

existing programs or other sources.

II. Method of Collection

The survey will be administered using

Computer Assisted Telephone

Interviewing (CATI) technology.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0693–0021.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Renewal of an

existing collection.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

8,460.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1,410.

Estimated Time Per Response: 10

minutes.

Estimated Annual Cost: There is no

cost to respondents other than their time

to respond to the survey.

IV. Requests for Comments

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

(including hours and cost) 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 collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they will also become a matter of public

record.

Dated: March 25, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–7980 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 032197B]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene a public meeting of the

Socioeconomic Assessment Panel (SEP).

DATES: The meeting will be held

beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday,

April 23, 1997 and will conclude on

Friday, April 25, 1997.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at

the Radisson Bay Harbor Inn, 7700

Courtney Campbell Causeway, Tampa,

FL; telephone: 813–281–8900.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301, North, Suite 1000,

Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist;

telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the meeting is to review

available social and economic data on

the Gulf migratory group of king and

Spanish mackerels and to determine the

social and economic implications of the

levels of acceptable biological catches

recommended by the Council’s

Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel. The

SEP may recommend to the Council

total allowable catch levels for the

1997–1998 fishing year.

A copy of the agenda can be obtained

by contacting the Gulf Council (see

ADDRESSES).

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by April 16, 1997.

Dated: March 24, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–8061 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

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[I.D. 032497B]

Western Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council will hold its 92nd

meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

April 21–25, 1997. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for

specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Ala Moana Hotel, Garden Lanai and

Pakalana/Anthurium Rooms, Honolulu,

HI; telephone: (808) 855–4811.

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: A meeting

of the full Advisory Panel (AP) will be

held on Monday, April 21, 1997, from

8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On Tuesday,

April 22, 1997, the Pacific Insular Area

Fishing Agreement (PIAFA) Working

Group will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00

p.m., and the Fishery Data Collection

Committee will meet from 1:00 p.m. to

5:00 p.m. The Council’s Standing

Committees will meet on Wednesday,

April 23, 1997, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30

p.m. The Council’s Vessel Monitoring

System (VMS) Committee will meet

concurrently with the Enforcement

Standing Committee. The full Council

will meet from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on

Thursday, April 24, 1997, and from 9:00

a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 25,

1997.

The Council will discuss and may

take action on the following agenda

items:

1. Report on the AP meeting and

recommendations to the Council.

2. Reports from the islands.

3. Reports on enforcement issues,

including;

(a) U.S. Coast Guard report,

(b) NMFS activities and VMS update,

(c) VMS Data Request for research,

and

(d) status of violations.

4. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

requirements for Fishery Management

Plan (FMP) amendments, including:

(a) consistency of definitions;

(b) bycatch;

(c) fishing sectors (commercial,

recreational, charter);
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(d) Essential Fish Habitat;

(e) fishing communities;

(f) overfishing.

5. Pelagic fishery issues, including:

(a) pelagic fisheries research and data

reporting;

(b) determination of total allowable

level of foreign fishing for American

Samoa, Guam, and the Northern

Mariana Islands (NMI);

(c) status of bycatch/incidental take,

interaction issues and assessments for

turtles, sharks and seabirds;

(d) gear conflict between handliners

and longliners;

(e) Scientific and Statistical

Committee (SSC) recommendations;

(f) public hearing; and

(g) other issues.

6. Crustacean fishery issues,

including:

(a) possible changes to the

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI)

lobster fishery regulations under the

framework procedures of the FMP,

regarding: model to estimate exploitable

lobster population in the NWHI; risk

analysis estimation procedure; highgrading during 1996 NWHI lobster

season; 1997 NWHI lobster harvest

guideline; grandfathered permit

transferability issue; NWHI revised

lobster catch report form; and impact of

expanding live lobster product;

(b) NMFS lobster research activities;

(c) industry concerns;

(d) summary of Review Panel’s report/

recommendations;

(e) Crustacean Plan Team/HawaiiCrustacean AP recommendations;

(f) SSC recommendations;

(g) public hearing; and

(h) other issues.

7. Reports from fishery agencies and

organizations.

8. Bottomfish issues, including:

(a) overfished Main Hawaiian Islands

Onaga and Ehu (State of Hawaii Draft

Management Plan and Council’s

Management Plan);

(b) status of NWHI management

system;

(c) SSC recommendations;

(d) public hearing; and

(e) other issues.

9. Native rights and indigenous

fishing issues, including:

(a) PIAFA Magnuson Act

requirements such as Conservation

Plans for American Samoa, Guam, the

NMI and other U.S. possessions;

(b) report of PIAFA Working Group;

(c) status of AP for demonstration

projects;

(d) status of Commonwealth of

Northern Mariana Islands turtle study;

(e) SSC recommendations;

(f) Native Rights Committee

recommendations;

(g) public hearing; and

(h) other issues.

10. Ecosystems and Habitat,

including:

(a) summary of recent activities; and

(b) SSC recommendations.

12. Precious corals, including:

application to harvest precious corals;

13. Program planning, including:

(a) Statement of Organization,

Practices, and Procedures revision;

(b) Education and Outreach Program;

and

(c) status of Western Pacific Fisheries

Information Network.

14. Administrative matters, including:

(a) administrative reports; and

(b) 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 24, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–8060 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

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Technology Administration

Technical Advisory Committee to

Develop a Federal Information

Processing Standard for the Federal

Key Management Infrastructure

AGENCY: Technology Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.,

notice is hereby given that the Technical

Advisory Committee to Develop a

Federal Information Processing

Standard for the Federal Key

Management Infrastructure will hold a

meeting on April 23–24, 1997. The

Technical Advisory Committee to

Develop a Federal Information

Processing Standard for the Federal Key

Management Infrastructure was

established by the Secretary of

Commerce to provide industry advise to

the Department on encryption key

recovery for use by federal government

agencies. All sessions will be open to

the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

April 23 and 24, 1997, from 9:00 a.m.

to 6:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

at the Tremont Hotel, 275 Tremont

Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edward Roback, Committee Secretary

and Designated Federal Official,

Computer Security Division, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Building 820, Room 426, Gaithersburg,

Maryland, 20899; telephone 301–975–

3696. Please do not call the hotel facility

regarding details of this meeting.

AGENDA:

—Opening Remarks

—Chairperson’s Remarks

—News Updates

—Working Group (WG) Reports

—WG1—Framework

—WG2—Security Models

—WG3—Key Recovery Agents (KRA)

—WG4—Non-KRA Elements

—WG5—Interoperability

—Federal records archiving briefing

—Intellectual Property Issues (as

necessary)

—Public Participation

—Plans for Next Meeting

—Closing Remarks

Note that the items in this agenda are

tentative and subject to change due to

logistics and speaker availability.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The Committee

meeting will include a period of time,

not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral

comments from the public. Each speaker

will be limited to five minutes.

Members of the public who are

interested in speaking are asked to

contact the individual identified in the

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section. In

addition, written statements are invited

and may be submitted to the Committee

at any time. Written comments should

be directed to the Technical Advisory

Committee to Develop a Federal

Information Processing Standard for the

Federal Key Management Infrastructure,

Building 820, Room 426, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899. It would

be appreciated if sixty copies could be

submitted for distribution to the

Committee and other meeting attendees.

Additional information regarding the

Committee is available at its world wide

web homepage at: http://csrc.nist.gov/

tacdfipsfkmi.

Should this meeting be canceled, a

notice to that effect will be published in

the Federal Register and similar notice

placed on the Committee’s electronic

homepage.

Dated: March 21, 1997.

Mark Bohannon,

Chief Counsel for Technology.

[FR Doc. 97–7981 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

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