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had filed for bankruptcy reorganization

that year. Although it has emerged from

this reorganization, the contractor

expressed concern over the loss of any

sales and the impact such loss might

have on its ability to meet its repayment

schedule. The contractor also indicated

that any of its employees who would be

displaced might have difficulties

locating other work in the local market.

The contract represents a very small

percentage of the contractor’s total sales.

In addition, the nonprofit agency will

give the contractor the opportunity to

compete for subcontracts to perform the

embroidery work on the insignia to the

contractor. Moreover, the contractor has

begun doing embroidery subcontracting

for an interment flag being produced

under the Committee’s program by

another nonprofit agency. Consequently,

the Committee does not believe the

addition of the insignia to the

Procurement List will have a severe

adverse impact on the contractor, and

the Committee further believes the

chance of the contractor’s employees

being displaced by the addition is

minimal.

After consideration of the material

presented to it concerning capability of

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide

the commodity and impact of the

addition on the current or most recent

contractors, the Committee has

determined that the commodity listed

below are suitable for procurement by

the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C.

46–48c and 41 CFR 51–2.4.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

commodity to the Government.

2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on current contractors

for the commodity.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity to the Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodity

proposed for addition to the

Procurement List.

Accordingly, the following

commodity is hereby added to the

Procurement List:

Insignia, Embroidered, Marine PFC

8455–00–292–9558.

This action does not affect current

contracts awarded prior to the effective

date of this addition or options that may

be exercised under those contracts.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–9408 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the

Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.

L. 89–651; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part

301), we invite comments on the

question of whether instruments of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instruments

shown below are intended to be used,

are being manufactured in the United

States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR

301.5(a) (3) and (4) of the regulations

and be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

DC 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00

p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 96–103R. Applicant:

Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle

Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030.

Instrument: Stopped-Flow/Scanning

Spectrometer, Model SX.18MV.

Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics

Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:

Original notice of this resubmitted

application was published in the

Federal Register of October 30, 1996.

Docket Number: 97–024. Applicant:

Stanford University/University of

California, Berkeley, Stanford, CA

94305. Instrument: Electron Energy

Analyzer, Model Scienta 200.

Manufacturer: Scienta Instrument AB,

Sweden. Intended Use: The article is

intended to be used to investigate by

photoelectron spectroscopy the

properties of high temperature

superconductors, magnetic materials

and other materials and phenomena

with the objective of obtaining a better

fundamental understanding of these

materials. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: March 11,

1997.

Docket Number: 97–025. Applicant:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Center for Cancer Research, 77

Massachusetts Avenue, Building E17–

340, Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument:

Fish Tank System. Manufacturer: KlausJurgen Schwarz, Germany. Intended

Use: The instrument will be used for the

study of the early development of the

zebrafish embryo in order to identify

genes that are required for a fish egg to

develop normally into a perfect living

fish embryo and ultimately into an adult

fish. It is expected that the genes

identified will help in understanding

what goes wrong in human

development that can lead to birth

defects. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: March 11,

1997.

Docket Number: 97–026. Applicant:

Skidmore College, 815 N. Broadway,

Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Instrument:

Electron Microscope with Accessories,

Model JEM–1010. Manufacturer: JEOL,

Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used for analysis of

simple thin sections of plants, animals

and fungi at magnifications of 3,000 to

150 000. The objective of the

investigations will be to learn how plant

cells secrete materials to the external

world and methods that the plants use

internally to package secretory

materials. In addition, the instrument

will be used in several undergraduate

biology courses to train students to

become cell biologists. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

March 11, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–029. Applicant:

University of California, Department of

Buying and Contracting, Regent

Administrative Center 1B29, Campus

Box 8, Boulder, CO 80309. Instrument:

Color Center Laser. Manufacturer: GWU

Lasertechnik, Germany. Intended Use:

The instrument will be used for the

study of InGaAs/InP heterostructures.

Specifically, investigations will be

conducted of the optical and thermal

properties of these structures to

determine the radiative quantum

efficiency of the structures by measuring

the heating of the device as a function

of excitation energy. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

March 18, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–030. Applicant:

Florida State University, National High

Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 East

Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL

32306–4005. Instrument: ICP Mass

Spectrometer, Model ELEMENT.

Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany.

Intended Use: The article is intended to

be used to investigate chemical

processes that take place in the earth

and at the earth’s surface. The research

is geared towards the identification of

trace element or isotope ratios most

sensitive to a chemical process. After

identification of the trace element and
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isotope ratios, these ratios are used for

quantification of the important

processes. In addition, the instrument

will be used for educational purposes in

the courses GLY 5298 ‘‘Advanced

Topics in Geochemistry’’ and GLY 5261

‘‘Advanced Topics in Geochronology.’’

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: March 25, 1997.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–9429 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Woods Hole Oceanographic

Institution; Notice of Decision on

Application for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instrument

This decision is made pursuant to

Section 6(c) of the Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Materials

Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).

Related records can be viewed between

8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 96–148. Applicant:

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,

Woods Hole, MA 02543–1531.

Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model

MAT ELEMENT. Manufacturer:

Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use:

See notice at 62 FR 6216, February 11,

1997.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) A magnetic sector analyzer

for best sensitivity to study low levels

of 230Th and 231Pa in seawater and (2)

fastest sample throughput to meet

laboratory workloads. The National

Institutes of Health advises in its

memorandum dated February 4, 1997

that (1) These capabilities are pertinent

to the applicant’s intended purpose and

(2) it knows of no domestic instrument

or apparatus of equivalent scientific

value to the foreign instrument for the

applicant’s intended use.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which is being

manufactured in the United States.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–9430 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[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;

correction.

SUMMARY: This public meeting notice for

the 92nd meeting of the Western Pacific

Fishery Management Council was

originally published in the March 31,

1997, issue of the Federal Register.

Numerous corrections have made it

necessary to reprint this notice in its

entirety; therefore, this notice

supersedes the March 31 publication.

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: On March

31, 1997 (61 FR 15157), a public

meeting notice for the Western Pacific

Fishery Management Council was

published. Due to various corrections, it

is hereby reprinted in its entirety for

ease of reading, as follows:

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 Western

Pacific Fishery Information Network

(WpacFIN) Fishery Data (Coordinating)

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);

(d) essential fish habitat;

(e) fishing communities; and

(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;

(g) report on South Pacific Tuna treaty

review and future international

meetings; and

(h) other issues.

6. Crustacean fishery issues,

including:

(a) Recommend that the Regional

Administrator issue a final rule

establishing a VMS program for the

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI)

lobster fishery;

(b) possible changes to the 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; review harvest guideline for the

1997 NWHI lobster season for possible

adjustment; grandfathered permit

transferability issue; NWHI revised

lobster catch report form; and impact of

expanding live lobster product;