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Edgerly, Deputy Director, Technology

Services, NIST, telephone 301–975–

4510, telefax 301–975–2183. All other

questions should be directed to Dr.

Subhas Malghan, Program Manager,

Fastener Quality Act, Building 820,

Room 306, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899;

telephone 301–975–6101, telefax 301–

975–2183.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The agenda for the meeting is:

1. Welcome and opening remarks.

2. NIST overview of SPC issues raised

by industry.

3. Statements by members of the

public on the issues.

4. Discussion of potential solutions.

5. Next Steps (NIST).

Various industries, including

automobiles, aerospace, and heavy

machinery industries have established

quality assurance programs as a means

of assuring quality parts and materials

from large networks of suppliers, and

have invested considerable energy and

expense in developing such systems.

Companies supplying fasteners under

quality assurance systems (such as

QS9000), have also invested

considerable energy and expense in

putting quality systems in place and in

getting registered to them as a condition

of supplying fasteners to major end

users. NIST has heard from some

representatives of industry that the

Fasteners Quality Act’s reliance on lot

control and final inspection of fasteners

may be inconsistent with and may not

meet the standards of modern mass

production using statistical process

control.

The proposed meeting is for the

purpose of addressing these issues and

to provide a forum for discussion of

possible solutions under the Act and

regulations. NIST would like to hear

from a variety of sources including the

aerospace, automobile and heavy

machinery industries, fastener

manufacturers who supply such

industries on the use of statistical

process control under quality assurance

plans similar to QS9000, and interested

academics. Also, because reliance upon

existing consensus standards and

specifications is a cornerstone of the

Fastener Quality Act, representatives of

consensus standards organizations are

invited to discuss efforts underway to

recognize statistical process control in

fastener standards and specifications.

Similarly, some fastener manufacturers

rely on in-process measurements of

critical fastener parameters by

manufacturing personnel rather than

upon final testing of such parameters by

an accredited laboratory. Because SPC

may implicate laboratory accreditations

under the Act and regulations,

laboratory accreditation bodies are also

invited to present their views.

Dated: January 8, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Acting Associate Director.

[FR Doc. 97–942 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

NOAA Coastal Ocean Data Workshop

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

SUMMARY: The National Oceanographic

Data Center (NODC) of the National

Environmental Satellite, Data, and

Information Service (NESDIS) and the

Coastal Services Center (CSC) of the

National Ocean Service (NOS) in the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), and the

University of Rhode Island Graduate

School of Oceanography (GSO) are cosponsoring a NOAA Coastal Ocean Data

Workshop on March 11–13, 1997. The

purpose of the workshop is to enhance

NOAA’s ability to meet the

requirements of its customers in the

coastal ocean community regarding data

and information management; and to

encourage formation of additional

partnerships and joint ventures.

DATES: The workshop will take place on

March 11–13, 1997. It will begin at 8:30

a.m. on the 11th, and end at 12 noon on

the 13th.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

at J. Seward Johnson Marine Education

and Conference Center at the Harbor

Branch Oceanographic Institution in

Fort Pierce, FL. Parties interested in

participating in the workshop should

contact Roz Cohen (NODC) at 301–713–

3267 x146 by close of business on

January 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Roz Cohen (NODC) at 301–713–3267

x146.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the workshop is to enhance

NOAA’s ability to meet the

requirements of its customers in the

coastal ocean community by:

—Providing a forum for individuals in

the coastal ocean community to

present their requirements regarding

data and information management,

product development, and synthesis;

—Increasing knowledge and awareness

of NOAA’s activities within the

coastal ocean community in the areas

of data and information management,

synthesis, and product development;

—Providing additional opportunities for

NOAA to form partnerships and joint

ventures with its partners in the

coastal ocean community; and

—Being responsive to the new Ocean

Partnership Program.

The workshop will include about 80

participants from Federal, state, and

local government agencies, academia,

the private sector, and the general

public. It will consist of a series of

plenary and smaller working group

sessions. The major areas addressed will

be (1) identification of data required to

address major regional and national

coastal ocean issues and scientific

research priorities; (2) identification of

specific data management requirements:

data types, levels of precision, national

and international standards, levels of

quality control metadata and

documentation, formats, accessibility,

timeliness, synthesis products, etc.; and

(3) potential partnerships, joint

ventures, and networking to implement

the recommendations.

The National Oceanographic Data

Center is one of several environmental

data centers managed by the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration. The headquarters office

of NODC is located in Silver Spring,

MD. There are five field offices

collocated with major government or

private oceanographic laboratories in

Woods Hole, MA; Miami, FL; La Jolla,

CA; Seattle, WA, and Honolulu, Hawaii.

NODC houses the world’s largest

collection of publicly available

oceanographic data, including coastal

ocean holdings. The primary mission of

NODC is to ensure that oceanographic

data collected at great cost are

maintained in a permanent archive that

is easily accessible to the world science

community and to other users. NODC

does not conduct any data collection

programs of its own; it serves solely as

a repository and dissemination facility

for data collected by others. In this

capacity, NODC acquires, processes,

archives, analyzes, and disseminates

global oceanographic data; and develops

analytical and descriptive products to

meet user requirements. NODC also

operates World Data Center–A for

Oceanography and the NOAA Library.

Each year the NODC responds to

thousands of requests for oceanographic

data and information from national and

international customers in Federal,

state, and local government agencies,

the private sector, non-profit
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organizations, academia, and the general

public.

The National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration Coastal

Services Coastal Services Center is a

coastal resource advisory center that

draws on the expertise of NOAA and its

partners to address critical coastal

resource issues. Established in 1994, in

Charlestown, South Carolina, the

Center’s mission is to identify, develop,

and facilitate the use of technologies

and information that support

sustainable use and management of

coastal resources. The Coastal Services

Center bridges the gap between coastal

scientists and resource managers by

bringing Center staff, technologies, and

outside partner expertise to bear on

national problems related to coastal

ecosystems and economies. The Center

focuses primarily on issues of resource

management, land use impacts, and

habitat loss as well as coastal hazards

and cumulative secondary impacts of

coastal development. Clients of the

Coastal Services Center include coastal

resource managers, policy makers,

scientists, environmental organizations,

coastal and marine science educators,

and private business people. The Center

delivers information to the coastal

resource community through advisory

services, Internet World Wide Web

service, information bases, summary

reports, training workshops, short

courses, conferences, seminars, fact

sheets and publications.

The Graduate School of

Oceanography of the University of

Rhode Island is one of the largest and

most widely known graduate schools of

oceanography in the United States. It

has joined with NOAA as a partner in

establishing a national coastal data

network because it has particular

strengths in coastal oceanography and

in distributed ocean data systems, has

one of the largest marine science

libraries in the world, and is the

location of the Sea Grant Depository.

The University has been a national Sea

Grant College since 1971, and in 1989

it was designated a NOAA Center of

Excellence in coastal marine science.

Dated: January 9, 1997.

Ronald L. Fauquet,

Deputy Director, National Oceanographic

Data Center.

[FR Doc. 97–891 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

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North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Committee Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s Halibut

Subsistence Committee will hold a

meeting in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

January 22, 1997, beginning at 10:00

a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the University of Alaska, Observer

Training Center, 707 A Street, Room

205, Anchorage, AK.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

DiCosimo; telephone: (907) 271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Halibut Subsistence Committee was

appointed by the Council to review

existing halibut regulations as they

pertain to subsistence users and provide

the Council with advice and direction

on regulation of halibut subsistence

fisheries. This first meeting will include

discussions of:

1. Eligible users;

2. Eligible communities;

3. Qualifying gear; and

4. Minimum size of halibut.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Helen Allen, 907–271–2809, at least 5

working days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: January 9, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–1008 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

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[I.D. 010797B]

North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Committee Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Joint Committee of the

Alaska Board of Fisheries and North

Pacific Fishery Management Council

(Council) will hold a meeting in

Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

January 19, 1997, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the University of Alaska, Observer

Training Center, 707 A Street, Room

205, Anchorage, AK.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

DiCosimo, telephone: (907) 271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Joint

Committee of the Alaska Board of

Fisheries and the Council was

appointed to develop a protocol for

future groundfish management off

Alaska. This meeting will include

discussions of:

1. October 1996 Board action to

develop a state water Pacific cod fishery

in the Gulf of Alaska;

2. December 1996 Council discussion

of Board action;

3. Other groundfish fisheries under

joint management; and

4. Development of recommendations

to the Board and Council for a protocol

for joint review of future groundfish

management proposals.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Helen Allen, 907–271–2809, at least 5

working days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: January 9, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–1009 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

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[I.D. 010797E]

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 Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Salmon Technical Team will hold a

public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 10:00

a.m. on January 21, 1997, and will

continue from approximately 8:00 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m. each day through January

24, 1997.