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barriers in the Export Markets, such as

packaging requirements, and providing

specialized packing operations and

other quality control procedures to be

followed by ASP and its Member(s) in

the export of Products into the Export

Markets;

8. Advise and cooperate with agencies

of the U.S. Government in establishing

procedures regulating the export of

Member(s)’ Products, Services and/or

Technology Rights into the Export

Markets;

9. Negotiate and enter into purchase

agreements with buyers in the Export

Markets regarding the export prices,

quantities, type and quality of Products,

time periods, and the terms and

conditions of sale;

10. Broker or take title to the

Products;

11. Purchase Products from nonMembers whenever necessary to fulfill

specific sales obligations;

12. Solicit non-Members to become

Members;

13. Communicate and process export

orders;

14. Assist each Member in

maintaining the quality standards

necessary to be successful in the Export

Markets;

15. Provide Export Trade Facilitation

Services with respect to Products,

Services and Technology Rights;

16. Provide, procure, negotiate,

contract and administer transportation

services for Products in the course of

export, including overseas freight

transportation, inland freight

transportation from the packing house

to the U.S. port of embarkment, leasing

of transportation equipment and

facilities, storage and warehousing,

stevedoring, wharfage and handling,

insurance, forwarder services, trade

documentation and services, customs

clearance, financial instruments and

foreign exchange;

17. Negotiate freight rate contracts

with individual carriers and carrier

conferences either directly or indirectly

through shippers associations and/or

freight forwarders;

18. Arrange financing through bank

holding companies, governmental

financial assistance programs and other

arrangements;

19. Bill and collect from foreign

buyers and provide accounting, tax,

legal and consulting assistance and

services;

20. Enter into exclusive agreements

with Non-Members to provide Export

Trade Services and Trade Facilitation

Services;

21. Open and operate overseas sales

and distribution offices and companies

to facilitate the sales and distribution of

the Products in the Export Markets;

22. Apply for and utilize applicable

export assistance and incentive

programs which are available within the

governmental and private sectors, such

as the USDA Market Access and

Supplier Credit programs;

23. Negotiate and enter into

agreements with governments and

foreign persons to develop countertrade

arrangements;

24. Refuse to deal with or provide

quotations to other Export

Intermediaries for sales of ASP and

Member(s)’ Products into the Export

Markets; and

25. Exchange information with and

among ASP and Member(s) as necessary

to carry out the Export Trade

Facilitation Services and Export Trade

Activities and Methods of Operation,

including:

a. Information about sales and

marketing efforts and strategies in the

Export Markets, including pricing;

projected demand in the Export Markets

for Products; customary terms of sale,

prices and availability of Products

independently committed by Member(s)

for sales in the Export Markets; prices

and sales of Products in the Export

Markets; and specifications by buyers

and consumers in the Export Markets;

b. Information about the price,

quality, quantity, source and delivery

dates of Products available from the

Member(s) for export;

c. Information about terms and

conditions of contracts for sales in the

Export Markets to be considered and/or

bid on by ASP;

d. Information about joint bidding,

selling arrangements for the Export

Markets and the allocations of export

sales resulting from such arrangements

among ASP and Member(s), including

information regarding the allocation

methods used and ASP and each

Member’s percentage of the total

committed volume of ASP and all

Member(s);

e. Information about expenses specific

to exporting to and within the Export

Markets, including transportation,

transshipments, intermodal shipments,

insurance, inland freight to port, port

storage, commissions, export sales,

documentation, financing and customs

duties or taxes;

f. Information about U.S. and foreign

legislation and regulations, including

Federal marketing order programs that

may affect sales to the Export Markets;

and

g. Information about ASP’s or its

Member(s)’ export operations, including

sales and distribution networks

established by ASP and Member(s) in

the Export Markets, and prior export

sales by ASP and Member(s), including

export price information.

Definitions

1. Export Intermediary means a

person who acts as distributor, sales

representative, sales or marketing agent,

or broker, or who performs similar

functions, including providing, or

arranging for the provision of, Export

Trade Facilitation Services.

2. Member means a person who has

membership in the ASP Export Trade

Certificate and who has been certified as

a ‘‘Member’’ within the meaning of

Section 325.2(1) of the Regulations.

Carter Thomas, LLC is currently the

only member.

Dated: May 29, 1998.

Morton Schnabel,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 051298A]

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;

Atlantic Shark Fisheries; Exempted

Fishing Permits (EFPs)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Applications for EFPs; request

for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt

of five applications for EFPs. If granted,

these EFPs would authorize, over a

period of 1 year, collections for public

display of a limited number of sharks

from the large coastal and prohibited

species groups from Federal waters in

the Atlantic Ocean.

DATES: Written comments on the

applications must be received on or

before June 19, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Rebecca

Lent, Chief, Highly Migratory Species

Management Division (F/SF1), NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,

MD 20910. The applications and related

documents and copies of the regulations

under which exempted fishing permits

are subject may also be requested from

this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margo Schulze, 301–713–2347; fax:

301–713–1917.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These

EFPs are requested under the authority

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act (16

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and regulations at

50 CFR 600.745 concerning scientific

research activity, exempted fishing, and

exempted educational activity.

NMFS issued an EFP to Dynasty

Marine Associates, Inc., in Marathon,

FL, effective March 3, 1998, for the

collection of a maximum of 3 sandbar

sharks, 19 nurse sharks, 22 lemon

sharks, 14 sand tiger sharks, and 10 bull

sharks for the purposes of public

display. Dynasty Marine Associates,

Inc., now intends to collect an

additional 17 sandbar sharks, 10 tiger

sharks, and 20 scalloped hammerhead

sharks for public display by using a

single hook and line as well as a short

longline not consisting of more than 50

hooks. Fishing will occur in the Florida

Bay and in the Atlantic Ocean off the

middle Florida Keys area, off New

Jersey, and off Maryland. Issuance of an

EFP is necessary, according to the

applicant, because the commercial

season for large coastal sharks is closed

for long periods of time. The applicant

also requested that the EFP authorize

collection of Atlantic sharpnose sharks,

managed under the small coastal

management unit; however, as the

commercial season for small coastal

sharks has not closed to date, this

species may be possessed legally by

obtaining a Federal commercial shark

permit, and an EFP is not required.

Shore Lab, Inc., in Brandon, FL,

intends to collect 12 sand tiger sharks

for public display and education by

using 10 bucket rigs, each of which

includes a single hook and crab line that

allows a shark to swim in a horizontal

arc around the swivel line. Fishing will

occur in the Atlantic Ocean off New

Jersey. Issuance of an EFP is necessary,

according to the applicant, because

possession of sand tiger sharks is

prohibited.

The New Jersey State Aquarium, in

Camden, NJ, intends to collect a

maximum of four tiger sharks, five

sandbar sharks, four dusky sharks, and

five sand tiger sharks for public display

and research by rod and reel as well as

by a short longline consisting of no

more than 50 hooks. Fishing will occur

in the Atlantic Ocean from

Massachusetts to Florida. Issuance of an

EFP is necessary, according to the

applicant, because the commercial

season for large coastal sharks is closed

for long periods of time and because

possession of sand tiger sharks is

prohibited. The applicant also requested

that the EFP authorize collection of

Atlantic thresher and mako sharks,

managed under the pelagics

management unit; however, as the

commercial season for pelagic sharks

has not closed to date, these species

may be possessed legally by obtaining a

Federal commercial shark permit, and

an EFP is not required.

The National Aquarium in Baltimore,

Inc., in Baltimore, MD, intends to

collect a maximum of five sandbar

sharks, one dusky shark, and one sand

tiger shark for public display and

research by two bottom set longlines,

each approximately 400 meters in

length and consisting of no more than

40 hooks. Fishing will occur in the

Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey. Issuance

of an EFP is necessary, according to the

applicant, because the commercial

season for large coastal sharks is closed

for long periods of time and because

possession of sand tiger sharks is

prohibited. The applicant also intends

to tag and release captured sharks,

collect blood samples for hematological

analyses, and return to the Delaware

Bay five captive sandbar sharks and

possibly one sand tiger shark.

Eric Pederson and Grady Sullivan, in

Marathon, FL, intend to collect a

maximum total of 40 sharks for public

display by rod and reel, cast net, and

single hook block lines. Shark species

collected may include bull sharks, sand

tiger sharks, lemon sharks, sandbar

sharks, blacktip sharks, tiger sharks, and

nurse sharks. Fishing will occur in

Federal waters off New York, Virginia,

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,

and Florida, as well as in the

Chesapeake Bay. Issuance of an EFP is

necessary, according to the applicant,

because the commercial season for large

coastal sharks is closed for long periods

of time and because possession of sand

tiger sharks is prohibited. The applicant

also requested an EFP to collect sawfish;

however, as NMFS does not regulate

sawfish at this time, no EFP is necessary

to collect this species in Federal waters.

The proposed collections for public

display involve activities otherwise

prohibited by regulations implementing

the Fishery Management Plan for Sharks

of the Atlantic Ocean. The applicants

require authorization to fish for and to

possess large coastal sharks outside the

Federal commercial seasons and to fish

for and to possess prohibited species.

Based on a preliminary review, NMFS

finds that these applications warrant

further consideration. A final decision

on issuance of EFPs will depend on the

submission of all required information,

NMFS’ review of public comments

received on the applications,

conclusions of any environmental

analyses conducted pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act, and

on any consultations with any

appropriate Regional Fishery

Management Councils, states, or Federal

agencies.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: May 29, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 050198C]

Small Takes of Marine Mammals

Incidental to Specified Activities;

Tatoosh Island, WA Storage Tank

Removal Project

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed

authorization for a small take

exemption; request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request

from the U.S. Coast Guard’s Civil

Engineering Unit, Oakland, CA (U.S.

Coast Guard) for authorization to take

small numbers of California sea lions,

Pacific harbor seals, and Steller sea

lions by harassment incidental to

removing three underground storage

tanks (USTs) and one or two aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) at the Cape

Flattery Light Station on Tatoosh Island,

Callam County, WA. Under the Marine

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS

is requesting comments on its proposal

to authorize the U.S. Coast Guard to

incidentally take, by Level B

harassment, small numbers of seals and

sea lions in the above-mentioned area

after September 1, 1998.

DATES: Comments and information must

be received on or before July 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the

application should be addressed to

Chief, Marine Mammal Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–

3225. A copy of the application, and/or

a list of references used in this

document may be obtained by writing to

this address or by telephoning one of

the contacts listed here.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth Hollingshead, Office of

Protected Resources at 301–713–2055,