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be three hours per response, including

the time for reviewing instructions, and

completing and reviewing the collection

of information. All responses to this

collection of information are voluntary,

and will be provided confidentially to

the extent allowed under the Freedom

of Information Act. Notwithstanding

any other provision of law, no person is

required to respond to nor shall a

person be subject to a penalty for failure

to comply with a collection of

information subject to the requirements

of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless

that collection of information displays a

current valid OMB Control Number.

Send comments regarding the burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden, to

the Reports Clearance Officer,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce, Room 4001,

14th and Constitution Ave., N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Liesel C. Duhon,

Director, SABIT Program.

[FR Doc. 98–1618 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 010898A]

Notice of Workshop

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

NMFS will sponsor a workshop for the

members of its Individual Fishing Quota

(IFQ) Advisory Panels and of the

National Research Council (NRC)

Committee to Study IFQs. The

workshop will be held in New Orleans,

Louisiana and will be open for public

observation.

DATES: The workshop will begin at 9:30

a.m. on January 24, 1998 and will end

at 5 p.m. on January 25, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

at Le Pavillon Hotel, 833 Poydras Street,

New Orleans, Louisiana; telephone:

800–535–9095.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amy Gautam, NMFS, Office of Science

and Technology; telephone: (301)713–

2328.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

reauthorization of the MagnusonStevens Act (Act), Congress required the

NRC to provide a report with

recommendations on a national policy

for implementing IFQs by October 1,

1998. The Act also required the

formation of NMFS Advisory Panels to

provide support to the NRC committee

and to NMFS in their respective roles of

preparing and evaluating the IFQ study.

The workshop is intended to initiate a

dialogue between IFQ Advisory Panel

and NRC committee members related to

key questions the NRC has developed.

Issues discussed will include initial

allocation criteria, restrictions on

transferability of quota shares,

enforcement and monitoring

requirements, and long-term

implications of implementing IFQs

relative to other management regimes.

Members of the public are invited to

observe the proceedings, but will not be

allowed to participate.

Dated: January 16, 1998.

Lamar Trott

Acting Director, Office of Science and

Technology, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

[FR Doc. 98–1544 Filed 1–16–98; 4:56 pm]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Applications of the Minneapolis Grain

Exchange for Designation as a

Contract Market in On-Peak MidContinent Area Power Pool (MAPP)

Electricity Futures and Options and in

Off-Peak MAPP Electricity Futures and

Options

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed contract

Market Rule Change.

SUMMARY: The Minneapolis Grain

Exchange (MGE or Exchange) has

applied for designation as a contract

market in on-peak mid-continent area

power pool (MAPP) electricity futures

and option contracts and off-peak MAPP

electricity futures and option contracts.

The Acting Director of the Division of

Economic Analysis (Division) of the

Commission, acting pursuant to the

authority delegated by Commission

Regulation 140.96, has determined that

publication of the proposals for

comment is in the public interest, will

assist the Commission in considering

the views of interested persons, and is

consistent with the purpose of the

Commodity Exchange Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before February 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW

Washington, DC 20581. In addition,

comments may be sent by facsimile

transmission to facsimile number (202)

418–5521, or by electronic mail to

secretary@cftc.gov. Reference should be

made to the MGE mid-continent area

power pool (MAPP) electricity futures

and options.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Joseph Storer of the

Division of Economic Analysis,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street NW, Washington,

20581, telephone (202) 418–5282.

Facsimile number: (202) 418–5527.

Electronic mail: jstorer@cftc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of

the terms and conditions will be

available for inspection at the Office of

the Secretariat, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. Copies of the

terms and conditions can be obtained

through the Office of the Secretariat by

mail at the above address or by phone

at (202) 418–5100.

Other materials submitted by the MGE

in support of the applications for

contract market designation may be

available upon request pursuant to the

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.

552) and the Commission’s regulations

thereunder (17 CFR part 145 (1987)),

except to the extent they are entitled to

confidential treatment as set forth in 17

CFR 145.5 and 145.9. Requests for

copies of such materials should be made

to the FOI, Privacy and Sunshine Act

Compliance Staff of the Office of

Secretariat at the Commission’s

headquarters in accordance with 17 CFR

145.7 and 145.8.

Any person interested in submitting

written data, views, or arguments on the

proposed terms and conditions, or with

respect to other materials submitted by

the MGE, should send such comments

to Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581 by the specified

date.

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 15,

1998.

John R. Mielke,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 98–1620 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

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